By CALEB AYANSINA ABUJA – President Muhammadu Buhari has challenged youths in the country to refuse to be used as an instrument of manipulation by some people in authority. The President said it was so unfortunate that some people enticed youth with materialism and extravagant life style to manipulate them for selfish interest at the […]

Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has banned Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in the country “with immediate effect’’, Information Minister Sheriff Bojang said. The minister made this known in a statement issued on Tuesday. Bojang said the president declared the ban on the sideline of his nationwide tour.

By Kingsley Omonobi Abuja – Following terrorists’ coordinated attacks in Paris, France on 13th November which left 130 persons dead, the French Director of Military Intelligence, General Christophe Gormert wednesday visited the Nigerian Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) with a view to seeking knowledge on how Nigerian security agencies were handling the challenge of Boko Haram […]

The South East Revival Group (SERG) has cautioned the Federal Government to tread cautiously in its handling of the clamour for self determination by the people of the south-east, who are pressing for the actualization of the Republic of Biafra. The group while recalling that this was how Boko Haram started, warned that dismissing the […]

Tunisia was under a state of emergency Wednesday after the bombing of a presidential guard bus killed at least 12 people, the latest attack in a country plagued by Islamist violence. President Beji Caid Essebsi and other members of the National Security Council were meeting to discuss crisis measures following the blast on Tuesday in the heart of Tunis.