Nigerian TribuneFG inaugurates technical committee on grazing reservesNigerian TribuneThe Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, has inaugurated a technical committee to develop grazing reserves and stock routes to address ...

National MirrorB'Haram: No JAMB Candidate Killed In Borno – Police CommissionerDaily Times NigeriaThe Borno State Police Command has said no candidate for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) that held nationwide on Saturday was...

DailyPost Nigeria“Top government officials hustled for seats in the hall” – Charles Novia critiques ...DailyPost NigeriaTop movie Producer and Director, Charles Novia, known for criticising major events has not left out the much talked about Pres...

DailyPost Nigeria“Top government officials hustled for seats in the hall” – Charles Novia critiques ...DailyPost NigeriaTop movie Producer and Director, Charles Novia, known for criticising major events has not left out the much talked about Pres...

The StreetjournalPolice Rescue Kidnap Victim on Lagos-Ibadan ExpresswayThe StreetjournalThe Ogun State Police Command on Friday rescued a man who was seen tied up with ropes in his jeep, a Honda Pilot with registration number EKY 281 BR, which was earl...

UTME Candidates Perish in Ondo auto crashDaily Times NigeriaTwo candidates who sat for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), on Saturday, April 12, lost their lives in a multiple road crash along Owo-Ikare road in Ondo State. The Head ...

Premium TimesAPC blasts Jonathan over premature “election campaigns”Premium TimesThe All Progressives Congress, APC, has accused President Goodluck Jonathan and his party of engaging in crass lawlessness by their serial violation of the country&#39...

P.M. NewsAPC To Investigate Cases Of Irregularities In Ebonyi Ward CongressesLeadership NewspapersThe All Progressives Congress (APC) on Sunday said it would investigate cases of irregularities recorded during Friday's ward congress across the 171 ...

Osun DefenderThe PDP, APC War in AmericaAllAfrica.comThe policy forum on Nigeria's plans and preparations for the 2015 round of elections in Washington D.C, USA, on Monday, presented Nigerian politicains as the lot quick to agree on the basic tenet...

P.M. NewsTrending : gold-plated iphone gift by Faith and Godswill EdwardP.M. NewsThe two-leg wedding of President Goodluck Jonathan's daughter, Faith and Godswill Edward, son of Cross River State monarch ended yesterday in Abuja, leaving on its tra...

DailyPost Nigeria14-year-old bride kills husband with rat poison in KanoDailyPost NigeriaA Nigerian child-bride, 14 year-old Wasila Umaru, recently killed her 35 year-old husband, after being forced to marry him. After the wedding, the groom, Sani Umar...

Osun DefenderPDP vs APC's battle in Washington DCOsun DefenderThe policy forum on Nigeria's plans and preparations for the 2015 round of elections in Washington D.C, USA, on Monday, presented Nigerian politicians as the lot quick to agree on th...

Daily SunNorth has always been more than South –Ahmadu AliDaily SunFormer National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), Dr. Ahmadu Ali loves stoking controversy. In this chat , Ali who is a delegate to the ongoing National Conference spoke on...

National MirrorCentenary anniversary: Olubadan, greatest hero of our time –LanlehinNigerian TribuneAs activities marking the centenary birthday celebration of the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba (Dr) Samuel Odulana, Odugade 1, formally take off, the Vice...

CHANNELSEncomium as Fayemi receives Champion Newspapers' Governor of the Year ...Nigerian TribuneEkiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, Friday night, received the 2013 edition of Champions Newspaper's Governor of the Year Award amidst commenda...

BBC NewsMugabe's tantrumsKhaleej TimesTHE OCTOGENARIAN leader of Zimbabwe has his own way of making headlines. President Robert Mugabe, the world's longest reigning president, unnecessarily vented his anger against Nigeria by calling it the mos...

CHANNELSSSS Attempted Jailbreak: 'Disappeared' Tweeter Man ReleasedCHANNELSYusuf Onimisi Reports say that the man who went missing after tweeting pictures of an attempted jail break in the nation's capital, Abuja, has been released. For 11 ...

