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The Katsina state government has been urged to allow well-trained hunters assist in winning the war against banditry in the State. Hajiya Ummah Dauda, the Assistant Commandant General (ACG), Katsina State Chapter of the Nigeria Hunters Council, NHC, made the pledge when she led other members of the association on …

A Nigerian man has shared the story of how met a taxi driver who equipped his car with stones and a catapult, which he intends to use to defend himself amid rising cases of insecurity in the country. The narrator known as Da Mayor on Twitter, said he entered the …

The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has stated that it regretted getting rid of the former President, Goodluck Jonathan, and voting for President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2015 elections.   Speaking on Tuesday on Arise TV’s ‘The Morning Show’ breakfast programme, NEF’s Director of Publicity and Advocacy, Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, said Buhari …

Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari has bowed to call for a reconsideration of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) and has asked the National Assembly to make amendments, citing unbalanced geopolitical representation. Buhari’s request was contained in a letter read by Senate President Ahmad Lawan on the floor of the upper legislative …

Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, has said that the regime of his principal, President Muhammadu Buhari, is not interested in naming or shaming Boko Haram sponsors and other financiers of terrorism in the country. The presidential aide said rather, the current regime is interested …

President Buhari departs for 76th UN General Assembly in New York on 19th Sep 2021.  

Nigerian Air Force has mistakenly bombed another community in Nigeria’s war-torn North-East,  gistfoxnews.com has learnt from military sources. Dozens of civilians were said to have been killed and others wounded after a military operation said to have occurred by error. It was unclear when the incident came, but dead bodies …

On Wednesday, French President Emmanuel Macron announced that French military forces had killed Islamic militant Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi, the leader of Islamic State in the Greater Sahara and West Africa. “It’s another major success in our fight against terrorist groups in the Sahel,” Macron said in a tweet, without disclosing the location …

Minister of Police Affairs, Muhammad Dingyadi has said that the federal government is ready to listen to repentant bandits and settle them without much cost, as part of the solutions to the insecurity issue in the northwest and north-central regions of the country.   Dingyadi said this on Tuesday, September …

President Muhammadu Buhari has requested the Nigerian senate to approve $4,054,476,863 and €710 million external loans. This is contained in a letter addressed to both chambers of the National Assembly and read on the floor at the resumption of plenary by the presiding officers on Tuesday, September 14. Buhari is …