The Nation NewspaperOndo poll: Court orders INEC to accept Jimoh Ibrahim as PDP candidateThe Nation NewspaperJustice Okon_ _Abang of the _Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, yesterday, ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) to acc...

The PunchLandlady bursts into tenant's room, finds skeleton in OgunThe PunchA skeleton suspected to be that of a woman was found propped up on a chair in the apartment of a pastor, Sunday Aremu, in Peaceland Estate, Akute area of Ogun State on Frid...

VanguardArrest of judges: 'Do not ground judiciary', Ikpomnwen urges lawyers, judicial workersVanguardFORMER Provost Marshal of the Nigerian Army and military lawyer, Brig. Gen.Idada Ikpomnwen has admonished judicial workers and members of the ...

VanguardCancer kills 3 lecturers in MinnaVanguardMinna—Federal University of Technology of Minna,(FUT) has lost three of its lecturers to cancer within the past past few months. Vice Chancellor of the university, Professor Musbau Akanji who made this...

Daily TrustAPC CRISIS: Lessons from extinct political partiesVanguardTHE All Progressives Congress,APC, many fear and perhaps hope may be headed for the worst on the wings of politics of isolation. With intra-party crisis now as partisan as warfare, th...

Daily TrustPlateau clarifies ban on processionsDaily TrustThe Plateau State government yesterday said it had banned all processions in the state following the violence that erupted in Jos, the state capital, on Wednesday due to a procession by members ...

The PunchOndo poll: AD rejects Oke's candidatureThe PunchThe National Executive Committee of the Alliance for Democracy said on Friday that it had rejected Chief Olusola Oke as the candidate of the party for the November 26, 2016 governorship elect...

Ventures AfricaNigeria'll meet 2017 digitalisation date —NBCThe Nation NewspaperThe National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has assured Nigeians that the country would not miss out on the 2017 deadline for the Digital Switchover (DSO). NBC Directo...

The News6.5b NIMASA fraud: Court adjourns till October 26The Newstoday tendered some documents before a Federal High Court in Lagos,south west Nigeria showing how a former Director-General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Pa...

News24 NigeriaEmir's marriage to 14-year-old irreversible says Katsina Emirate CouncilNews24 NigeriaKatsina - The Emir of Katsina, Abdulmumini Kabir, has denied the alleged abduction and forceful marriage of 17-year-old Habiba Isyaku. Emir Kabir ma...

Daily Post NigeriaI have no hands in the suspension of Ekiti lawmakers - FayoseDaily Post NigeriaEkiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has affirmed that he has no hands in the suspension of a former chairman of Ekiti State House of Assembly Committee o...

Daily Post NigeriaOndo election: AD national executive rejects Olusola OkeDaily Post NigeriaAhead of the November 26 governorship election in Ondo State, the National Executive Committee of the Alliance for Democracy has rejected the candidature of Chi...

News24 Nigeria4 reasons why JAMB result three year validity is wrongNews24 NigeriaLagos- On Thursday, the Senate elongated the validity of JAMB UTME's result to three years. Comedian Alibaba took to twitter to express his reservations on this decis...

CHANNELS TELEVISIONNBA Insists Arrest Of Judges By DSS Is UnconstitutionalCHANNELS TELEVISIONAbubakar-Mahmoud-NBA-President The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has reaffirmed its position that the arrest and detention of two Supreme Court Justices and f...

Daily Post NigeriaThree men gang-rape, butcher 65-year-old woman in AbiaDaily Post NigeriaA group of men suspected to be rapists were on Thursday paraded by the Abia State Police Command. One of the suspect, a 24-year-old man identified as Samuel Okori...

Daily Post NigeriaPartial mobilization: VCs direct universities to upload only 'authentic graduates' for NYSCDaily Post NigeriaFollowing the demand of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, for partial mobilization for the 2016 Batch B corps m...

Leadership NewspapersStudent Commits Suicide For Failing Promotion ExamLeadership NewspapersA 20-year-old secondary school student, Moji Agboola, reportedly died on Wednesday in Omu-Aran, Kwara State after she allegedly drank a substance believed to be...

