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By Karen Goulding Notorious terrorist group, Boko Haram (Jamā'at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da'wah wa'l-Jihād) has ramped up its suicidal attacks. Suicidal in this context should not be missed up with suicide ...

The reelection of President Muhammadu Buhari got a boost on Thursday as over 300 leading civil society organizations declared their support for his second term in office.

By Paul Dickson Ultimately, no leader expects unanimous acceptability wherever he serves his country or humanity. But in spite of the scanty reservations on his salutations, often spewed in utterances’, ...

According to PUNCH, Tension is rising among the top hierarchy of the Nigerian military as fears continue to spread of an imminent rebellion among the rank and file. Our correspondents, ...

By Anthony Kolawole A part of Nigeria’s heart secured from insecurity in the Northeast was shuddered last Saturday. The remnants of exiled insurgents regrouped and pushed another anxious, but futile ...

Legal practitioners under the aegis of Coalition of Lawyers Against Terrorism have vowed to drag the convener of the Coalition for Peace and Security (CUPS), Dr. Idris Ahmed to court ...

A 12-yeear-old boy survives aircraft crash that lost contact with air traffic control Saturday during what was supposed to be a flight of around 40 minutes in remote Papua province.

By David Omeje Some years ago, something remarkable happened to Nigeria. On July 13, 2015, precisely, the Commander-In-Chief of the Nigerian Armed Forces , President Muhammadu Buhari appointed an unassuming, ...

Peace Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Initiative PRRI has in the last two years been involved in the provision of humanitarian interventions such as relief materials, Medicare and financial assistance to victims.

Surrendered Boko Haram Commander, Rawana Goni, has begged Nigerian military authorities to allow him make a phone call to the Terrorist leader, Abubakar Shekau and at least 137 other terrorists ...

By Anthony Kolawole :Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff (COAS) and leader of the counter-insurgency operations, Lt. Gen. Tukur Yusufu Buratai is one enigmatic leader. He is passionate and tenaciously works ...

The Independent Human Rights and Crime Monitoring Group has faulted the report by some bodies that the Nigerian Army killed members of the pro-Biafra group during the Operation Python Dance ...

By Prince Ugo: The decision to pen this article came to me impromptu. I stumbled on a news item on an online medium, The Sun (UK), published February 18, 2018, ...

By Okanga Agila: Terrorism is the world’s most lethal scourge. From 2009 till early 2015, when Nigerians tested its bitter pills, darkness hovered on the land. Gloom, agonies, pains, sorrows ...

By Anthony Kolawole: There is no doubt that Nigerians are interesting and enterprising people who can make use of any situation for either humour or mischief. What you get doesn’t ...

A breakaway Boko Haram faction known as the Islamic State in West Africa has seized some towns in Borno and Yobe states, providing protection to Muslim residents and collecting taxes ...

BY RICHARD MURPHY: The Nigerian Army in recent times has been recording successes in the war against Boko Haram. However, these exploits may not amount to much if the people, ...

Father of Dapchi schoolgirl, Liya Sharibu who refused to denounce her Christian faith speaks, says he is very happy.

Two soldiers were killed in a suspected Fulani herdsmen attack in Dung Kasa, Rafiki and Dutse Kura communities in Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State.