NASS Urges Military To Reduce Crime, InsecurityDaily Times NigeriaSen. George Sekibo, the Chairman, Senate Committee on Defence and Army, had urged members of the armed forces to reduce incidences of crime and insecurity in the country. Sekibo made the...

WorldStageOyo Gov. identifies data base impediment to tax collectionBusinessDayLack of data base has been identified as a major obstacle to the collection of appropriate taxes by governments at all levels in Nigeria. Oyo State Governor Abiola Ajimobi w...

Stop harassing opposition party members, Buhari tells JonathanNigerian TribuneFORMER Head of State and presidential candidate under the defunct Congress for Progressive Change(CPC), Major General Muhammadu Buhari, has accused President Goodluck Jonatha...

CHANNELSMoney Laundering: Court Adjourns Fani-Kayode's Trial AgainCHANNELSA Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has adjourned yet again the trial of former aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode. Trial judge, Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia, fixed Febru...

Osun DefenderReps ask Okonjo-Iweala to clarify answers to 50 questions, gives February 20 ...DailyPost NigeriaOkonjo-House-Sitting The House of Representatives Committee on Finance has again invited the Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, to ...

DailyPost NigeriaUti Nwachukwu explains why he stopped going out with Alex EkuboDailyPost NigeriaMedia personality, Uti Nwanchukwu has opened up on his relationship with his rumoured gay partner and Actor, Alex Ekubo. uti and alex. Uti who was a guest ...

The PunchINEC to curb electoral violence in 2015- JegaWorldStageWorldStage Newsonline-- Nigeria's Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it has put in place measures to curb violence in the 2015 general elections, saying the violence...

CHANNELSNigerian Polytechnics' Staff Strike To End Soon – WikeCHANNELSThe Supervising Minister of Education in Nigeria, Mr Nyisom Wike, says the ongoing strike of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) will soon be called off, as the gov...

Osun Defender'No office is worth the blood of any Nigerian' : Jonathan told to maintain his wordOsun DefenderA group, the Nigerian Christian Graduates Fellowship (NCGF) has tasked President Goodluck Jonathan to keep faith with his statement tha...

Osun DefenderEnough is Enough, Leave Jonathan AloneOsun DefenderI have been in politics in this country, from my days in the university in 1960. I have participated in the elections during the NCNC/Action Group period. I have followed the politics of N...

Bella NaijaWAEC introduces 39 Subjects including Photography, Plumbing & DecoratingBella NaijaWAEC's Acting Head, Test Development Division Olayinka Ajibade made the announcement in Lagos and revealed that the new subjects will commence in 2014...

WorldStageC'ttee of Vice-Chancellors Cautions FG, Others Against StrikesAllAfrica.comThe Committee of Vice-Chancellors (CVC) of Nigerian universities has cautioned both the federal government and the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universitie...

Times LIVEAfrican free trade area on the horizonMail & Guardian OnlineNations in southern and eastern Africa are progressing towards an agreement on a free trade area that wil comprise of nearly 600-million people. The free trade area envisaged for sou...

DailyPost NigeriaUti Nwachukwu explains why he stopped going out with Alex EkuboDailyPost NigeriaMedia personality, Uti Nwanchukwu has opened up on his relationship with his rumoured gay partner and Actor, Alex Ekubo. uti and alex. Uti who was a guest ...

Osun DefenderWithout Me, PDP Is Finished in Oyo - - Alao-AkalaVanguardFormer Governor Adebayo Alao Akala of Oyo State is a strong pillar of the Peoples Democratic Party in Oyo State and beyond. Though he lost his re-election quest he was not disgraced ...

spyghana.comFashola Wants Continuous Training for Legal PractitionersVanguardLagos — Governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Fashola, SAN, has stressed the need for judges and legal practitioners to seek continuous legal training and scholarship to promot...

The NationYero says killing of Sheikh Albani 'satanic and wicked'P.M. NewsGovernor Mukhtar Yero of the northern Nigerian state of Kaduna has described the killing of renowned Islamic scholar, Sheikh Muhammad Albani and members of his family, as...

