VanguardDo only the poor go to jail in Nigeria?VanguardNigeria's criminal justice system has often been criticised and ridiculed for its inability to secure convictions, particularly for offences perpetuated by high profile individuals. Yet, one re...

CHANNELS TELEVISIONSYNAGOGUE: Court retrains LASG from prosecuting engineersVanguardLagos—Justice Ibrahim Buba of a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos yesterday restrained the Lagos State Attorney-General from prosecuting the two engineers who built...

Vanguard$2bn arms deal: DSS arrests Dasuki, BafarawaVanguardABUJA—More Nigerian politicians believed to have benefitted from the huge security budget said to be missing were, yesterday, arrested and detained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commi...

CHANNELS TELEVISIONCourt To Give Judgement On Wada's Suit On December 4CHANNELS TELEVISIONwada A Federal High Court in Abuja will on December 4 give judgement in a suit filed by the Governor of Kogi state, Captain Idris Wada and three others, chall...

CHANNELS TELEVISIONCourt To Deliver Judgement On Stella Oduah's SuitCHANNELS TELEVISIONstella_oduah A Federal High Court in Lagos has fixed January 25, 2016 to deliver judgment in the fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by a former Minister o...

Information NigeriaAmerican Lawyer To President Buhari: In The US, You Declared “Zero Tolerance ...Information NigeriaAn American lawyer who specializes in constitutional and international law, Bruce Fein has written President Muhammadu Buhari over t...

The Nation NewspaperDavid Mark rice floods BenueThe Nation NewspaperFoodstuffs branded in the name of former Senate President, David Mark, are being distributed across Benue state by his supporters. This is as a result of the ruling of the Court of App...

Information NigeriaOAU shut over students' unrestVanguardOSOGBO – The authorities of the Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ile Ife, Tuesday night shut the institution indefinitely following continued students protest on the campus of the instituti...

VanguardSenate approves N575bn supplementary budget for BuhariVanguardABUJA- THE Senate Tuesday passed a total sum of N574,532,726,857 as supplementary budget for President Muhammadu Buhari to be withdrawn from the Consolidated Revenue Fund of the Fede...

The Nation NewspaperDSS arrests Dasuki, Bafarawa, Dokpesi in EFCC netThe Nation NewspaperAfter a month siege and legal fireworks, the Department of State Security Service (DSS) on Tuesday arrested a former National Security Adviser, Mr. Sambo Dasuki fo...

Information NigeriaMASSOB Faction Expels Uwazuruike, Elects New LeadershipInformation NigeriaMASSOB A faction of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) has expelled Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, who heads another faction...

NAIJ.COMThe Hidden Truth Behind President Buhari's Failed Promises - American LawyerNAIJ.COMAn American constitutional lawyer, Bruce Fein has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of lies and deceit stressing that the president has backed off his zero...

NAIJ.COMThe Hidden Truth Behind President Buhari's Failed Promises - American LawyerNAIJ.COMAn American constitutional lawyer, Bruce Fein has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of lies and deceit stressing that the president has backed off his zero...

CHANNELS TELEVISIONPolice Have Heightened Security Level In FCT – CPCHANNELS TELEVISIONPolice Have Heightened Security Level In FCT – CP The Commissioner Of Police of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) says Police have heightened the security leve...

Information NigeriaImpersonation: 4 Men Arrested For Posing As Tinubu, Police Commissioner [Photos]Information NigeriaFour persons, including a former warden have been arrested for allegedly impersonating All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader...

NAIJ.COMWhat Akpabio Couldn't Do In Eight Years, His Successor Has Done Them In 6 MonthsNAIJ.COMGovernor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom state has listed his achievements after six month at the rein of affairs in the state. Speaking on Sunday, November ...

Leadership NewspapersMTN Nigeria: Buhari, Zuma to meet on $5.2 billion finePulse NigeriaThe Federal Government had announced earlier last week that the final decision on whether MTN would pay the fine in full would be determined by the president. Publi...