CHANNELSNigeria's power situation affects court sittingsspyghana.comPower outage on Friday at the Federal High Court Complex in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Friday, stalled hearing in a suit filed by suspended Central Bank Governor, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi...

CHANNELSObiano set to swear in new Anambra CommissionersDailyPost NigeriaAnambra State Governor, Chief Willie Obiano is this Friday evening expected to swear in 19 new commissioners. DailyPost learnt that Obiano, who went into a state executive meeting...

Osun DefenderINEC: Osun, Oyo, And 9 Other States Warned Over Non-conduct Of LG ElectionOsun DefenderThe Independent National Electoral Commission has expressed concern over the refusal of 11 states to conduct Local Council Elections saying it contraven...

Nigerian TribuneIrate Mob Lynch Suspected KidnapperTHISDAY LiveA suspected female kidnapper has been lynched to death by an angry mob in Ilorin for allegedly abducting eight children in the city. The incident, according to THISDAY checks happened along...

The PunchSouth-East PDP Rally: Hoodlums Attack Party ChieftainLeadership NewspapersThe South-East zone sensitisation rally of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) kicked off on a sad note yesterday when suspected thugs believed to be working for a chieft...

August Governorship Election: Osun APC Holds Primary TodayOsun DefenderIn preparation to contest the August 9, 2014 gubernatorial election in the State of Osun, the All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that it will conduct governorship primary for ...

The PunchBetween Ondo by-election and 2015 presidential electionThe PunchControversy has embroiled the inconclusive Ilaje/Ese-Odo House of Representatives by-election held in Ondo State last week. In this article, OLUWOLE JOSIAH examines the various pe...

Nigerian TribuneRecurrent boat tragedies: Human error or angry water goddesses?Nigerian TribuneIJEOMA (surname unknown) was full of hope, and she had aspirations that she hoped to fulfill someday. But like vapour, those dreams vanished when her young l...

CHANNELSJibril Aminu Advises Media Practitioners On Developmental JournalismCHANNELSJubril Aminu Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Senator Jibril Aminu, has advised journalists to refrain from writing and publishing inciting reports capable of destab...

Codewit World NewsTragedy as Rainstorm hits Lagos, Ilorin (WITH PHOTOS)Codewit World NewsLAGOS—Tragedy struck in Lagos and Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, yesterday, as six persons including a pregnant woman and her three children were electrocuted ...

Osun DefenderASUP/COESU Strike: FG Insists on No Work, No PayTHISDAY LiveThe Federal Government has insisted that it would not be blackmailed into stopping the 'no work, no pay' policy against striking workers of the Academic Staff Union of Pol...

SaharaReporters.comNigeria Charges Late Dictator's Son With Stealing N446 billionSaharaReporters.comMohammed Abacha — the son of late former Nigerian military dictator, General Sani Abacha — is facing fresh criminal lawsuit from the Federal Gov...

Leadership NewspapersPower Outage Stalls Hearing In Sanusi's CaseLeadership NewspapersPower outage at the Federal High Court Complex in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Friday, stalled hearing in a suit filed by suspended Central Bank Governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanus...

Daily SunProbe Killing Of Herdsmen Association Urges FGNigerian ObserverLAFIA- The Hausa-Fulani Students Association of Nigeria (HAFSAN), Nasarawa State University, Keffi chapter, has called on the Federal Government to probe the recent killing of herd...

Osun DefenderOshiomhole explains cancellation of APC Ward Congresses in E/SouthNigerian ObserverBENIN CITY- Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has thrown more light on the cancellation of the Edo South All Progressive Congress (APC) ward congresses...

Nigeria complains about Mugabe calling it corruptseattlepi.comLAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — The official News Agency of Nigeria reports Zimbabwe's envoy has been called in for a complaint about President Robert Mugabe's remarks about corruption in Ni...

