By Luminous Jannamike, Abuja The World Bank says it is hopeful the Federal Government can achieve its target of lifting 100 million Nigerians out of poverty in 10 years, but warned, on Friday, that such an ambitious goal won’t succeed without the execution of policies to keep adolescent girls in school and also provide opportunities […]

By Ikechukwu Nnochiri, Abuja The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Friday, struck out eight out of the 15-count treasonable felony charge the Federal Government preferred against the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB,  Nnamdi Kanu. Specifically, the court, in a ruling that was delivered by trial Justice Binta Nyako, struck […]

Terrorists who attacked the Abuja-Kaduna train have threatened to kill those in their captivity unless the government meets them.

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday approved the allocation of housing units in the National Housing Estate across the country to 22 members of the Super Eagles who won the 1994 African Cup of Nations. The president spoke during the official commissioning of housing projects under the National Housing Programme (NHP) Phase 1 at the Three […]

fate of wife and children unknown 2 months after By Wole Mosadomi, Minna FOR the past three months, bandits have shifted their onslaught to Shiroro and Munya local government areas of Niger State. In the past few years, 18 of the 25 local government areas have been under the siege of the bandits, but now […]