The $1bn AH-1Z cobra attack helicopters, 12 of them, being procured from the United States by the Federal Government will reduce response time and significantly help the Nigerian Armed Forces to defeat terrorist forces in the country, an official of the US Department of State, Andrew Strike, has said.

The house was recently busted by the officials in the Wuse area of Abuja where cash meant to buy arms for the war against terror, vehicles and other items were recovered.

A joint security team consisting of troops of 302 Regiment of the Nigerian Army; operatives of the Nigerian Navy; officials of the Department of State Services, and the Nigeria Police Force have dislodged camps belonging to Indigenous People of Biafra and the Eastern Security Network at Idara Nnebo, Ihe Mbosi villages and Ukpor in Nnewi South Local Government Area of Anambra State.

South Korea’s Daewoo Engineering and Construction Co. (Daewoo E&C) has won a $492 million maintenance service order for an oil-refining facility in Nigeria whose operations have been suspended three years ago.

UN humanitarians issued an alert on Tuesday over the deteriorating situation for millions of mainly women and children in northeast Nigeria who continue to be affected by protracted armed conflict, just as the country enters the lean season.

ISWAP in a statement said two Nigerian government vehicles were burnt by “soldiers of the caliphate and then returned to their positions”.

AMIDST calls by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Bank and other leading economists for the removal of fuel subsidy, President Muhammadu Buhari has made it clear that his government has no intention to heed to such calls which could increase hardship on the citizenry.

A total of 85 Nigerians were part of the foreign mercenaries, 38 have been killed while 35 returned to their home country.

Nigerian troops have found two former schoolgirls who were abducted by Boko Haram jihadists eight years ago, the military said Tuesday, freeing some of the last victims of the 2014 Chibok abduction.

Former Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Tukur Yusufu Buratai (rtd), on Saturday in Kaduna has stated that insecurity can only be solved by adopting both kinetic and non-kinetic measures like dialogue and local manufacturing of military equipment.

Latest updates on Nigeria’s cash call arrears repayment showed that the country had so far repaid a total of $3.72bn to five international oil companies, leaving an outstanding balance of $971.8m.

The Iran-Nigeria Joint Economic Committee sixth meeting which is being held in Tehran from June 6 to 9, is expected to boost economic and trade development between the two countries.

The President, African Bar Association (AfBA), Hannibal Uwaifo, says the association will mount opposition to the ongoing probe of the activities of the Nigerian military by the International Criminal Court (ICC).

All the political parties in Nigeria have conducted their presidential primary elections.

The recent killing of dozens worshippers at a Catholic church in south-western Nigeria has reignited concern about religious violence in the country.

Nigeria's ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) party voted on Wednesday in key primaries to choose a candidate for next year's election to replace President Muhammadu Buhari.

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Four members of Nigeria's cabinet, including the junior petroleum minister, said on Tuesday that they will not run in next year's elections as planned after President Muhammadu Buhari gave them a Monday deadline to resign from their posts.

Ari-Difinoma decided to abandon the rest of his colleagues and ran out to surrender himself

A coalition of pro-Biafra groups has thrown its weight behind the quest for Nigerian President of Igbo extraction.

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has expressed his determination to do more to ensure the growth and intensification of the strategic partnership between Nigeria and the United Arab Emirates.