The Eagle OnlineGov. Ahmed seeks urgent prison reformsThe Eagle OnlineThe Kwara State Governor, DrAbdulfatah Ahmed, on Sunday called for an urgent reform of the prison system in the country. The governor made the call while receiving the Comptroller-Ge...

VanguardPDP jittery over Kalu's defection— APCVanguardABA—The leadership of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Abia state has said that its Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, counterpart, has become jittery with the influx of eminent persons in...

Leadership NewspapersAmbode approves promotion of 8617 teachersVanguardLagos—Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State has approved the promotion of 8,617 public primary school teachers. Also as part of measures to boost community security, he has app...

Daily TrustAtiku hails military, tasks FG on resettlement of IDPsDaily TrustFormer Vice President and founder, American University of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar and President of the university, Prof. Margee Ensign, during the 11th Annual Founder''...

VanguardHerdsmen jubilate over cattle market in ImoVanguardOwerri—Northerners in Imo State have continued to pour encomiums on Governor Rochas Okorocha for finally commissioning the Okigwe Regional Cattle Market in the State. fulani. It would be reca...

VanguardWe've hired 200000 graduates – FGVanguardABUJA—President Muhammadu Buhari's 500,000 job intervention programme for unemployed graduates has finally kicked off, with successful applicants commencing work on December 1, 2016. The prog...

The Punch ASUU strike ill-timed, says OlanipekunThe PunchA former Pro-chancellor of the University of Ibadan, Oyo State, Wole Olanipekun, (SAN) has said that the strike action being contemplated by the Academic Staff Union of Universities was ill-time...

The NewsWatch out for FayoseThe NewsI hesitated between three possible titles before settling for the one here. “Fayose: The man and his politics” was one. I decided against it because not many people can speak authoritatively about a leader and hi...

The PunchAgain, FG shifts timeline to employ 200000 graduatesThe PunchThe Presidency again on Sunday shifted the timeline during which it plans to employ 200,000 graduates, saying beneficiaries will resume work on December 1. That was the second time t...

NAIJ.COMWe need Donald Trump to help us destroy Shiites - Nigerians in the USNAIJ.COMSome Nigerians in the diaspora are of the opinion that the US President-elect, Mr Donald Trump will be the solution to terrorism in Nigeria and Africa by extension. Th...

The Nation NewspaperOndo Election: I will turn your darkness to light, Oke tells communitiesVanguardMr Olusola Oke, the Alliance for Democracy (AD) governorship candidate in the Nov. 26 election in Ondo State, says he will facilitate restoration of pow...

Daily Post NigeriaNorthern Christian politicians demand more federal appointmentsDaily Post NigeriaThe Northern Nigeria Christian Politicians, NNCP, on Saturday urged President Muhammadu Buhari to appoint more Christians from the North into public offi...

The PunchSenate forgery: Police submit fresh report, indict Saraki, EkweremaduThe PunchThere are strong indications that the police have submitted to the National Prosecution Coordination Committee, another report on the investigations into the alleged...

'MMM-Nigeria' community donates relief materials worth N5m to IDPsThe Eagle Online'MMM-Nigeria', a community of mutual financial aid and donations, on Saturday donated relief materials worth N5 million to two Internally Displaced Person...

Pulse NigeriaPolice parade suspects for selling babies for N250, 000 eachVanguardPOLICEMEN attached to the Delta State Command, have foiled an attempt by some suspected militants to blow up oil pipeline belonging to the Nigerian Agip Oil Company, NAOC,...

VanguardTask before Gov ObasekiVanguardPenultimate Saturday, the baton of leadership in Edo State changed hands. Not from one party to another but the same party, the All Progressives Party whose sitting governor, Comrade (that title now causes bellyac...

Daily TrustZamfara bandits demand cows in exchange for abducted personsDaily TrustArmed bandits in Zamfara State are demanding the release of their cows seized by security operatives in exchange for the abducted persons, Daily Trust on Sunday gathered....

