Nigeria Times

The North East Peace Agenda (NEPA) has lamented the worrisome attacks targeted at the Nigerian military by some media outfits despite the troops' patriotism and sacrifices to rid the nation of terrorists and other criminal elements. The group said this unnecessary assault does not bode well for the restoration of peace and security...

A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the director general of the Progressives Governors Forum (PGF) Dr. Salihu Lukman, has described as needless and distraction those criticising President Muhammad Buhari over the lockdown in Abuja and Lagos to curb the spread of Coronavirus. Among those who have openly...

By Abubakar Shehu As world economies brace for the financial impact of the COVID-19 virus and with Nigeria steeling itself for the economic strain that will come from slump in crude oil prices, persons recruited to blackmail and malign President Muhammadu Buhari are set to pocket huge payouts that rival crude oil revenue.  

By Charles Ibekwe On Tuesday, the Nigerian Army redeployed some top generals and senior officers in a move meant to reinvigorate and enhance synergy as a tradition in its operations. Among those redeployed is the theatre Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole, Major General Olusegun Adeniyi who until his redeployment was in charge of...

By Ahmed Danfulani Fear has been sold to the world with the outbreak of pandemic of Coronavirus (CONVID-19) in Wuhan, China. In just a few weeks, the entire world has been reduced to one huge symbol of deaths and of mass graves. The phobia of Coronavirus is real and deafening....

Human right and social- justice crusaders, otherwise known as activists have moved up the social ladder in Nigeria. They are no longer the harassed and brutalised lot locked up in dungeons, sacrificing their comfort for any cause they believe in. They have joined the upwardly mobile...

The Conference of Civil Society Organisations for Peace, Security and National Development has criticised the continuous stand of an online news portal, Sahara Reporters to ridicule the efforts of men and officers of the Nigerian Army who are in the battle field to end the Book Haram scourge in the north east region. The...

The Coalition Against Terrorism and Extremism (CATE) believes there is a deliberate agenda by online medium, Sahara Reporters, to trigger mutiny amongst Nigerian troops on the frontlines. CATE says it came to this conclusion having examined the Omoyele Sowore-owned portal's reportage on the military and the insurgency war in the last three years....

By Idoko Ainoko When the matter borders on the security of Nigeria, Sahara Reporters has on several occasions acted as if it does not care about the peaceful and cooperate existence of the country.  Going by the way the online medium  concoct stories, twists facts and embellish negative occurrences in favour of insurgents, terrorists...

All working journalists and other media staff in Lagos and Ogun states as well as the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have been advised to use their valid Identity Cards to access their places of work and assignment venues during the 14-day lockdown directed by the Presidentin the two states and the FCT. In a...