CHANNELSShekarau Backs Postponement Of Elections In North EastCHANNELSFormer Governor of Kano State, Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau, who recently defected to the PDP from the APC, has been reacting to the recent pronouncement by the governors from the North E...

CHANNELSShekarau Backs Postponement Of Elections In North EastCHANNELSFormer Governor of Kano State, Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau, who recently defected to the PDP from the APC, has been reacting to the recent pronouncement by the governors from the North E...

CHANNELSChild Bride Poisons Husband, 3 Others In KanoCHANNELSchild bride Four people have been confirmed dead after eating a poisonous food in Kano State North West Nigeria. Addressing a news conference, the Police Public Relations Officer, Magaji Musa...

Osun Defender5 Persons Including Pregnant Woman Die of Electrocution in LagosNigerian BulletinOn Thursday, five persons including a pregnant woman, identified only as Mrs. Ameh, and her three-year-old daughter were killed by a live wire in Oworonshoki ...

Osun Defender5 Persons Including Pregnant Woman Die of Electrocution in LagosNigerian BulletinOn Thursday, five persons including a pregnant woman, identified only as Mrs. Ameh, and her three-year-old daughter were killed by a live wire in Oworonshoki ...

Daily SunOsun guber: Omisore calls for support of co-contestantsDaily SunThe candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the August 9 governorship election in Osun State, Senator Iyiola Omisore, has appealed to other contestants in the party to ...

Leadership Newspapers2015 Elections Will Determine Nigeria's Fate – TinubuLeadership NewspapersLeader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former Lagos State governor, Ahmed Bola Tinubu, said yesterday that the forthcoming 2015 general elec...

Daily SunAnnounce bye-election result, Mimiko tells INECDaily SunThe Governor of Ondo State, Olusegun Mimiko has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) not to tarnish it's image and it's integrity by not announcing the resul...

Daily SunReps passes 2014 budgetDaily SunThe House of Representatives yesterday brushed aside a feeble resistance by a member and passed the 2014 budget. The approved N4.695 trillion tallies with what the Senate passed on Wednesday. The budget figure w...

Daily SunReps passes 2014 budgetDaily SunThe House of Representatives yesterday brushed aside a feeble resistance by a member and passed the 2014 budget. The approved N4.695 trillion tallies with what the Senate passed on Wednesday. The budget figure w...

The PunchGunmen Kill Two Watching Champions League in YobeTHISDAY LiveGunmen suspected to be Boko Haram members stormed a packed viewing centre in Yobe State and shot dead two people watching Champions League matches, police said Thursday. The centre w...

Daily SunAbuja airport road contract: Senate summons FCT minister, Julius BergerNigerian TribuneTHE Senate Committee on Federal Capital Territory (FCT), headed by Senator Smart Adeyemi, has summoned the FCT Minister, Senator Bala Mohammed and Julius Be...

The PunchDrama as Reps pass 2014 budgetThe PunchPresident Goodluck Jonathan proposed a total of N4.642tn as estimates for this year, but like the Senate, the House okayed N4.695tn. Findings showed that both chambers earlier agreed on the figures during...

CHANNELSGrowth and development comes with sacrifices- UduaghanWorldStageDelta State Governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan has said it was better to bear the temporary pains associated with growth and development than to continuously live in deplorable conditi...

International Business Times UKJames Ibori: Wickes Checkout Worker who Almost Became President of NigeriaInternational Business Times UKJames Ibori was a rich man and had the sprawling mansion and luxury fleet of cars to prove it. The Nigerian owned a ...

Child bride forced to marry poisons groomLa Crosse TribuneKANO, Nigeria (AP) — Police say a child bride forced into marriage in Nigeria prepared a poisoned meal that has killed her groom and three of his friends. They quote 14-year-old Wasila Umaru a...

WorldStageNigeria: FG set to implement Oronsaye report, make citizens benefit from new GDPWorldStageWorldStage Newsonline—The Federal government of Nigeria on Wednesday announced moves to implement the proposed rationalization exercise in its parasta...

