THE Federal Government yesterday said that contrary to public perception, it is not overwhelmed with insecurity issues across the country.

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru, ABUJA The Federal Government, on Wednesday, said it had granted approval for the establishment of 12 new private universities. The new universities, it explained, would be mentored by federal universities close to their locations to provide recruitment of principal officers, academic, and administrative staff, availability of human and material resources for the […]

…insists he was quoted out of context By Peter Duru, Makurdi Benue State Governor and Chairman, Zoning Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Samuel Ortom has dispelled media reports that his committee has jettisoned zoning and thrown open the race for the presidential ticket of the party. In a statement issued Wednesday in Makurdi […]

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru, ABUJA PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday signed into law the  Executive Order 11 on national public buildings maintenance. The signing of the document preceded the weekly virtual Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting at the Council Chambers, Presidential Villa,  Abuja. Speaking shortly before appending his signature, the President Buhari directed all Ministries, Departments […]

Terrorists, suspected to be the Ansaru arm of the Boko Haram sect, on Monday attacked a military base at Polewire in Birnin-Gwari, Kaduna State, killing 17 soldiers and injuring 40 others, after a fierce gun battle between both parties.