The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa, says the Armed Forces of Nigeria has attained 27.9 per cent female participation in peace support operations as against the 17 per cent benc…
The United States government has alerted its citizens of elevated terrorism threats on major hotels in “large cities” in Nigeria. This was contained in an emergency information for American …
The Food and Agriculture Organisation(FAO) says no fewer than 26.5 million Nigerians in Borno, Sokoto and Zamfara States including the FCT may face food crisis between June and August, 2024. …
The ECOWAS Court of Justice is set to deliver its verdict on Tuesday, October 31, 2023, in a case brought by Amb. Ali Ocheni and four others against the Federal Republic of Nigeria, accusing the na…
Governor Dikko Radda of Katsina State says the government is not considering negotiation with bandits operating in the state but will employ both kinetic and non-kinetic means to end the menace.…
No fewer than 500 Primary Healthcare Centers (PHCs) are not functioning in Zamfara due to insecurity, the Executive Secretary, State Primary Healthcare Board, Dr Husaini Anka, has said. Anka…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it plans to deploy 46,084 staff for the Nov.11 off-cycle governorship election in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi. The INEC Chairman, Prof. Ma…
The ongoing turbulence in Nigeria’s currency exchange market saw the local currency, the Naira, continue to depreciate across all market segments. Checks by Vanguard revealed that Naira went…
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has strongly condemned an apparent attack on a hospital in northern Gaza on Tuesday that has reportedly left many hundreds of people killed and injured. A…
Nigeria is ranked 123 globally in gender inequality, according 2022 World Gender Gap report, as cited by the Minister of Women Affairs, Uju Kennedy Ohanenye. The minister expressed deep conc…
President Bola Tinubu says a sustained collaborative approach is significant in the fight against poverty in Nigeria and the world at large. He said this at the commemoration of the internat…
The “sit-at-home’’ order by the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra is killing the Southeast geopolitical zone and its businesses. The observation was made by Deputy Speaker, House of Rep…