Naija247newsAgain DSS arrests ex-NSA Sambo DasukiVanguardThe operatives of Department of State Service (DSS) has this morning picked the immediate National Security Adviser, Colonel Sambo Dasuki (Rtd) to their office in Abuja. Recently Dasuki denied ev...

Daily Times NigeriaNAF promotes 153 officersDaily Times NigeriaThe Nigerian Air Force has released the promotion of 153 senior military officers to the next higher ranks. The newly promoted officers include 14 Air Vice Marshals, 26 Air Commodores, 22 G...

The Guardian NigeriaFestive gifts present terror threat to NigeriansNews24 NigeriaAbuja - Members of the public have been warned against receiving gifts from unknown people during the festive season. The warning by police ahead of the Yuletide season c...

CHANNELS TELEVISIONOgun Police Rescue 26 Children From Suspected Human TraffickersCHANNELS TELEVISIONpolice-on suspects The Ogun State Police Command has rescued 26 children from three suspected human traffickers at Ibafo area of Obafemi Owode Local Go...

Leadership NewspapersAnwukah: Minister says teacher regulatory institution underwayPulse NigeriaAnwukah stated that some of the NCE undergraduates study Education in Physics, Chemistry, Geography, among others, which are subjects that are not applicabl...

Leadership NewspapersLagos Fails To Arraign Synagogue Church Trustees, OthersLeadership NewspapersThe planned arraignment of the of the Registered Trustees of Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) and the two engineers that constructed the collapsed ...

Leadership NewspapersPolice Arrest APC Members Trailing Jonathan In BayelsaLeadership NewspapersThe Bayelsa State Police Command yesterday confirmed the arrest of five members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) over alleged trailing of the convoy o...

VanguardNo political will to prosecute high-profile corruption cases, says CJNVanguardABUJA — The blame game between the Judiciary and Executive arm of government continued yesterday, with the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Mahmud Mohammed, d...

VanguardRoot causes of the Biafra struggleVanguardIN the eight years of Obasanjo's presidency, there was no headline-grabbing demand for Biafra. Ditto for the eight years of the Yar'Adua/Jonathan presidency. However, within months of Buhari&#39...

VanguardHuman rights violation: Buratai inaugurates Nba/Army joint monitoring teamVanguardMAIDUGURI— Following repeated accusations by Amnesty International and other international rights groups of brutalization and human rights abuses by the Nigeria...

VanguardAPC unveils Yahaya Bello as replacement for late AuduVanguardThe National Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress has unveiled Alh. Yahaya Bello, popularly known as Fair Plus as the replacement for the late Prince Abubakar Audu. It w...

CHANNELS TELEVISIONCBN Extends BVN Registration For Armed ForcesCHANNELS TELEVISIONCBN Extends BVN Registration For Armed Forces The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has approved the extension of registration for the Biometric Verification Number (BVN) fo...

CHANNELS TELEVISIONArraignment Of Synagogue Church Trustees StalledCHANNELS TELEVISIONSCOAN-Collapse-2 The planned arraignment of the Registered Trustees of the Synagogue Church of All Nations and two engineers who constructed its collapsed six-store...

TODAYonlineINSIGHT -Decades after Nigeria's war, new Biafra movement growsReuters AfricaENUGU, Nigeria, Nov 30 (Reuters) - Nearly half a century after a civil war in which a million people died, 27-year-old Okoli Ikedi is part of a new protest move...

Leadership NewspapersBoko Haram: Northern elite laid foundation for insurgency – Matthew KukahPulse NigeriaKukah made the comment while delivering a lecture during the 2015 Conference on Islam in Nigeria which held from November 22 to 25 at the Fount...

P.M. NewsWith Ambode, Lagos Is In Good Hands by Lateef RajiP.M. NewsIn recent times there have been lots of hues and cries about the course Lagos is charting under the less than 6-month leadership of Mr. Akinwumi Ambode as the governor of the state. Wh...

