The PunchEnsure security, know your neighbours, Fashola tells LagosiansThe Guardian NigeriaLAGOS State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN) has stressed the need for Lagosians to know their neighbours and also ask questions when in doubt. Speaking to …
CHANNELSNYSC nightmareThe Nation NewspaperBy The Nation 8 hours 28 minutes ago If there are any doubts as to the extent of the havoc caused by the worrying security situation upon the nation's social fabric, they must have been dispelled by the pas…
BusinessDayMinister files petition to halt prosecution of su…CHANNELSThe Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Bello Adoke has filed a court petition to prevent anyone implicated in a N1.7 trillion fuel subsidy corruption scandal being p…
Leadership NewspapersEdo: Why we disqualified some election monitors – INECThe Nation NewspaperBy Agency Reporter 3 hours 24 minutes ago The Independent National Electoral Commission National Commissioner, Ishmael Igbani, said on Thursday that the Non-…
Nigerian BulletinDana Air – Daily updateAviation.ca (press release)In order to provide up to date information on the status of the ongoing response by Dana Air to the tragic accident of June 3, 2012, the company is providing a daily update to the med…
Leadership NewspapersPolice, Army Agree To Enforce Ban On Okada In EnuguLeadership NewspapersThe Commissioner of Police in Enugu State, Mr Musa Daura, has said that the command would enforce the ban on the use of motorcycles in Enugu metropolis. Daura …
Empowered NewsExplosion Rocks Shopping Centre in Nigeria CapitalEmpowered NewsAn explosion happened on Tuesday at a shopping center in the Nigerian capital Abuja, where another unexploded bomb was later discovered. The first blast went off at roughly 9…
CHANNELSCourt reaffirms order restraining change of UNILAG's nameDaily Times NigeriaAn Ikeja High Court, on Wednesday, reaffirmed its interim order restraining the Federal Government from renaming the University of Lagos (UNILAG) to Moshood Abiola …
Leadership NewspapersWe Never Put Otedola On Trial – RepsLeadership NewspapersThe House of Representatives yesterday said that it had no issues with Mr Femi Otedola who on Tuesday appeared before its Ethics and Privileges Committee but refused to tes…
Leadership NewspapersJos: STF Loses 5 Officers InLeadership NewspapersAssailants have killed five personnel of the Special Task Force (STF) at the outskirts of Jos in the last three months, according to STF spokesman, Captain Salisu Mustafa. “We have …
CHANNELSCourt insists on Hembe's trialThe Guardian NigeriaAN Abuja High Court yesterday declared that the deposed Chairman of the House Committee on Capital Market, Herman Hembe and his Deputy, Azubuogu Ifeanyi, must stand trial over the two-count …
Borno buys N700m malaria drugs for councilsThe Guardian NigeriaCHILDREN and pregnant women in Borno State have been listed as the major beneficiaries of the N700 million malaria drugs and diagnostic kits acquired by the state government for its 27 loca…
AFPPolice ban vehicular movement at Edo guber pollsThe Guardian NigeriaTHE Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) for Zone Five (Edo, Delta and Bayelsa states), Hashimu Argungu, has restricted vehicular movement in the state during the July 14 gov…
Leadership NewspapersAlleged assault of PHCN workers: PDP wants Fayemi's aides prosecutedNigerian TribuneTHE Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called for the arrest and prosecution of Governor Kayode Fayemi's aides and the policemen, who alleg…
CHANNELSPDP chieftains jailedNigerian TribuneJustice Charles Achibong of a Federal High Court in Lagos has sentenced three chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State to six months imprisonment for flouting a court order. In a ruling…
Leadership NewspapersX-raying leadership and national transformation in NigeriaNigerian TribuneOn Monday, the chairman, Senate Committee on Environment and Ecology, Senator Bukola Saraki, delivered a lecture entitled “Leadership and National Transfor…
INEC, parties squabble over fresh deregistration bidThe Nation NewspaperBy Augustine Avwode 1 minute ago The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced plans to weed out weak and inactive political parties. Assistant Editor AUGUSTIN…
