Leadership NewspapersSenate Report Puts FCT Unspent Budget At N47.7 BillionAllAfrica.comBy Isiaka Wakili, 30 March 2012 The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) did not spend the sum of N47.7 billion out of the N236.1bn budgeted for it last year, a report b…
Leadership NewspapersSenate Report Puts FCT Unspent Budget At N47.7 BillionAllAfrica.comBy Isiaka Wakili, 30 March 2012 The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) did not spend the sum of N47.7 billion out of the N236.1bn budgeted for it last year, a report b…
Edo Guber: Oyegun Backs OshiomholeLeadership NewspapersFormer Governor of Edo State, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun has said that Governor Adams Oshiomhole will win the July 14 gubernatorial elections in the state based on his outstanding performance, even a…
Three die in Lagos 'mystery' wellThe Nation NewspaperBy Jude Isiguzo 13 hours 39 minutes ago Three Hausa men have died in a mysterious well in Ajegunle area of Lagos. The deceased, identified as Mallam Ishiu, Abdul Duberu and Momoh Jari, died o…
Leadership NewspapersJonathan, Buhari hail ex-Lagos governorThe Nation NewspaperBy Our Reporter 19 hours 19 minutes ago The Presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), Gen. Muhammadu Buhari said in his goodwill message: “It i…
CHANNELSCivil service union pulls out of Oyo workers' strikeThe Nation NewspaperBy Bisi Oladele, Ibadan 12 hours 14 minutes ago The Oyo State Council of the Nigeria Civil Service Union (NCSU) yesterday ordered its members to pull out of the ongoing…
CHANNELSFed Govt declares public holidaysThe Nation NewspaperBy Gbenga Omokhunu, Abuja 1 hour ago The Federal Government has declared April 6 and 9 as public holidays to mark this year's Easter celebrations. Minister of Interior Abba Moro, who anno…
BusinessDayMuch ado about new driver's licence, number platesNigerian Tribuneand members of the Senate Committee on Federal Character and Inter-Governmental Affairs, probing the allegations against the FRSC on the new driver's licence and numbe…
Leadership NewspapersGov. Wada's Sack Of SSG, Other Political Appointees Hailed.Leadership NewspapersA cross section of the people of Kogi have commended Gov. Idris Wada for sacking the Secretary to the State Government, Commissioners and other pol…
Leadership NewspapersN14.5b pension cash: Court remands Perm Sec, director, others in prisonThe Nation NewspaperBy Kamarudeen Ogundele, Abuja 4 hours 52 minutes ago A Federal Capital Territory High Court on Thursday remanded a Permanent Secretary in th…
CHANNELSContempt charges hang over FAAN in concession dealBusinessDayJustice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court, Lagos has ordered George Uriesi, managing director, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), to appear before her on Wednesday, Apr…
Suspected robbers kill girl for allegedly refusing sexVanguardBy PETER OKUTU ABAKALIKI—A gang of suspected armed robbers yesterday shot dead a middle aged lady (names withheld) for allegedly refusing to have sex with them. The incident which took pla…
SaharaReporters.comHow Nyame Withdrew N282 Million Public FundAllAfrica.comBy Tobi Soniyi, 29 March 2012 Mr. Abdulrahman Mohammed, an accountant with the Rural Electrification Agency (REA), Jalingo, Taraba State, who is a key witness in the prosecution…
SaharaReporters.comWitness narrates how Nyame allegedly withdrew N282 million from state's treasuryCHANNELSThe Abuja High Court today listened to the testimony of a key witness, an accountant, Mr Abdurrahman Mohammed of the rural electrification bo…
Financial TimesIn US, Nigeria Flags Off Campaign for Okonjo IwealaAllAfrica.comBy Tokunbo Adedoja, 29 March 2012 The globally respected newspaper on business and economy, the Financial Times of London, has endorsed Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala for the World…
Leadership NewspapersMass Failure As NECO GCE Results ReleasedInformation NigeriaFor the fifth year running the National Examinations Council (NECO) has recorded another mass failure in the November/December Senior School Certificate Examinations (SSCE…
