The Federal Government has called for a united national front involving citizens, the media, civil society organisations, and security agencies in the ongoing fight against terrorism and violent extremism across the country. Speaking at a national press briefing in Abuja on Thursday, the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, said defeating terrorism requires collective responsibility that transcends political, ethnic, religious, and regional divisions. “The Federal Government is rallying citizens, the media, and security...

Opposition lawmakers in the green chamber of the National Assembly, on Wednesday selected Hon. Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere, lawmaker representing Ideato North and Ideato South, as Reps Minority Leader Designate, awaiting the Speaker’s announcement. 61 out of the 81 lawmakers from the Nigerian Democratic Congress (NDC), African Democratic Congress (ADC), All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), Labour Party (LP), Action Peoples Party (APP), Allied Peoples Movement (APM), Social Democratic Party (SDP) and ACCORD...

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, has appealed to politicians to stop playing politics with the schoolteachers and students’ abduction in Oriire Local Government Area of the state. It will be recalled that former Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State, accused the Oyo government of orchestrating the kidnap of the students and teachers. He stated this during an interview on Channels TV on Monday, where he alleged that the kidnap was orchestrated by the Oyo...

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has returned to Abuja following the Eid-el-Kabir holiday in Lagos State. The President’s aircraft touched down at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport at exactly 5:17 p.m. on Tuesday, where he was received by top government officials, including the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike; Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila; National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu; and Inspector-General of Police, Tunji Disu. Tinubu’s stay in Lagos during...