The number of people killed by Hurricane Matthew in Haiti has risen to over 300, according to a tally by Reuters

Former Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation, Abdulmumin Jibrin, continues his whistle blowing activism against the leadership of the House.

Nigerian soldiers have foiled an attempt by three female suicide bombers to attack a military location at Gwoza in Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno state.

President Muhammadu Buhari has revealed that commitment to democratic ideals and the patriotic zeal exhibited by the major political actors in the 2015 presidential election shamed prophets of doom who predicted that Nigeria would disintegrate.

Military authorities of the 1 division, Nigerian Army last night disclosed that troops have arrested some kidnapping kingpins who are members of a gang terrorizing and abducting several travellers and unsuspecting members of the public for ransom.

THE struggle for the development of the Niger Delta Region has remained a staple subject for heated controversy. Sadly, the history of the development of the region has been riddled with bitter struggle pioneered by nationalists of the Niger Delta who fought for Nigeria’s independence alongside their counterparts in other parts of the nation. That was an era before the discovery of crude oil. Their principal objective was to get a fair deal in terms of development.

IMO State Government yesterday, affirmed that it deliberately abandoned the mountain of smelly refuse along the ever busy Douglas Road, Owerri, to get back at the indigenes who have been fighting the administration.

Gunmen suspected to be militants, yesterday, stormed Lagos State Model College, Igbonla in Eredo Local Council Development Area, Epe, Lagos State, abducting six persons, including the school’s Vice Principal, a teacher and four students.

Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, yesterday, expressed concern over the excesses of new media in the country and urged Nigeria Guild of Editors to salvage the situation. He said this on a day former Governor of Delta State, Dr. Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan, called for more cooperation among public office holders in the country, irrespective of their political affiliation.

Presidency has debunked the claims by some protesters in Bayelsa state that the allowances due to the former President Goodluck Jonathan have been stopped and his accounts frozen.