The PunchNCSDC, Airforce team up against vandals, oil thievesThe Nation NewspaperThe Bayelsa State commands of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) and the Nigerian Air Force, Wednesday, formed an alliance against pipeline vandals, oil...

NAIJ.COMBoko Haram insurgents surrender to Nigerian army after killing many (photos)NAIJ.COMThe villagers and one of the members of the Civilian Joint Task Force, working with the military said the Boko Haram terrorist group invaded Kautuva village in ...

NAIJ.COMI don't need more than 200 workers in Imo state – OkorochaNAIJ.COMImo state governor, Rochas Okorocha, has stated that he does not need more than 200 workers in his state civil service. The governor in an interview with Daily Independent ...

VanguardPresident Buhari and his Potty Trained MinisterVanguardPsychologists say that when you spend time with a person who has a strong and dominant personality, you must consciously watch out against the possibility of being overwhelmed by that perso...

NAIJ.COMUnbelievable: Read what Redeemed 'Mai Guard' did to Pastor AdeboyeNAIJ.COMNigerian Tribune reports that a security man with the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) has been nabbed for impersonating Pastor E A Adeboye, the General Ov...

Daily Post NigeriaOrtom calls for judicial commission on herdsmen's killing in BenueDaily Post NigeriaGovernor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has asked the Federal Government to set up a judicial commission of enquiry into the killings in Agatu and ot...

The Nation NewspaperNigerian Newspapers: 10 things you need to know this WednesdayDaily Post Nigeria1. President of the Nigerian Baptist Convention (NBC) and candidate of the Christian Council of Nigeria, CCN, Rev. Samson Olasupo Adeniyi Ayokunle, is t...

TODAY.ng$40m scam: Jonathan's cousin fails to meet bail conditionsTODAY.ngCousin to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Robert Azibaola, and his wife, Stella, who are answering to a seven-count criminal charge bordering on an alleged $40 million co...

BusinessDaySenator Protests 'Omission' Of Bayelsa In Ambassadorial Nominee ListLeadership NewspapersSenator Emmanuel Paulker (PDP– Bayelsa Central) yesterday kicked against the alleged non- inclusion of Bayelsa State indigene on the list of t...

SIGNALCAN Presidency: Northern Christians Write Oritsejafor, Seek Election ShiftLeadership NewspapersThe Northern States branch of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) yesterday asked the outgoing president of the association, Pastor Ayo Oritseja...

VanguardSultan Wants FG To Review Ban On Rice ImportationLeadership NewspapersWorried by the recent skyrocketing prices of food stuff in the Nigerian market lately, the Sultan of Sokoto and president-general, Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs...

VanguardAlleged $40m contract scam: Jonathan's cousin, wife still at Kuje prisonVanguardABUJA—One week after they were granted bail by the Federal High Court in Abuja, cousin to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Robert Azibaola, and his wife, S...

NAIJ.COMSee what EFCC did to former minister's Lagos homes (photos)NAIJ.COMThe Lagos residences of former minister of state for defence, Musiliu Obanikoro, was raided by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday, ...

NAIJ.COMFayose under attack over unpaid salariesNAIJ.COMDapo Kolawole, a former Commissioner for Finance in Ekiti state, has cited “gross incompetence” and “lack of capacity” on the part of Governor Ayodele Fayose for the lingering economic cri...

NAIJ.COMN4.6bn fraud: 17 strong witnesses to testify against Fani-KayodeNAIJ.COMThe N4.6 billion fraud charge filed against Fani-Kayode and Usman has been assigned to Justice Sule Hassan of the Federal High Court in Lagos for trial. A source said the a...

NAIJ.COMIGP Arase announces plan for Bayelsa state cop killerNAIJ.COMThe Inspector General of Police (IGP) Solomon Arase has issued a strong statement about the recent killing of a senior police officer. The chief police officer said that the full forc...

TheCableLetting hijab be in Osun public schoolsTheCableIt is no longer news that the stance of the Osun Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) against the verdict of a competent court of jurisdiction to allow Muslim students to wear Hijab in Public sch...