Leadership NewspapersUS says 2015 elections will be an important test for NigeriaWorldStageWorldStage Newsonline-- The United States of America (US) has expressed desire to see a free and fair election in 2015, saying that the elections will be an impo...

Daily SunAnambra emerges overall best in 2013 WASSCEThe PunchAnambra State has emerged the overall best in the 2013 West African Senior School Certificate Examination. The official WAEC result, made available to The PUNCH, on Thursday, show that Ghana ...

Osun DefenderAregbesola says “Yorubaland has no tie with PDP”Osun DefenderGovernor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State during his investiture as the life Patron of the Nigeria Union of Tailors, NUT, and endorsement for second term in office, held at Nels...

Codewit World NewsNigeria National Confab: A waste of time and resources —Daudu, SANCodewit World Newsconfab-new1111 Mr. Joseph Daudu, SAN is a former President of the Nigeria Bar Association. He is known for baring his mind on an issue, no matter wh...

Codewit World NewsNigeria National Confab: A waste of time and resources —Daudu, SANCodewit World Newsconfab-new1111 Mr. Joseph Daudu, SAN is a former President of the Nigeria Bar Association. He is known for baring his mind on an issue, no matter wh...

Osun Defender'I've had enough insult'- Femi-Fani-Kayode Femi-Fani-KayodeOsun DefenderFollowing the closed-door meeting with President Goodluck Jonathan, Fani-Kayode has been receiving a lot comments and speculation all over social media acc...

ynaijaAbimbola Adelakun: What a Muslim/Muslim ticket will do for Nigeria in 2015ynaijaDoes the pair of Buhari-Tinubu (if they ever emerge candidates) represent the change Nigeria needs or not? That's the germane question. Are they better prospects ...

Press TV7 policemen, civilian killed in Nigeria militant attacksPress TVLocal residents look at the burnt-out remains of houses after an attack by militants, in the town of Mafa, in Nigeria's Borno State on March 2, 2014. Thu Apr 10, 2014 2:5AM. Sh...

Nigerian TribuneOf strangers and indigenes in NigeriaNigerian TribunePresident Jonathan It may not be by accident that both the National Assembly and the ongoing national conference are working at the same time on giving Nigeria a more acceptable const...

ynaijaGunmen kill 7 policemen, 1 civilian in Jigawa, NLC calls new $510 billion GDP a ...ynaijaA police station was attacked by suspected gunmen in the early hours of Wednesday. A Sharia court and a bank in Gawaram local government area of Jigawa leavi...

CHANNELSBritain Partners With Nigeria Police In Tackling CrimeCHANNELSThe partnership is the contribution of the British government in ongoing efforts at addressing the current security challenges in Nigeria. The pledge was made on Wednesday at the For...

CHANNELSLagos Court Sets Aside Lekki-Ikoyi Toll AppealCHANNELSLekki-Ikoyi Toll Gate Attempts by the Lagos State Attorney General, and Commissioner of Justice, Mr Ade Ipaye to persuade the Federal High Court Lagos to hear an application seeking a stay o...

Osun DefenderJonathan under fire for advocating unregulated election expenses bazaarPremium TimesElection monitors and anti-corruption activists have launched a blistering attack on President Goodluck Jonathan over his comment Monday advocating the rem...

Nigerian Air Force buying new fighters, choppersGlens Falls Post-StarABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The chief of Nigeria's air force says it is buying new fighter jets and helicopters. The air force has been pivotal in an offensive to curb an Islamic upri...

CHANNELSUS Seeks End To Herdsmen, Farmers Crisis In North Central NigeriaCHANNELSJames-Entwistle2 The United States government says it is interested in the return of peace to states within the north central Nigeria, which have been experiencing clashes...

The News InternationalMilitary Rejects Extra-Judicial Killings ClaimAllAfrica.comAbuja — THE Military has denied extra-judicial killing of Muslims and people of Fulani ethnic group as alleged by Jama'atul Nasril Islam (JNI). The denial was contai...