Osun DefenderEkiti 2014: My a will win landslide —Mrs Fayemi •As monarch raps FG over ...Nigerian TribuneWife of Ekiti State Governor, Chief Bisi Fayemi, has said that her husband will win the June 21 governorship election in the state by a wide ma...

Ekiti 2014: My a will win landslide —Mrs Fayemi •As monarch raps FG over ...Nigerian TribuneWife of Ekiti State Governor, Chief Bisi Fayemi, has said that her husband will win the June 21 governorship election in the state by a wide margin, saying ...

spyghana.comBakassi Handover:UN commends Nigeria, CameroonNigerian TribuneThe United Nations (UN) has commended Nigeria and Cameroon for their resolve in ensuring a peace completion of the transfer process in Bakassi, concluded on 14th August 2013, in ...

2015: PDP in seacret talks with Senator TurakiNigerian TribuneTHE national headquaters of the People Democratic Party (PDP) is in secret talks with Governor Sule Lamido's political rival and former state governor, Senator Ibrahim Turaki, to woo him...

Osun DefenderTribune NUJ condoles NTA over the Akinwales' demiseNigerian TribuneThe Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), Tribune Chapel, has comiserated with the entire staff of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), particularly members of its A...

Onwuliri Flays Western Nations Over Gay LawDaily Times NigeriaThe Nigeria's Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs, Prof. Viola Onwuliri, has accused Western countries of double standards over a law banning same-sex marriages. President Goodluck Jonath...

FASHOLA WANTS CONTINUOUS TRAINING FOR LEGAL PROFESSIONALSDaily Times NigeriaLagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN) has joined other notables in the legal profession to honour a Judge of the Lagos High Court, Justice Oludotun Adefope-Okojie, a...

WorldStageAbia Govt signs MoU to build ultra modern spare parts, mechanic village in Aba ...WorldStageWorldStage Newsonline-- Abia State Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding [MoU] with the Marudorn Project Development Limited to build an...

spyghana.comEkweremadu To Return To Senatespyghana.comThe deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, has said that he cannot be stopped from seeking re-election into the senate in 2015. Ekweremadu, made this known in Enugu State in reaction to comments f...

The PunchAPC holds prayer session for Fayemi, urges voters to ignore PDP, othersDailyPost Nigeria51638ef05f6b4095d23b24c396df0751 The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekit State has promised that its candidate, Governor Kayode Fayemi, would not take ...

CHANNELSKwara PDP Challenges APC Threat To Recall SenatorCHANNELSIn reaction to the threat by Kwara South stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to recall the only People's Democratic Party (PDP) senator from the state, Simeon Ajibola,...

Nigerian TribuneMassacre in Borno as Boko Haram kills at least 250 in two weeks- Premium TimesNigerian Bulletinesidents of the volatile Nigerian state of Borno are beginning to worry the more over an increasing spate of attacks and cold blooded killing...

Aljazeera.comNigeria cleric critical of Boko Haram killedAljazeera.comMuslim cleric, who had previously criticised armed group, and Christian preacher killed in separate attacks. Last updated: 02 Feb 2014 13:04. Email Article. Print Article. Share arti...

Nigerian TribuneGunmen invade church, kill pastor, 10 worshippers in AdamawaDailyPost NigeriaUnknown gunmen, Friday night attacked a church in Madagali local government area of Adamawa State, killing its pastor and 10 members of the congregation. This ...

ynaijaBUSTED: Man arrested with 107 ATM cards at Lagos AirportynaijaOperatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), yesterday apprehended a man found in possession of 107 Automated Teller Machine (ATM) cards. The 36-year-old man was als...

spyghana.comAPC Holds Inaugural National Convention April 26THISDAY LiveBarring any last minute change, the All Progressives Congress (APC) has fixed its national convention for April 26, to be ushered in by the ward, local government and state congres...

spyghana.comAPC Holds Inaugural National Convention April 26THISDAY LiveBarring any last minute change, the All Progressives Congress (APC) has fixed its national convention for April 26, to be ushered in by the ward, local government and state congres...

