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Lawyers have backed the request by rights body, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), urging President Muhammadu Buhari and state governors to provide specific details of spending of security votes between 2011 and 2019. The Dean, Faculty of Law, Lagos ...

Five years on, the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, yesterday reaffirmed that the search by the military for the remaining Chibok girls was ongoing. Delivering the maiden lecture of the Centre for Contemporary Security Affairs of the ...

President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Reverend Samson Ayokunle, has accused government of tolerating insurgency, kidnapping and armed banditry for economic returns. Briefing reporters yesterday at Government House, Maiduguri after his two-day visit to internally displaced persons’ (IDPs) ...

Troops of Section 1, Operation Lafiya Dole and Chadian Defence Forces neutralised 27 terrorists in a coordinated joint military operations in four communities of Borno. The soldiers also recovered five AK-47 rifles and Rapid Propelled Gun tube bombs each as ...

Disturbed by the recurring incidents of unprofessional handling and misuse of firearms leading to the deaths of innocent Nigerians, the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, yesterday warned his men to put an end to the ugly trend. During a ...

The revelation yesterday by the National Universities Commission (NUC) that it was processing 303 fresh applications from individuals, corporate bodies and faith-based organisations for the establishment of more institutions in the country has elicited mixed reactions. Its Executive secretary, Prof. ...

Abuja indigenes yesterday shutdown official activities in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) due to renewed protest against alleged forceful takeover of their land at Tunga Maje village by military authorities. The natives, who blocked the FCT Ministry’s main entrance, resulted ...

The Oyo State Election Petition Tribunal yesterday ordered INEC to allow APC’s gubernatorial candidate, Adebayo Adelabu, to inspect the March 9, 2019 governorship election materials. The commission had declared Seyi Makinde of PDP winner of the poll by scoring 515,621 ...

The management of Caverton Helicopters yesterday met with aviation unions over outstanding benefits and promised to pay the former workers within six weeks. However, the move, seen as a response to picketing of the company that begun on Monday, did ...

The Lagos State University (LASU) yesterday denied borrowing from staff contributory fund to finance accreditation expenses at the institution. This follows allegations of financial misappropriation leveled against the institution’s management, However, the school authorities explained clarified that it borrowed N474m ...