The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) says Nigeria, and West and Central Africa face “disruptive and destabilising” new trends regarding drug trafficking, drug use and other crimes.

Troops of Operation Lafiya Dole have apprehended two female suicide bombers at Mushemiri village in Konduga Local Government Area of Borno.

 Maj.-Gen. Clement Olukoju, the Commander,Corps of Signals (CCS), Nigerian Army has embarked on operational visit to Operation Lafiya Dole, as part of measures to enhance campaign against the campaign Boko Haram insurgents.

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has heaped praised on his boss, President Muhammadu Buhari as he turned 76 on Monday.

GREATNESS is nothing but repeated excellence. The  Vice Presidential debate might have come and gone, but it engraved an indelible impression on my mind and that of so many Nigerians.

A political group in Nigeria has strongly condemned the unruly attitude and chants of Peoples Democratic Party lawmakers during President Muhammadu Buhari’s presentation of the 2019 budget.

YENAGOA —    Bayelsa East senatorial candidate of Labour Party, LP, Mr Iniruo Wills, has promised to deploy legislative advocacy and activism to ensure the passage of appropriate laws that would improve the lot of his people, if elected.

AWKA—HOUSE of Representatives aspirant for Awka North and South federal constituency in Anambra State, Mr. Michael Mofunanya has dragged the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and the leadership of All Progressives Congress, APC, to the Federal High Court sitting in Awka over alleged imposition of  a candidate for the constituency ahead of the 2019 elections. 

President Muhammdu Buhari and the Nigerian military have been patted on the back for their concerted efforts towards ending terrorism in Nigeria.

Real Madrid coach, Santiago Solari who signed a contract that runs until 2021, said he wasn’t perturbed by speculations about the return of Jose Mourinho to the club.

Only the leadership of the late President Yar’adua made a meaningful attempt to give us a truly transparent governance based on rule of law

Presidential candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria, Dr.  Obiageli Ezekwesili, has said she has raised the bar in making 2019 election campaigns issue and value-based and has forced the dominant parties to start focusing on same.

In what appears to be a total shut-down of our tertiary education, some stakeholders are calling for a declaration of state of emergency in the sector as Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, and  Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, are presently on strike and Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, is warming up for a shut-down, after their three days warning protest elapsed yesterday (Wednesday).

WE find the war of nerves between the Federal Government and the Nigerian Army on the one hand, and the United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF and global human rights group, Amnesty International, AI, on the other, very troubling and unnecessary.

THE recent report that Nigeria has the highest number of the poorest of the poor globally is a source of concern to well meaning individuals and organisations.