The PunchMimiko will defect to PDP soon – Osun PDP ChairmanOsun Defenderpdp logo There are strong indications that Ondo state Governor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko will dump Labour Party (LP) for Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) very soon so as to ensure that P...

Nigerian TribuneGovernment shutdown: Blocking the budget to punish the peopleNigerian TribuneWHEN I heard about the directive from the All Progressive Congress (APC) to its members in the National Assembly to block the passage of the 2014 budget and al...

We spent N1 bn on malaria control —KwankwasoNigerian TribuneThe Kano State government has spent over N1 billion in its effort to control the spread of malaria among the citizenry. Kano State governor, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso stated this on Saturday whil...

eTurboNewsEmerging Africa shifting regional economic cloutSaudi GazetteRESOURCE nationalism is on retreat! Of the many variables impacting the global energy industry, indeed besides the shale revolution, is the emerging change in crude market psyche. M...

Nigerian Senators, Former Governor Switch SidesVoice of AmericaABUJA — Nigeria's ruling People's Democratic Party appears to be crumbling as five more senators defected to a powerful new opposition coalition. But some analysts said it's n...

BBC NewsNigerian Senators, Former Governor Switch SidesVoice of AmericaABUJA — Nigeria's ruling People's Democratic Party appears to be crumbling as five more senators defected to a powerful new opposition coalition. But some analysts said it...

CHANNELSMixed Reactions Trail Proposed National Dialogue ModalitiesCHANNELSSince the Nigerian government made public the modalities of the proposed national conference on Thursday, groups and individuals have raised concerns over the three-month period...

Premium TimesJudge's absence stalls ruling in APC suit against ObianoPremium TimesThe absence of Justice Gabriel Kolawole on Friday stalled ruling in an application filed by the All Progressives Congress, APC, at the Federal High Court in Abuja. Th...

Nigerian TribuneGovernor Yero condoles family of seven killed by unknown gunmenDailyPost Nigeriayero1 Kaduna State's Gov. Ramalan Yero on Friday visited the people of Kaura local government area of the state following unidentified gunmen attack whi...

Fashola Inaugurates Issuance of Electronic C of OTHISDAY LiveLagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), Friday performed a symbolic flag-off of the issuance of the new Electronic Certificate of Occupancy to replace the old Yellow C of O. He sai...

My Credentials are Authentic, Says Kano Poly RectorTHISDAY LiveEmbattled Rector of Kano Polytechnic, Professor Yusuf Al-Hassan, who was accused of forging his PhD certificate has presented all the copies of his disputed original Credentials to journali...

SaharaReporters.comDemolition: Badagry residents sue Lagos govt, others for N100bnNigerian TribuneSOME residents of Atinporome, Aroromi Ale and Mowo Phase 2, in the Badagry area of Lagos State have instituted a N100 billion suit against the Lagos State...

Kano poly rector denies alleged certificate forgery, misappropriation of fundsNigerian TribuneThe embattled rector of the Kano Polytechnic, Professor Yusuf al-Hassan, has denied the allegation that he possessed questionable academic credentials. Al-Has...

CHANNELS3 Indians kidnapped at sea are rescued in NigeriaU.S. News & World ReportLAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — An official says Nigeria's military has helped rescue three Indian nationals who were kidnapped from a cargo ship off Equatorial Guinea and hel...

CHANNELSBayelsa Indigenes Commend VP Sambo For Supporting JonathanCHANNELSSome indigenes of Bayelsa State have commended Vice-President Namadi Sambo for what they called his total and unwavering support and loyalty to President Goodluck Jonathan. The g...

Don Calls For More Research in VarsitiesDaily Times NigeriaSecretary General, Committee of Vice Chancellors of Nigerian Universities, Prof. Michael Faborode, has called for more research works in the Nigerian University System in order to impact positi...

