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Ahead of the 2023 general elections, some top northern politicians are pushing for the emergence of a southerner as President Muhammadu Buhari’s Twenty-seven months to the end of Buhari’s second and final term, caucusing, machinations,…

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, said the President of Benin Republic, Patrice Talon, had expressed readiness for his country to be part of Nigeria. Onyeama, who stated this shortly after a close door meeting with…

Former Senate President, Bukola Saraki and some leaders of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) visited former Head of State, Ibrahim Babangida, on Friday. The meeting was held at the IBB Hilltop residence in Minna, Niger State. Saraki…

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Thursday, said the peace of Niger Republic must matter to Nigeria, being “our very close neighbour.” He therefore commended the country’s outgoing President Mahamadou Issoufou and…

Minister of Defence, Major General (rtd) Bashir Magashi, has asked Nigerians to summon courage and stand up to the gunmen wreaking havoc across the country. Speaking with newsmen on the sideline of the screening of Service Chiefs by the…

Kano State governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has said in an effort to fully appreciate federal government presence in the state, in the area of infrastructural development, among others,  his administration’s plan to construct 3-layered…

The Nigerian Governors Forum has decided on the best possible means of tackling insecurity due to the activities of herdsmen across the country. The governors issued a communiqué at the end of the forum’s 25th virtual meeting on…

Inspector Saidykhan, the prosecuting officer in the criminal trial involving one Corporal Alagie Ceesay of the Gambia Police Force has informed the court that Ceesay has absconded from custody and they are still looking for him.…

The Leader of the Senate, Yahaya Abdullahi, has said that the red chamber will discuss the issue of Fulani herdsmen menace across the country on resumption on Tuesday. Abdullahi, who spoke with journalists in his office, said his deputy…

The Senate appears poised for a showdown with President Muhammadu Buhari over his nomination of the recently retired service chiefs as non-career ambassadors. Some senators, The Nation gathered, are mobilising efforts to block the…