PDP Reps’ caucus lampoons Buhari Over Arrest of Yakassai, Ganduje’s Aide
The opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Caucus in the House of Representatives, on Sunday, lampooned President Muhammadu Buhari for allowing the Department of State Services (DSS) to arrest Tanko Salihi…
Buhari Explains Delay in Deploying Troops against Bandits
Concern about “heavy casualties of innocent villagers and hostages” from military operations against bandits and kidnappers is the reason the Nigerian government has not deployed forces against bandits, President Muhammadu…
President Buhari Welcomes Release of Kagara Students, Workers
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed delight at the release of those students and workers who were abducted from the Government Science College, Kagara, Niger State. The victims were released in…
Editorial: A cry for our missing Kagara students
Having advertised its gross incapacitation, having demonstrated in word and deed its cluelessness over the whereabouts of the abducted students and their family members, the government at least, found a…
Bandits Dare Buhari, abduct over 300 girls in Zamfara school
Less than 24 hours after President Buhari said there would be no amnesty for bandits and kidnappers in the country, gunmen in the early hours of Friday abducted more than…
FG maps out 30 grazing reserves for NLTP project implementation
The Federal Government says it has mapped out 30 grazing reserves for implementation of the National Livestock Transformation Plan, NLTP. This is being designed as a lasting solution to the…
Buhari Rules out Amnesty for bandits, insurgents
President Muhammadu Buhari has ruled out the possibility of the Federal Government granting amnesty to armed criminals terrorising the country, stressing that his administration will continue to deal decisively with…
Abductors of Niger School Boys, Workers threaten to Starve them to Death
Abductors of the 27 students and 15 workers of Government Science College, Kagara, Niger State, have threatened to starve them to death if the ransom they are demanding is not…
Sudan’s huge devaluation should improve remittances and relations
In its boldest economic move yet, the military junta that has governed Sudan on a transitional basis since the overthrow of Omar al-Bashir in 2019 succumbed to pressure from international…
NDLEA bursts Cartel importing drug-baked cakes, biscuits for Elite
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), in a sting operation, have burst a drug cartel that specializes in importing cakes, biscuits, and other confections (baked with drugs)…