Man Fears Wife, Begs Court for DivorceNigerian BulletinA businessman, Mr Seyi Ogundeji, on Friday pleaded with a Customary Court in Ake, Abeokuta, to dissolve his marriage to Biola on grounds of threat to life. Ogundeji, 34, who resides at 17, Oke-Bode...

Two foreigners kidnapped in Ondo University, four persons shotDailyPost NigeriaFour gunmen on Thursday evening kidnapped two foreigners working with Charvet Construction Company in Akungba-Akoko area of Ondo State. The expatriates, from Syria, were in ...

The PunchJonathan Urges NASS to Speedily Pass 2014 BudgetNigerian BulletinPresident Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday at a stakeholders' forum on Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme (SURE-P) in Abuja advised the National Assembly to ensure t...

The Guardian NigeriaNigerian Senators, Former Governor Switch SidesVoice of AmericaABUJA — Nigeria's ruling People's Democratic Party appears to be crumbling as five more senators defected to a powerful new opposition coalition. But some anal...

Why Senate Leadership Failed to Read Defection LetterAllAfrica.comFresh facts have emerged over why the Senate leadership has refused for two days in a row to read the defection letter signed by 11 Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senators on the floor o...

Nigerian TribuneWhy Senate Leadership Failed to Read Defection LetterAllAfrica.comFresh facts have emerged over why the Senate leadership has refused for two days in a row to read the defection letter signed by 11 Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senator...

Christian ConcernNo need for two years of “reflection” on human sexuality within the CofEChristian ConcernThe decision by the Church of England to accept the Pilling Report recommendation for a two-year process of 'facilitated conversations&#39...

spyghana.comRemoval of the President and his Vice failed on Thursdayspyghana.comAn attempt by the House of Representatives to amend Section 143 of the constitution, on the removal of the President and his Vice failed on Thursday in Abuja. The vote of 1...

The PunchEkiti 2014 - PDP Men After Fayemi's Job - Will Fayemi Break Four-Year Jinx?VanguardWhen it comes to high rate of churning out governors, no state can be compared to Ekiti in Nigeria. Within the last eight years, Ekiti has produced seven go...

I don't see sign of Nigeria breaking up in 2015, says US AmbassadorThe Guardian NigeriaUS-ANBASS United States (U.S.) Ambassador to Nigeria, James Entwistle, was not a novice on African affairs before he was appointed and sworn in as America's ...

41 killed in road crashes in Borno, says FRSCThe Guardian NigeriaTHE Borno State Sector Commander of Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Abbah Bazza, has said that 41 people were killed in 313 separate accidents on roads and highways in the state between...

Osun DefenderPolice Unmask Suspected Killers of NNPC StaffTHISDAY LiveSixteen months after he was declared missing and is believed to have been killed, detectives from the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS) of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) hav...

Nigerian TribuneFormer NAICOM Boss Bags 15yrs Imprisonment Over N10.4m FraudDaily Times NigeriaAformer Commissioner of the National Insurance Commission, NAICOM, Chief Okechikwu Chukwulozie, on Thursday, bagged 15 years imprisonment from an Abuja High ...

Nigerian TribuneBaby factory uncovered in Ondo •Retired ACP, 23 others arrestedNigerian TribuneThe men of the Nigeria Immigration Service, Ondo State command, have discovered a baby factory in Ilu-Titun, in Okitipupa Local Government area of the stat...

Ecowas approves $50m for Lagos-Abidjan expressway design —JonathanNigerian TribuneALL is now set for the details design of the Lagos-Abidjan six-lane dual carriage way following the approval given by Heads of Government of the Economic Community of W...

Premium TimesFAO Backs CELAC Commitment to Fight HungerPrensa LatinaImagen activa 30 de enero de 2014, 14:48Rome, Jan 30 (Prensa Latina) The commitment of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean Status (CELAC) to step up efforts to wipe out hunge...

Reps to begin consideration of 2014 budget, Feb 4The PunchThe Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Rep. Zakari Mohammed (APC- Kwara), disclosed this at a news conference on Thursday in Abuja. Zakari said that ...

