Category: Gist

A former United States Ambassador to Nigeria, John Campbell (L), and a former Director with Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government, Prof. Robert Rotberg (R), have said it is time...

Jewish Agency chairman, Isaac Herzog has been elected as the11th president of the State of Israel after receiving 87 votes from parliamentary members in a secret ballot vote in the...

Ondo Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has denied calling for the scrapping of the Senate in the review of the 1999 constitution being undertaken by the National Assembly. Akeredolu was represented by...

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) said it has made significant progress in clearing the backlog of passport applications. Over 230,500 applications have been cleared and the passports produced, the NIS...

In the eight-page secret memo dated May 4, 2021, Mr Malami told Mr Buhari that insecurity across Nigeria has reached a level that could no longer be checked by existing...

The Niger State Government has said that it has began negotiation with the group of armed bandits responsible for the kidnap of the Salihu Tanko Islamic school children in Tegina,...

Troops of the Nigerian Armed Forces have killed scores of suspected Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists, who stormed Damboa town to attack a military formation. Top security sources...

The Onion Producers and Marketers Association of Nigeria (OPMAN) has announced its decision to suspend onion supply to the Southeast over insecurity. The National President of OPMAN, Aliyu Isah, made...

The Bayelsa State government has denied a Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on new media, Bodmas Kemepadei, after he was arrested by the DSS for making inciting statements against...

25 New COVID-19 Cases, 11 Discharged And 0 Deaths On June 2 25 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria; Lagos-10 Taraba-9 Kaduna-3 Rivers-2 Kwara-1

The Department of State Security, DSS has arrested an aide to the Governor of Bayelsa state for inciting the public against President Muhammadu Buhari. POLITICS NIGERIA exclusively confirmed that Kemepadei...

Chibok Girls, Leah Sharibu, Others Now With Islamic State Fighters After Shekau’s Death— Military Sources The remaining over 100 Chibok schoolgirls as well as Dapchi school captive, Leah Sharibu, and...

Twitter Deletes Buhari’s ‘Genocidal Tweet’, May Ban Nigerian President Twitter has deleted President Muhammadu Buhari’s tweet threatening genocide against the people of Igbo-dominated South-East. The social media giant deleted Mr...

The Federal Government says it’s suspecting the activities of the social media giant, Twitter, following its decision to delete President Muhammadu Buhari’s tweet referencing the civil war. Buhari had in...

Those Plotting Nigeria’s Destruction Will Have Shock Of Their Lives – Buhari President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday issued a stern warning to those plotting to destroy Nigeria, saying they will...

Rapper Falz has reacted to President Buhari’s tweet of treating those who are too young to understand what occurred during the civil war in a “language they will understand”. The...

Governor Simon Lalong has sacked 532 civil servants in Plateau state over falsified records. He said this was uncovered after an investigation using the BVN system. Speaking at a policy...

Application for passport booklets has been suspended by an additional one week by the Nigeria Immigration Service. In a statement released on Tuesday June 1, the agency said the applications...

Actor, Robert Hogan has died at the age of 87 after suffering pneumonia complications. The star, known for his roles in TV shows like The Wire, Murder, She Wrote and...

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on Tuesday, June 1, signed a law prohibiting transgender women and girls from competing in girls and women’s sports at public schools in his southern US...