Leadership NewspapersFire Guts Christ Embassy HeadquartersAllAfrica.comLagos — Headquarters of the Christ Embassy Church in Oregun, Ikeja, Lagos was yesterday evening gutted by fire. The immediate cause of the inferno could not be ascertained at the ...

Osun DefenderNational Conference: Former NBA Chairman Rejects AllowanceNigerian BulletinToeing in the steps of Pastor Tunde Bakare, former Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association, Mr. Olisa Agbakoba (SAN), has announced that he won't be accepting ...

P.M. NewsNLC urges end to ASUP, COEASU strikesP.M. NewsThe Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has called on the Federal Government to end the strike embarked upon by polytechnic and colleges of education teachers educational. The polytechnic teachers under ...

Buhari Can Never Rule Because - Sen IkpoVanguardELDER STATESMAN, Senator Nosike Ikpo was one of the leading lights in the Second Republic. Ikpo, in this interview, posits that former Military Head of State, General Muhammudu Buahri cannot rule Nigeria ...

Daily SunWe're determined to win confidence of Nigerians –Progressives govsDaily SunImo state governor, Rochas Okorocha has declared that the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) was determined to overhaul the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) administ...

Nigerian TribuneFor National Conference Delegates, Religion Strikes a Sensitive NerveTHISDAY LiveA day after the inauguration of the National Conference by President Goodluck Jonathan, religion struck a sensitive nerve when a delegate, Pastor Tunde Bak...

The PunchRecruitment Tragedy: Senate Worried Unemployment May Trigger RevolutionTHISDAY LiveThe Senate Tuesday expressed grave concern over the escalating unemployment rate in Nigeria as manifested in last Saturday's recruitment tragedy, observing ...

Daily SunRe: Boko Haram: War without end?Daily SunOf course, it is heart rending or disheartening to know that our security personnel appear to be losing the battle against this religious sect called Boko Haram. These incessant attacks by the sect beca...

Leadership NewspapersJonathan Wants To Remove Our Govs In North East – APCLeadership NewspapersThe National Executive Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC), at its meeting yesterday in Abuja, accused the federal government of plotting the ...

The PunchIkuforiji spent N21.6m on foreign trips – WitnessThe PunchA prosecution witness in the trial of the Speaker, Lagos House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji, on Tuesday narrated how the Speaker spent million of naira belonging to the house on his...

The PunchIkuforiji spent N21.6m on foreign trips – WitnessThe PunchA prosecution witness in the trial of the Speaker, Lagos House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji, on Tuesday narrated how the Speaker spent million of naira belonging to the house on his...

Oduah not responsible for removal of Aviation chiefs —FAANNigerian TribuneTHE spokesperson for Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Yakubu Dati, on Tuesday debunked claims in some quarters that Stella Oduah, the immediate past Aviation Minis...

Leadership NewspapersConfab: court grants constitutional lawyer leave to join Kutigi, othersNigerian Tribunecourt-symbol-logo THE Federal High Court sitting in Abuja yesterday granted leave to join the Chairman of the National Conference, Justice Idris...

CHANNELSObiano Appoints Three Principal OfficersCHANNELSWillie Obiano In his first official duty as the Executive Governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano, has appointed three principal officers to aid him in his new office. Assisted by the Solicitor-G...

CHANNELSBoko Haram: Nigerian Govt Unveils New Approach To Tackle TerrorismNigerian BulletinThe Nigerian government has introduced a new strategy aimed at tackling the ongoing insurgency in the the north-eastern part of the country. According to Channel...

CHANNELSBoko Haram: Nigerian Govt Unveils New Approach To Tackle TerrorismNigerian BulletinThe Nigerian government has introduced a new strategy aimed at tackling the ongoing insurgency in the the north-eastern part of the country. According to Channel...

Nigerian TribuneNational Conference adjournsP.M. NewsAfter its first day of sitting dedicated to questions from delegates on procedural, sitting arrangements, logistics and similar issues, the National Conference on Tuesday adjourned till next Monday. ...

