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Enugu State Government has imposed a 12-hour curfew on Oruku Community in Nkanu East Local Government Area of the state following the crisis that claimed the lives of two community leaders.The Commissioner for Information, Mr…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State says it has confidence in the Olagunsoye Oyinlola-led Reconciliatory Committee to resolve crisis bedeviling the party in the South-West.The party’s state Publicity Secretary, Taofik…

President Buhari on Thursday visited Mali to consult with other African leaders on finding a lasting solution to the ongoing crisis in Mali republic.The President is expected to meet with ECOWAS leaders  led by President Mahamadou…

The Conference of Benue Journalists (CBJ) on Sunday expressed satisfaction on President Muhammadu Buhari’s timely intervention to provide lasting solution to the age long communal violent clashes between the Jukun and Tiv people of Taraba.…

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila has expressed his happiness over the amicable resolution of the leadership crisis that engulfed the Bauchi State House of Assembly.Gbajabiamila who was in Bauchi on…

Venezuela’s self-declared interim President Juan Guaido has revealed “clandestine meetings’’ between opposition figures and representatives of the armed forces in a bid to oust President Nicolas Maduro, local media reported on Thursday.…

The Center for Democracy and Development (CDD) has warned that Nigeria is on the path of crisis following the suspension of CJN Walter Onnoghen and his subsequent replacement.The director of the group,  Idayat Hassan, said that the…

The Irish High Commissioner to Nigeria, Sean Hoy, said on Thursday that the Boko Haram crisis has festered because of the country’s failure to tackle its local crisis. The envoy noted that as a result of this, external forces had…

Many people were injured on Monday when the supporters of the Imo State Deputy Governor, Eze Madumere, and that of Governor Rochas Okorocha’s son-in-law, Uche Nwosu, clashed during a political meeting.The clash happened at the council…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned the gruesome murder of 41 Nigerians by marauders in Zamfara State and urged Nigerians to join forces in praying for the nation.The party made the condemnation in a statement issued by its…

At least one person has been reportedly killed and 18 others — including a Senior Secondary School 1 student — injured in fresh hostility between Aladja community in Udu and Ogbe-Ijoh community in Warri South West Council areas of Delta…

A religious crisis at Modibbo Adama University of Technology, Yola has reportedly left a 200 level student dead. The cause of the crisis was triggered by an allegedly blasphemous statement made by a student on Whatsapp.The controversial…

All doesn't seem well in the APC garden as reports indicate that a major coup could be on the cards to oust current party chairman, John Oyegun.According to the Nation, 17 governors have stated discontent at the way Oyegun is handling…

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has announced that he would be travelling to the Central African Republic (CAR) early next week to draw attention to the fragile situation in the country.The Secretary-General told the press at the…

The Head of pf the United Nations Peacekeeping Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix on Tuesday, called the South Sudan’s crisis man-made, and alleged that the leaders of the country were responsible.Lacroix, the Under-Secretary-General of…

President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker on Friday ruled out European Union (EU) mediation between Spain and Catalonia in the independence crisis.“If Catalonia secedes, others will follow suit. I wouldn’t want that,’’…

Crisis broke out in Kaduna state after the police and Shiite Islamic movement in Nigeria (Shia) group clashed.The group which had been banned by the Kaduna state government after it declared it an unlawful society defied the order to hold…

The Ndiolumbe Nvosi Autonomous Community in Isiala Ngwa South Council of Abia state is said to be set for a showdown with the Fulani herdsmen over the refusal of cattle grazing in their lands.The cases of invasion of farmland which the…

Gov. Simon Lalong of Plateau has approved the relaxation of dusk to dawn curfew imposed in the state following violent clashes. The governor relaxed the curfew from 6p.m. to 6a.m. to 10p.m. to 6.am.It would recalled that following last…

The Plateau State Government on Friday imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew on Jos Metropolis following “rumoured skirmishes, tension and confusion” over the situation in South-East.The government, in a statement signed by Mr Emmanuel Nanle,…

The Federal Government on Thursday said it would work with government of the United Kingdom to stimulate more direct private sector investments into Nigeria.The Minister of Budget and National Planning, Sen. Udoma Udo Udoma said this in…

The President of the Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF), Musa Kida, said on Thursday that there was no crisis in the federation.Speaking with newsmen in Abuja, Kida said the crisis was merely a perception of the public.The News…