President Barack Obama has acknowledged that US agencies underestimated the threat posed by the Islamist insurgency in Syria. In a frank TV interview, he said that al-Qaeda had been beaten i... Read more
ADO-EKITI—The tension and apprehension in Ekiti State reached a feverish peak, weekend, as the Police made mass arrests of those suspected to be behind the orgy of violence in the state. Tho... Read more
….as NHRC begins investigation ABUJA – A coalition of over 60 non-governmental organizations led by the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, yesterday, threatened to drag Gov... Read more
Some powerful forces loyal to General Muhammadu Buhari have intensified lobbying for the adoption of their principal as the consensus presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress... Read more
No fewer than seven cabinet members are resigning from the Cross River State Executive Council Those expected to resign are Secretary to the State Government, Mike Aniah, Chief of Staff to t... Read more
The Galadiman Kano, Alhaji Tijjani Hashim, is dead. He died this morning. He was aged 79. He was a former aide to late Sir Ahmadu Bello Sardauna, Premier of Northern Nigeria and a cousin to... Read more
CHAIRMAN House Committee on Rules and Business, Albert Sam-Tsokwa has said that the Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Party, APC, Lai Mohammed must have acted out of ignorance when... Read more
Ashraf Ghani has been sworn in as Afghanistan’s president in a ceremony at the presidential palace in Kabul. It comes after six months of deadlock amid a bitter dispute over electoral... Read more
The UN-backed tribunal for Rwanda on Monday upheld the life sentences for two former heads of the ex-ruling party for genocide crimes committed in 1994. Matthieu Ngirumpatse and Edouard Kare... Read more
Ahead of Monday’s closure of Saudi Arabia borders for pilgrims, the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria on Sunday said it has successfully completed the airlift of all Nigerian pilgrims. The... Read more