VanguardNigeria: Recession - Buhari, Saraki, Dogara Join Christian Lawmakers to Pray for NigeriaAllAfrica.comAs the country battles the current economic recession, President Muhammadu Buhari and the Senate President are expected to join Christian legis...

The Punch[UPDATED] : FG releases names of freed Chibok girlsThe PunchThe names of the 21 Chibok girls who were released on Thursday have been made public by the Federal Government. The names were posted on the official Twitter handle of the Office of D...

VanguardCynthia Osokogu: Court forecloses right of defendant to file addressVanguardLagos—Justice Olabisi Akinlade of a Lagos High Court in Igbosere, yesterday, foreclosed the right of the second defendant, Ezike Olisaeloka, to file his final written...

YNaijaNyako's reinstatement: S'Court fixes ruling for Dec. 16YNaijaThe validity of the impeachment of former governor of Adamawa State, Admiral Murtala Nyako (rtd) will be put to bed as the Supreme Court has fixed December 16, 2016 to deliver j...

The Eagle OnlineReps query UBEC over pre-budgetary spendingVanguardThe Committee on Universal Basic Education, led by Zakari Mohammed, APC, Baruten/Kaiama Federal Constituency, issued the query during an interactive session with the leadership of the c...

Leadership NewspapersBBOG Urges FG To Begin Restoration, Reintegration Of Rescued Chibok GirlsLeadership NewspapersThe #BringBackOurGirls(BBOG) has called on the federal government to begin the rehabilitation, restoration and reintegration of the 21 ab...

The PunchNo petition against 2 arrested S-Court justices —NBAVanguardABUJA—The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, yesterday, summoned the Attorney General of the Federation, AGF, Mr. Abubakar Malami, SAN, over the arrest of seven superior court judges ...

TODAY.ngRecruitment: Reps urge FG to comply with federal character principlesVanguardABUJA—THE House of Representatives, yesterday, asked the Federal Government to comply with Federal Character Principles in appointments and recruitments into public ...

TODAY.ngEFCC quizzes Kwara lawmaker over N13.5m hajj fundsVanguardILORIN—A member of Kwara State House of Assembly, Saheed Popoola, has been interrogated by officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, over allegations of N13.5 mi...

africanewsSpecial status for Lagos: Outrage greets Senate's rejectionVanguardOn Tuesday, Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode held the Third Quarter 2016 Town Hall Meeting, the fifth in the series, at the Ultra Modern Indoor Sports Hall, Tesl...

VanguardOne killed, 3 hospitalised, as Customs officers chase smugglersVanguardLAGOS—A middle-aged man was allegedly shot dead by operatives of the Nigerian Customs Service, NCS, who were chasing some smugglers in Alakuko area of Lagos, yesterday. Th...

NAIJ.COMRelease of 21 Chibok girls: Obasanjo under attack over commentNAIJ.COMFollowing the release of 21 Chibok girls on Thursday, October 13, former President Olusegun Obasanjo has been heavily criticized over his previous comment that the girls may ...

VanguardN630m theft: Witness reveals how Tarfa falsified age, refused to declare assets to EFCCVanguardThe EFCC today October 13, 2016 presented the second witness in the ongoing trial of a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Rickey Tarfa before Justice A. Aki...

NTA NewsCorruption: 8 more judges under probe-EFCCVanguardAbuja – Exactly a week after the Department of State Security Service arrested seven judges on suspicion of being engaging in unbridled corrupt practices, the Economic and Financial Crimes Com...

Leadership NewspapersEl-Rufai To Advance 15 Executive Bills For 2017Leadership NewspapersKaduna State Governor Malam Nasir El-rufai said he will be approaching the State House of Assembly in 2017 with no fewer than 15 executive bills that will better t...

Leadership NewspapersEl-Rufai To Advance 15 Executive Bills For 2017Leadership NewspapersKaduna State Governor Malam Nasir El-rufai said he will be approaching the State House of Assembly in 2017 with no fewer than 15 executive bills that will better t...