WorldStageJonathan okays deployment of Permanent SecretariesWorldStageWorldStage Newsonline-- President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has approved the deployment of some Permanent Secretaries including, Mr. Linus Awute, Office of the Secretary to the Governm...

AllAfrica.comLamido Wants 100 Percent Resource ControlAllAfrica.comOil producing states should be allowed to take 100 percent oil revenues, Lamido Adamawa Alhaji Muhammadu Barkindo Mustapha has said. He also suggested that states with no oil resources ...

The Punch$5.9 million fraud: Ajudua seeks fresh bailNigerian ObserverIKEJA- A one-time Lagos socialite, Fred Ajudua, yesterday filed a fresh bail application before Justice Oluwatoyin Ipaye at an Ikeja High Court. Ajudua is standing trial for allegedly...

CHANNELSSanusi's Suspension: Court Fixes May 20 For JudgmentDaily Times NigeriaJustice Gabriel Kolawole of the Federal High Court, Abuja has slated May 20 for judgment to the suit brought by suspended Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Sanusi L...

Osun DefenderLagos Food Vendor Arrested with Cocaine in VaginaNigerian BulletinOn Tuesday, Chinelo Okorom Lynette, a 36 year old food vendor who sells in the Ajangbadi area of Lagos was recently arrested by NDLEA officials with 685 grammes of cocaine c...

Nigerian Tribune'National Conference can Heal Wounds in the Nation' - Governor AhmedNigerian BulletinGovernor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara state on Tuesday said that the ongoing national conference had the capacity of healing age-long wounds in th...

Leadership NewspapersEnd To Fight Against Insurgency Unpredictable – CASLeadership NewspapersAs April 19, the last day for the ongoing state of emergency rule in the northeast states of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe due to the unending terror attacks appro...

Daily SunDiscordant tunes from National ConfabDaily SunThe ongoing National Conference is a lesson in ironies and incongruities. We have on our hands a situation in which many old men are at the confab to fashion out for the country a future that they ...

Daily SunI will remain Pan-Nigerian —Mark says on birthday •Senators ask him to contest ...Nigerian TribuneSenate President, David Mark, on Tuesday, said he will remain a pan-Nigerian political figure, while he continues to work for a peaceful and ...

Daily SunAnother bombshell at confabDaily SunFirst class traditional ruler and Lamido of Adamawa, Alhaji Muhammadu Barkindo Mustapha, who caused a scare recently with his threat of secession, yesterday released another bombshell at the ongoing National...

Leadership NewspapersNational Conference:: Debate continued yesterday at the ongCodewit World Newsconference Debate continued yesterday at the ongoing National Conference in Abuja for those delegates who stayed back against the allure to head down to O...

Premium TimesCBN Suspension: Court to decide Sanusi's fate May 20Premium TimesA Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday reserved judgment till May 20 in the case by Lamido Sanusi, the suspended governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, challengi...

Leadership NewspapersOne Dies At PDP Ward Congress In IlorinCHANNELSpdp logo The Kwara State branch of the People's Democratic Party has commenced its ward congresses across the 193 wards across the state to elect seven party executives in each war...

CHANNELSNigeria Must Seek Committed Individuals To Achieve Reforms — SaakashviliCHANNELSMikheil-Saakashvili2 A former president of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili, says Nigeria can reform its power sector if it seeks committed individuals that are deter...

www.worldbulletin.netNHRC's Verdict On Extra-Judicial KillingP.M. NewsThe National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, hit the bull's eye when it declared Monday that eight squatters killed in Abuja last year were not Boko Haram members and went ahe...

Murder: Man Kills 2-year-old Son For Demanding For FoodLeadership NewspapersThe popular saying among Nigerians that the evil men do these days shocks even the devil was the sentiment many Nigerians shared when the news of a father who allegedly killed ...

BBC NewsNigerian Police Send Special Forces to Northwest After KillingsBusinessweekNigerian police dispatched special forces to the northwestern state of Zamfara after a weekend attack that may have killed more than 200 people. The forces include a cou...