CHANNELSJonathan promises to protect corps membersP.M. NewsNigeria's central government, led by President Goodluck Jonathan said on Wednesday in Abuja that it will do everything necessary to safeguard the lives of Corps members, regardless of the p…
BusinessDayDrama as Oteh attends economic management meetingBusinessDayThe presence of the suspended Director General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Arunma Oteh, caused a mild drama at the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa, A…
CHANNELSACN denies pact with CPC for Edo guber pollsCHANNELSThe Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in Edo state has denied any planned merger or decision to present a joint candidate with the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) in the forthcoming July …
Babatope, others laud Mimiko's development stridesThe Guardian NigeriaFORMER Transport Minister and a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Ebenezer Babatope, yesterday endorsed the second-term ambition of the Labour Party governor…
Leadership NewspapersArmy won't allow Nigeria's break-up, says IhejirikaThe Guardian NigeriaTHE Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Onyeabo Azubike Ihejirika, yesterday in Jaji, Kaduna State, asked Nigerians to discountenance the speculation of a pos…
BusinessDayLagos plans 226mw IPPs for industrial estatesBusinessDayThe Lagos State Government is working on plans to build four new Independent Power Plants (IPPs) with a combined capacity of 226 megawatts of electricity, following its recent successes…
AFPLaid back legacy and the future of a tormented nationNigerian TribuneRecently, in a bid to assess my life to date, as regards the legacy for which the world will remember me for, I called together my wife andchildren to ask them for what they, as in…
BusinessDayBaba Suwe: Court declines to hear NDLEA's plea for stay of executionNigerian TribuneTHE Court of Appeal, Lagos Division, on Tuesday, declined to hear a motion filed by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) seeking to stay exec…
Edo ACN Set For Grand Rally, Denies Alliance With CPCLeadership NewspapersThe Edo State branch of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) said on Tuesday that it was set to hold a grand rally in Benin on Saturday, July 7. This is contained in a statement …
The Economist (blog)The Shabab branches outThe Economist (blog)SUNDAY worshippers set upon with guns and grenades, churches hit by masked men. The attacks fit the pattern of many in Nigeria, where Africa's predominantly Muslim north meets its major…
BusinessDayLagos Residents Swim For Cover as Floods Engulfs HomesNigerian BulletinYesterday the heavens opened up and poured down heavily on the Lagos metropolis. Most areas were affected by the floods that came as a result of the rains. Activities wer…
BusinessDayNigeria $620000 Bribery Scandal: Phone Conversation between Farouk Lawan …Indepth Africaby IndepthAfrica | Posted on Tuesday, July 3rd, 2012 Chairman of House of Representative probe committee on oil Subsidy, Hon. Farouk Lawan and Chairman…
Leadership NewspapersNon-Inclusion in Election Monitoring:CONGOs Raises AlarmNigerian ObserverBy BERNADETTE IDALU BENIN CITY – The Conference of Non Governmental Organizations in Edo State (CONGOs) has stressed that there is a plan to scheme them out…
Osun DefenderYobe, Borno, Senate Mourn AlbishirLeadership NewspapersSenator Usman Albishir's death in a car crash along Kano-Zaria Road cast a mourning mood across the nation especially in the Senate, Yobe his home state and neighbouring Borno. The…
Leadership NewspapersCourt frees Deji Abiola of theftThe Guardian NigeriaJUSTICE Adeniyi Onigbanjo of a Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja yesterday discharged and acquitted Mr. Deji Abiola, son of the late business mogul, Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawal…
Sachet water price soars as FCT residents lament water scarcityBusinessDayLife in Abuja and neighbouring towns in the last few weeks has been very unpleasant following the scarcity of water in the city. The situation, according to Cityfile investigatio…
