Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson, says all parts of Nigeria need to interact and identify the peculiar needs and positions that need to be harmonised in order to achieve the goals of existing a federation. Dickson made the remark at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, soon after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari.

The controversial Nigerian Peace Corps bill has finally been jettisoned as attempt by the House of Representatives to override President Muhammadu Buhari failed on Thursday. The House of Representatives which boasted it would override the veto of the Buhari could not achieve its aim.

The Senate has asked heads of security agencies to send a special budget that would enable them tackle insecurity in the country. The Senate held a closed door session with the heads of security agencies over the proliferation of firearms and widespread killings across the country. The lawmakers were briefed in a closed-door session that lasted about four hours on Wednesday.

Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari says the successful transition in the Republic of The Gambia, and the ongoing peace process in the country gives greater hope of harmonious co-existence and development on the African continent. Receiving a Letter of Credence from the High Commissioner of the Republic of The Gambia to Nigeria, Mr Amadou Taal,

The Gombe State House Assembly has suspended four members of the All Progressive Congress for four legislative days, because of their involvement in the snatching of the mace of the state legislature and taking it away. The member who took the mace away, Abdullahi Abubakar,

The House of Representatives has summoned Geoffrey Onyeama, Minister of Foreign Affairs; and Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, over the killing of Nigerians in South Africa. The summon followed a motion on the need to protect the rights and lives of Nigerians in South Africa.