Exclusive

Publication

Byline

Two killed as diesel tanker explodes on Lagos-Badagry Expressway

Nigeria, Dec. 26 -- Two people were killed early Thursday after a diesel-laden tanker exploded along the Lagos-Badagry Expressway, officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) ha... Read More


How NSA's office struggled under Buhari, enabling Kuje Prison, other terror attacks - Ex-NSA Monguno

Nigeria, Dec. 26 -- A former National Security Adviser (NSA), Babagana Monguno, has narrated how the dysfunction around former president Muhammadu Buhari frustrated security initiatives in the country... Read More


Sanwo-Olu visits Lagos Island fire scene, seven hospitalised

Nigeria, Dec. 26 -- Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Thursday visited the scene of a major fire outbreak at the 22-storey Great Nigeria Insurance House on Martins Street, Lagos Island, where... Read More


Six PDP lawmakers defect to APC in Zamfara

Nigeria, Dec. 25 -- Six members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Zamfara State House of Assembly have formally defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC), citing what they said is a s... Read More


Catholic Church confirms all pupils, staff abducted from Niger school have regained freedom

Nigeria, Dec. 25 -- The Catholic Diocese of Kontagora has confirmed that all pupils and staff abducted from St. Mary's Catholic Primary and Secondary Schools in Papiri, Agwara Local Government Area of... Read More


PDP condemns Borno bomb blast, says Nigerian govt has failed on security

Nigeria, Dec. 25 -- The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned the bomb blast that occurred in Borno State on Christmas Eve, describing it as a clear indication of the federal government's failu... Read More


What's the cost of a Merry Christmas?, By Azu Ishiekwene

Nigeria, Dec. 25 -- I intended to write about something else, but changed my mind halfway through. Apart from making New Year's resolutions a habit, which nearly half of adult Americans engage in, ano... Read More


Uba Sani: A Moses out of the household of Pharaoh, By Majeed Dahiru

Nigeria, Dec. 25 -- Kaduna, the capital of the defunct Northern Region of Nigeria, was my favourite Nigerian city. Now one of the 19 legacy states of the Northern Region, Kaduna, especially its city c... Read More


UNN insists Chimamanda Adichie appointed visiting professor

Nigeria, Dec. 25 -- The authorities of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) have insisted that the university has appointed the renowned Nigerian writer, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, a visiting profes... Read More


In Christmas message, Bishop Kukah preaches peace, reconciliation amid killings, abductions

Nigeria, Dec. 25 -- The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Hassan Kukah, has called on Nigerians to embrace peace, reconciliation and hope despite the wave of killings, abductions and insecuri... Read More