Professor's hubby commits suicide in Ilorin – PunchNigerian BulletinThe husband of Prof. Oyeronke Olademo of the Department of Religions, University of Ilorin, Olubunmi, was on Wednesday found dangling from a tree in the family's uncompleted …
Leadership NewspapersTinubu, Aregbesola Urge FG To Focus On EconomyLeadership NewspapersThe former governor of Lagos State and national leader of Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, and the Governor of Osun State, Alhaji Rauf Aregbes…
Leadership NewspapersPolice, FRSC tango over new number plates, driver's licenceDaily SunNigeria Police and the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) were locked in a tango over which agency of government has the statutory duty to register and keep…
PDP cannot win Oyo without Ladoja –ArapajaDaily SunFor the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to reclaim Oyo State in future elections, the party must welcome the return of former governor, Senator Rashidi Ladoja. Alhaji Taofeek Arapaja, former deputy go…
PDP cannot win Oyo without Ladoja –ArapajaDaily SunFor the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to reclaim Oyo State in future elections, the party must welcome the return of former governor, Senator Rashidi Ladoja. Alhaji Taofeek Arapaja, former deputy go…
Man commits suicide over wife's cash refusalVanguardBY DEMOLA AKINYEMI ILORIN — Amid the euphoria that greeted the successful take off of 13th West Africa University Games, WAUG, at the University of Ilorin, UNILORIN, Monday, the sudden death of …
Leadership NewspapersGroup condemns threat to sack striking Oyo workersVanguardABEOKUTA – The Synergy League, a group within the Oyo state chapter of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has dismissed as bereft, the threat by Oyo State Government to sack s…
Myjoyonline.comNow, GEJ sits prettyVanguardBy Ochereome Nnanna ONCE it was public knowledge that President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan had a preferred candidate for National Chairman of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, I knew he was interested in …
BusinessDayNow, GEJ sits prettyVanguardBy Ochereome Nnanna ONCE it was public knowledge that President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan had a preferred candidate for National Chairman of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, I knew he was interested in the …
Why we rallied in for Oshiomhole – Labour leadersVanguardBy SIMON EBEGBULEM THE ancient of Benin City was thrown agog a week ago when the Edo State chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC and the Trade Union Congress, TUC, counterpart, held a sol…
Oyo PDP crisis deepensVanguardBy OLA AJAYI IBADAN – THE crisis in the Oyo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has taken a new twist with Oyo State former deputy governor, Alhaji Taofeek Arapaja moving against his former boss, Adebayo …
Police 'shoot' rioting Benue varsity studentThe Nation NewspaperBy Our Reporter 22 minutes ago The police yesterday evening allegedly shot a student of the Benue State University in the chest. The students were protesting the alleged killing of…
Police 'shoot' rioting Benue varsity studentThe Nation NewspaperBy Our Reporter 6 hours 22 minutes ago The police yesterday evening allegedly shot a student of the Benue State University in the chest. The students were protesting the alleged ki…
CHANNELSAPGA's founding chairman dumps party, floats UPGANigerian TribuneThe founding national chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Chief Chekwas Okorie, has finally dumped the party and formed the United Peoples Grand Alliance (…
CHANNELSAPGA's founding chairman dumps party, floats UPGANigerian TribuneThe founding national chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Chief Chekwas Okorie, has finally dumped the party and formed the United Peoples Grand Alliance (…
Leadership NewspapersI'll fight against sharp practices – WadaNigerian TribuneTHE Kogi State governor, Captain Idris Wada, has said his administration would encourage the fight against sharp corrupt practices in the system and warned that any publi…
Leadership NewspapersI'll fight against sharp practices – WadaNigerian TribuneTHE Kogi State governor, Captain Idris Wada, has said his administration would encourage the fight against sharp corrupt practices in the system and warned that any publi…