VanguardFalana to Buhari: Recover Nigeria's trapped $200bn, forget $29.6 billion loanVanguardNigeria's alleged trapped $200 billion to fund his programmes instead of pursuing a foreign loan of $29.6billion,even as he advised that recovered loot...

The Nation NewspaperShettima presents N10m to widow, children of Lt. Col. AliThe Nation Newspaper•Shettima sympathising with children of Lt. Col. Ali during the condolence visit to the commander's residence in Kaduna... yesterday. • Says Borno ...

Daily Post NigeriaNigerian billionaire, Emeka Offor causes stir as he buries father in N15m gold casket [PHOTOS]Daily Post NigeriaNigerian billionaire and Chairman of Chrome Group of Companies, Chief Emeka Offor, has got tongues wagging after he buried...

NAIJ.COMBobrisky out of police station after punching woman at nail salonNAIJ.COMBobrisky is a popular Nigerian cross dresser hat has been rumoured to be gay. The bleaching cream expert is known as snapchat king for his many followers on the social med...

Nigeria TodayNIS To Review Validity Period Of Passport From 5 To 10 Years – BabandedeNigeria TodayThe Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) has said it is considering the review of the validity period of Nigeria passport from 5 to 10 years, following th...

BusinessDayEnugu Govt. says coal mines resuscitation will boost nation's revenueBusinessDayGov. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has said that the resuscitation of coal mines in Enugu will be a major revenue resource and a catalyst for socio-economi...

The Nation NewspaperOndo Election: APC plotting to instigate Oke's arrest, AD raises alarmNAIJ.COMThe Olusola Oke Campaign Organisation, has raised the alarm over plot by the All Progressives Congress(APC) to arrest the standard bearer of the Allia...

BusinessDayWould-be suicide bomber shot dead in northeast NigeriaDaily MailLAGOS, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Security guards shot dead on Saturday a man who was trying to detonate a bomb at a camp in northeastern Nigeria for people displaced during a seven-yea...

P.M. NewsLalong lauds security agencies over release of 90 year-old Islamic clericVanguardJos – Gov. Simon Lalong of Plateau has commended security agencies over the release of 90-year-old Sheik Abdulazeez Yusuf an Islamic cleric, kidnapped on Wednes...

CHANNELS TELEVISIONPrivate Sector Should Partner With Govt. On Economic Development- SarakiCHANNELS TELEVISIONIn moving the Nigerian economy forward and alleviating the problems facing the nation, the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has urged the priv...

VanguardBuhari leads govs, party leaders to Ondo for Akeredolu Mega rallyVanguardPRESIDENT Muhammad Buhari will today lead top echelon of the All Progressive Congress, APC, including governors of the APC controlled states to a mega campaign rally for i...

VanguardEkiti governor Fayose bags special honour in IgbolandNAIJ.COMEkiti state governor Ayodele Fayose is set to be honoured with a chieftaincy title by the state's branch of the Ohaneze Ndigbo. Share on Facebook · Share on Twitter. Fayose...

Pulse NigeriaRecession Who cares if former Presidents are owed salaries?Pulse NigeriaFormer Nigerian Presidents are being owed pension? Here's the truth: we don't give a damn! Published: 18.11.2016; Jude Egbas. Print; eMail · Buhari, Abu...

BusinessDayASUU strike rolls into day 3 disrupting timetables, budgetsBusinessDayThe one-week warning strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities' (ASUU) has received full compliance from members at tertiary institutions across the country, ...

The Nation NewspaperUpdated: Buhari signs eight bills into lawThe Nation NewspaperNigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari addresses a Franco-Nigerian business forum at French employer association Medef's headquarters in Paris on September 15, 2015...

VanguardPolice warn Shi'ites against unlawful procession in BornoVanguardMaiduguri – The Borno Police Command on Friday advised members of the Shi'ite sect to drop their planned unlawful procession in Maiduguri. The state's Commissioner o...

