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Zambian High Commissioner in Nigeria, Dr. Solomon Samuel, has expressed concern over the security situation in the country.   Zambia offers to help Nigeria fight insecurity both physically & spiritually The envoy, who spoke ahead of the International Peace Concert billed for Saturday in Abuja, expressed the readiness of his …

The Federal Government has vowed to fulfil its promise of electrifying five million Nigerian homes with solar energy by 2023. Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo stated this while declaring open 2021 Seplat Energy Summit in Abuja, explaining that several sites have been inaugurated in the six geopolitical zones of Nigeria …

Boko Haram insurgents have taken over more than 500 communities in Shiroro LGA, Niger State, according to Shiroro chairman Suleiman Chukuba.   Speaking with journalists on Friday, September 30, Chukuba said not less than 8 wards in the LGA are now under Boko Haram siege. He said the affected areas …

President Muhammadu Buhari addressed the nation on her 61st Independence Day on October 1st, 2021.  President Muhammadu Buhari full Independence Day speech. Read the full Independence Day Speech below. INDEPENDENCE DAY ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY, MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA ON THE OCCASION OF NIGERIA’S SIXTY …

The presidency has again condemned the alliance between Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), and Yoruba Nation. At the start of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), the secessionist organizations protested against President Muhammadu Buhari and the Nigerian state. In reaction, Buhari’s spokesman, Garba Shehu described IPOB as a designated terror …

Northern governors have kicked against the the Value Added Tax laws enacted by the Rivers and Lagos State governments’ which got the support of other Southern governors. According to the governors during an emergency meeting in Kaduna state on Monday, their counterparts in the South are confusing VAT for sales …

A large group of Boko Haram jihadists have moved out of their base in the North-East to join forces with criminal gangs in the North-West, where they are engaged in weapons training and kidnapping, military sources told AFP on Friday.   Boko Haram’s Islamic State-allied rivals have been consolidating their …

Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, has described nuclear weapons as the ‘ultimate agents of mass destruction’ in his address at the United Nations General Assembly on Friday, September 24, 2021. Eight countries in the world are known to possess operational nuclear weapons, but there are also international agreements that prohibit new …

President Buhari has claimed that Nigeria’s economy is booming because “people went back to farm,” this is coming despite the widely reported high rise in food cost across the country. He made the claim while pleading for financial assistance from a foreign leader during a bilateral meeting on the margins …

The Nigerian President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has said that Nigeria will spare no efforts at getting rid of Boko Haram terrorists, especially in the North-East part of the West African nation. He stated this on Thursday while addressing over 80 world leaders at the 76th session of the …