Rt. Hon. Benjamin Kalu, Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, says Nigeria can no longer delay the creation of state police if it hopes to tackle its security challenges effectively. Kalu spoke with journalists in Abuja after returning from Geneva, Switzerland, where he attended the 55th parliamentary conference on the World Trade Organisation/Inter-Parliamentary Union

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has denied ever pursuing a third term in office. Speaking at the Democracy Dialogue organised by the Goodluck Jonathan Foundation in Accra, Ghana, Obasanjo said there is no Nigerian, dead or alive, who can truthfully claim he sought support for a third-term agenda. “I’m not a fool. If I wanted a

Four Chinese nationals were abducted yesterday when bandits attacked a mining site in Yagba West local government area of Kogi state. The attack came less than two weeks after three policemen and two vigilante members were killed by gunmen in the same council area. Residents said the bandits laid an ambush for the Chinese workers,

   

No fewer than 16 people were killed yesterday in separate attacks on Makurdi and Katsina Ala local government areas of Benue State. Six persons lost their lives in Abagena and Asom communities in Makurdi, while 10 security operatives were killed in Katsina Ala. The Makurdi attacks, which happened between 4 am and 5:30 am, targeted

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and former Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, met on Saturday evening in Kaduna.Atiku, in a statement after the visit, said he paid a solidarity call on El-Rufai following the recent attack on him by thugs allegedly sponsored by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) during the inauguration of the