News24 NigeriaNigerian Air Force denies axing senior officersNews24 NigeriaAbuja - The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has refuted media reports on the pending retirement of senior officers in connection with the ongoing investigation of arms purchase under t...

BusinessDayDariye backtracks over N1.2bn fraudBusinessDayJoshua Dariye, a serving Senator and former governor of Plateau State has backtracked in his approach, to his matter, before an FCT High Court sitting in Gudu, on his intention to open his defenc...

Daily Post NigeriaSenate restarts process of amending 1999 constitutionDaily Post NigeriaThe Nigerian Senate on Tuesday kick-started the process of amending Nigeria's 1999 constitution as it considered thirteen bills to amend certain provisions of ...

Independent Television and RadioOver 400000 Applies For Teacher's Jobs In 36 Hours – PresidencyIndependent Television and RadioThe Presidency has said that four hundred and three thousand, five hundred and twenty eight persons had so far successf...

Daily Post NigeriaPrice of oil will rise soon - KachikwuDaily Post NigeriaThe Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, has said that the price of crude oil would rise to a level that is neither too high nor too low. The Minister spok...

NAIJ.COMMore troubles for Alison-Madueke as EFCC takes over her N3.58 billion Abuja mansionNAIJ.COMFormer minister of petroleum resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke's Abuja mansion valued at N3.58bn ($18m at the official exchange rate of N199 to a dol...

NAIJ.COMState of the nation: Amaechi reveals APC's biggest failureNAIJ.COMThe minister of transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has urged the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led federal government to quit the blame game and focus on delivering on its mand...

The PunchAPC moves to probe Kogi governorNews24 NigeriaLokoja - Members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the National Assembly from Kogi State, House of Assembly members, executive members of the party in the state and prominent party leaders ...

NAIJ.COMRevealed: Obasanjo's many sins as listed by SagayNAIJ.COMProfessor Itse Sagay, chairman of the presidential advisory committee against corruption, has narrated how Chief Olusegun Obasanjo abused the principle of federalism while he was pres...

403528 Youths Apply For FG's N-Power Jobs Scheme In 36 Hours – PresidencyInformation NigeriaN-Power The issue of unemployment in the country came to the fore again on Sunday as the Federal Government's newly launched portal for its N-Power pr...

BusinessDayN-power employment portal registers 403528 applicants on day twoBusinessDayN-Power, a Federal Government initiative meant to recruit 500,000 graduates into the teaching profession, has come under severe pressure because the portal designed t...

NAIJ.COMNgige lashes out at NECA over mass retrenchment of workersNAIJ.COMThe minister of Labour and Employment said the stance of the Nigeria Employers Consultative Assembly, being the parent body for employers who work in the private sector, shows th...

Nation NewsNigeria: Clear Backlog of Passport Applications Within 48 Hours or Get Fired - Immigration ChiefAllAfrica.comThe Comptroller-General of Immigration (CGI) Muhammad Babandede has given all Passport Control Officers (PCOs) nationwide as well as...

NAIJ.COMCheck out Nigeria's best university according to UTME application statisticsNAIJ.COMThe information emerged from the computer-based test conducted by the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) from February 27 to March 3 across 5...

NAIJ.COMCheck out Nigeria's best university according to UTME application statisticsNAIJ.COMThe information emerged from the computer-based test conducted by the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) from February 27 to March 3 across 5...

The Nation NewspaperKogi judge kidnapped, orderly killedDaily TrustA Customary Court of Appeal Judge in Kogi State, Mr Ishaq Jimoh Usman, has been kidnapped by suspected gunmen. Daily Trust learnt that the judge was kidnapped Sunday night along Okene-I...

CHANNELS TELEVISIONSheriff Stages Comeback, Takes Over PDPLeadership NewspapersBarely eight days after Sen. Ahmed Makarfi took over the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Sen. Ali Modu Sheriff yesterday took over the national secretariat...