Leadership NewspapersAnother mass failure as NECO releases resultsVanguardBy Wole Mosadomi Minna — Another mass failure has been recorded in the National Examination Council (NECO) results released in Minna, Niger State, Wednesday. Registrar/Chief Ex…
15 candidates to contest Kebbi re-run electionVanguardAbuja – INEC says 15 candidates will contest the Kebbi governorship re-run election scheduled for Saturday, March 31. This is contained in the commission's daily news bulletin given to journalis…
CHANNELSCommunal War Sacks 3000 Fulani HerdsmenP.M. NewsAt least 3000 Fulani herdsmen have fled from Katsina Alla in Benue state to Utanga in Obanliku Local Government Area of Cross River State following the communal clash between them and the local tr…
AFPNorther Muslims' body replies Christians leader's on opposition to FG, Boko …WorldStageBy Innocent Senyo Kaduna (WorldStage Newsonline)– The umbrella body of Muslims in the North, the Jama'atul Nasril Islam(JNI) on Wednesday in Kaduna…
CHANNELSAfter the Blazing Heat, Up Next, Rain! 236 Days of Heavy Rainfall predicted in …Bella NaijaBy Adeola Adeyemo The heavy rainfall in Lagos state, the commercial capital of Nigeria, last year took its toll on the state in a bad form with many lo…
BusinessDayYouth corps members unhappy with new posting policyBusinessDayThe 2012 batch `A` FCT NYSC members on Wednesday decried the new posting policy, saying it will limit productivity in the scheme. Reacting to posting corps members to four key are…
CHANNELSOyo state workers protest N19,987 minimu…BusinessDayOyo State stood still on Tuesday as state civil servants downed their tools to protest the new salary scale declared by the state government on Monday. The workers through the state national…
Leadership NewspapersNASS vs FRSC: Matters arising (1)Moment Nigerian NewspapersTHIS week, Nigerians may again witness rowdy sessions at both chambers of the National Assembly, except better judgement prevails. By James Mike Tyodoo THIS week, Nigerians…
Leadership NewspapersCJN, AGF differ on death penalty abolitionMoment Nigerian NewspapersTHE Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Dahiru Musdapher, and Attorney General of the Federation AGF), Mohammed Adoke, has taken different positions over reten…
CHANNELSPlateau state awards scholarships to late pilot's childrenCHANNELSPlateau state Governor Jonah Jang has awarded scholarships, up to university level, to the three children of late CSP Hannaniah Pwol-Jah, the pilot of the ill-fated police he…
CHANNELSN5.2bn REA scam: Court frees ElumeluVanguardBy Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA — A Federal High Court in Abuja, yesterday, absolved the former House Committee Chairman on Power, Ndudi Elumelu, of complicity in the 15-count criminal charge preferred …
Nigeria Master WebAnambra Plans Independent Power ProjectTHISDAY LiveBy Sunday Okobi Anambra State has concluded plans to build an independent power plant in the state. According to a statement issued by government yesterday, the state Governor Peter O…
Leadership NewspapersCapital Market probe to start anewDaily Times NigeriaThe new House of Representatives committee investigating abuses in the Nigerian capital market says it will discard findings by the former Herman Hembe-led committee and begin af…
Leadership NewspapersMasquerades, students' clash: 14 arraigned in courtVanguardBY VINCENT UJUMADU AWKA – FOURTEEN persons arrested by the police on Monday in connection with violent clash between students of Federal Polytechnic, Oko, and masquer…
Leadership NewspapersNUC warns new varsities against over-admission,many coursesVanguardBY FAVOUR NNABUGWU & CALEB AYANSINA ABUJA – National Universities Commission, NUC, yesterday warned new universities against admitting too many students and r…
Leadership NewspapersNUC warns new varsities against over-admission,many coursesVanguardBY FAVOUR NNABUGWU & CALEB AYANSINA ABUJA – National Universities Commission, NUC, yesterday warned new universities against admitting too many students and r…
Guber poll: It'll be suicidal to rig in Ondo – AnifowosheVanguardBy Bashir Adefaka Mrs Jumoke Anifowose, the Ondo State Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) chairman in this interview spoke on the chances of the party in the November governorship pol…