Naija247newsRight War Against Judicial Corruption, Wrong Tactics By Okey NdibeNaija247newsLast week, agents of the Department of State Security (DSS) carried out a series of commando-style raids at the residences of numerous justices, including two mem...

NAIJ.COMAfter release of 21 Chibok girls, gov reveals where 56 others are!NAIJ.COMGovernor Kashim Shettima of Borno state on Thursday, October 13, hailed the release of 21 Chibok school girls by the Boko Haram insurgents. According to him, the release ...

NAIJ.COMAfter release of 21 Chibok girls, gov reveals what 56 others are doing!NAIJ.COMGovernor Kashim Shettima of Borno state on Thursday, October 13, hailed the release of 21 Chibok school girls by the Boko Haram insurgents. According to him, the rel...

TV360Lagos launches free adult education programme (Èkó ńkẹ kòó)VanguardLagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode on Thursday launched an Adult Education Programme tagged 'Lagos is Learning (Èkó ńkẹ kòó)', a move he said was in li...

VanguardChibok Girls Release: Hope for more – NdumeVanguardLeader of the Senate, Ali Ndume, has expressed gladness at the release of 21 school girls out of the 200 kidnapped from Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno, in April, 2014. In an inter...

Leadership NewspapersKatsina Emirate Denies Alleged Abduction, Forceful Marriage Of MinorLeadership NewspapersThe Emir of Katsina, Alhaji Abdulmumini Kabir, has denied the alleged abduction and forceful marriage of 17-year-old Habiba Isyaku. Kabir made...

TODAY.ngWhy recruitment of 10000 police ran into hitch – SenatorThe Nation NewspaperChairman, Senate Committee on Police Affairs, Senator Abu Ibrahim, Thursday said that the proposed recruitment of 10,000 police personnel by the Federal Government wa...

NTA NewsEFCC South South Zone Secures 26 Convictions, Recovers Over N1 billionNTA NewsThe South South Zonal Head of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ishaq Salihu today disclosed that the zone has secured 26 convictions and recorded over a ...

The WhistlerWe Didn't Negotiate Chibok Girls Release, Red Cross Refutes FG's ClaimThe WhistlerThe International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has refuted claims by the Federal Government that it participated in negotiations for the release ...

The Eagle OnlineWe'll investigate Tinubu, Dame Patience, others – EFCCThe Eagle Online“There are however two major things the group wanted to be investigated: Patience Jonathan and APC campaign funds.” Asked if Tinubu would be investigated, K...

Daily Post NigeriaMilitary responsible for recession - Ex-APC Chairman, AkandeDaily Post NigeriaA former Interim Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief Bisi Akande, says the current economic recession ravaging the country was due to mili...

Leadership NewspapersBauchi Rescues 450 Teenage Girls From TraffickersLeadership NewspapersNo fewer than 450 girls have been rescued from child traffickers by the Bauchi State government in conjunction with security agents. This was made known by a mem...

NAIJ.COMJudges can be arrested for corruption – Presidential corruption committeeNAIJ.COMThe Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC) has defend the arrest of some supreme court and federal high court judges by operatives of the Dep...

DAWN.comAt least 11 people killed in Nigeria during MuharramDAWN.comRescue workers are seen at the scene of a bomb blast at Muna garage along Gamboru Ngala road Maiduguri, Nigeria. ─ Reuters. NIGERIA: At least 11 people were killed in Nigeria as memb...

Leadership NewspapersShi'ite Protests Claim 16 In Kaduna, Katsina, Sokoto, KanoLeadership NewspapersProtests by members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) popularly known as Shi'ite, across the Northern part of the country yesterday claim...

VanguardREPS TO FG: Declare state of emergency on kidnapping nowVanguardABUJA—DISTURBED by the spate of kidnap cases across the country, the House of Representatives yesterday asked the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency on kidnapping...