The PunchNMA demands public probe of NIS recruitment tragedyWorldStageWorldStage Newsonline-- The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has called for public inquiry into last Saturday's National Immigration Service (NIS) recruitment shame, where over...

The PunchNMA demands public probe of NIS recruitment tragedyWorldStageWorldStage Newsonline-- The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has called for public inquiry into last Saturday's National Immigration Service (NIS) recruitment shame, where over...

P.M. News19 Redeemed Church members, 45 others die in multiple crashesDailyPost Nigeriaimage A multiple crash on the Potiskum-Maiduguri highway, involving three vehicles on Monday killed 35 people, including 19 church members on their way back from Lag...

Premium TimesNigeria Immigration Tragedy: Human Rights Commission commences ...Premium TimesThe Executive Secretary of the National Human Rights Commission, Bem Angwe, has urged Nigerian organizations to incorporate human rights in their assignments to...

Osun DefenderFG/ASUU Agreement: FUT Minna Gets N5.4 bn - LEADERSHIPNigerian BulletinThe vice chancellor of Federal University of Technology (FUT) Minna, Prof. Musbau Adewumi Akanji has revealed that the institution has been allocated N5.4 billion as pa...

The StreetjournalEkiti 2014: PDP conduct of primary elections begin March 19DailyPost NigeriaThe Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) will commence the conduct of primary elections for the June 21 governorship election in Ekiti on March 19. The National...

Osun DefenderDeadly stampede: Minister 'must resign'News24Lagos - A Nigerian labour union on Monday staged a protest over a deadly weekend stampede at a recruitment drive and demanded the interior minister's resignation. At least seven job-...

Osun DefenderImmigration recruitment deaths: SERAP reports Nigeria to UN; calls investigation ...DailyPost Nigeriaimage A group, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has petitioned the United Nations (UN) Secretary-General, Ban Ki-M...

Leadership NewspapersPresident Jonathan Approves Appointment of 25 new Justices of Appeal CourtNigerian BulletinPresident Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria on Monday approved the appointment of 25 new justices for the Court of Appeal. This is contained in a...

Daily SunUduaghan signs N451bn budget into lawDaily SunDelta State Governor, Emmanuel Uduaghan yesterday, in Asaba, signed the 2014 Appropriation Bill of N451 billion as approved by the state House of Assembly into law. Tagged budget of 'Consolidat...

Daily SunVoters' registration: Police arrest commissioner, soldier in EkitiDaily SunEkiti State Police Command, yesterday arrested a serving commissioner for allegedly beating up a youth corps member at a registration unit in Otun-Ekiti in Moba Loc...

Voter Registration: Police Quiz Commissioner, SoldierLeadership NewspapersEkiti State commissioner for youth and sports, Mr Kayode Olaosebikan has been invited for interrogation by the police for allegedly assaulting a youth corps member. Olaosebikan w...

Leadership NewspapersBoko Haram: Nigeria Appeals To African Nations To Help Crush InsurgentsLeadership NewspapersNigeria is asking the neighbouring African countries to collaborate with it in the fight against insurgents ravaging some parts of the nati...

Leadership NewspapersBoko Haram: Nigeria Appeals To African Nations To Help Crush InsurgentsLeadership NewspapersNigeria is asking the neighbouring African countries to collaborate with it in the fight against insurgents ravaging some parts of the nati...

AFPTwo road crashes leave 55 dead in NigeriaPublish Date: Mar 18, 2014New VisionA few days after job seekers died at a stadium stampede, another incident, this time on the road, puts Nigeria in the new for wrong reasons. PHOTO BY AFP. newvision. Tweet....

Militants: From desperation to excellenceNigerian TribuneAMID the plethora of doleful and disconcerting news filling the media almost universally, it is easy to miss out on the recent pleasant deviation concerning the Niger Delta militants on amnesty w...

WorldStage'Afe Babalola not dropped from confab'Nigerian TribuneChief Afe Babalola has debunked claim in some national newspapers that he was dropped from the National Conference which began yesterday. Babalola, according to the Head, Public Re...