NAIJ.COMOur leaders have failed! Nigerians blame Buhari for execution of Nigerian in Singapore for drug crimeNAIJ.COMNigerians have taken to social media to react to the execution of Chijioke Stephen Obioha by the Singaporean government. Chijioke was p...

Pulse NigeriaJungle Justice More controversy trail Lagos boy burnt to death for theftPulse NigeriaThere has been controversy surrounding the brutal murder of a suspected thief by angry mob in Lagos and the raging issue has refused to die down. Publishe...

VanguardCalls for Jonathan's return in Sokoto show Buhari has been rejected- GroupVanguardPro-Democracy group, the Wailing Wailers, Friday, asked President Muhammadu Buhari to honorably resign, saying yesterday's incident in Sokoto, where placa...

The NewsUI awards Dangote, Osundare, Amao honorary degreesThe NewsThursday November 17 2016, eminent individuals in Nigeria and some other African countries gathered in the main hall of the International Conference of the University of Ibadan, UI for t...

NAIJ.COMWhy Buhari's anti-corruption war will fail – PDPNAIJ.COMPDP members have queried why Buhari is keeping silent on the allegations of corruption against members of his political party. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said President M...

The WhistlerEFCC to get 2% from recovered loots —SenateVanguardABUJA—FOLLOWING its role in the anti- graft war, the Senate said yesterday that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, would be empowered to keep two percent of recovered l...

TheCableNCC Governing Board: Senate rejects Abubakar, who called for its scrappingVanguardABUJA—THE Senate yesterday rejected President Muhammadu Buhari's nomination of Aliyu Saidu Abubakar from Bauchi State as a non-executive commissioner to the...

Daily Post NigeriaPDP top official slumps, dies in tennis courtNAIJ.COMChief Steve Omeoga, the Abia state treasurer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), is dead, The Punch reports. Chief Don Ubani, the state PDP publicity secretary, confirmed his dea...

Wetinhappen Magazine (blog)Bashin $29.9bn: Saraki ya gargadi yan siyasa akan jita-jitaWetinhappen Magazine (blog)... – Shugaban majalisan dattawa, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki,ya gargadi yan siyasa da kafafen yada labarai akan bin jita jita akan zuwans...

VanguardIt is time for Ndigbo to stand their ground — Sen OhuabunwaVanguardSenator Mao Arukwe Ohuabunwa, is a politician, businessman and member of the 8th National Assembly representing Abia North on the banner of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP. I...

GuardianDelta APC faults PDP's criticism of BuhariVanguardDelta State chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, has dismissed criticisms against the ruling party by the Peoples Democratic Party in the state, saying the PDP has no moral basis to sp...

Oke's allegiance is to the people — ADinfo-europaBy Dayo Johnson THE Alliance For Democracy has boasted its candidate's loyalty is to the good people of Ondo State and not to any individual who may want to milk the collective fortunes of the ...

The Nation NewspaperAlleged N2.2bn fraud: Court shifts trial of S-Court Registrar, 2 others to Dec 15VanguardABUJA—An Abuja High Court at Jabi has deferred the arraignment of the Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court, Mr. Saleh Gambo and two other top...

VanguardBIAFRA: Court decides Nnamdi Kanu, 3 others' bail Dec 1VanguardABUJA—Trial Justice Binta Nyako of the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court, yesterday, fixed December 1 to decide whether or not the detained leader of the Indigenous Peo...

The NewsThe Police is underfunded – Lagos CPThe NewsThe News Agency of Nigeria, NAN reports that Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, Mr Fatai Owoseni on Thursdays said that a police station in Nigeria gets N45,000 in three months as running cost. Ow...

BusinessDayMakarfi vs Poroye: Appeal Court Reserves JudgmentThe StreetjournalThe Special panel of Court of Appeal set up to look into appeals from Ondo Peoples Democratic Party crisis has Thursday in Abuja reserved judgment on the appeal filed by Senat...

South China Morning PostChibok girls who escaped Boko Haram overcome jealousy to take up university placesSouth China Morning PostOne of the 21 Chibok school girls released by Boko Haram carries her baby during their visit to meet President Muhammadu B...

