NIGERIA's inspector-general of police Mohammed Adamu has despatched four units of mobile police and one surveillance helicopter to Oyo State in response to the recent violence that resulted in the Sasha market being burnt down

NIGERIA's ongoing furore over the Lekki Tollgate Plaza in Lagos State took another twixt today after local residents outlined several conditions that must be met before the facility is re-opened following the fatal shootings there last October.

NIGERIAN-born teenager Zach Awe has been offered his first professional contract with English Premier League club Arsenal and invited to train with the first team in what could be a prelude to him making his first appearance for the side.

Ayo Akinfe

(1) If you ask me, having Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as the head of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) makes it imperative that Nigeria becomes a serious player in the global economy. It is highly embarrassing that Africa accounts for 18% of the world’s population by only 3% of its trade. It now falls to Nigeria to correct this imbalance

NIGERIA'S federal government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to enhance cashew production under an ambitious plan to diversify the nation's economy.

GOVERNOR Babajide Sanwoolu has asked the Lagos State police commissioner Hakeem Odumosu to institute an investigation into the harassment of protesters at the Lekki Toll gate Plaza over the weekend.

ISLAMIC cleric Sheikh Abubakar Gumi has revealed that during his recent interaction with bandits operating across northwest Nigeria he discovered that they were in the process of acquiring anti-aircraft missiles to enable them  fight off the military.

PRESIDENCY officials have asked the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) to publish the names of all Fulani herdsmen currently undergoing trials across the country as the pressure mounts on the government to act on the deteriorating security situation.

FORMER finance minister Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has officially assumed office as the director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) after the body's general council confirmed her appointment as a special meeting today.

Ayo Akinfe

(1) Governors of the six largest states in the country - Niger, Borno, Taraba, Kaduna, Yobe and Bauchi are all mandated to immediately set aside 5,000 sq kilometres to be used to construct mega ranches to accommodate Fulani herdsmen

(2) Each geo-political zone is to establish a regional security network along the lines of Amotekun to work in tandem with the police and military to combat the surge in violent crime