WorldStageTrial of Lagos Speaker stalled •As court adjourns sitting till todayNigerian TribuneThe trial of Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji, was on Monday, stalled at the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, due to the...

San Francisco ChronicleInterior Minister and Immigration Summoned by the President360Nobs.comLinda Ikeji has reported that the President Jonathan this morning summoned the Minister of Interior, Abba Moro and the Comptroller-General of the Nigerian Immi...

Business RecorderNigerians risk death to attend MassChristianTodayMore than 2,000 people in northern Nigeria risked their lives by turning out for Sunday Mass yesterday while their city was being bombed. Describing St Patrick's Cathedral, Maiduguri...

CHANNELSMass Burial For Victims Of Attack In KadunaCHANNELSEphraim-Goje About 114 victims of an attack by Fulani Herdsmen in Kaduna have been buried in a mass grave in Unguwant Gata, Maroa Chiefdom of Karua Local Government Area of the state. Sankwai, ...

WorldStageN6.4bn Judgment: Hensmor Drags NIMASA To Supreme CourtLeadership NewspapersApparently dissatisfied with a judgment of the Lagos Division of the Court of Appeal which upturned the payment of N6.4 billion by the Nigerian Maritime Administration...

Daily SunNEMA deploys ambulances to national conference venueDaily SunThe National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Monday said it had deployed emergency ambulances to the venue of the National Conference in Abuja. Mallam Sani Datti, Senior Inform...

Osun DefenderVote for credible candidates – Pastor KumuyiOsun DefenderThe General Overseer of Deeper Christian Life Ministry, Pastor William Kumuyi, has urged Nigerians to vote for credible candidates in 2015. Kumuyi made the appeal in Yenagoa, Bayel...

The Punch2015 Elections Will Be Better - JegaVanguardThe Independent National Electoral Commission Chairman, Professor Attahiru Jega last Monday in an interactive session with Editors in Lagos talked about the preparations being made for the 2015 gener...

P.M. NewsI don't owe PDP, they should be thankful to me - AtikuDailyPost NigeriaA former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has said that he does not owe his enstranged political party, PDP, any thanks as alleged by the party, and that instead, the pa...

Country's Centenary Celebration and Its Discontents (II)VanguardThey point to the big brother role Nigeria has played, and still plays, in the West African sub-region and in the African continent as a whole. One can concede all that and still maint...

Osun DefenderFayemi Tasks Governors On Security ChallengesAllAfrica.comGov Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State on Friday said that governors would be shirking in their responsibilities if they failed to provide security for their people. Fayemi said this in L...

Daily SunWhy I Want To Succeed Amaechi In 2015 –Walson-JackLeadership NewspapersHon. Nimi Walson-Jack is a gubernatorial aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers State. Walson-Jack was the General Secretary of the Nige...

spyghana.comFire Guts Elephant House, 12 OthersTHISDAY LiveA weekend fire in different parts of Lagos State, including the popular Elephant House opposite the Passport Office of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), Alausa, Ikeja, has gutted 13 struc...

Daily SunTambuwal, Kalu, others mournDaily SunSpeaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, has described as unfortunate, the stampede that led to the death of some Nigerians at various employment screening centres of the Nigeria Immi...

Leadership NewspapersOgun attracts 43 manufacturing firms in 3 yearsBusinessDayOgun State has become an industrial hub of the country, having attracted 43 manufacturing firms in three years. “I welcome the president to the commissioning of the 43rd i...

'My experience in hands of kidnappers, terrible'Nigerian TribuneTHE member of the Bauchi State House of Assembly, who was rescued from kidnappers by the police, Honourable Yusuf Nuhu, has said described his experience in the hands of his abduct...

The GuardianGunmen kill 100 in central Nigeria: OfficialsTimes of IndiaKADUNA, Nigeria: Gunmen killed more than 100 people in an attack on three villages in central Nigeria, an area where longstanding disputes over land, religion and ethnicity often er...

