Nigerian TribuneControversy trails FIRS Chairman's nomination, as Northern Senators reject AkpanPremium TimesThe Nigerian Senate on Thursday rejected the nomination of Mfon Akpan by President Goodluck Jonathan as the Chairman of the Federal Inland ...

Goodluck the only president talking about development – Chief NwosuCodewit World NewsChief Evarist Nwosu is a former Comptroller of Customs who retired voluntarily from public Service in 1993. As a strong believer in the unity of Nigeria Chief Nwosu ...

Nigeria: Three Lebanese nationals cleared of terrorismBBC NewsThree men suspected of being members of Hezbollah have been cleared of terrorism charges by a Nigerian court. The men, all Lebanese nationals, were arrested in May after the discovery of wea...

P.M. NewsNigeria: Three Lebanese nationals cleared of terrorismBBC NewsThree men suspected of being members of Hezbollah have been cleared of terrorism charges by a Nigerian court. The men, all Lebanese nationals, were arrested in May after the discove...

Governor Suswam Donates 323 Motorcycle To Boost ImmunizationLeadership NewspapersGovernor Gabriel Suswam of Benue, in Makurdi on Friday donated 323 motorcycles to boost immunisation activities in the state. Presenting the motorcycles to some immunisati...

Leadership NewspapersAnambra Supplementary Guber Polls: Police Fully Prepared – IGPLeadership NewspapersThe Nigeria Police Force has assured Nigerians, especially voters in Anambra State, of a hitch-free supplementary governorship election scheduled ...

Govt - Nigeria House Not for SaleAllAfrica.comMuhammad Bello The federal government Thursday denied allegations that it plans to dispose off the official residence of the country's permanent representative to the United Nations (UN). In a submissio...

SuperSport (blog)LMC no dey go anywhereSuperSport (blog)De Naija Football Federation (NFF) pipu don tanda gidigba for de back of de LMC wey na dem dey control de Naija League. Na lass season na hin de NFF carry de power give Oga Nduka Irabor and all hi...

Leadership NewspapersCop Arraigned For Shooting Boy, 9Leadership NewspapersA policeman, Rasak Alowonle, has been arraigned before a Lagos chief magistrate court in Ebute Metta, on a one-count-charge of manslaughter, for allegedly shooting and killing a...

Leadership NewspapersCop Arraigned For Shooting Boy, 9Leadership NewspapersA policeman, Rasak Alowonle, has been arraigned before a Lagos chief magistrate court in Ebute Metta, on a one-count-charge of manslaughter, for allegedly shooting and killing a...

Leadership NewspapersCop Arraigned For Shooting Boy, 9Leadership NewspapersA policeman, Rasak Alowonle, has been arraigned before a Lagos chief magistrate court in Ebute Metta, on a one-count-charge of manslaughter, for allegedly shooting and killing a...

Leadership NewspapersCop Arraigned For Shooting Boy, 9Leadership NewspapersA policeman, Rasak Alowonle, has been arraigned before a Lagos chief magistrate court in Ebute Metta, on a one-count-charge of manslaughter, for allegedly shooting and killing a...

Leadership NewspapersCop Arraigned For Shooting Boy, 9Leadership NewspapersA policeman, Rasak Alowonle, has been arraigned before a Lagos chief magistrate court in Ebute Metta, on a one-count-charge of manslaughter, for allegedly shooting and killing a...

Osun DefenderTukur is a 'polio virus' to Nigeria's democracy – Sule LamidoOsun DefenderSULE LAMIDO Jigawa State governor and ex-member of G7 political group, Alhaji Sule Lamido, has described the national chairman of PDP, Alhaji Bamanga T...

Osun DefenderTukur is a 'polio virus' to Nigeria's democracy – Sule LamidoOsun DefenderSULE LAMIDO Jigawa State governor and ex-member of G7 political group, Alhaji Sule Lamido, has described the national chairman of PDP, Alhaji Bamanga T...

AFPDiaspora votes should count in 2015 – UK PDP SecretaryThe PunchSecretary of the United Kingdom chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, Mr. Olayemi Ayeni, in this interview with MUDIAGA AFFE, speaks on plans to ensure that Nigerians in the Diaspor...

Anambra elections: How Street opinions formedBusinessDayPoliticians dole out money to be voted for. Collect the money, vote, your conscience may hold sway, so it may click or not. Real street opinion is formed at the newsstands, market places, bus-ride...