Osun DefenderBabangida denies writing Jonathan- Premium TimesNigerian BulletinKassim Afegbua, the media aide to the Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, has disowned a statement he purportedly issued on behalf of former military president, Ibrahim Bab...

Ejigbo Women Assault: Lagos Govt to Prosecute SuspectsCHANNELSThe Lagos State Ministry of Justice on Wednesday expressed its readiness to prosecute those involved in the alleged torture of a woman and her daughters in the Ejigbo market area of Lagos. T...

AllAfrica.comIgbos Demand N1 Billion From Fashola Over DeportationAllAfrica.comLagos — Seventy six people of Igbo extraction who were recently deported from Lagos by the state government have approached a Federal High Court for redress, asking for N1...

Osun DefenderInterested PartyP.M. NewsIn recent times, apart from the North-East which has remained under the jackboot of the Boko Haram insurgents, Rivers State is another epicentre of avoidable violence. Avoidable, in the sense that those who are exp...

The PunchWEF - Foreign Investors Impressed With Nigeria - - Okonjo IwealaVanguardThe Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala, has said that foreign investors were impressed with Nigeria's economic growt...

Ekiti 2014: Lawmaker writes Jonathan, backs zoningNational MirrorA Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, chieftain and Ekiti State House of Assembly member, Hon Samuel Ajibola, yesterday threw his weight behind the agitation for zoning of the governorship slo...

The PunchSURE-P: FG to buy N240m locally-made vehiclesThe PunchThe Federal Executive Council on Wednesday approved the purchase of 44 locally-made IVM G5 Jeeps for the 37 chairmen of the state and Federal Capital Territory coordinators of the Subsidy R...

The PunchSURE-P: FG to buy N240m locally-made vehiclesThe PunchThe Federal Executive Council on Wednesday approved the purchase of 44 locally-made IVM G5 Jeeps for the 37 chairmen of the state and Federal Capital Territory coordinators of the Subsidy R...

FG to buy N240m made in Nigeria cars for SURE-PNigerian TribuneThe Federal Executive Council, FEC, has approved contract worth N240.2million for the purchase of 44 locally-made IVM G5 Jeeps for 37 chairmen and coordinators of the Subsidy Reinvestment P...

Ekiti 2014: PDP lawmaker writes President Jonathan, seeks support for Ekiti ...Nigerian TribuneOne of the only two Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, Mr Oyedele Samuel Ajibola, has declared his support for the ...

National Mirror2015: Stakeholders position Bankole for governorship race in OgunNigerian TribuneIndications emerged on Monday, that the former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole, may likely be fielded for the governorship seat in O...

Osun DefenderDiaspora voting not feasible in 2015 — INEC •Advocates body to prosecute ...Nigerian TribuneThe Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Wednesday, said that the much anticipated diaspora voting was not feasible until the E...

The Guardian NigeriaAbia lawmakers, senator fault northern elders on IhejirikaThe Guardian NigeriaIHEJIRIKA WITH a unanimous vote, the Abia State House of Assembly has condemned the reported threat by the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) to sue the former C...

CHANNELSMaku Says APC's 'Block Budget Directive' Is Anti-PeopleCHANNELSThe Nigerian Minister of Information, Mr Labaran Maku, has described the directive by the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to its lawmakers to block exe...

CHANNELSNigerian Religious Leaders Call For Peace And Religious ToleranceCHANNELSReligious leaders in Nigeria have appealed to Christians and Muslims to live in harmony and promote unity. At a one-day inter faith conference held in Abuja on Thursday to...

CHANNELSIgbo Deportees Seek 1 Billion Naira Compensation From Lagos StateCHANNELSThe suit filed by over 80 Igbo 'deportees' against the Lagos State Government came up on Thursday at the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, with the plaintiffs d...