BusinessDayFG's Teaching Jobs: 400000 Apply In 36 HoursLeadership NewspapersThe newly launched jobs portal of the federal government, “N-Power. gov.ng,” has recorded over 400,000 successful registrations since it opened for submissions on Sunda...

VanguardPlateau youths carpet Lalong over planned grazing reservesVanguardJos—ANGRY youths from the 17 local government areas of Plateau State, stormed Plateau State Government House, protesting against Governor Simon Lalong's alleged plan to mak...

Bella NaijaHow Obaseki 'reconciled' Oshiomhole, Ize-IyamuVanguardGovernor Adams Osihomhole and Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, who fell out just after the governor's re-election in 2012, have been partially reconciled by circumstances, leading pol...

VanguardEdo 2016: PDP elects delegatesVanguardThe PDP, yesterday, conducted the election of ad hoc delegates, who will elect the governorship candidate of the party next Monday. The election, which was held in all the 192 wards of the state, was monito...

VanguardEdo 2016: PDP elects delegatesVanguardThe PDP, yesterday, conducted the election of ad hoc delegates, who will elect the governorship candidate of the party next Monday. The election, which was held in all the 192 wards of the state, was monito...

National MirrorHow Oronsaye defrauded FG through task force –WitnessNational MirrorA prosecution witness in the ongoing trial of the former Head of Service of the Federation, Mr. Stephen Oronsaye, Hamma Bello, yesterday told an FCT high court that Or...

The Nation NewspaperOlubadan intervenes in Oyo govt, labour rowThe Nation NewspaperOyo State Governor Abiola Ajimobi has appealed to labour leaders to call off the ongoing strike to give room for dialogue. Failure to heed the call, he said the state mi...

The Nation NewspaperOlubadan intervenes in Oyo govt, labour rowThe Nation NewspaperOyo State Governor Abiola Ajimobi has appealed to labour leaders to call off the ongoing strike to give room for dialogue. Failure to heed the call, he said the state mi...

VanguardRochas Okorocha and the ragged-trousered philanthropistsVanguard“Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo state has concluded plans to establish the Rochas Foundation College in Bauchi State as a way of providing education to the poor and less privile...

Wetinhappen MagazineTwo bankers charged with stealing customer's N14.4mThe Nation NewspaperThe police have accused two ex-employees of Ecobank Plc, Aghanenu Ikechukwu and Stephen Nduka, of forging and stealing N14.4 million from a customer. Ikechuk...

Wetinhappen MagazineTwo bankers charged with stealing customer's N14.4mThe Nation NewspaperThe police have accused two ex-employees of Ecobank Plc, Aghanenu Ikechukwu and Stephen Nduka, of forging and stealing N14.4 million from a customer. Ikechuk...

NAIJ.COMBuhari has kept his promise – Lai Mohammed makes unbelievable revelationNAIJ.COMAlhaji Lai Mohammed, the minister of information and culture said President Muhammadu Buhari's administration was on track in redeeming its promises to Nigeri...

The NewsNigeria Immigration boss wants backlog of passport applications cleared within 24 hoursThe NewsMuhammad Babandede, the Comptroller General of Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS has directed all the Passport Control Offices nationwide as well Pass...

Daily TrustDefence Minister decry poor integration of Defence Headquarters, ServicesDaily TrustMinister of Defence Mansur Dan-Ali has said the current structure of the Ministry of Defence (MOD) does not allow effective and proper integration of the civ...

VanguardEdo Assembly okays access to bailout fundThe Nation NewspaperLawmakers in the Edo State House of Assembly have given the nod to Governor Adams Oshiomhole to access the sum of N366m bailout funds from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for paymen...

VanguardEdo Assembly okays access to bailout fundThe Nation NewspaperLawmakers in the Edo State House of Assembly have given the nod to Governor Adams Oshiomhole to access the sum of N366m bailout funds from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for paymen...

SaharaReporters.com'Ibori Lawyer' To Conduct Nigerian Bar Association ElectionsSaharaReporters.comMr. Ken Mozia, lawyer to the disgraced former Delta State Governor James Ibori, has been handed the onerous duty of overseeing the election of the...