Leadership NewspapersFG denies plan to sell Nigeria house in USNigerian TribuneThe Federal Government through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on Thursday, disclosed that there was no plan to sell off the official residence of Nigeria's Permanent R...

WorldStageMaintain decorum, CJN tasks new lawyersNigerian TribuneTHE Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Mariam Aloma Muhktar, on Thursday, called on the 5,025 new lawyers called to the Nigerian bar to maintain absolute decorum in carrying out thei...

Nigerian TribuneA memo to Mr President on PDPNigerian TribuneThe recent developments in Anambra governorship election must be a cause for concern for any patriotic member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). There are growing insinuations in politica...

BBC NewsIn praise of … Francis CollompThe Guardian'It was nothing but rice or pasta and sometimes they mixed them together. I knew I had to run away'. Share · Tweet this. Email. Guardian G logo · Editorial · The Guardian,...

Premium TimesKidnapping in Bayelsa, handiwork of mischief makers – DicksonNigerian BulletinGovernor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State said that the recent spate of kidnapping in the state are aimed at giving the State a bad name in the international c...

AFPNigeria military says bombed Boko Haram campsAFPMaiduguri — Air strikes on Boko Haram camps in northeast Nigeria have killed "many" insurgents, the military said Thursday of latest operation aimed at crushing the four-year Islamist upris...

CHANNELSIG Assures Of Adequate Security Ahead of Anambra Supplementary ElectionsCHANNELSThe Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar has assured the public of adequate provision of security for the Anambra supplementary election billed to hold on...

DailyPost NigeriaEzenwa insists on Nwoye boycotting supplementary pollsDailyPost Nigeriatony-nwoye Despite his suspension from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, by the Anambra State chapter of the party, the Director General of the Tony Nwoye campaign...

I won't contest for any office in 2015-NyakoThe PunchThe Governor of Adamawa State, Murtala Nyako, has said neither he nor his son would contest for any elective office in 2015. Nyako said this while addressing a crowd of supporters in Yola, the Ad...

WorldStageNigerian 'hid cocaine in speakers'BBC NewsNigerian police say they have arrested a man with $500,000 (£305,000) worth of cocaine stashed inside hi-fi speakers. The 28-year-old Nigerian national was held at the northern Kano airport a...

DailyPost NigeriaPHOTONEWS: Political thugs storm Borno Government HouseDailyPost Nigeriaimage After about two weeks of his absence from Borno state, governor Kashim Shettima's return to the state has been greeted with a heavy protest, as angry you...

The PunchIslamic police destroy beer in north Nigerian cityWashington Post (blog)KANO, Nigeria — Islamic police shouted “God is great” as an earthmover shattered 240,000 bottles of beer in a widening crackdown in Nigeria's northern city of Ka...

Hijab Controversy - Osun Speaker Condemns Attack On School PrincipalVanguardOsogbo — The Speaker of Osun House of Assembly, Mr Najeem Salaam, has condemned the mob attack on principal, teachers and students of Baptist High School, Ejigbo, Osun, by Mu...

WorldStageApo Killings Not Extra-Judicial, Says SenateVanguardAbuja — THE Senate yesterday absolved the security agents that carried out the raid at the Apo Legislative Quarters which led to the death of eight persons suspected to be members of Boko ...

Osun DefenderUduaghan Administration Impacts Positively On Delta People, Says OgeahThe Guardian NigeriaOgeah-23-11-13 THE Delta State Commissioner for Information, Chike Ogeah, is one person so excited by strides of his boss, Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan...

Nigerian TribuneAtiku Best President Nigeria Yet to Have - Babangida AliyuVanguardAbuja — AHEAD of 2015 Presidential election, chairman, Northern States Governors' Forum, NSGF and governor of Niger State, Babangida Aliyu said yesterday that forme...

Osun DefenderUduaghan Nominates Dead Man For Board AppointmentOsun DefenderDelta Governor Members of the Delta State House of Assembly were on Tuesday thrown into a state of astonishment when they discovered that one of the seven persons nominated by G...

DailyPost NigeriaN255m cars scandal: Oduah to appear before Senate Committee next weekDailyPost Nigeriastella_oduah After much silence over the controversial N255M Aviation bulletproof cars, the Senate Committee on Aviation had on Wednesday notified th...