The Punch100 slaughtered as gunmen raid Kaduna villagesDailyPost NigeriaIt was an obvious hell in Kaduna yesterday when gunmen invaded three villages in Kaura Local Government Area of the State, killing no fewer than 100 persons. It was learnt that the...

Osun DefenderThe day Jonathan, Sambo, govs set PDP agenda for the N-westOsun DefenderLast Wednesday, at the Murtala Muhammed Square, Kaduna, an army of urchins, among others, converged. Dressed in and what looked like hurriedly made Peoples Democratic ...

Osun DefenderMoney, Massive Armory Captured From Terrorists – DHQOsun DefenderNigeria's military authorities said on Saturday that troops have captured a massive armory with an arms and ammunition dump belonging to the Boko Haram terrorists in on...

Police Kill 2 Robbers, Arrest One In OgunLeadership NewspapersThe Special Anti-robbery Squad of the Ogun State Police Command has killed two members of an armed robbery gang in Sagamu. The bandit had attempted to rob a man of the sum of N50million on F...

Leadership NewspapersOver 100 Die As Boko Haram Attempts Another Attack In MaiduguriLeadership NewspapersHaving suffered a major casualty figure in the Friday morning attack on Army barracks and residents around the neighbourhood of Fori suburb of Maid...

CHANNELSUN Urges FG To Seek Regional Help In Fight Against TerrorCHANNELSvlcsnap-2014-03-15-17h52m34s48 The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Miss Navi Pillay has advised the federal government to seek regional assistance in order to e...

Gunmen Kill 117, Displace 708 Persons In Katsina Attack – Deputy GovLeadership NewspapersGunmen that raided several communities in Katsina State, on March 11 and 12, had killed 117, injured 37 and displaced 708 persons, the News Agency of Nigeria (NA...

Daily SunUduaghan, Chime Mourn Late Ohaneze PresidentDaily Times NigeriaGovernor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State on Friday joined other well- meaning Nigerians in paying tributes to the late former President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo , Ambassador Ral...

Anti-gay laws violate global pacts: UN rights chiefBusinessDayA legal ban on same-sex marriage in Nigeria, Africa's largest country, violates international accords and could bring mob law against gays onto its streets, the United Nations' human...

Osun DefenderService Chiefs finally meet Gusau as Northern elders demand probe into alleged ...DailyPost NigeriaThe Minister of Defence, General Gusau, Friday met with Service Chiefs, led by the Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh. It had ...

Igbo Presidency 2015: Ohaneze and Orji Uzo Kalu Are JokersNigerian BulletinNsukka – Chief Chekwas Okorie has lampooned ex -governor of Abia State, Orji Uzo Kalu over his recent comment that the leadership of Ohaneze Ndigbo, the Igbo apex social cultu...

CHANNELSJonathan Asks Army To Comb Forests For InsurgentsCHANNELSMilitary-Nigeria2 Nigeria's President, Goodluck Jonathan, has directed the armed forces to comb the Rugu forest and rid it of insurgents launching attacks in some parts of the north. ...

Osun DefenderItsekiri on Confab: I'll fight Jemide if… – Rita lori-ogbeborOsun DefenderACTIVIST and Igba of Warri, Chief Rita Lori-Ogbebor has vowed to take it personal with emerged Itsekiri lone representative at the National Dialogue, Chief I...

CHANNELSEkiti Governorship Poll And The Presidency's Watchful EyeLeadership NewspapersDAVID ADUGE-ANI in this write up takes a look at the interest of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the upcoming governorship election in Ekiti and the ...

Daily SunNational confab: Towards southern consensusDaily Sunthe utter lack of public consensus and acquies- cence to its existence. It is no wonder then that the nation, evolved by the British to keep south- ern part, the nation's cash cow, in per...

Leadership NewspapersPolice dismiss DSP, 2 ASP, punish 28 other officersNigerian TribuneThe Police Service Commission (PSC), on Friday, disclosed that the commission had sanctioned 31 police officers with various types of punishments according to the s...

