The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has defended his decision to construct railways and roads extending into Niger Republic. Buhari said this during an interview on Arise Television which aired on Thursday. The President said borders were arbitrarily drawn by the French colonialists without taking into cognisance the …

The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has warned of a genocide in the country if the Federal Government fails to arrest the growing extremism, particularly in the North. Speaking yesterday during a virtual hearing on the escalation of violence by non-state actors in Nigeria and its potential …

Buhari justified his choice of Yahaya though his appointment will force over 20 Major-Generals to retire. President Muhammadu Buhari explained that he appointed Major General Farouk Yahaya as the Chief of Army Staff because he had led a war and was used to the frontlines. Buhari justified his choice of …

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) has described the Indigenous People of Biafra clamouring for secession as a dot in a circle that has nowhere to go. The President said this in an interview with Arise TV broadcast on Thursday. He said, “That IPOB is just like a dot …

Manchester United have reportedly agreed personal terms with Borussia Dortmund forward Jadon Sancho over a move to Old Trafford this summer, Newsextra24 reports. The Red Devils have been long-term admirers of the England International and even failed to sign him in 2020. Dortmund are understood to have lowered their asking …

“We were invited to cover a panel of discussion at the ongoing African Council of Women Conference with the theme: Factors and driver of Gender-Based Violence in Nigeria, organised by the DRPC, under the Ford Foundation. “I drove to the venue, M & M Events Centre, Abuja, close to NICON …

President Muhammadu Buhari has departed Lagos state after commissioning two separate projects in Ebute Metta and Apapa areas of the state. The president departed Lagos from the Mobalaji Johnson railway station in Ebute Meta in a presidential aircraft with the registration number NAF-54. A huge crowd of school pupils were …

Transport minister Rotimi Amaechi says the extension of the Abuja-Kaduna rail line to Kano wll begin this June. He disposed this during the official commissioning of the facility on Thursday in Lagos. “We have about three or four projects. This month, we will start Kano-Kaduna and then we will also …

Man who slapped Macron tells court the president embodied France’s decay The medieval martial arts enthusiast who slapped President Emmanuel Macron across the face told a court he was a right-wing sympathiser who had acted because the president represented all that was rotten with France, BFM TV reported. Damien Tarel, …

The Federal Government has declared Monday, June 14 as a public holiday to mark this year’s Democracy Day. This is as the government warned against agitations capable of threatening the peace of the country. The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, was quoted to have said this in a statement on …