Fani-Kayode Money Laundering Trial: Defense Insists on KeyamoNigerian BulletinOn Wednesday, a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, Nigeria fixed December 2 as date for the prosecution to file a written address on the propriety of its prosecution of for...

Leadership NewspapersSouth-East/S'South Govs' Meeting: Dickson, Oshiohmole, Okorocha, Amaechi ...Leadership NewspapersThe Governors of the South-East and South-South geo-political zones of the country yesterday met at the Anambra state Governor...

Leadership NewspapersNigerian Legal profession set for productivity as lawyers & judges embrace IT ...BusinessDayThe Nigeria legal profession has recorded a remarkable growth in the number practitioners who have embraced Information Technology (IT)...

Nigerian TribuneSenate Panel, FCT Ministry Argue over SURE-P FundsTHISDAY LiveThe Senate Ad hoc Committee on the Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme (SURE-P) Programme Wednesday joined issues with the Minister of the Federal Capital Territor...

IBB, Tinubu, Others Pour Encomiums On Atiku At Book LaunchLeadership NewspapersFormer Vice President Atiku Abubakar was on Wednesday in Abuja deluged in a pool of encomiums during the public presentation of a book chronicling his political-cum-legal ba...

Uduaghan Administration Impacts Positively On Delta People, Says OgeahThe Guardian NigeriaOgeah-23-11-13 THE Delta State Commissioner for Information, Chike Ogeah, is one person so excited by strides of his boss, Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan, in terms of...

More reactions trail defection of 5 PDP govs, others to APC: Bishop forum set to ...Nigerian TribuneDESPITE the suspension placed on its members by the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) over its effort to broker peace between the G7 governors and ...

DailyPost NigeriaTension as court rules on ownership of APC acronym ThursdayNigerian TribuneBarely 24 hours after the G7 governors defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC), the Federal High Court in Abuja is set to rule on the rightful owner of ...

CHANNELSBudget: Reps to meet Senate on oil benchmarkNigerian TribuneThe House of Representatives, on Wednesday, constituted a six-member committee to meet in conference with the Senate to resolve the differences over the crude oil benchmark for the 201...

WorldStageFEC approves N42bn road contracts •FIRS gets tax consultant, targets N2.95trn ...Nigerian TribuneTHE Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved contracts for the rehabilitation/dualisation of four different highways spanning Kogi, Kwara, ...

CHANNELSKaduna To Empower Over 7000 Persons Under Sure-PCHANNELSA total of 7,600 women and youths in Kaduna State are to benefit from trainings in agriculture and various skills under the Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme (Sure-P). Address...

Air Force 107 promotes senior officersThe PunchThe authorities of the Nigerian Air Force have announced the promotion of senior officers of the service. A statement by Commodore D.J Alonge on behalf of the Air Force Director of Information, Commodore Y...

Osun DefenderPolice threaten to arrest monarchs over Plateau attacks- PunchNigerian BulletinThe Plateau police command on Wednesday threatened to arrest traditional and tribal leaders in the state whose domains continued to record attacks by unknown gu...

Bullion van crash leaves 4 dead, 11 injured in AnambraDailyPost NigeriaFour persons reportedly lost their lives on Tuesday at Nkpor, a suburb of Onitsha, the commercial hub of Anambra State, in a fatal motor accident involving the convoy of a bank bull...

Osun DefenderEducation Ministry Workers Begin StrikeAllAfrica.comLagos — The Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria in the Federal Ministry of Education yesterday commenced a four day warning strike to press home their demands. Their demands...

Leadership NewspapersEFCC - N21 Trillion Laundered Out of the Country in 10 YearrsAllAfrica.comEn estimated $129 billion (N20.6 trillion) was illicitly transferred out of Nigeria in the last 10 years, Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commi...

ynaijaJonathan Receives New US, Namibia EnvoysAllAfrica.comPresident Goodluck Jonathan yesterday received the letters of credence of the new United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. James F. Entwistle and the new Namibia High Commissioner, Dr Peingeonj...

Daily SunN5.6bn pension fraud: Ex-Oyo HoS, others refused bailDaily SunOyo State High Court, sitting at Ring Road area yesterday turned down the bail applications filed by the former Head of Service of the state, Alhaja Kudirat Iyabo Adeleke and 11 oth...