Nigerian TribuneRelease my children's corpses •Woman who lost 2Nigerian TribuneA 35-year-old widow, Mrs Maimuna Mohammed, who lost her two children in the FESTAC Town, Lagos boat tragedy, has appealed to the state government to release the corpse...

Osun DefenderNYSC Postings To Troubled States: A Disservice To The NationDaily Times NigeriaThe Federal Government's decision to continue sending Nigerian youths to troubled states like Borno, Adamawa and Yobe for the compulsory one year National Y...

Premium TimesIke Nwachukwu leads South East team to national confabPremium TimesThe Governors of the South-East Zone have appointed Ike Nwachukwu, a retired Major General in the Nigerian Army, as the Chairman of the South-East delegates to the National...

The PunchMan with 18 human skulls arrested in OgunNigerian TribuneA man, identified as Adelani Ayomide, was arrested by the Ogun State Police Command on Thursday, for being in possession of 18 human skulls in Ado-Odo, in Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Ar...

AFPBlasts, gunfire rock Nigeria's tense city of MaiduguriZee NewsKano: Explosions and gunfire rocked the volatile northern Nigerian city of Maiduguri on Friday as scores of suspected Boko Haram Islamists attacked a military barracks, residents said...

Osun DefenderMotorists Groan As Abuja Petrol Scarcity ContinuesPremium TimesMotorists in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, on Thursday complained about the unending scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, popularly known as petrol. Michael Ogoh, a civil serv...

CHANNELSGunmen Murder 103 in Katsina as Jonathan VisitsTHISDAY LiveIn what seems like the spread of bloodletting in parts of the country, suspected gunmen riding on motorcycles on Tuesday and Wednesday night killed an estimated 103 people in separate a...

Osun DefenderOsun has built 1724 new classrooms in 39 schools - AregbesolaNigerian TribuneA total of 1,724 ultra modern classrooms have been completed in 39 schools throughout Osun State, Governor Rauf Aregbsola has disclosed, just as he inaugurated an...

spyghana.comAmaechi's citizen action, a call to anarchy —PDPNigerian TribuneChairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Rivers State, Mr Felix Obuah, has described the call by the state governor, Honourable Rotimi Amaechi, for citizens action...

Nigerian TribuneSoldiers in troubled states being shortchanged - Tambuwal • Reps to probe ...Nigerian TribuneTambuwal Speaker of the House of Representatives, Honourable Aminu Tambuwal, on Thursday, disclosed that there are complaints from soldiers o...

Sky News AustraliaHerders kill over 100 in Nigerian conflict over landZee NewsKano : Dozens of gunmen on motorbikes have killed more than 100 villagers in an ongoing conflict over land in northern Nigeria, survivors said today. The attacks, which began...

P.M. NewsI was hit with gun butt, says President Jonathan's uncleP.M. NewsChief Inengite Nitabai, 70, the Uncle of President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday narrated his ordeal in the hands of kidnappers in Yenagoa, capital of southern Nigerian state...

WorldStageAPC flays poor continuous voters' registration exercise in EkitiWorldStageThe All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State has expressed serious worries over some noticeable but avoidable defects and deficiencies in the handling of the ...

CHANNELSBenue Governor Says Attackers Not Just Herdsmen But TerroristsCHANNELSGov Gabriel Suswan The Benue State Governor, Gabriel Suswam, has said that the people responsible for the killing of five people in Uikpian, a community in Guma Local Governm...

Premium Times103 feared killed as gunmen invade Katsina communitiesPremium TimesScores of gunmen, believed to be cattle rustlers, have attacked villages in Katsina State killing about 103 people, residents have told PREMIUM TIMES. Residents said about ...

BusinessDayCall These 'Rude' Military Chiefs to Order Or I'll Quit - Defense Minister Aliyu ...Nigerian BulletinHis powers challenged by military commanders he believed he was appointed to supervise, Nigeria's Defence minister, Aliyu Gu...

Osun DefenderAs The National Confab Kicks OffNigerian ObserverExpectedly, by yesterday, March 12, Nigerians looked forward to the the much awaited National Conference expected to last for three months. Various stakeholders, Nigerians both at home and i...