CHANNELSBehold 'Field Marshal' Goodluck JonathanThe Nation NewspaperBy Olukorede Yishau 18 hours 31 minutes ago He has said he is neither a General nor a Pharaoh. But yesterday, he looked every inch a Field Marshal, a rank no living or dead Nig…
CHANNELSEx-Police chiefs meet Acting IG AbubakarThe Nation NewspaperBy Gbade Ogunwale 5 hours ago Worried over the spate of insecurity in the country, former Inspectors- General of Police yesterday held a three-hour meeting with Acting Police chief Moh…
AFPConstruction Workers Killed in Nigeria's NortheastVoice of AmericaNigeria's military says nine construction workers have been killed in the country's northeast, where militants from the Islamist group Boko Haram are active. Military offi…
2015 campaign, a distraction – Sen NwagwuDaily SunNigeria's image abroad is not the best as a result of the spate of killings and bombings being perpetrated by some elements in the country. But the Chairman, Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, S…
THISDAY LiveOshiomhole's Aide Defects, Mobilises for AirhiavbereTHISDAY LiveAhead of the July 14 governorship election in Edo State, a Special Adviser in the office of Governor Adams Oshiomhole, Mr. Ehiozuwa Johnson Agbonnayinma, who recently defec…
AFP$3 million bribe: Lawan, otedola audio …BusinessDayAn audio recording has surfaced in the media believed to be part of a telephone conversation conversation between Farouk Lawan and Femi Otedola over the bribery scandal. Farouk had earlier been qu…
CHANNELSWe have many unpatriotic Nigerians – JonathanThe Nation NewspaperBy Tony Akowe 3 hours 18 minutes ago President Goodluck Jonathan said in Kaduna on Monday that there were many unpatriotic Nigerians holding high offices in the country. The Pre…
Leadership NewspapersFlood May Sack 10 Communities —Lagos WarnsP.M. NewsBy Kazeem Ugbodaga As the rains persist, the Lagos State Government has asked over 10 flood-prone communities in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria to vacate their areas for two weeks as t…
Dana Air Crash: 'Why I Moved Motion To Compensate Victims' Families'P.M. NewsThe Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Treaties and Protocols, Dayo Bush-Alebiosu says he moved the motion for immediate payment of compensation to fa…
Osun DefenderEx-Senator dies in auto crashThe Nation NewspaperBy Agency Reporter 4 hours 44 minutes ago Report says Albishir died as a result of injuries sustained in the crash while his driver and police orderly are a critical condition. The deceased …
Osun DefenderNYSC directs corps members to move to campThe Nation NewspaperBy Agency Reporter 4 hours 54 minutes ago The National Youth Service Corps on Monday directed 2012 Batch `B' youth corps members to immediately proceed to their orientation …
Kogi Pledges Adequate Security at Churches, MosquesAllAfrica.comBy Usman A. Bello, 2 July 2012 Lokoja — The Kogi State government has restated its commitment towards protection of places of worship in the state. Governor Idris Wada made the pledge wh…
Habibu Bama Captors for Promotion IhejirikaAllAfrica.comBy Misbahu Bashir, 2 July 2012 The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Azubuke Ihejirika, yesterday disclosed that soldiers that took part in the arrest of Habibu Bama, the man suspected to be…
Federal Government Refuses To Support Nigerians Illegality AbroadNigerian BulletinThe federal government has expressly stated that it would not condone, or support an illegality from Nigerian living abroad. This arose from the fact that over 9941 Niger…
You are here: HomeThe Guardian NigeriaGOVERNOR Theodore Orji of Abia State has accused the Aba branch of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) of frustrating his administration's efforts to reform the judiciary and appoint a substantive chief judge fo…
Leadership NewspapersPension Fraud: Senate To Summon MainaLeadership NewspapersThe Senate is set to invite the chairman of the Pension Taskforce Team, Mr. Abdulrasheed Maina, over the mismanagement of N273.9 billion pension fund. Chairman of Senate pan…
Leadership NewspapersSalami's Reinstatement: Why I Wrote Jonathan – AlaafinLeadership NewspapersAlaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, has revealed why he wrote to President Goodluck Jonathan asking him to uphold the principle of the rule of law by …