DailyPost NigeriaBuhari cancels weekly Federal Executive Council meetingsDailyPost Nigeria“FEC will no longer be all about awarding contracts but a serious discussion of policy issues and appraisal of ministerial performance,” an official told the ...

NAIJ.COMRevenge Mission: Boko Haram Kills Soldier, Read What They Did To Unmarried ...NAIJ.COMSeven persons, including a soldier have been reportedly killed in a raid by the terror group in both Bam and Gajigana villages of Biu and Magumeri local gover...

The Guardian NigeriaXmas Season: Be Vigilant, Security Conscious, Military Tells NigeriansLeadership NewspapersAs the Christmas and New Year seasons approach, the Nigerian Army has urged the citizens to be extra vigilant and security conscious in tackl...

Daily SunGowon, Ekwueme, others at episcopal anniversary of Cardinal ArinzeDaily SunFORMER Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon (retd), Second Republic Vice President, Dr. Alex Ekwueme and Anambra State governor, Chief Willie Obiano, as well as more tha...

VanguardFraud suspect dies in EFCC's custodyVanguardABUJA—Tragedy has hit the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, after a suspect in its custody, suddenly developed chest pains, and died. EFCC Arowofela Olufemi, who was being investig...

The Nation Newspaper'Sylva's returning to rebuild Bayelsa'The Nation NewspaperNathan Egba is the Director of Media and Publicity, Timipre Sylva Campaign Organisation and the former Commissioner for Information and Strategy under the Sylva a...

The Nation NewspaperLegislatures 'fight' for financial autonomyThe Nation NewspaperSpeakers of the 36 state legislatures at the weekend vowed to pursue their financial autonomy and political independence. The speakers said their financial indep...

Scores feared dead in Shi'ite procession in Kano StateVoice Chronicle“Our men and security agents are at the scene but it is early to say how many persons have died”, Musa Ilallah, northwest NEMA coordinator, told Anadolu Agency. Scores of Nige...

The Nation NewspaperDickson's day in YenagoaVanguardLast Saturday's mega rally and the flag presentation to the Peoples Democratic Party PDP governorship candidate in Bayelsa State, Governor Seriake Dickson was the culmination of his nearly one...

The Eagle OnlineEra of economic hardship over in Osun – AregbesolaThe Eagle OnlineAs the present administration in Osun State enters its sixth year in the office, the state Governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has said the economic hardship in the state...

Information NigeriaNorthern Governors Vow To Defeat Boko Haram, PovertyInformation NigeriaGovernors of the Northern States have vowed to join forces to end Boko Haram insurgency and the attendant poverty unleashed on the region. The Governors also pled...

The Guardian NigeriaPlateau: APC candidate, Dakogol wins Qua'an Pan North Constituency by-electionDailyPost NigeriaAPC-LOGO-17 Mr Eric Dakogol, the APC candidate, has won Saturday's bye-election to fill Qua'an Pan North Constituency's s...

VanguardWhy terrorism can endure by BuhariVanguardAbuja – President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday in Malta said that violent extremism and terrorism could only thrive and endure if good people remained idle and complacent. A statement issued in Abuja on...

NAIJ.COMPast Govt Officials Are Returning Stolen Public Funds Through CBNNAIJ.COMThe presidency has confirmed public funds stolen by officials of past administrations are being returned to the government coffers through the Central Bank Of Nigeria. Kem...

Leadership NewspapersBuhari Will Not Fail Nigerians – Hon GololoLeadership NewspapersHon Mohammed Garba Gololo, is a member of the House of Representatives, representing Gamawa Federal Constituency of Bauchi State. He believes that the APC government...

Daily SunFleeing Kidnappers free Siasia's motherDaily SunKidnappers have freed Mrs Beauty Ogere Siasia, the mother of former international and national coach of the Under- 23 National Team, Samson Siasia. According to reports Mrs Siasia was said to...

The NewsAmosun employs 12 first class graduates of TASUEDThe NewsGovernor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State has offered automatic employment to 12 first class graduates of the Tai Solarin University of Education, TASUED. Governor Amosun announced this, on ...

