Two Nigerian soldiers attached to the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) were killed while six others injured in a confrontation with Boko Haram terrorists, yesterday.

The sterling performance of outgoing Ondo State Governor Olusegun Mimiko in the last seven and a half years remains a cynosure of all eyes. This political enigma painstakingly put his feat on the strength that the state must be compassionate to the poorest and weakest in the society and must provide the highest quality of […]

The destruction of 68 acres of cannabis sativa farm in Gambari forest, Ibadan, Oyo State, was like a war front. A combined team of armed soldiers, Civil Defence, Department of State Security Service (DSS), National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and forest management officials, operating under the aegis of Operation Burst, trooped into the forest to destroy a plantation harbouring cannabis sativa commonly known as Indian hemp or marijuana. The plantation is located within Olounde village, Ogunmakin.

Nigeria may be battling the worst outbreak of Lassa fever in history. The fever which has afflicted over 284 has killed about 154 Nigerians from different parts of the country from August 2015 to date.

African Farmers and Cultural Organisation (AFCO), a non-governmental and non-profit making organisation concerned about African food security, fair trades and tourism, is encouraging farmers’ corporation through diversified exchange of programs in keeping with world peace.

Madam Agnes Akpometeghore Akpofure is dead. The oldest adherent of the Igbe African Traditional Religion passed on at the age of 98.

-The Nigerian Navy said it has  arrested  seven suspected oil thieves in an operation  it carried out on  September 7, 2016, when it raided the sites of several illegal crude oil bunkerers in the Niger Delta.

Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi is carrying out far-reaching reforms in Enugu State Universal Basic Education Board (ENSUBEB) aimed at improving the standard of education in the state primary school system.

Japan is interested in the future of Africa, especially Nigeria. This was the summary of the just concluded sixth Tokyo International Conference on Africa’s Development, TICAD IV, held in Nairobi, Kenya between 27 and 28 August 2016 under the theme, “Advancing Africa’s Sustainable Development Agenda-TICAD Partnership for Prosperity”.

The Coalition for Women Advancement in Africa (COWAA) has described the #BringBackOurZariaGirls hashtag created by Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) as the height of irresponsibility, saying it is an insult to the memories of the Chibok girls who were kidnapped from their schools by Boko Haram two years ago.