The Nation NewspaperGbadamosi Was A True Lagosian – TinubuLeadership NewspapersNational leader of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has commiserated with the people of Lagos State in particular and Nigerians in general on...

VanguardRejection of Buhari's planned $29.9bn Loan in line with the laws of the land – SarakiVanguardABUJA- SENATE President and Chairman, National Assembly, Senator Bukola Saraki said on Thursday that the rejection of plans by President Muhammad...

NAIJ.COMIs there anything wrong with MMM?NAIJ.COMEditor's note: It is obvious that many Nigerians and NAIJ.com readers are getting aware of this current pyramid scheme that is trending and called MMM Nigeria, which promises 30% return on investment...

Naija247newsUN Commends Nigerian Troops on Rules of EngagementsNaija247newsThe United Nations Organization (UNO) has commended the Nigerian Army for being professional in handling Boko Haram terrorism and insurgency especially in the North East Nigeria...

News24 Nigeria#OndoDecides: APC jealous of our crowd says ADNews24 NigeriaAbuja - The Alliance for Democracy has berated the All Progressives Congress for saying it uses rented crowds at its rallies. The APC had last week accused the AD candidate, Dr. ...

CHANNELS TELEVISIONFour Confirmed Dead In Diesel Tanker AccidentCHANNELS TELEVISIONLagos-Ibadan expressway, gridlock, Tanker accident, One more person has been confirmed dead, by the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Marshall, Boboye Oyeyemi, bringing t...

The NewsOndo 2016: Appeal Court reserves judgment in Jegede's suitThe NewsThe Court of Appeal, Abuja on Wednesday reserved judgment “till when it is ready'' in an appeal filed by Eyitayo Jegede seeking to be re-listed as candidate of PDP ...

The NewsBoko Haram: UN Commends Nigerian ArmyThe NewsThe United Nations Organization (UNO) has commended the Nigerian Army for being professional in handling Boko Haram terrorism and insurgency especially in the North East Nigeria, saying their conduct...

VanguardSenate begins process of converting YabaTech, Kaduna Poly to varsitiesVanguardABUJA—THE Senate has begun the process of converting Yaba College of Technology, Lagos, and Kaduna Polytechnic into city universities. YABATECH main gate. The Bills...

The PunchMore trouble for Supreme Court Justice Sylvester NgwutaThe PunchThe Federal Government has amended the charges it preferred against a Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Sylvester Ngwuta, raising fresh allegations of money laundering charges...

NAIJ.COMSingapore rejects plea from parent; to execute Nigerian for drug trafficking on FridayNAIJ.COMThe appeal not to execute Chijioke Stephen Obioha had been denied by the Singaporean government. The Amnesty International had called on Singapore not...

VanguardKaduna killings: ECWA blames attacks on grazing reserveThe Nation NewspaperThe Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) has attributed the attacks on communities in Southern Kaduna to the re-creation of grazing reserves. The 19 District Church Cou...

Leadership NewspapersDiaspora Criminals Should Pay The Penalty – Hon DabiriLeadership NewspapersThe Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora Matters, Hon Abike Dabiri-Erewa has said that any Nigerian in Turkey or anyw...

VanguardBeware of Akeredolu bread, Jegede warnsVanguardTHE Eyitayo Campaign Organisation in Ondo state yesterday asked members of the public to shun the distribution of bread by persons loyal to the All Progressives Congress APC governorship candidate,...

Daily TrustReps probe DG budget over N8bn refundDaily TrustThe House of Representatives yesterday resolved to investigate the Director General of the Budget Office, Ben Akabueze, for directing the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA) to refund N8 b...

VanguardINEC provides special polling centres for physically challenged votersVanguardTHE Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has provided special polling units to ensure that Persons With Disabilities (PWDs) are not disenfranchised in the...

VanguardFG lied, no offer to release Dasuki for father's burial —LawyerVanguardABUJA—Counsel to detained former National Security Adviser, NSA, Col. Sambo Dasuki, retd, Mr. Ahmed Raji, SAN, has refuted a claim by the Federal Government that his...