VanguardRainfall Destroys Millions Of Naira Property In Abakaliki, EnvironsLeadership NewspapersA downpour in Abakaliki, Ebonyi, has destroyed property worth millions of Naira, including a poultry farm belonging to one Mr Uchebuike Ibe, houses and farm...

The PunchBenue gov appoints acting SSGThe PunchBenue State Governor Samuel Ortom has appointed his Special Adviser on Economic Development, Dr. Bem Meladu, as the acting Secretary to the Benue State Government. This comes four days after the substantiv...

The PunchBenue gov appoints acting SSGThe PunchBenue State Governor Samuel Ortom has appointed his Special Adviser on Economic Development, Dr. Bem Meladu, as the acting Secretary to the Benue State Government. This comes four days after the substantiv...

NAIJ.COMI want to be President of Nigeria - Senator Dino MelayeNAIJ.COMSenator Melaye made the disclosure yesterday, June 12, while speaking on Channels Television regarding the first anniversary of the Senator Bukola Saraki-led 8th Senate. Share on Fa...

NAIJ.COMI want to be President of Nigeria - Senator Dino MelayeNAIJ.COMSenator Melaye made the disclosure yesterday, June 12, while speaking on Channels Television regarding the first anniversary of the Senator Bukola Saraki-led 8th Senate. Share on Fa...

Daily Post NigeriaDiezani's $115m alleged sleeve: Ex-Enugu Governor, Chime faces EFCC interrogatorsDaily Post NigeriaFor a second time, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has grilled Barr. Sullivan Chime and his former aides. The f...

Daily Post NigeriaDiezani's $115m alleged sleeve: Ex-Enugu Governor, Chime faces EFCC interrogatorsDaily Post NigeriaFor a second time, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has grilled Barr. Sullivan Chime and his former aides. The f...

Call for scraping of NCPC is ignorance of christian faith – groupsVanguardABUJA – COALITION of Civil Society Groups have described as ignorance of the essence of Christian faith, a call by some quarters for the scrap of the Nigeria Christian Pilgri...

Call for scraping of NCPC is ignorance of christian faith – groupsVanguardABUJA – COALITION of Civil Society Groups have described as ignorance of the essence of Christian faith, a call by some quarters for the scrap of the Nigeria Christian Pilgri...

National MirrorMKO Abiola's family demands presidential entitlementsNational MirrorL-R: President, M.K.O Abiola Youth and Women Forum, June 12, Alhaja Aminat Irawo; Barr. Mike Ozekhome: Barr. Tunji Abayomi; Chairman, June 12 Forum, Wale Okuniyi; M....

NAIJ.COMSad! What Femi Falana, Akinfeleye said about Nigeria's democracy will make you cryNAIJ.COMHuman rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN) and Prof Ralph Akinfeleye of the department of Mass Communication, University of Lagos were among the prominent...

Daily Post NigeriaFG, UNHCR, Cameroon sign agreement to return Nigerian refugeesDaily Post NigeriaThe Federal Government has signed a tripartite agreement with the UN High Commission for Refuge (UNHCR) and the Republic of Cameroon for the return of Nig...

NAIJ.COMEFCC seizes N500m house of former governorNAIJ.COMA terrace house belonging to a former acting Governor of Adamawa state, Umaru Fintiri has been seized by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). According to The Punch, the house is...

TheCableAtiku and Nigeria's power problemTheCableMost people would not dispute a high mark for former Vice President Atiku Abubakar as a public speaker. Or the quality of his interventions on national issues, like his speech at the public presentat...

Daily Post NigeriaAyantunji Benjamin Gbenro: Setting the records straight - Nobody is misleading President BuhariDaily Post NigeriaThis article is a response to Dele Momodu's article titled “Before They Mislead President Buhari”. The article li...

The Punch500000 teachers' recruitment portal crashes on day oneThe PunchThe recruitment of 500,000 teachers by the Federal Government might have run into a hitch as the website for the exercise crashed on Sunday following what was suspected to be m...