Fraudsters Plan To Swindle My Friends Of 2500 Euros – FalaeLeadership NewspapersThe former Secretary to the Federal Government, Chief Olu Falae, yesterday, alleged plans by fraudsters to dupe his friends. Falae, who was also a former Finance minister…
BBC NewsWill Nigeria's Boko Haram add fuel to Jos fires?BBC NewsThe Nigerian city of Jos has become synonymous for the bloody violence which occasionally breaks out between its Christian and Muslim communities. The BBC's Will Ross asks whether …
Group empowers Abia youths with buses, tricycles, sewing machines othersThe Guardian NigeriaYOUTHS in Abia North Senatorial Zone are on their way to earning a decent living, thanks to Ikuku Chinedu Orji, an engineer who presented them with three buses,…
INEC plans voter verification in 2015The Guardian NigeriaTO ensure transparency in future polls, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will carry out voters' authentication for the 2015 election. Meanwhile, the Commonwealth Electoral…
Why I wrote Jonathan to reinstate Salami, by AlaafinThe Nation NewspaperBy Adesoji Adeniyi 9 hours 19 minutes ago The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, has explained why he wrote President Goodluck Jonathan to reinstate the suspended President of the…
Alleged $20000 theft: FAAN to aid police investigationThe Nation NewspaperBy Yusufu Aminu Idegu 18 hours 33 minutes ago The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) said yesterday that it would assist the police in investigating the alleged loss of…
Police parade 14 for cult, drug-related offences in CalabarNigerian TribuneTHE police in Calabar, Cross River State, on Saturday, paraded 14 suspects arrested for cult and drug related offences. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported that the 13 Bri…
FCT minister extols legal team, as court quashes N24bn suit against FCTANigerian TribuneThe Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Senator Bala Mohammed, at the weekend, commended the commitment and doggedness of the legal services secretaria…
Nafdac raids chemical hawkers in OndoNigerian TribuneIn a bold move to decisively curb the menace of hawking chemicals in the open markets and streets in Ondo state, operatives of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control(NAFDAC)…
'How to fight insecurity'The Nation NewspaperBy Bukola Amusan 4 hours 43 minutes ago The Commandant-General of the Vigilante Group of Nigeria (VGN), Alhaji Ali Sokoto, has said the insecurity in the country requires drastic approach to curtail….
CHANNELSJonathan not 'soft on corruption' – PresidencyCHANNELSPresident Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday reiterated his commitment to curbing corruption in the country saying that those indicted in the fuel subsidy probe report will be penalised. …
CHANNELSJonathan not 'soft on corruption' – PresidencyCHANNELSPresident Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday reiterated his committed to curbing corruption in the country saying that those indicted in the fuel subsidy probe report will be penalised. T…
Nigeria IntelFaroukgate – Between Money and BribeNigeria IntelIn the court of public opinion, the issue for determination is not so much about the nomenclature of what was collected. It is much more about the fact that something was collected. Many p…
Nigeria: Police denonate bombs in beleaguered Nigerian cityAfrique en LigueLagos, Nigeria – The police on Saturday detonated two bombs planted on a bridge in Riyom, some 40kms from the troubled Nigerian central city of Jos. Police spokesman Abu Emmanue…
Osun DefenderACN: Kwara bye-election marred by violenceP.M. NewsThe Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has rejected the conduct of the Saturday re-run election in Ilorin North-West State Constituency. Mr Kayode Aiyelabegan, the ACN candidate for the elec…
Nigerian TribuneOndo: Aggrieved acn aspirants open talks with LP, PDP •Noise about Akeredolu's …Nigerian TribuneNew twists and turns have trailed the reported adoption of former president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) and governorship a…
US to construct $119 million office in AbujaNigerian TribuneUNITED States (US) Embassy in the country is to construct an office annex in Abuja estimated to cost $119 million. The project which will have marine security guards quarters, in addition to o…
