Nigeria Times

By Best Agbese In the last one decade, Nigeria has been a country troubled by insecurities. It is assailed by several internal conflicts and crises which have exalted the strength of nationhood. What has battled more than a few is the vested interests by some external and evil nations in promoting terrorism in...

The National Coalition on Peace and Human Rights in Nigeria (NCPHRN) has criticised the Human Rights Commission's report on the enforcement of lockdown across the country to curb coronavirus.  In a statement signed by the President, Barrister Paul Smith Agbo, on Thursday, the human rights coalition alleged that the Executive Secretary NHRC, Anthony Ojukwu,...

Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General T.Y Buratai, has called on troops of Operation Lafiya Dole that now is the best time to wipe out fleeing Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists. The Army Chief, who is at the thick of things, gave this charge on Wednesday in an address to the troops on the...

By Richard Murphy For somebody who claims more than a passive knowledge of the North east and the Boko Haram terrorist acts, Babatunde Otitoju displayed crass ignorance at his latest outing on the popular TV programme, Journalists' Round Table. In the Monday edition of the programme where the Chadian counter-offensive...

By Kolawole Johnson There seems to be a crisis in the Boko Haram camp as credible sources have confirmed that the leader of the sect, Abubakar Shekau, has been making frantic efforts to seek a soft landing as he prepares to surrender.  This much was gathered from top intelligence sources in...

The people of Omala Local Government Area of kogi state both at home and  in the diaspora  have called on the governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello and the Security Agencies to unravel those behind the incessant killings of the people across Omala  LG by ‘unknown’ gunmen. They noted that in recent times some villages in...

The Philip Agbese Foundation,PAF  has provided succour to the sons and daughters of Agila land in Benue state to enable them pull through during the covid 19 pandemic. The Assistant Coordinator( General Services)of the PAF, Engineer Gideon Unazi in a statement issued titled," Covid 19 pandemic and our stand", said following the outbreak of...

By Oluwole Adesina It is undebatable that some of our southern journalists are the one causing problems in the country with their misinformation. They are Lazy, egotist, arrogant, selfish, unprofessional and overrated. They think they know it all once they qualify as journalist. They caused the fall of Buhari/Idiagbon...

By Philip Agbese I respect Festus Adedayo as writer, public affairs commentator, analyst and author. Consummating his articles anytime fills the void in knowledge and information. But I read the article captioned, “Chad’s Idris Derby As Odogo’s Wife, The Incriminator,” (published in Sahara reporters dated, April 11, 2020), and was staggered by its...

A special report by the Lake Chad Counter-Terrorism Crusade Network (LCCTCN) has applauded Nigeria for spearheading counter-terrorism campaign in the Lake Chad Basin region. The group's commendation followed a research and analysis of the dynamics involved in the counter-insurgency operations of the member countries. In the report signed by...