VanguardEFCC re-arraigns Rickey Tarfa over age falsificationVanguardLagos—A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Rickey Tarfa was yesterday re-arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in its amended 27-count charge over alleged falsifi...

VanguardHow we planned to kidnap Femi Otedola —SuspectsVanguardTHE Police, yesterday, said they have arrested an official of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Ayobamide Adeyemi, a dismissed soldier, Ayodele Ibitayo and a rusticated...

VanguardAPC Reps on warpath with Buhari, party leadersVanguardABUJA — THE All Progressives Congress, APC, caucus in the House of Representatives, yesterday, expressed disenchantment with the ruling party by opposing passage of the Medium Term Expendi...

Daily Post NigeriaBenue cargo airport: Sultan of Sokoto is ignorant - OrtomDaily Post NigeriaBenue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has replied those attacking him for embarking on construction of cargo airport in the state. The governor said the recent co...

VanguardExecutive-Legislature relationship is healthy, says APCVanguardThe All Progressives Congress (APC) on Wednesday, assured Nigerians that the relationship between the country's three arms of government, particularly the Executive and the Legi...

Dogara leads Reps' delegation to condole Sultan Dasuki's familyVanguardAbuja – The Speaker of House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara, on Wednesday visited the family of late Sultan Ibrahim Dasuki in Kaduna to condole with them over the mo...

Leadership NewspapersPolice Arrest 3 For Plotting To Kidnap Femi OtedolaLeadership NewspapersThe Nigeria Police Force has arrested three persons for allegedly plotting to kidnap Billionaire businessman, Femi Otedola. A statement signed by the Force Pub...

Daily Post NigeriaBuhari is either confused or a liar - Reno OmokriDaily Post NigeriaFormer Special Assistant to ex-President, Goodluck Jonathan on New Media, Reno Omokri, has again blasted the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government, wondering if th...

VanguardBe grateful to Aregbesola's commitment to your welfare, Osun govt urges protesting pensionersVanguardThe Osun state government, Wednesday, urged protesting pensioners to be grateful to the Aregbesola's administration for its increased c...

NAIJ.COMFive deputy governors: Why warning by Nigerian prophet should be taken seriouslyNAIJ.COMEditor's note: Primate Elijah Babatunde Ayodele had in a recent exclusive chat with NAIJ.com, predicted that about five Nigerian governors would be betr...

Daily Post NigeriaNigeria: House Moves to Strengthen Anti-Terrorism LawsAllAfrica.comAbuja — The House of Representatives yesterday passed through second reading, a bill seeking to stipulate penalties for all offences relating to terrorism, and crimi...

VanguardI believe I can also pull a Donald Trump on Nigerians come 2019, says “Seyi Law”VanguardLagos – One of Nigeria's renowned comedians, “Seyi Law'', has declared that he will run for the post of the president in the upcoming 20...

NAIJ.COMBattle as Abiola family replies Al-Mustapha over Kudirat's murder (watch video of Rogers)NAIJ.COMThe family of late Moshood Abiola, the acclaimed winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election in Nigeria, has reacted to a claim by retire...

GuardianCourt has no powers to stop trial of arrested judges - BuhariDaily Post NigeriaPresident Muhammadu Buhari, has insisted that the Federal High Court in Abuja has no powers to stop the prosecution of some judges recently arrested over allegations...

NAIJ.COMPanic in APC over mass exodus of members to PDPNAIJ.COMThe All Progressives Congress (APC) is greatly worried over the mass defection of its members to other parties, particularly the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Premium Times reports that t...

Pulse NigeriaNigerians protest eviction in drive to clear shantiesPulse NigeriaThousands of residents of a Lagos waterfront community marched on the local governor's office Tuesday to protest the demolition of their homes, part of a growing drive t...

Daily Post NigeriaHow governors destroyed PDP - Sheriff's committeeDaily Post NigeriaThe findings collated from six geo-political zones of the federation said that governors that rose to power on the platform of the party were responsible for its w...

