Nigeria

Nigeria has 15.1% unmet need for family planning- UNFPA

By Ismail Auwal The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Country Representative in Nigeria, Ulla Mueller said that the country has a 15.1% unmet need for...

Bafarawa berates Buhari for showing nonchalance to lives lost in latest Sokoto bandits’ attack

By Ismail Auwal Former Sokoto State Governor, Alh. Attahiru Dalhatu Bafarawa, has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of disregarding the lives of Nigerians. Bafarawa bemoaned Buhari's failure...

Gumi suspends further mediation with bandits, blames FG for not heeding his advices

By Salim Yunusa Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, Sheik Ahmad Gumi, has said he will no longer interface with bandits until “the political situation changes”. Gumi said since...

Kano anti corruption agency detains Director of local consumer protection council over bribery

By Salim Yunusa Kano state Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission (PCACC) has arrested the Director of Quality Assurance of the states Consumer Protection Council, Mr...

Tambuwal blames military for allowing displaced Zamfara bandits enter Sokoto

By Sahelian Times Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State has blamed the military for the incursion of bandits dislodged from Zamfara into his state. There has...

Prepare for more security threats in 2022 – COAS tells troops

By Sahelian Times The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen Farouk Yahaya, has asked commanders to plan for a possible increase in the scope and...

After DSS grill, #SecureNorth protest leaders suspend movement activities across Nigeria

By Ismail Auwal The series of protests organized by youths across northern Nigeria to draw President Muhammad Buhari's attention to the prevailing Insecurity in the...

5G: NCC conducts mock auction of 3.5 GHz spectrum

By Ismail Auwal Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC)  has said that it has successfully carried out a mock session for the 3.5 gigahertz (GHz) spectrum auction...

Buhari dispaches DSS, NSA to Sokoto, Katsina to tackle insecurity

By Sahelian Times     President Muhammadu Buhari has dispatched Babagana Monguno, national security adviser, and Yusuf Bichi, director-general of the Department of State Services (DSS) to...

Insecurity: Northern youths take to the streets of Kano, Bauchi, others

By Sahelian Times Angry youths have taken to the major streets of Kano, Bauchi, Zamfara and Sokoto states, protesting the widespread killings in the North-Western...

JUST IN: DSS invites activist, Zainab Naseer Ahmad

By Sahelian Times   The Department of State Service (DSS) have invited a popular Kano activist, Zainab Naseer Ahmad, for leading a protest.   The popular activist led...

JUST IN: Katsina’s Commissioner for Science and Tech gunned down

By Sahelian Times Katsina State Commissioner for Science and Technology, Dr Rabe Nasir, was assassinated on Thursday.   The commissioner was killed in his residence in Daura...

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