TODAY.ngCourt Adjourns Alex Badeh's Trial Till Oct 27Leadership NewspapersThe presiding judge, Justice Okon Abang, adjourned the matter to October 27, Nov. 2 and Nov. 3 when the prosecution presented the sixth witness on Wednesday. The Prosecuting ...

Leadership NewspapersLaw Underway To Formalise Activities Of Lobbyists In NigeriaLeadership NewspapersThe Senate yesterday passed for second reading, a Bill for an Act for the Regulation and Registration of Lobbyists in the nation's National and St...

VanguardHow we avoided inconclusive election in Edo—INECVanguardABUJA—The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, yesterday, said it has perfected strategies that will aid it to conduct a conclusive governorship election in Ondo State. The...

TODAY.ngThree robbery, kidnap suspects nabbed in OgunVanguardThe Ogun State Police Command has smashed a robbery/kidnap syndicate that has been terrorising residents of Ijebu-Ode and Shagamu areas. Arrested were three suspected members of the gang, wit...

VanguardTax laws'll be examined to improve ease of doing business – SarakiVanguardABUJA — SENATE President, Bukola Saraki, said yesterday that the 8th Senate was prepared to streamline Nigeria's multiple taxation system towards improving th...

The PunchTension as Enugu recruits 25000 neighbourhood watch membersThe PunchThere was palpable tension in Enugu on Wednesday as the state began the recruitment of neighbourhood watch members in all its communities. Our correspondent learnt that a tota...

VanguardCorruption: FG'll step on 'sensitive' toes – Lai MohammedVanguardABUJA — The Federal Government has said it would step on more big toes in its anti-corruption war. The government said the fight against corruption must be whole a...

Premium TimesLawmakers who lost to Saraki, Dogara make Buhari's team to GermanyPremium TimesThe two lawmakers favoured by the leadership of the All Progressives Congress in last year's National Assembly elections, Ahmed Lawan and Femi Gbajabiam...

SaharaReporters.comRight War Against Judicial Corruption, Wrong Tactics By Okey NdibeSaharaReporters.comWhere Nigeria needs systemic change, the president and his advisers have offered symbolic gestures that, in the long run, are effete. by Okey Ndibe ...

CHANNELS TELEVISIONJudges Arrest: FG Says It Has Great Respect For JudiciaryCHANNELS TELEVISIONThe Minister of Information, Mr Lai Mohammed, has asked Nigerians not to think that the fight against corruption was a fight against judges, insisting that t...

TheCableLegislative aides threaten to disrupt national assembly sittings over unpaid wagesTheCableSome aides to legislators in the national assembly have threatened not to allow the senate or house of representatives sit and conduct its legislative bus...

NAIJ.COMShiite Violence: Angry youths kill members of sect across Northern NigeriaPulse NigeriaThe burning of the home of Mukhtar Sahabi, a leader of the Shiite religious sect in Nigeria, has led to widespread violence in Kaduna, Jos and Katsina. There...

NAIJ.COMFG Insists Judges Arrest Is Fight Against Corruption, Not JudiciaryLeadership NewspapersThe Federal government has insisted that the recent arrest of some supreme Court judges by the Directorate of State Service (DSS) is a fight against corrupt...

NAIJ.COMDelta Gov. Okowa's head injured, stitched after slumpingNAIJ.COMDelta state governor Ifeanyi Okowa has denied that he was ever flown abroad for treatment after slumping recently, saying he was only slightly injured. Sahara Reporters reports...

Leadership NewspapersPDP refutes social media accounts, launches indigenous onesVanguardThe opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has refuted ownership of some social media accounts making unofficial statements on its behalf and has launched four t...

NAIJ.COMJudges' arrest: Former head of state Yakubu Gowon laments on its implicationNAIJ.COMA former head of state, Yakubu Gowon has added his voice to the discus on the Department of State Service raid on some Nigerian judges over the weekend. Gow...

NAIJ.COMAPC crisis: Buhari under fire from APC lawmakers for disrespecting TinubuNAIJ.COMLawmakers in Lagos state house of assembly have attacked President Muhammadu Buhari for being disrespectful to All Progressives Congress (APC) national leader Bola...