AFPParties Round Off Campaigns As INEC Trains Poll WorkersThe Guardian NigeriaIN two weeks time, the Edo State governorship election would be won and lost but the interest it has generated across the country and even beyond would remain in public domai…
Kidnappers Renew Offensive In Abakaliki, Kill PharmacistThe Guardian NigeriaTHE resurgence of criminal activities in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State capital, has led to the murder of a popular pharmacist and owner of Godel Pharmacy, Mr. Godwin Eze Nwosu, by un…
Leadership NewspapersMore Troops to Be Deployed to KanoAllAfrica.comBy Lawan Danjuma Adamu, 29 June 2012 The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen Azubike Ihejirika, today in Kano State said additional soldiers will be drafted to state to help speed up complete…
Zee NewsNigeria: Five policemen shot dead in AdamawaZee NewsAbuja: Unidentified gunmen shot dead five policemen and set the police station ablaze after looting the armoury in Nigeria's northern state of Adamawa. Police officials said the attack too…
Leadership NewspapersAmaechi, PDP Condemn Murder Of ANPP Chairman In RiversLeadership NewspapersChairman of the Nigerian Governors' Forum (NGF) and governor of Rivers State, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), …
Leadership NewspapersDana Air Crash: Only 50 Families Have Filled Compensation FormsLeadership NewspapersFollowing the resolution of the National Assembly that Dana Air must pay at least 30 per cent of the $100, 000 insurance compensation to the famili…
Nigerian TribuneFlooding: Lagos, Ogun residents count lossesThe Nation NewspaperBy Linus Obogo, Segun Ajiboye, Miriam Ndikanwu and Oziegbe Okoeki 30/06/2012 02:45:00 Call it a day of rage and bedlam and you may not be wrong. It was a day the heavens…
CHANNELSDaniel's trial: Court orders police to probe alleged death threat against star …The Nation NewspaperBy Ernest Nwokolo, Abeokuta 19 hours 12 minutes ago An Ogun State High Court sitting in Abeokuta yesterday ordered for a police investigat…
Nigerian Observer Police explain attack on OshiomholeThe Nation NewspaperBy Osagie Otabor, Benin 18 hours 5 minutes ago Edo State Police Command yesterday explained how the convoy of Governor Adams Oshiomhole was attacked at Usen in Ovia South West Loc…
WorldStageJonathan receives draft of new Petroleum Industry…CHANNELSPresident Goodluck Jonathan on has received the long awaited draft of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB). The Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke presented the dra…
Banker's Alleged Killer Seriously Ill — CounselP.M. NewsThe trial of Akolade Arowolo, accused of murdering his banker wife, Titilayo, was again stalled on Thursday as a result of his ill-heath. Arowolo, the unemployed graduate who allegedlly stab…
Leadership NewspapersOyo security patrol loses officers in auto crashDaily Times NigeriaThe Oyo State Joint security patrol, known as Operation Burst, on Thursday, lost four officers in an auto crash that occurred along Mokola-Sango-UI-Ojoo Expressway,…
Independent OnlineGunmen kill politician, wife, son in NigeriaIndependent OnlineBy SAPA Lagos – Gunmen have ambushed a local politician and shot him dead along with his wife and son in restive central Nigeria, hit by waves of ethnic violence and Islami…
AFPMilitants pose new threat to AfricaMail & Guardian OnlineThe US says three of Africa's militant groups are striving to coordinate their operations and represent a threat to security on the continent. A school damaged in Nigeria after attacks by …
Osun DefenderBola Tinubu, former Governor of Lagos Receives Award from the National …Bella NaijaBy Adeola Adeyemo Former Governor of Lagos State and national leader of the Action Congress of Nigeria, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu was yesterday given an a…
Osun DefenderKnocks for Mimiko's second term workers' rallyThe Nation NewspaperBy Damisi Ojo, Akure 9 hours 12 minutes ago The Ondo State Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) yesterday criticised Governor Olusegun Mimiko for allegedly intimidating …
