Majority of migrants crossing the border with the U.S. are immediately sent back, so the better option for them would be to apply for asylum from home countries and check

Former first lady of the United States of America, Michelle Obama has said it “wasn’t a complete surprise” to hear the Duchess of Sussex’s claims of racism within the Royal

President Muhammadu Buhari has said his regime has discovered that criminals have infiltrated the mining industry in the country. Buhari said this on Tuesday while declaring open the 56th annual

The Kano government, on Tuesday, confirmed three persons dead and 284 others infected in the outbreak of a strange disease. Commissioner for Health, Aminu Ibrahim-Tsanyawa, spoke to reporters at a

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has described as ‘funny’ the spate of abduction and release of schoolchildren by alleged kidnappers in the Northern part of Nigeria. Wike spoke during

The Federal Government has emphasised the need for Nigerians to be vigilant to end attacks on schools and abduction of students. The Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, who

Shehu Sani, a former Kaduna Central Senator, has faulted President Muhammadu Buhari over his “stern warning” to bandits. Sani said Buhari should stop issuing warning to bandits in English language.

The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has admitted recommending Abdulrasheed Bawa for the chairmanship of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, among four names which

Nigeria’s ex-Vice President Atiku Abubakar has said the idea of paying ransom to bandits is ill-advised as doing so would lead to long-term destruction. Atiku who took to his twitter

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has signed the bill for the Prohibition of Unlawful Societies and Cultism of 2021 into law, approving 21-year jail term for convicted cultists in

The Federal Government of Nigeria has described the reported formation of Biafra Customary Government by Asari Dokubo as a “theatre of the absurd by a joker seeking attention’’. Speaking with

Ugandan opposition figure Bobi Wine has been arrested while leading a protest in the capital, Kampala. The Daily Monitor newspaper published a photo of the moment Mr Wine was taken

Former Minister, Chief Femi Fani- Kayode, has described those criticizing his stand on the killing of six members of a Fulani family in Osun State as ‘worse than animals.’ The

A combined team of security operatives have arrested some members of the African Alliance Congress who arrived at the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission to protest the commission’s

The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has said that the labour movement in Nigeria is dead, adding that it cannot reverse the anti-people policies of the All Progressives Congress-led

Minister of Labour and Employment Senator Chris Ngige has assured the Organised Labour, organised private sector and Nigerians that there is no increase in the price of Premium Motor Spirit

The Office of the National Security Adviser on Friday denied that funds for arms procurement have gone missing under the former Service Chiefs. The BBC’s Hausa Service had earlier reported

No fewer than 172 students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanization, Afaka in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State have been rescued. The Commissioner for Internal Security and

The National Security Adviser to the President, Maj.-Gen Babagana Monguno (retd.), has said some funds meant for the purchase of arms to strengthen the country’s anti-terror war got missing under

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has threatened to frustrate the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio over comments against South-South Governors. Mr. Wike on live television on Friday said

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP), has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to give account of the $1 billion earmarked for arms by his government. PDP National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Kola Ologbondiyan,

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday said the government is becoming desperate in its attempt to quash the rising spate of insecurity across the country. While addressing traditional rulers at the

Supreme Court has affirmed the ten-year jail term slammed on a former Governor of Plateau State, Senator Joshua Dariye’s for alleged criminal breach of trust. In a unanimous judgment delivered

President Joe Biden on Thursday offered his Covid-weary nation a tantalizing glimpse of an almost normal July 4th, outlining in a speech how the United States can defeat the coronavirus

Senator Rochas Okorocha, a former governor of Imo state, has declared that he would contest and win the 2023 presidential election. It was reported that Okorocha, who represents Imo West

President of the Nigerian Senate, Ahmad Lawan, on Thursday, revealed that certain gaps in the 1999 Constitution formed by the exclusion of traditional institutions in the governance and security architecture

The Special Adviser to the Nigerian president, President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina has stated without mincing words that Nigerians are the country’s greatest problem. He lashed

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Abuja emphasized that security chiefs have received marching orders to go harder on criminals, including to shoot anyone found illegally with AK-47. The President

Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho says his agitation is for Yoruba nation and that there is no going back on this. Igboho, in a statement issued by his

U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday signed his first major legislative bill, the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 stimulus package into law. The signing was initially billed for Friday. But it was

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Thursday explained why he has not yet taken the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. Many governors have taken the vaccine but Sanwo-Olu is yet to take

Gunmen have abducted students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation in Mando area of ​​Kaduna State. Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Mohammed Jalige, who confirmed the incident to Daily

Nigerian soccer legend, Kanu Nwankwo has called on youths not to give up on their dreams, recalling that he started playing football without boots. The former Super Eagles captain spoke