An ex-governor of Kaduna State, Col Abubakar Umar (retd.); a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Ahmed Raji, SAN, and some civil society organisations have called for the suspension of the plan by the Federal Government to conduct a population census next year. They asked the government to focus attention on the insecurity in the country and […]

There are indications that negotiations between the Federal Government and terrorists, who attacked the Kaduna-Abuja train on March 28, have stalled following the refusal of the government to accede to their demands. The terrorists are keeping about 100 passengers, who were abducted from the train, which derailed at Katari, Kaduna, after it was bombed. Eight […]

Authorities of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), yesterday, confirmed one of its staff dead, saying that it has established communication with two of its officials, who went missing after Thursday’s attack by gunmen at a continuous voter’s registration centre in Imo State. According to the Commission, the missing staff members would soon be uniting […]

Rights activist, Mr Femi Falana (SAN) on Friday in Ikeja urged the Federal Government to extend Thursday’s presidential pardon granted some top Nigerians, to people serving terms for petty offences. He made the call at the first anniversary of late Afenifere’s spokesman, Yinka Odumakin’s Lecture and Book Presentation. He said doing so for convicts without […]

The Federal Government has begun talks with terrorists who killed nine passengers and abducted about 70 others during an attack on Abuja-Kaduna train. Relatives of the kidnapped victims disclosed this on Friday. They however asked the government to hasten negotiation with the terrorists and shelve the idea of resuming the train services while their loved […]

Relatives of the kidnapped victims of the bandits’ attack on the Abuja-Kaduna train on Friday warned the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, and the Nigerian Railway Corporation against attempting to resume train services without rescuing their loved ones languishing in terrorists’ den. They also lambasted Amaechi for declaring presidential ambition few days after the train […]

Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, has knocked the Northern Elders Forum for asking President Muhammadu Buhari to resign over his handling of insecurity challenges bedeviling the country. This is as he also alleged that the NEF position was borne out of the members’ frustration after they allegedly failed to […]