CHANNELSReps oil subsidy probe report: Culprits won't go unpunished – JonathanNigerian TribunePRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan has given a strong indication that those indicted in the report of the House of Representatives ad hoc committee which probed …
AFPGunmen attack police post in restive northern NigeriaAFPLAGOS — Militants armed with guns and explosives attacked a police station in northeastern Nigeria late Thursday, police said, amid a wave of similar attacks blamed on Boko Haram Islamists. T…
Osun DefenderOsun seeks regional govt, devolution of powerThe NationBy Our Reporter 6 hours 50 minutes ago The people of Osun State have canvassed a return to parliamentary democracy and regional system as was practiced in the country during the First …
CHANNELSDasuki seeks dialogue with Boko HaramCHANNELSThe newly appointed National Security Adviser (NSA) to the president, Colonel Sambo Dasuki (RTD), on a visit to troubled Yobe state on Thursday, stated that the federal government will give priority …
CHANNELSFG says Nigeria's nuclear programme is for peaceful purposesCHANNELSVice President, Namadi Sambo, has stated that the acquisition and use of nuclear technology for peaceful purposes is an important element in any nation's path towards e…
Daily Times NigeriaPDP chieftain and family hacked to deathDaily Times NigeriaJohn Daring, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chairman in Sharubutu Ward of Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State, was murdered, together with his wife and child, on…
Money laundering: I've no control over foreign missions' funds – MinisterThe Nation NewspaperBy Yusuf Alli 1 hour ago The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Olugbenga Ashiru, on Thursday said he has no control over budgetary allocations and disb…
Nigerian BulletinLawan testifies before HouseDaily Times NigeriaThe House of Representatives, on Thursday, commenced the investigation of its embattled member, Farouk Lawan, over allegations he received $620000 to clear Zenon Oil, belonging to Femi Ote…
Sack Petroleum Minister now, Protesters at NNPC h…CHANNELSMembers of the Civil Society Organisations on Thursday gathered at the Headquarters of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) in Abuja to protest what they have tagged 'End Impu…
BBC NewsJonathan urges patience on oil subsidy reportThe Nation NewspaperBy Vincent Ikuomola 3 minutes ago Amidst doubt of what will become of the fuel subsidy bribery scandal, President Goodluck Jonathan has asked that the anti-graft agencies should b…
CHANNELSMark Under Fire; Accused Of Betrayal, Challenged To Name Boko Haram Leaders …Osun DefenderA prominent member of the Northern Elders Forum, Professor Ango Abdullahi, says Senate President David Mark has betrayed the trust bestowed on him as on…
Leadership NewspapersNigerian Senate calls for special anti-terror courtAgenzia Giornalistica Italia(AGI) Abuja -The Nigerian Senate has called on the federal government to create a special court that would try cases of terrorism. The Senate also urged…
Leadership NewspapersNigerian Senate calls for special anti-terror courtAgenzia Giornalistica Italia(AGI) Abuja -The Nigerian Senate has called on the federal government to create a special court that would try cases of terrorism. The Senate also urged…
P.M. NewsLagos floodedThe Nation NewspaperBy our reporter 1 hour ago Parts of Lagos were flooded on Thursday following an all-night rain that continued into early morning. The flood rendered some homeless and destroyed property of residents of some nei…
CHANNELSEdo: Nelson Aideyan demands apology from PDP for accusing him of collecting …CHANNELSA purported consultant to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Nelson Aideyan has denied allegations by officials of the Peoples Democratic …
StarAfrica.comDeath and a 'godfather' as Nigeria's Edo state votesStarAfrica.comA suspicious car accident involving a governor's convoy and the murder of one of his top aides… A suspicious car accident involving a governor's convo…
BusinessDayFEC purchase boats to tackle oil theftBusinessDayThe Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved contract for the purchase of six security speed boats to fight piracy and criminality in the nation's waterways. Minister of Infor…