The Federal Government, states and the 774 local government councils in the country will, today, share N796 billion allocation for April, in Abuja. more »

THE Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has replied to the call by Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) leader, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), who warned that blood would flow over the 2015 elections should it be like the last general election won by the PDP, saying that the former head of state is blood thirsty. more »

PRESIDENT of the Church of Christ in Nigeria (COCIN), Reverend (Dr) Soja Joseph Bewarang, has accused those in leadership positions of treating the Boko Haram insugence with kid gloves, warning that if the leaders fail to curtail the terrorists, they may end up being consumed by them. more »

The Nigeria Governors` Forum has pleaded with Nigerians to show greater understanding on the present insecurity in the country as steps are being taken to address the situation. The forum, which consists of the 36 elected governors, made the plea at its meeting which ended in the early hours of Thursday in Abuja. The plea was contained in a communiqué issued at the end of the meeting and read by the Chairman Governor Chibuike Amechi of Rivers. He said the forum would hold a brainstorming session in June with a view to addressing the country`s security challenges, which according to him, `` had become a national embarrassment’’. more »

Suspected Muslim herdsmen have hacked and shot to death seven sleeping family members at a Christian village in the volatile central Plateau state, officials said Thursday. more »