NAIJ.COMNational Assembly workers, others nabbed for stealing dieselNAIJ.COM... – Six persons have arrested for stealing diesel belonging to the estate and works department of the National Assembly. – Two of the culprits are said be National Assemb...

Daily Post NigeriaOgun proposes 25 years jail term for land grabbersDaily Post NigeriaThe Ogun House of Assembly on Tuesday passed into law a bill proposing 25 years imprisonment for anyone found guilty of fraudulent conduct and forceful takeover of la...

NAIJ.COMBREAKING: Kidnappers release teachers, students abducted in LagosNAIJ.COMEmerging reports suggests that the vice principal, a teacher and 2 students of Government Model College at the Igbonla area of Epe have been released from the den of those...

The Nation NewspaperReps Sex Scandal: 3 things we learned as House clears its membersPulse NigeriaThe House of Representatives has cleared the trio of Hon. Mohammed Garba Gololo, Hon. Mark Terseer Gbillah and Hon. Samuel Ikon of any wrongdoing in a cha...

Daily Post NigeriaTroops gun down four kidnappers in BauchiDaily Post NigeriaFollowing information received from residents, troops of 33 Brigade Forward Operations Base Burra, Bauchi State, Tuesday, laid an ambush for suspected kidnappers from Sabon Ku...

News24 NigeriaKidnappers release hostages including teachers, studentsNews24 NigeriaLagos - Kidnappers have released hostages that they abducted last week from the Government Model College in Epe, Lagos, after the expiration of a 24-hour ultimatum give...

Bella NaijaAlleged fraud: APC chieftain sent to prisonNAIJ.COMA chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Enugu state, Chief Benjamin Apugo, has been remanded in prison by the Federal High Court sitting in Umuahia, Abia state over alleged N36...

VanguardSuswam accuses Gov Ortom of looting BenueVanguardMAKURDI—The brewing cold war between Governor Samuel Ortom and his predecessor, Gabriel Suswam, took another turn, yesterday, after the latter accused Ortom of running a corrupt and deceitful g...

VanguardWhy cry for an undemocratic judiciary?Vanguard“True freedom requires the rule of law and justice, and a judicial system in which the rights of some are not secured by the denial of rights to others”- Jonathan Sacks. CORRUPTION in Nigeria is...

The PunchDefamation: Odili sues Peterside, claims N6bn damagesThe PunchA former Governor of Rivers State, Dr. Peter Odili, has dragged the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the 2015 election, Dr. Dakuku Peterside, to court for ...

The PunchPolice nab 12 suspected criminals in A'IbomThe PunchThe Akwa Ibom State Police Command has arrested 12 persons suspected to be involved in criminal activities in the state. The suspects, whose crimes range from kidnapping, theft, armed rob...

The Nation NewspaperThe North in Nigeria todayThe Nation NewspaperOne year after the Kano Assembly, organised by the Northern Elders Forum with other northern groups, Nigerians trooped out to offer a verdict over their future in the 2015 elections. It ...

Vanguard$2.1bn arms scam: Buhari may release Dasuki from detention soonVanguardAfter being detained for close to one year, there were indications last night that President Muhammadu Buhari is no longer comfortable with the continued detention of former...

Leadership NewspapersInternational Girl Child Day: Nigerians, it is time to ask some serious questionsPulse NigeriaOn this day, Nigeria as a nation has to ask herself some pertinent questions concerning the future of the girl child in Nigeria. Publishe...

VanguardWarri South: Udoh presents constituency reportVanguardA TOWN hall meeting recently convened by the lawmaker representing Warri South 1 Constituency in the Delta State House of Assembly provided a novel opportunity for members of the constituenc...

NewsweekMilitary Cracks Down On Shiites In Kaduna StateSaharaReporters.comAccording to the Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHRC), at least 15 IMN members, including women and children, were arrested on Monday night while on their way to attend Muharra...

