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Mr Buhari also emphasised the need for the diasporans to continue to remain law abiding as they live in the ...

The spokesperson died on Tuesday.

The president had withheld his assent to the bill in December 2021, citing the cost of conducting direct primary elections ...

Even when school children are kidnapped from their schools as is becoming the norm under President Buhari, he hardly shows ...

"As the candidate who rode into office in 2015 on a wave of popular anger with entrenched elite corruption, he ...

Nigerian twitter users call the attention of the authorities to gory images as evidence of mass killings

Governor Ortom says the Presidency is the only one supporting the continuation of open grazing and the return of cattle ...

The priest says the contract award was discussed with the intention of helping to finding a solution to Nigeria’s security ...

The presidency also criticised the main opposition party, PDP, for calling for the prosecution of the retired military chiefs.

The service chiefs resigned their positions on Tuesday, according to a statement by presidential spokesperson, Femi Adesina.

Lawmakers believe Mr Argungu was sacked over a rift with the Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, ...

Presidential spokesperson, Garba Shehu, on Tuesday announced the appointment of Sulaiman-Ibrahim as new director-general of NAPTIP.

NAPTIP is an agency founded in 2003 in to tackle human trafficking and similar human rights violations in Nigeria.

John Yima Sen, the former director-general of the Northern Governors Forum, died on October 6 at the age of 69.

The demands include halting use of force against protesters and the unconditional release of arrested citizens.

The presidency says it will not take any decision out of fear or threats, especially in this period of a ...

The commission will be chaired by a former house of representatives member.

The week closed with the news of the death on Saturday of former senator and controversial politician and businessman, Buruji ...

The deradicalisation programme " does not have a place for hard boiled, ideologically hardened terrorists," Mr Shehu said.

Mali is currently experiencing a political logjam that has attracted the intervention of African leaders.

A source said the three were killed after they were trailed by some unknown persons from a neighbouring village.

President Buhari described the late Ismaila Isa Funtua as “greatly admired and respected’’

Mr Kyari, who served as President Buhari's chief of staff since 2015, passed on Friday night from COVID-19 complications.

As of 9:30 p.m on Saturday, Nigeria had 318 confirmed cases, 70 discharged and 10 deaths.

The grain is to be released from the National Strategic Grain Reserves.