Guber poll: It'll be suicidal to rig in Ondo – AnifowosheVanguardBy Bashir Adefaka Mrs Jumoke Anifowose, the Ondo State Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) chairman in this interview spoke on the chances of the party in the November governorship pol…
Leadership NewspapersNew projects boost Lagos infrastructureThe Nation NewspaperBy Miriam Ndikanwu 3 hours 19 minutes ago A total of 156 capital projects have been approved for execution this year by the Lagos State government. The sum of N58.7billion …
Leadership NewspapersNew projects boost Lagos infrastructureThe Nation NewspaperBy Miriam Ndikanwu 6 hours 18 minutes ago A total of 156 capital projects have been approved for execution this year by the Lagos State government. The sum of N58.7billion …
BusinessDayCapital market probe to resume April 10Daily SunThe House of Representatives ad-hoc committee on public probe of capital market yesterday announced April 10 as the new date for the commencement of the investigative hearing. Rising from its m…
Leadership NewspapersWAEC at 60: FG acknowledges impact of exam fraud on education systemDaily SunThe Federal Government has acknowledged the effect of examination malpractice on the education system, even as it revealed that some measures have been pu…
Leadership NewspapersPolice say no shots fired at US Embassy in AbujaCHANNELSWitnesses and Police officials said sound from fireworks were mistaken for the gunshots heard at the US Embassy in Abuja on Monday. The Embassy had released a press statement …
Intrigues force agency to shelve new revenue formulaInformation NigeriaIT was an unprecedented verbal warfare. And the actors were northern and southern leaders. At the root of this tirade was the national revenue sharing formula. Each section spoilt f…
BusinessDayJonathan calls for peaceful use of nuclear energyVanguardPresident Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday praised South Korea's effort to spearhead a global campaign for the peaceful use of nuclear energy, describing the just-concluded Seoul Nucle…
BusinessDayIkuforiji fights fraud scandal in courtBusinessDayThe Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji who is on trial based on charges brought before the court by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has asked…
BusinessDaySSS Uncovers Bomb Factory in KogiAllAfrica.comBy Timothy Ajiboye, 27 March 2012 Lokoja — The Kogi state command of the State Security Services (SS) yesterday said it has uncovered improvised explosive device IED manufacturing factory in Ka…
We have no pact with Mimiko — Adefarati – Daily TrustNigerian BulletinThe wife of the former governor of Ondo State, Adebayo Adefarati, Mrs. Adetutu Adefarati, said at the weekend that their family has no pact with Governor Olusegun Mimiko for a se…
CHANNELSNDLEA arrests 8, 639 suspects, says Baba Suwe's case abnormalVanguardBY ALBERT AKPOR & DANIEL ETEGHE LAGOS – National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, yesterday, said that it arrested 8639 drug suspects last year of which 8072 susp…
BusinessDayOgun offers 80% land discount as incentives for agric, othersVanguardBY PROVIDENCE OBUH ABEOKUTA — THE Ogun State Government, yesterday, offered 80 per cent discount for the purchase of land in the state for industrial development. Governo…
CHANNELSAppeal court dismisses Akunyili's petitionVanguardEnugu — Court of Appeal in Enugu yesterday dismissed the appeal filed by a former Minister of Information and Communication, Prof. Dora Akunyili, against the judgment of the election petit…
Myjoyonline.comPDP NATIONAL EXECUTIVE: The permutations, deceptions and plotsVanguardBY EMMANUEL AZIKEN, POLITICAL EDITOR & HENRY UMORU “WHat I saw was perfect, excellently done,” Chief Olisa Metuh the newly elected National Publicity Secretary…
Leadership NewspapersSekibo's wife rescuedVanguardBY JIMITOTA ONOYUME PORT HARCOURT – MRS Asime Sekibo, wife of Senator George Sekibo has been released. Family sources told Vanguard that she was rescued from her kidnappers, Monday evening at the …