Daily TrustAGF issues fiat to state Attorney Generals to prosecute federal offencesDaily TrustThe Honourable Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN has granted a general fiat to State Attorneys General to prose...

The Eagle OnlineSenate to DSS on Judges' arrest: Comply with Rule of LawThe Eagle OnlineThe Senate on Tuesday urged the Directorate of State Services and all anti-corruption agencies to always comply with the provisions of the law in the exercise o...

News24 NigeriaAnother 154 Nigerians deported from LibyaNews24 NigeriaLagos - A Libyan Airline aircraft with registration number 5A-LAT on Monday arrived the Murtala Muhammed International Airport , Lagos, with 154 Nigerians who had been stranded in Lib...

SaharaReporters.comPeople Creating Division Within APC, Aisha Buhari SaysSaharaReporters.comMany people have started creating division among the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) members, wife of the President, Aisha Buhari, has said. by Daily Tru...

Naija247newsOndo Guber: Oke appoints Tinubu's aide as campaign DGNaija247newsThe appointment of a close ally of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the national leader of the APC, Mr. Bola Ilori as the Director-General of the Campaign Organisation of the governor...

The Nation NewspaperAccountability will take Nigeria out of recession – AmosunThe Nation NewspaperThe Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun on Tuesday said that the quickest way out of the recession in the country is accountability. He pointed out tha...

VanguardBreaking: Arrest of Judges: No body is above the law – AGFVanguardABUJA – The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, SAN, Tuesday, justified the arrest and detention of judges by operatives of the D...

Nigeria TodayInvasion of judges' homes threat to democracy – Gov OkowaVanguardGovernor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta state has said that the clampdown on the nation's judges by the Department of State service, SSS during the weekends portends a thre...

Energy VoiceRomanian engineer kidnapped by gunmen in Niger DeltaEnergy VoiceA search has been launched by officer for the man who was abducted late on Monday. A spokeswoman for police in Niger Delta state said the man was working for Dextron Nigeria. T...

Nigeria TodaySouthwest PDP seeks chairmanship slot in reconciliation dealNews24 NigeriaAbuja - The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Southwest yesterday called for zoning of the chairmanship to the region, as reconciliation efforts take off between...

NAIJ.COMNo leader can be in power forever – Momodu warns BuhariNAIJ.COMEditor's note: Famous Nigerian journalist and publisher Dele Momodu, who seems to be a supporter of the incumbent government, writes another opinion piece. Mododu while saying...

NAIJ.COMIsalamisation agenda: Sultan of Sokoto blasts Igbo leadersNAIJ.COMAccording to Thisday, the Sultan said he was worried that people who were supposed to be elder state men could make such provocative comments. His words: “I am always worried w...

NAIJ.COMIsalamisation agenda: Sultan of Sokoto blasts Igbo leadersNAIJ.COMAccording to Thisday, the Sultan said he was worried that people who were supposed to be elder state men could make such provocative comments. His words: “I am always worried w...

NAIJ.COMEXPOSED! EFCC arrests former CBN top executiveNAIJ.COMA former principal manager of the Central Bank of Nigeria has been arraigned before a Federal High Court in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti state by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Joh...

VanguardSylva still owes me N.5m, has no respect for S-Court, says Gov DicksonVanguardYENAGOA—AS the All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate in the 2015 and 2016 governorship elections in Bayelsa State, Chief Timipre Sylva, heads to the Supreme Cou...

VanguardAgriculture, only way to improve Nigeria's economy—Gov DicksonVanguardYENAGOA—BAYELSA State Governor, Chief Seriake Dickson, has underscored the importance of agriculture in economic development, describing it as the only way of improvi...

The PunchFG plans to link Nigeria's major roads to five other countriesVanguardABUJA – THE Federal Government, yesterday, said it had mapped out plans to link the country's major roads to five other countries in West, South and North Africa. ...

VanguardHow Emefiele's kidnappers shared N80mVanguardAbuja—Police at Force Headquarters, yesterday, paraded nine kidnap suspects of the wife of the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Mrs. Margaret Emefiele, just as the kidnappers disclosed that...