Reps ignore NSCDC opposition, pass peace corps billThe PunchThe House of Representatives has ignored protests by security agencies, particularly the Nigeria Police and the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, to pass a bill to establish the Niger...

The PunchDSS invites Osun religious leaders over hijab crisisThe PunchThe Department of State Services has invited the Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria in Osun State, Rev. Elisha Ogundiya, and some Muslim leaders in the state over the l...

The PunchUFUK Dialogue seeks end to violent extremism in NigeriaThe Nation NewspaperUFUK Dialogue, an Abuja-based non-governmental organisation has called for an end to violent extremism in Nigeria through love and tolerance. This is a major resolution...

FINANCIAL WATCH80000 Nigerian refugees to be repatriated from CameroonThe Nation NewspaperThe Federal Government has signed a tripartite agreement with the UN High Commission for Refuge (UNHCR) and the Republic of Cameroon for the return of Nigerian re...

The PunchCourt Sacks Enugu RepLeadership NewspapersJustice Okon Abang of a Federal High Court in Abuja has nullified the election of a member of the House of Representatives, representing Udi/Ezeagu Federal Constituency of Enugu State, Mr Dennis Amadi....

The Nation NewspaperOdubu: Edo needs a ready governor, not one with potentialThe Nation NewspaperEdo State Deputy governor and governorship aspirant on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Pius Odubu, has said the state needs ...

NAIJ.COMNorthern Christian leaders send a strong message to Buhari, read their accusationNAIJ.COMPresident Muhammadu Buhari and governors in the northern part of Nigeria must stop paying lip-service to issues of security, northern Christian leaders hav...

NAIJ.COMSee why 2 labour unions in Nigeria may clash over workers sackNAIJ.COMThe Nigeria Employers' Consultative Association (NECA) has urged Solomon Arase, the inspector-general of police, to stop organised labour from going with its alleged thre...

Biafra: Amnesty International confirms killings of our members – IPOBTODAY.ngIndigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) yesterday said that no amount of barefaced lies and misinformation will deceive the world from knowing the truth about the genocide commit...

NAIJ.COM#Ramadan Daily: 10 different people who are allowed to eat while others are fastingNAIJ.COMIn chapter 2 verse 183 of the Glorious Qur'an, Allah states why He made fasting compulsory upon the believing Muslims as follows: “O you who have b...

Nigeria TodayNigeria: How 11-Yr-Old Girl Became My Sex Slave - Ogunlade, Suspected Serial RapistAllAfrica.comA large crowd which gathered at the Oyo State Police command, Eleyele Ibadan watched in disbelief as a 65-year old man, Akinlolu Ogunlade, clai...

The Nation NewspaperWhy Convicted Corrupt Persons Deserve Capital Punishment – AdarLeadership NewspapersHon Musa Tsarki Adar is a member of the House of Representatives. In this interview with Ruth Choji, the federal lawmaker assessed the last one ye...

BusinessDayEnugu: Political Undertone Of Alleged Renewed Herdsmen AttackLeadership NewspapersThe recent false alarm in some sections of the media that Fulani herdsmen returned to the once traumatised Nimbo community in Uzo-Uwani local government area o...

Naija247newsNFF Crisis: Giwa Drags Pinnick, Olajire To Court For DefamationLeadership NewspapersIn pursuance of his fundamental human rights over claims that he has been brandishing fake court papers on the Writ of Execution, factional leader of Nigeri...

EFCC seizes Adamawa ex-acting gov, Fintiri's N500m houseNigeria TodayThe Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has seized a terrace house belonging to a former acting Governor of Adamawa State, Umaru Fintiri. The house is located on No. 7, Gana ...

The Nation Newspaper'Abiola died shortly after being offered tea'The Nation NewspaperThe personal physician to the late Chief Moshood Abiola, Dr Ore Falomo, recalls the health challenges that led to the death of the late politician in governmen...