The NewsAmosun employs 12 first class graduates of TASUEDThe NewsGovernor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State has offered automatic employment to 12 first class graduates of the Tai Solarin University of Education, TASUED. Governor Amosun announced this, on ...

Information NigeriaUwazuruike, Al-Mustapha, Fasheun Call for SNC, Implementation of National ...AllAfrica.comThe clamour for a Sovereign National Conference (SNC) and the implementation of the report of the last National Conference took centre stage at...

P.M. NewsNdlea Arrests Six Suspected Drug Trafficker At MmiaAllAfrica.comLagos. — The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency NDLEA has arrested six suspects in Lagos for Drug trafficking. Among the arrested suspects is a twenty-five year old single lad...

The StreetjournalFederal High Court Gets 30 New JudgesThe StreetjournalThe Federal High now has 30 new judges following the approval of their appointments by President Muhammadu Buhari's recommendation of the National Judicial Council, NJC, to the ...

SaharaReporters.comBoko Haram Plans Attacks On Churches, Mosques, Markets, DSS WarnsSaharaReporters.comThe Department of State Services, DSS, has alerted Abuja residents over plots by Boko Haram to attack churches, mosques and markets, using girls to b...

Information Nigeria2face Shares Success Tips… “You Must Respect People And Fans”Information NigeriaIn a new interview with Sun's Entertainer, iconic singer, 2face Idibia, shared some success tips for artistes. 2face said: –. “You have to ...

Naija247newsProtests in Biafra: Go your own wayNaija247newsMOST Nigerians do not remember their country's civil war. A large majority were born years after the 30-month fight between Nigeria and the breakaway region of Biafra, which ended when the ...

The Nation NewspaperMinister Tasks Media On Terrorism, National UnityLeadership NewspapersThe Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has urged the media to galvanize support among the populace for the war on terrorism, which he descr...

Naija247newsNGF, NCC Partner To Check Multiple Taxation On TelecosNaija247newsThe Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) and the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, are currently exploring ways to check multiple regulations and taxation in the telecommuni...

Buhari okays appointment of FHC Registrar as judgeThe Nation NewspaperPresident Muhammadu Buhari on Friday approved the appointment of the Chief Registrar of the Federal High Court, Mrs. Rosemary O. Dugbo Oghoghorie and 29 others as judges of the Feder...

DailyPost NigeriaGunmen kidnap five Polish sailors in NigeriaDailyPost NigeriaGunmen abduct President Jonathan's cousins Gunmen have abducted five Polish sailors from a cargo ship off southern part of Nigeria. The five men were kidnapped from a 16-...

Information NigeriaReps To Probe IGP's Claim 90, 000 Policemen Have Died Due To InsurgencyInformation Nigeriahouse-of-reps2 The House of Representatives has directed its Standing Committee on Police Affairs to probe the claim by the Inspector Gener...

P.M. NewsI became ambassador because Aregbesola put politics aside – PDP ChieftainP.M. NewsThe immediate past Nigerian Ambassador to the Philippines and a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, Dr. Yemi Farounbi has narrated how Governor Rauf Are...

Vanguard9 professors shortlisted for LASU VC contestVanguardLagos – Nine out of 14 professors have been shortlisted to contest for the post of the Vice-Chancellor at the Lagos State University (LASU). A competent source, who pleaded anonymity at th...

NAIJ.COMSenators Uncover Plot By Saraki To Manipulate Senate Orders For Personal GainsNAIJ.COMSome senators have made shocking discoveries of how the senate president, Bukola Saraki is secretly planning to print a new Order Book (Senate Standing Orders...

BusinessDayReps summon Amaechi, Virgin Atlantic management over sack of Nigerian cabin crewBusinessDayhouse-reps House of Representatives on Thursday summoned Rotimi Amaechi, minister of transportation, and management of Virgin Atlantic over the recent...

