Major General Mamman Jiya Vatsa, sentenced to death over a treason charge in 1986, has received a posthumous pardon from President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Vatsa, a poet, was among the
The Federal Government has deployed a new line of defence against insecurity with the rollout of the Forest Guards Initiative aimed at flushing out bandits, kidnappers and other criminal gangs
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday presided over the meeting of the National Council of State, with former Heads of State Ibrahim Babangida and Abdulsalami Abubakar attending virtually. According to
The Managing Editor of African Radio International (ARI), Binta Yero, has said the organisation has assembled its pioneering management team to drive the Pan-African vision through effective projection and flagship
The Imo House of Assembly on Thursday passed the Imo Film Village Establishment Bill into Law. The bill, sponsored by the member representing Onuimo state constituency, Mr James Esile (APC),
László Krasznahorkai, a Hungarian writer has been announced as the winner of this year’s Nobel Prize in Literature. The Nobel committee said he was awarded the prize for “for
The National Council of State has approved the nomination of Professor Joash Ojo Amupitan (SAN) from the North-Central as the new Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). President
Veteran broadcaster and former Nigerian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Dr Christopher Kolade, is dead. He was 92. The family announced the elder statesman’s death in a statement on
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Yusuf Tuggar, has called for stronger collaboration between Nigeria’s policy and research institutions to ensure evidence-based policymaking. He made the call in a statement
Former President of the ECOWAS Court of Justice, Justice Edward Asante, has been elected to the prestigious Advisory Committee of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council. This is contained
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