Osun DefenderIbadan Horror Update:How Forensic Experts Exhume Dead Bodies And Recover ...Osun DefenderForensic pathologists from the University College Hospital, Ibadan, and Nigeria Police from Abuja began exhuming bodies of some victims of the Soka ki...

P.M. News (blog)Three feared dead In PDP Ward CongressP.M. News (blog)Three persons were feared killed in Ilorin, Kwara State, central Nigeria when supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party,PDP, fought themselves over alleged imposition of certain can...

Bamidele Donates Salary, Promises to Do One TermVanguardLabour party governorship candidate in the June 21 election in Ekiti State, Mr Opeyemi Bamidele has vowed not to collect salaries and emoluments throughout his four-year tenure, if elected. The fo...

The PunchTerrible: Man stabs friend to death over N800 in LagosynaijaA man in Lagos has been arrested and arraigned after reports that he stabbed his friend to death. Nurudeen Adio is said to have attacked Lateef Jimoh after they got into a fight over ...

P.M. NewsFashola versus Obanikoro: The limits of politicsDaily SunIt is quite expected that as the election year draws close, the fireworks will increase and the brickbats would start flying. In Lagos State, as in every other parts of the country, the ...

Leadership NewspapersBoat mishaps: Lagos Assembly summons commissioner, LASWA boss, othersNigerian TribuneLagos State House of Assembly has summoned Commissioner for Transport, Mr Kayode Opeifa, General Manager, Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA) ...

The PunchINEC detects 114882 multiple registrations in Ekiti, OsunNigerian TribuneThe Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it has detected and removed 114,882 multiple registrants from the Ekiti and Osun States voters registers, ahead ...

Daily SunFG releases White Paper on civil service reformsDaily SunThe Federal Government yesterday released the white paper on the report of the Presidential Committee on Restructuring and Rationalization of Federal Government Parastatals, Commissions ...

The PunchTout stabs friend to death over N800The PunchA member of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, Lateef Jimoh, has been remanded in prison for allegedly stabbing to death his 33-year-old friend, Nurudeen Adio, over N800. The incident was...

Leadership NewspapersLagos Assembly Summons Commissioner Over Boat AccidentsLeadership NewspapersThe Lagos State House of Assembly on Monday summoned the Commissioner for Transport, Mr Kayode Opeifa, over boat accidents in Majidun and Mile 2 areas of t...

P.M. NewsFG commercialises NTA; rejects merger of EFCC and ICPCP.M. NewsThe Federal Government has rejected the recommendation for the merger of EFCC, ICPC and the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB). The decision is contained in a Government White Paper on t...

Premium TimesWhy ASUP Strike persists – Nigerian GovernmentPremium TimesMr. Wike said the federal government has implemented about four or five of the six demands ASUP made. The Federal Government said the refusal of Academic Staff Union of Polytechn...

Daily SunAmosun Promises to Fish Out Okuneye's KillersCHANNELSAmosun scraps Tai Solarin University of Education Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun has given assurance that the State Government would do its best to get the killers of foremost Ijeb...

CHANNELSAU-IDEA-INEC sign a MOU for the deployment of the Electoral Risk ...IT News OnlineABUJA, Nigeria, April 7, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The African Union (AU), the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDE...

Nigerian TribuneConfab: Delegates Ask FG To Redouble Efforts On SecurityLeadership NewspapersDelegates at the National Conference on Monday, resumed plenary with calls on government and security agencies to redouble their efforts to stem the rising spa...

P.M. NewsIncrease in LASU fees violates right to education – SERAPDailyPost NigeriaSocio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has faulted the increase in tuition fees for students of Lagos State University, LASU, describing it as unfair...

Nigeria clashes between Fulani herdsmen and vigilantes kill 72swissinfo.chKADUNA, Nigeria (Reuters) - Clashes in northwest Nigeria between suspected Fulani cattle rustlers mounted on motorbikes and local youth vigilantes from the rival Hausa ethnic gro...