CHANNELSCandidates Write UTME At 6 pmP.M. NewsLast weekend's Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, slated for Babcock University in Ilishan-Remo, Ogun State was rescheduled till 6 pm after candidates in other centres had finished their …
Leadership NewspapersClampdown On Illegal AliensP.M. NewsLast weekend, security agencies alerted residents of Lagos State that they are keeping a tab on illegal aliens in the state. The police specifically said they are poised to check the influx of al…
Supreme Court Affirms Death Sentence On Security GuardAllAfrica.comBy Adelanwa Bamgboye, 26 March 2012 The Supreme Court has affirmed the death sentence passed on a security guard who killed his employer, Miss. EN Igwe, an Assistant General Manager, Le…
CHANNELSHeat wave: Lagos warns against over exposure to sunVanguardBy Olasunkanmi Akoni & Johnbosco Agbakwuru LAGOS — Following the prevalence of heat wave in Lagos State and other parts of the country in the past two weeks, the Lagos State Gover…
CHANNELSPDP Convention:PDP is not a secret society – Olisa MetuhVanguardBy Emmanuel Aziken, Political Editor Chief Olisa Metuh, the new national publicity secretary of the Peoples' Democratic Party, PDP was until his election last Saturday, the n…
Labour leaders, CNPP hail Fayemi over minimum wageThe Nation NewspaperBy Our Reporter 18 hours 49 minutes ago Ekiti State Labour leaders at the weekend hailed Governor Kayode Fayemi's decision to pay its workers on Grade 7 to17 the new minimum wage…
AllAfrica.comInvestigators get death threats •Task team recovers N180bn looted fundsNigerian TribuneA cabal within the Federal Civil Service may have started frustrating the reform being carried out in the pension scheme in Nigeria amid death threats…
Leadership NewspapersAPGA regain its registration certificateCHANNELSThe All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) has gotten back its registration certificate which was withheld by its former chairman, Chief Chekwas Okorie. For eight years, the founding c…
Leadership NewspapersLawmakers call for removal of judgeDaily Times NigeriaLawmakers from Edo State have requested the removal of Justice M. Esowe for granting an injunction restraining labour unions in the state from organising a solidarity rally for …
AllAfrica.comOlumide Apagunpote – death or suicide?VanguardBy Kola Animashaun “Of all escape mechanisms, death is the most efficient.”-Henry Louis Menchen in a Book of Burlesques. Oluwole Olumide, an architect and tourism promoter is dead. He was…
CHANNELSLagos Government Advises On How To Ameliorate Effect Of Heat WaveP.M. NewsFollowing the current excessive hot weather being experienced in the country in the past two weeks, the Lagos State Government has advised citizens to reduce the amount o…
euronewsJonathan's candidate becomes Nigeria party headChicago TribuneABUJA, March 24 (Reuters) – A candidate backed by President Goodluck Jonathan won a vote to head Nigeria's ruling party on Saturday after the other candidates withdrew, stren…
Zee NewsNigeria: Car bomb kills 2 militants, injures 2Zee NewsAbuja: Two militants were killed and two soldiers injured when a car bomb went off in Nigeria on Saturday during a raid in an area believed to be a hideout of suspected radical Muslim group …
CHANNELSCut in workers' salaries, lawmakers' jumbo allowances, oil spill reported in …Afrique en LigueGovernment's resolve to cut workers' salaries, self-approved jumbo allowances for lawmakers, bribery scandal in the legislature, cou…
Leadership NewspapersOne dies, others injure as well collapsesVanguardTRADEGY struck yesterday at Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma as a student of the University was feared died inside a well. According to an eye witness, seven students of the Uni…
Council on Foreign RelationsCleric, 2 others shot dead by gunmen in Borno – VanguardNigerian BulletinThree persons including a cleric and a cobbler were on Thursday night shot dead by suspected members of the Boko Haram sect in Maiduguri, Borno State…
Leadership NewspapersPraises for Osoba, Nigerian journalism at book launchInformation NigeriaIT was supposed to be a celebration of Chief Segun Osoba. But expectedly, it turned out to be a celebration of Nigerian journalism and indeed Nigeria. With the…