DailyPost NigeriaOyo lawmakers embark on strike over unpaid allowances, blame AjimobiDailyPost NigeriaThe 32-member Oyo State House of Assembly has suspended legislative duties over refusal of the state government to pay its allowances. It was gathered...

YNaijaIf Soyinka didn't write this tribute to Tinubu, who did?YNaijaNobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has denied penning a tribute in honour of the national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu. In the tribute which was circulated...

VanguardOYO: Fulani herdsmen, farmers in fresh collision courseVanguardIbadan—The relative peace that existed between farmers and Fulani herdsmen in Oyo State was ruptured yesterday as hundreds of farmers in Ido Local Government Area of the state sta...

P.M. NewsWe'll domesticate all pending treaties, MoUs – DogaraVanguardABUJA — The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, yesterday reiterated the resolve of the legislature to domesticate all pending treaties, memoranda of unde...

VanguardLAGOS GRIDLOCK: Stakeholders seek effective strategiesVanguardLAGOS—A World Bank Consultant on Transportation, Dr. Gboyega Banjo, Prof. Olukayode Oyesiku and Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, Boboye Oyeyemi, have charged th...

VanguardBuhari, Saraki, Ekweremadu: A new lifeVanguardThe thought of President Muhammadu Buhari and Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu sitting to eat in the same room with Senators Bukola Saraki and Ike Ekweremadu would have been considered foolhardy not too lo...

VanguardOrtom wants compensation for victims of military attackVanguardMAKURDI — Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has called for compensation for victims of the recent alleged military attack on civilians in the North Bank area of Makurdi town. O...

The Nation NewspaperLagos inaugurates security equipmentThe Nation NewspaperThe Lagos State government will today inaugurate some security equipment to rebrand and reposition its Rapid Response Squad (RRS). In a statement by the Commissioner for Inform...

VanguardJubilation as Edo pays workers' Nov salaries ahead of other statesVanguardTHERE was jubilation by public workers in Edo State, after they received alert of the payment of their November salaries, when many states are still battling to clear...

DailyPost NigeriaDeclare Wada winner of Kogi election – PDP tells INECDailyPost NigeriaCaptain Idris Wada The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has reiterated that it would have been proper for the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to dec...

Naija247newsObasanjo To Jonathan: Tell Nigerians What You Learned As Ex-PresidentNaija247newsTwo years after they last exchanged letters, former Presidents, Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan have again re-ignited their writing passions. The lates...

VanguardAlleged 19.2bn fraud: Court dismisses 50-count charge against SylvaVanguard ABUJA – Respite came the way of the former Governor of Bayelsa State, Mr. Timipre Sylva, Thursday, as the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court, dismissed the 50-...

VanguardFayose to Buhari: Tell Nigerians who the looters are, how much they returnedVanguardGovernor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State, on Thursday, berated President Muhammadu Buhari's claim that many of those who looted the public treasuries in the g...

VanguardFG loses bid to compel Dasuki to appear in courtVanguardABUJA – The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has declined to compel the former National Security Adviser, NSA, Col. Sambo Dasuki, rtd, to appear before it. . In a ruling this afterno...

DailyPost NigeriaCustoms warns importers against trading banned goodsDailyPost Nigeriacustoms The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Thursday warned importers against trading goods banned by the Federal Government. Malam Sani Madugu, the Area Controller,...

The Nation NewspaperKashamu: New panel constitutedThe Nation NewspaperThe Court of Appeal has raised a new panel to hear an appeal by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Senator Buruji Kashamu representing Ogun East. Members of the panel are Justice...

The Guardian NigeriaBoko Haram: Wrong teaching of Islam is the cause of terrorismPulse NigeriaLieutenant General Tukur Buratai, Nigeria's Chief of Army Staff (COAS) has expressed that the skewed teaching of Islam is what is to be blamed for terrori...