Naija247newsJonathan didn't provide budgetary allocation for deadly NIS recruitment exerciseNaija247newsThe former Comptroller General of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) Mr. David Paradang, yesterday told a Federal High Court in Abuja that...

NAIJ.COMSenator Sani blasts Fashola, asks Buhari to find new power ministerNAIJ.COMThe Senator from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Shehu Sani has expressed concern over hardships that Nigerians were passing across Nigeria. The senator descr...

NAIJ.COMNigerian military took long to sack its political officersNAIJ.COMEditor's note: In this piece, Israel Abiodun writes on the recent compulsory retirement of many senior officers of the Nigerian military over the ties with politicians. Abiod...

SaharaReporters.comMetuh Now Admitted Into LUTH For Acute Waist Pain — LawyerSaharaReporters.comFormer Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) spokesman, Olisa Metuh, is now on admission at the Lagos University Hospital (LUTH), Lagos two weeks after he left t...

TODAY.ngBenue SSG Slumps, HospitalisedLeadership NewspapersThe secretary to the Benue State government (SSG), Barrister Targema Takema slumped yesterday in Makurdi and was hospitalized at the Benue State University Teaching Hospital (BSUTH) for urgent ...

NAIJ.COMMUST READ: Saraki reveals what you never knew about the SenateNAIJ.COMSenate president Bukola Saraki in this interview with journalists recently including Naij.com's Michael Abimboye spoke on various issues including the achievements of the...

NAIJ.COMHow leadership crises are a major feature in the PDP's historyNAIJ.COMThe Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is at present in distress. It had reigned for 16 years, and as it grew, winning from one election to the next, its leaders boasted of i...

NAIJ.COMRevealed: What Niger state governor said about IBB will move you to tearsNAIJ.COMThe former military president was reported to have been to the European country for medical treatment. Governor Bello said the wise advice of IBB is needed in orde...

Naija247newsMimiko pleads with striking Ondo health workers to halt protestNaija247newsOndo State Governor, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, has made a fresh plea to the state's striking workers to return to work in the interest of the people. Mimiko, who made...

TODAY.ngEdo PDP Guber Aspirant Promises Industrialisation, Human CapacityLeadership NewspapersA People's Democratic Party (PDP) governorship aspirant in the scheduled June 20, 2016 gubernatorial primaries in Who state, Chief Solomon Iyobosa Edebiri...

News24 NigeriaSuspect dies in EFCC custodyNews24 NigeriaAbuja - The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday said one of its suspects, Desmond Nunugwo, died after being taken into custody. Wilson Uwujaren, the spokesperson of EFCC in a...

NTA NewsSGF Warns Against Importation Of Sub-standard Chinese GoodsLeadership NewspapersThe Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Engr. Babachir David Lawal has warned that Chinese sub-standard goods should not be imported to Nigeria. He also ...

National MirrorBlasphemy: Police arraign suspected killers of AgbahimeNational MirrorThe police in Kano state on Friday arraigned the suspected killers of Bridget Agbahime a 74 year old woman before a Kano State Magistrate court. Agbahime was murdered ...

VanguardEdo Guber: 10 APC aspirants allege intimidation, purchase of PVCsVanguardTen out of 12 governorship aspirants of the All Progressives Congress APC in Edo state have alleged intimidation and harassment of party officials by some partisan interes...

The PunchObama to honour Ooni as NYC declares Yoruba DayThe PunchThe Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, was on Friday hosted by the indigenes of Ile-Ife, Osun State, resident in the United States. The monarch, with his entourage, was received...

The PunchN1.4tn fine: Reps reject N330bn offer by MTN, summon ministerThe PunchThe House of Representatives has rejected the offer of $1.7bn (N330bn) by telecommunications giant, MTN, out of the total of $3.9bn that it was fined by the Nigerian Communi...

NAIJ.COMTerrible! What man who allegedly killed his wife did to himself afterwardsNAIJ.COMSougie, 48 years gave up the ghost on the morning of Friday, June 10 at the Police Hospital, Ikeja, Lagos state after being admitted at the hospital since Thursda...