The Boko Haram conflict in the northern part of Nigeria has put more than a million Nigerians beyond the reach of humanitarian workers, an aid group, Doctors Without Borders, said. The aid group, known by its French acronym MSF, said its members and other agencies have no access at all to the 1.2 million people […]

Oba of Benin, Omo N’Edo, Uku Akpolokpolo, Ewuare II, yesterday pleaded with Governor Abdullahi Ganduje to reconsider reversing the creation of new emirates in Kano State. The first class monarch and paramount ruler of Benin Kingdom made the appeal when he visited Ganduje at Government House, Kano. Accompanied by the Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi […]

• Urges overhaul for better results • Why Kalu’s seat can’t be declared vacant now, by Senate Senate President Ahmad Lawan yesterday expressed concern over the near collapse of the country’s security architecture, which he admitted had not been working effectively. He, therefore, called for the overhauling of the security system for better results. Lawan, […]

• N’East IDPs get N98b aid from EU • FG should re-partner Israel to end terrorism, says pro-Jew group Director-General, Centre for Justice on Religion and Ethnicity in Nigeria, Kallamu Dikwa, has charged President Muhammadu Buhari to expose the financiers of Boko Haram in the country before the terrorist group plunges the nation into a […]

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has described the Nigerian Civil war of 1967-1970 as a national tragedy that should never be allowed to repeat itself, adding that it is important to ensure that equity, justice and fairness prevail in Nigeria. Osinbajo stated this at a town hall meeting to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the war […]