AllAfrica.comAttackers of Enugu Govt House Threaten BloodbathAllAfrica.comThe Biafran Zionist Movement (BZM), the group that has claimed responsibility for last Saturday's attack on Enugu State Government House, has warned that there would be blood...

Premium TimesFive Survivors, 13 Dead in Festac, Lagos, Boat TragedyPremium TimesFive people survived when a crowded boat conveying about 24 passengers capsized in Festac Town, Lagos, on Tuesday, rescue officials have said. Thirteen people, most of them...

Leadership NewspapersResist Plot To Destabilise Nigeria, Mark Tells NigeriansLeadership NewspapersSenate president, Senator David Mark has again bemoaned the continuous activities of terrorists ravaging parts of the country and pleaded with citizens to...

ynaijaNigeria and the Next 100 YearsTHISDAY LiveIn his book, “The Wealth and Poverty of Nations”, David S. Landes argues that all the ills that have plagued Latin America and the Middle East are exponentially compounded in sub-Sahara Africa: incomp...

National MirrorEkiti 2014: Crisis of consensus and PDP's chancesNational MirrorThe unanswered question on many lips is whether the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ekiti State will remain the same after the emergence of its candidate for the June ...

National MirrorEkiti 2014: Crisis of consensus and PDP's chancesNational MirrorThe unanswered question on many lips is whether the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ekiti State will remain the same after the emergence of its candidate for the June ...

International Women's Day: FIDA others, call for empowerment & greater ...BusinessDayThe International Women's Day (IWD) was marked on Saturday March 8, 2014 all over the world. Commemorating the day in Nigeria, various organisations includ...

P.M. News$5.9m fraud: Ajudua files bail applicationNational MirrorEmbattled Lagos socialite, Fred Ajudua yesterday filed a fresh bail application before an Ikeja High Court asking the court to grant him bail on health ground. Ajudua and one Charles Ori...

The Punch2015 elections: US to support Nigeria with $15m Elections will not divide Nigeria ...Nigerian TribuneObama The Consul General of the United States of America in Nigeria, Jeffry Hawkins, on Wednesday evening in Osogbo hinted that the American g...

CHANNELSNigeria Customs Seizes 30000 Rounds Of Live AmmunitionCHANNELSLive Ammunition sized by customs in Nigeria2 The Oyo-Oshun Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has seized 30,000 rounds of live ammunition in the Oke Ogun axis of Oyo State. ...

FEDPOLY, Oko Disproves Sack of 400 StaffsNigerian BulletinThe Governing Council of the federal polytechnic, Oko, today disproved the rumour about the sack of 400 staffs from the institution. The Chairman of the council, Dr Christian Azubike Odukwe whil...

spyghana.comAPC Charged Nigerians To End Lootingspyghana.comSpyghana.com is a premier news source that covers daily news of Ghana, Africa and the World over. SUMMIT 7 Elderstatesman and former Deputy Governor, HE GTG Toby, right, shares a The All Progr...

spyghana.comAPC Charged Nigerians To End Lootingspyghana.comSpyghana.com is a premier news source that covers daily news of Ghana, Africa and the World over. SUMMIT 7 Elderstatesman and former Deputy Governor, HE GTG Toby, right, shares a The All Progr...

P.M. News$1.69m fraud: Ajudua seeks fresh bailThe PunchA Lagos socialite, Fred Ajudua, on Wednesday filed a fresh bail application before Justice Kudirat Jose at an Ikeja High Court. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Ajudua and one Charles Orie a...

We are not part of Amaechi's NGF retreat – Jang-led factionDailyPost Nigeriajang NGF A faction of the Nigeria Governors Forum, NGF, headed by the Plateau State Governor, Jonah Jang, has dissociated itself from the retreat being organised by the F...

Independent Online'Orgy of death must stop now'Independent OnlinePolice officers stand guard in front of the burnt-out remains of homes and businesses in the village of Konduga, in north-eastern Nigeria, after an attack by Boko Haram fighters. ...