The Special Forces deployed to rid the nation of any act of terrorism that has been rocking the northern region of the country has apprehended 65 persons confirmed to be terrorists, attempting to infiltrate Maiduguri while fleeing from various camps now under attack by the Special Forces deployed after President Goodluck Jonathan declared State of Emergency on three northern States that were fast becoming t ...

Four persons have been reported dead as a building situated at Agbama Housing Estate, Umuahia collapsed leaving other casualties critically injured. Residents in the area had to begin rescue mission as the injured were taken to the Federal medical centre in Umuahia. Eye witnesses said that the building was under reconstruction and gave a little account of what happened while one of the surviving site worker ...

President Goodluck Jonathan has commissioned the remodeled Akanu Ibiam airport in Enugu State, South East of Nigeria earlier today Arriving at the Coal City at about 11:30am this morning, the President was accompanied by the Senate Chairman committee on Aviation; Hope Uzodinma, the Minister of Information Labaran Maku, Minister of Works and some other Ministers of the Federal republic of Nigeria. And on han ...

In order to sustain special operations in the face of the recent Boko Haram attack in some areas in the Maiduguri metropolis, the Military Joint Task Force (JTF) in Borno State has imposed an indefinite 24-hour curfew in 12 wards of Maiduguri metropolis, according to a statement issued today by the spokesman of the JTF; Lieutenant Sagir Musa. The affected wards are:  Gamboru, Mairi Kuwait, Bakin Kogi, Kasuw ...

The Ogun State government has supplied and installed two sets of rice processing equipment at Moloko-Asipa in Obafemi Owode Local Government and Ago-Iwoye in Ijebu-North Local Government Areas to boost rice production in the state. Also to enhance the growth of crops, the Governor Ibikunle Amosun-led administration has carried out farm mechanisation services and sold over 500 metric tons of different brands ...

Three days after the declaration of state of emergency in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa States, residents of Yobe and Borno States have continued to live without network on all the GSM Mobile Services in operation in the two states. In the early hours of Thursday, the residents thought network services would be restored shortly but the situation continued into Friday, causing serious communication problems. The r ...

The Supreme Court today waived the Court of Appeal’s decision that ordered the removal of the Chairman Senate Committee on Gas, Senator Nkechi Nwogu, as the duly elected Senator representing Abia Central Senatorial District. Presiding Justice Francis Adebiyi while setting aside the lower court’s decision of December 13th, 2011, said the sole ground for removing Senator Nwogu from office was not on election ...

The Vice President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Issa Aremu has said there is the need to improve on intelligence gathering to address the growing insecurity in the country. He added that President Goodluck Jonathan should ensure that security forces laid more emphasis on intelligence and crime prevention. He spoke in Ilorin during a capacity building and skill development workshop for the National Union ...

In what appears to be about the boldest step taken by the Federal Government in tackling the insurgency in the northern part of Nigeria, President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday declared a state of emergency in three states, namely: Borno, Yobe and Adamawa. In a nationwide broadcast, President Jonathan said the growing insecurity in these troubled states compelled him to exercise his powers as enshrined in Se ...

The Bayelsa State Police Command has confirmed the deployment of the former Commissioner of Police in Enugu State, Mr. Tonye Ebitibituwa as the new Commissioner of Police in the state. According to the Bayelsa Police Command Spokesman, Alex Akhigbe, the new Commissioner of Police who hails from from Ondo State, resumed duty on Thursday to replace retired Commissioner, Kingsley Omire. According to a statemen ...