DAKAR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Hundreds of schools in northeast Nigeria have reopened for the first time in a year and a half, though many teachers and pupils are reluctant to return because of persistent […]
With a population in excess of 21 million, Lagos is arguably the largest city in Nigeria. In fact, it is the second most rapidly growing urban area on the African continent after Abuja, the capital […]
Terrorists have killed no less than 10, 000 Nigerians, while two million others have been displaced since the beginning of the Boko Haram insurgency in 2009. The preceding statistics were provided by President Muhammadu Buhari […]
Nigeria’s criminal justice system has often been criticised and ridiculed for its inability to secure convictions, particularly for offences perpetuated by high profile individuals. Yet, one recalls the case of a young man, Kelvin Ighodalo, […]
LAGOS—Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, yesterday said that the Federal Government is set to privatise the petroleum products pipeline network in the country to minimise the issue of perennial vandalism and […]
The Minister of Interior, Lt. Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau (retd.), has ordered the reversal of special promotion to 30 Nigerian Immigration Service personnel. The promotion was carried out by the Civil Defence, Fire, Immigration and Prisons […]
Several members of Boko Haram were killed by the Nigerian troops in Gulak town of Madagali Local Government Area of Adamawa State, Mallam Lawal Kanuri, the village head of Krichinga told journalists on Tuesday. He […]
The Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, has queried the disbursement of funds for the procurement of arms for the military under the former Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. […]
EFCC goes after ex-PDP chair Bello After a month’s siege to his Abuja home and legal fireworks, former National Security Adviser (NSA) Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd.) was yesterday arrested for interrogation on the $2b phoney arms […]
The Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile Ife, Osun State, has been closed down indefinitely, following continued protests by students. The students were protesting alleged poor living condition in their halls of residence. However, the university’s […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday reiterated its preparedness to conduct a free, fair and credible governorship election in Bayelsa State this Saturday. INEC national chairman, Prof Mohammud Yakubu, in an interview in Yenagoa said […]
ABUJA — The hardship currently witnessed by Nigerians across the country took a turn for the worse in Abuja in the last couple of days as Abuja Electricity Distribution Company reduced power supply to the […]
ABUJA—Both chambers of the National Assembly, the Senate and the House of Representatives,yesterday, passed a total sum of N574,532,726,857 as supplementary budget for President Muhammadu Buhari. The money, which is for additional Recurrent (Non- Debt) […]
On the December 17, 2015, Quramo Publishing will present For Sam: A Collection of Contemporary Thoughts by Jimi Disu, under its Q Books imprint. For Sam features some of the finest ideas, drawn from rare […]
After placing him on house arrest for about a month, the State Security Services on Tuesday arrested a former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, driving him away from his Abuja residence, people familiar with the […]
When a major tribe is treated procedurally as second-class in their own country, there will be a demand for self-determination sooner rather than later. In the eight years of Obasanjo’s presidency, there was no headline-grabbing […]
As former President Goodluck Jonathan’s tenure muddled toward its desultory end, two of his senior ministers, with responsibility for some of the most critical issues of state, went missing from their strategic turfs. I called […]
The details of the stalemate in Kogi’s governorship election held on Saturday, November 21, 2015, are by now well known. Essentially, the leading candidate in the election, Abubakar Audu, died on the day the results […]
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