Stop portraying Govt as weak, Jonathan begs mediaVanguardBy Inalegwu Shaibu, Abuja President Goodluck Jonathan has begged the media to stop portraying the Federal Government as weak and ineffective in tackling the challenges of terrorism posed by the B…
Africa ReviewDickson: The unauthorised storyDaily SunBy FRANCIS OTTAH AGBO The fourth chief executive of Bayelsa State, Governor Henry Seriake Dickson, seasoned lawyer, administrator and lawmaker par excellence is in a class of his own. It is amazing t…
CHANNELSN44m scam: EFCC grills Hembe, three House committee staff for seven hoursThe Nation NewspaperBy Yusuf Alli, Managing Editor, Northern Operation 3 hours 8 minutes ago For about seven hours yesterday, the Chairman, House of Representatives Commit…
Reuters BlogsFG Seeks Fresh Dialogue With Boko HaramNigerian TribuneThe Minister of Interior, Comrade Abba Moro, speaking when he received a delegation of Borno State House Assembly led by its Speaker, Honourable Abdulkarim Lawan, on a courtesy call, s…
Leadership NewspapersCustoms Boss: Court Strikes Out Keyamo's ApplicationNigerian TribuneJustice Yetunde Idowu of a Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja, on Friday, refused the application of human rights lawyer, Festus Keyamo, seeking an order compel…
Ogun G-9 Lawmakers Threaten Legal Action Against SpeakerAllAfrica.comBy Kunle Idowu, 23 March 2012 Abeokuta — THE long drawn battle between the G-9 lawmakers loyal to the immediate past governor of Ogun State, Gbenga Daniel and the current Speaker of…
Nigeria's anti-corruption agency, EFCC, is corruptAfrique en LigueEconomic and Financial Crimes Commission Nigeria – In a candid admission that will shock many, the acting Chairman of Nigeria's anti-graft Economic and Financial Crimes Commissio…
CHANNELSNo Room For 'Expired' Politicians –OshiomholeP.M. NewsNo more would 'expired' politicians hold Edo State to ransom. This was the declaration of the state governor, Comrade Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole while addressing the state work…
CHANNELSMystery fire guts National AssemblyMoment Nigerian NewspapersA mysterious fire yesterday gutted the National Assembly Complex, burning down two offices in the White House occupied by the management staff in the complex. By Our Reporter A myster…
Leadership NewspapersFashola woos British, others on Lagos light rail projectVanguardBy Olasunkanmi Akoni Even as work progresses on the first phase of the 61 kilometre Lagos-Badagry Light Rail Project christened the Blue Line, Governor Babatunde Fasho…
BBC NewsWorld stocks stabilise below recent highsBusiness StandardThe United States faces an unprecedented challenge to its grip on the World Bank presidency, with emerging African economies nominating a candidate on Friday to set up the first conteste…
Leadership NewspapersWorld Water Day: Stakeholders Decry Lack Of Water In Rural AreasLeadership NewspapersAs the world celebrated Water Day, yesterday, stakeholders have decried non availability of water especially in the rural areas to encourage agric…
Leadership NewspapersWorld Water Day: Stakeholders Decry Lack Of Water In Rural AreasLeadership NewspapersAs the world celebrated Water Day, yesterday, stakeholders have decried non availability of water especially in the rural areas to encourage agric…
CHANNELSFG moves to cut down wage bills in parastatal agenciesNigerian TribuneTHE Federal Government is to evolve a harmonised salary structure in the public service to provide for a progressive reduction in recurrent expenditure for the government. Th…
Minimum wage: Oyo workers vow to continue strike •Why labour leader was …Nigerian TribuneOYO State workers, on Thursday, resolved to continue with the ongoing strike over the non-implementation of the new N18,000 minimum wage by the government. The…
Leadership NewspapersACF urges FG, Boko Haram to resume talksVanguardKaduna-The Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, Thursday, called for the resumption of talks between the Federal Government and Boko Haram to resolve the rising wave of insecurity in the co…
Leadership NewspapersNo rumpus in PDP over appointments of commissioners – ImokeVanguardBy Johnbosco Agbakwuru CALABAR—GOVERNOR Liyel Imoke of Cross River State has denied allegation that his choice of political appointees for Special Advisers and …