A leading Niger rights activist was given a six-month suspended sentence on Thursday for criticising President Mahamadou Issoufou’s handling of the Boko Haram threat in a Facebook post. Abdoul Ousmane Moumouni was sentenced by a court in the capital Niamey for accusing Issoufou of a “trial-and-error” approach to the jihadist threat and saying he found himself wishing the army would take power.

A book, which provides an in-depth appraisal of the policies, programmes and actions of President Muhammadu Buhari, is set to be launched in Abuja. This is contained in a statement signed by Dr Tanu Ejenavwo, Head, Book Launch Planning Committee on Thursday in Abuja.

A political pressure group, the Northern Alternative Forum, on Thursday chided Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose for dragging the name of the wife of the President, Aisha Buhari into what it termed ‘‘a needless controversy arising from the prosecution of American Congressman Jefferson over corruption and bribery in Nigeria.’’

Detained ‎former Air Officer in charge of Tactical Air Command, of the Nigerian Airforce, Makurdi, Air Vice Marshal [AVM], Rufus Ojuawo was

Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN), the Chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee on Anti-corruption, on Thursday said the number of corruption cases unearthed within the last nine months by anti-graft agencies was mind-boggling and unprecedented in the nation’s history.

All officers from the rank of Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) to Inspector-General of Police, will henceforth declare their assets, the Acting Inspector-General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris, has declared. Idris made the statement on Thursday in Abuja when he paid a courtesy visit to the Minister of Interior, Lt.-Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau (rtd).

Normal activities resumed at the Silverbird Galleria, Abuja on Thursday afternoon , hours after the premises was sealed off by the Assets Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON).

Students of tertiary institutions in Ekiti state, under the aegis of National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, Thursday took to the streets of Ado-Ekiti to protest the failure of the State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose to pay the salaries of workers.

Uwaise promised that the office would fulfill its social role to citizens through co-ordination and the development of sustainable and transparent delivery systems that would ensure the harmonisation of the various programmes. The Federal Government has budgeted N500 billion for social investment programmes in the 2016 budget to uplift Nigerians from poverty and economic hardship.

Nigerian media, entertainment and real estate firm the Silverbird Group has been shut, its founder and owner confirmed on Thursday, amid reports it defaulted on $38 million in debts.