DailyPost NigeriaJos market goes up in flames, destroys 118 shops, goodsDailyPost Nigeriafire_ibadan1 No fewer than 118 shops and a variety of goods were Thursday, destroyed as the Kabong market in Jos, Plateau state, went up in flames. DAILY POST gath...

Naija247newsBRIDGE COLLAPSE: Senate To Summon FasholaNaija247newsDISTURBED by the increasing rate of collapse of bridges across the country, Senate, yesterday, mandated its Committee on Works to summon the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatund...

DailyPost NigeriaCorrupt university administrators will be jailed - BuhariDailyPost Nigeriabuhari gas President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday issued a warning to university administrators in the country saying his government would not condone any form...

VanguardHID Awolowo: Buhari pays last respect to late matriarchPulse NigeriaAlso in attendance, was Archbishop Nicholas Okoh, Primate of Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), who led 38 other bishops and 300 clerics to preside over the ceremony. Publ...

Leadership Newspapers48 Nigerian Deportees From UK Arrive Lagos AirportLeadership NewspapersForty-eight Nigerian deportees from the United Kingdom (UK) arrived the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos in the morning of yesterday accompanied by...

The StreetjournalBan Of Hijab At NYSC Camps Unacceptable, Says Islamic GroupThe StreetjournalAn Islamic Group, the Muslim Rights Concern, MURIC, has rejected the ban imposed on the wearing of Hijab by female youth corps members in the National Youth Se...

NAIJ.COMBuhari vows to jail corrupt varsity administratorsVanguardBENIN—PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, warned university administrators that the Federal Government would no longer tolerate any form of corruption in the education sector, sayin...

FG has zero tolerance for corruption in universities —BuhariNational MirrorPresident Mohammadu Buhari has called on Nigerian universities and other institutions of higher learning to reposition themselves and encourage education for sustainable devel...

VanguardThe story of the destruction of APGA — Factional Abia Chairman, UkaegbuVanguardBarr. Prince Nnanna Ukaegbu, factional chairman of the All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA, in Abia State, spoke on why his faction adopted Gov Okezie Ikpeazu as ...

The Nation NewspaperTaraba group blames INEC, Atiku for Ishaku's sackThe Nation NewspaperThe Taraba Mandate Group (TMG) yesterday accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of conspiring with the ruling All Progressives Congress (...

DailyPost NigeriaBuhari establishes E-UNIT to cut cost of governanceVanguardABUJA —President Muhammadu Buhari has taken a critical step towards cutting the cost of governance with the establishment of the Efficiency Unit, E-UNIT, which will vet all m...

NAIJ.COMHundreds of people attend funeral prayer for Inuwa Wada in KanoVanguardKANO – Former Defence minister in the first Republic and veteran parliamentarian Alhaji Inuwa Wada Wednesday joined his ancestors at 98. The first Republic politician died...

The Guardian NigeriaBuhari: "We'll recover loot from Obasanjo, Yar'Adua, Jonathan govts' - PresidentPulse NigeriaBuhari, who had disclosed that looters are already returning stolen funds, expressed dissatisfaction at the rate the refun...

Information NigeriaN5, 000 Allowance To Unemployed Nigerians To Be Included In 2016 Budget – MinisterInformation NigeriaAPC-Billboard The payment of N5, 000 to unemployed Nigerians is being delayed because it was not captured in the 2015 budget, the ...

Information NigeriaN5, 000 Allowance To Unemployed Nigerians To Be Included In 2016 Budget – MinisterInformation NigeriaAPC-Billboard The payment of N5, 000 to unemployed Nigerians is being delayed because it was not captured in the 2015 budget, the ...

The NewsFG Must Take Difficult Decisions for Nation to Survive – Emir of KanoThe NewsThe Emir of Kano, His Royal Highness, Mai Martaba, Sarkin Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, Wednesday attributed the current economic hardship in the country to what he call...

CHANNELS TELEVISIONAbia Governor, Ngige Commission Osieke ICT CentreCHANNELS TELEVISIONAbia Governor, Ngige Commission ICT Centre Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu and the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, has commissioned an In...