VanguardPeace, unity in Nigeria not negotiable — GowonVanguardAbuja – Former Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon, on Tuesday, declared that peace and unity in Nigeria was not negotiable. He made the declaration at an award giving ceremony in Abuja, or...

Daily Post NigeriaAl-Mustapha killed Kudirat Abiola - Family insistsDaily Post NigeriaLate Alhaja Kudirat Abiola's family, has warned the former Chief Security Officer to late military Head of State, General Sani Abacha, Major Hamza Al-Mustapha (rt...

NAIJ.COMYou will eventually get hurt - Trouble for MMM promoters as EFCC wades inNAIJ.COMThe operations of MMM Nigeria is under investigation, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has confirmed. In an interview with Daily Post, Wilson Uw...

Daily TrustBuhari cleaning judiciary to protect its independence - OsinbajoDaily Post NigeriaHe said this on Tuesday at the conferment of honorary fellowship on him and three others by the Nigerian Institute of Advance Legal Studies, NIALS. In his spee...

NAIJ.COMProbe on diversion of bailout funds: Fayose challenges SenateNAIJ.COMThe Ekiti state government has rejected plans by the Senate to probe how bailout funds granted the state to settle salary arrears by the federal government were spent. READ AL...

VanguardPDP 'll probe corrupt APC leaders in 2019 – Sen AchonuVanguardUntil December 21, 2015, when the Appeal Court sitting in Owerri, Imo State capital upturned his election at the instance of candidate of the Accord Party that the party's ...

SaharaReporters.comFormer VP Atiku Haunted By His Corruption Demons, Governor El-Rufai SaysSaharaReporters.comA new firefight has broken out in the All Progressives Congress (APC), as Kaduna State Governor Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai late on Tuesday challenge...

The PunchProtesters shut N'AssemblyThe PunchAnti-corruption protesters at the National Assembly on Tuesday in Abuja expressing their support for the ongoing crusade against graft by the Federal Government. Friday Olokor, Abuja. A coalition of Niger...

67-year-old, son arraigned for allegedly demolishing 44 buildingsGistmaster (blog)Two land agents, 67-year-old Mutairu Owoeye and his son, Ganiyu Owoeye, were brought before an Igbosere Magistrate's Court on Tuesday for alleged demolition of 44 bui...

VanguardS/Kaduna killings: Senate summons IGPVanguardABUJA—WORRIED by the security situation in Southern Kaduna State, following frequent attacks by herdsmen on communities in the area resulting in death and destruction of property, the Senate yester...

The Nation NewspaperMTEF: Is there anything new?BusinessDayLast week Thursday and Friday, the Ministry of Budget and Planning organised a widely publicised and extensively attended Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) conference. It brought togethe...

The Nation NewspaperAbia govt commences palliative works on federal highwaysVanguardABA — The Abia State government is to provide palliative measures aimed at reducing the sufferings of road users on federal highways in the state. Investigations by t...

The PunchDignitaries wave final bye to Sultan DasukiThe Nation NewspaperDignitaries gathered yesterday in Sokoto to give the 18th Sultan, Alhaji Ibrahim Dasuki, a worthy final farewell. But the solemn ceremony had a tinge of drama. His son, detained fo...

VanguardWhy clash with Shi'ites turned bloody – IGP IDRISVanguardABUJA — Inspector-General of Police, Idris Ibrahim, has absolved the Police of blames in the killing of some Shi'íte members on procession in Kano, on Monday, saying the Poli...

NAIJ.COMShocking: Man has hot sex with another man's wife until she died, then this happenedNAIJ.COMA report has emerged of a security man who slept with his concubine until she died. According to The Nation, the man identified as Oluwatuyi Alake, ...

VanguardKDSG condemns Kauru killings, says peace building efforts continueVanguardThe Kaduna State Government has declared that the killings that just happened in Kigam, Ungwan Rimi, Ungwan Magaji in Kauru Local Government Area of the state will not de...