Nigerian TribuneAPC is a Party Without Membership – BafarawaDaily Times NigeriaA former Governor of Sokoto State, Alhaji Atahiru Bafarawa, on Wednesday in Abuja, said that the APC had remained a political party without membership six months after its...

The Streetjournal5 in Police Net For Robbing, Raping Business-Woman in Ogun!The StreetjournalThe Ogun state Police Command has arrested five middle-aged men for robbing and raping a 33-year-old woman along Idiroko Road. According to the PPRO of the Ogu...

The Guardian NigeriaI sacked Service Chiefs over rivalry - JonathanDailyPost Nigeriaimage President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday disclosed that he sacked the immediate past service chiefs because of unhealthy competition among them. According to him, t...

Benue youths kick against incessant Fulani herdsmen's attacksDailyPost NigeriaApparently irked by the incessant attacks on agrarian communities in Benue State by suspected Fulani herdsmen, thousands of youth in the state yesterday took to the stree...

Nigerian TribuneSenate not aware of planned defections —SpokesmanNigerian TribuneSENATE spokesman, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, on Tuesday, said the upper legislative chamber was not aware of the planned defection by any of its members. Senator Abaribe...

Fire destroys property worth N50m in Omu-AranNigerian TribuneProperty worth over N50 million were on Monday destroyed in a fire incident that gutted a warehouse in Omu-Aran, in Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara state. Community News gathered from...

Nigerian TribuneSenate not aware of planned defections —SpokesmanNigerian TribuneSENATE spokesman, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, on Tuesday, said the upper legislative chamber was not aware of the planned defection by any of its members. Senator Abaribe...

Tiv/Fulani crisis: Makurdi LG boss seeks FG's assistanceNigerian TribuneAn appeal has gone to the Federal Government to intervene in the ongoing crisis between the Tiv farmers and Fulani herdsmen, which has resulted in the death of several persons....

spyghana.comAPGA leadership: Court rules on Umeh, Shinkafi's stay of execution Feb 26 ...Nigerian TribuneA Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has reserved ruling till February 26, 2014 on an application for a stay of execution of its judgment deli...

Osun DefenderLASU - It's Not Possible to Get Quality Education At N25,000 - Lagos GovtVanguardLagos state government has yesterday said giving the huge financial demands of providing quality tertiary education in it's state-owned university, st...

spyghana.comLabour minister calls on Nigerians to take advantage of centenary celebrationspyghana.comChief Emeka Wogu, the Minister of Labour and Productivity, has called on Nigerians to take advantage of the unique opportunity of the Centenary celebra...

WorldStageUS$1.69 Million Fraud - New Judge Takes Over Fred Ajudua's TrialAllAfrica.comLagos — A new judge, Justice Kudirat Jose has been assigned to take over the trial of Lagos socialite and lawyer, Mr Fred Ajudua, who was accused of $1.69 mill...

Osun DefenderConstitution Amendment: Reps vote tomorrowNigerian ObserverABUJA - Speaker, House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Waziri Tambuwal yesterday postponed to Thursday 30th 2014 consideration of the report for alteration of some sections of the con...

The Guardian NigeriaDELTA 2015: Former Commissioner Endorses OlojemeDaily Times NigeriaThe governorship ambition of the Chairman of Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), Dr. Ngozi Olejeme got a further boost as her bid to become Delta's firs...

Centenary Celebration: Wogu Calls for Support for FGDaily Times NigeriaChief Emeka Wogu, the Minister of Labour and Productivity, has called on Nigerians to take advantage of the unique opportunity of the Centenary celebration to support the Transforma...

National Mirror2015: Ambition is problem of Ondo APC –AdegboroNational MirrorPrince Olu Adegboro, a former Commissioner for Information during the late Adebayo Adefarati administration in Ondo state, is the Secretary of the interim Executive Committe...

Ajudua, Orie get new date in alleged $1.69m fraud caseThe Guardian NigeriaTHE protracted trial of Fred Ajudua and his associate, Charles Orie, for alleged $1.69 million fraud, which resumed yesterday at a Lagos High Court following the re-assignment of...