In July, the minister said the Federal Government had released 4,550 offenders — part of moves to decongest correctional centres in Nigeria.

Jonathan was president under the PDP but has since his defeat in 2015, stayed away from partisan politics. However, he is yet to resign from the party.

Nigeria has been battling terrorist attacks across regions, especially in the North-eastern and North-western parts of the ...

Nigeria's Chief of Defence Staff, Christopher Musa, said relative peace has returned to the country's South-east since the arrest of a pro-Biafra agitator, Simon Ekpa, in Finland. Mr Musa, a general, ...

Akeredolu-Ale was before his appointment, the Controller, Current Affairs at Channels television headquarters in Lagos State.

The National Broadcasting Commission on Monday wielded its big stick on Channels Television by ordering an immediate stoppage of one of its programmes, ‘Politics Today’. The commission said it ...

Nigeria's national security adviser has announced the arrest of two militant leaders on the country's most wanted list ...

Former Jigawa State Governor, Alhaji Sule Lamido, has accused former President Muhammadu Buhari of inflicting deep damage on Nigeria’s democratic fabric through a divisive style of politics that ...

Despite Nigeria's position as Africa's most populated country, with over 200 million people, and a female population of 49.46 percent according to the World Bank, women's representation in politics ...

Nigeria has been battling terrorist attacks across regions, especially in the North-eastern and North-western parts of the ...