Leadership NewspapersFour Die, Eight Injured in Anambra Bullion Van CrashVanguardOnitsha — Four persons, including two policemen and a road-side vulcanizer died, yesterday, at New Auto Tyres Market, at Nkpor, Idemili North Local Government Area of An...

The PunchNational Confab - Jonathan Acting Nwabueze's Script - ACFVanguardLagos — Apparently miffed by the suggestion by Professor Ben Nwabueze, that he should be allowed to produce the working paper for proposed National Conference, the Arewa Co...

CHANNELSPlateau: 40 killed, 10 injured, several houses burnt in a fresh attackNigerian TribuneTHE prevailing peace in Plateau State was shattered on Tuesday, when gunmen launched spontaneous attacks on four villages in Barakin-Ladi Local Government Are...

Pro-chancellors order universities open •Our leaders irresponsible —UNILAG ...Nigerian TribuneTHE Committee of Pro-chancellors of Nigerian Federal Universities, on Tuesday, unanimously ordered immediate re-opening of universities across the country...

Leadership Newspapers2005 Bellview Air crash: Family of late pilot drags airline to industrial courtNigerian TribuneThe family of late Captain Lambert Imasuen, the pilot that flew the Bellview aircraft Boeing 737-200 that crashed in Lisa village, Ogun ...

DailyPost NigeriaStrange: Goat delivers mysterious creature in Ekiti farmsteadNigerian TribuneOlorioko farmstead of Ogotun community in Ekiti South-West Local Government Area of Ekiti State was a Mecca of sorts on Tuesday when news came from the commun...

STRIKE: 'Don't work against our interest', ASUU urges membersOsun DefenderDr Oghenekaro Ogbinaka, Chairman, Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Lagos Chapter, on Tuesday urged the union's members to desist from wo...

Borno NLC insists on NHF boycottDailyPost NigeriaThe Borno chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, said on Tuesday that it was not willing to allow deduction of workers' contributions into the National Housing Fund, NHF, until transparency is ...

Osun DefenderHURIWA CONDEMNS ATTEMPT ON ODUAH'S LIFETHISDAY LiveThe Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria [HURIWA] has condemned the reported assassination attempt at the weekend on the life of the Minister of Aviation Ms. Stella Oduah. The a...

Leadership NewspapersLeadership CEO-Confidential Meets Mike Omeri,OthersLeadership NewspapersHow early I rise depends on the day, what I have to do and how early I went to bed the previous night. There are days one retires late and has to get up early,...

CHANNELSYOU WIN Creates 26000 Jobs In Three Years – JonathanCHANNELSNigerian president, Goodluck Jonathan, on Monday announced that the Youth Enterprise With Innovation programme has created over 26,000 direct jobs. Addressing a gathering of young en...

Leadership NewspapersGovernor Shema Appoints New SUBEB Chairman, 4 OthersLeadership NewspapersGovernor Ibrahim Shema of Katsina State, on Tuesday approved the appointment of Alhaji Aminu Danbaba, as Executive Chairman of the state Universal Basic Educa...

Baby Factories - Imo Govt Revokes Licences of Motherless Babies HomesVanguardOwerri — Apparently worried by activities of owners of 'baby homes or factories,' in the society, the Imo State Government yesterday revoked the certificates of all ...

P.M. NewsOshiomhole commissions road, school in IgbankeNigerian ObserverIGBANKE - Edo state Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole yesterday formally commissioned an 8.5 kilometres inter-city road in Igbanke, Orhionmwon Local Government Area while another ...

P.M. NewsBaraje led PDP cries out for elders mediationP.M. NewsThe Abubakar Baraje-led splinter group of Nigeria's ruling PDP has appealed to elders in the party to intercede in its current crisis to rescue it from imminent doom. The group made the...

DailyPost NigeriaNational unrest: Nigeria needs revolution – Health ministerDailyPost Nigeriaimage The Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, on Monday, declared that revolution was the only way forward for the country. The Minister stated this ...

DailyPost NigeriaNational unrest: Nigeria needs revolution – Health ministerDailyPost Nigeriaimage The Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, on Monday, declared that revolution was the only way forward for the country. The Minister stated this ...

EFCC Arraigns Man For Defrauding American $25000Leadership NewspapersThe Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday arraigned a 25-year-old man, Nifemi Ayinla, before a Lagos High Court in Ikeja for allegedly defrauding an American lady,...

Nigerian TribuneJAMB increases CBT centres to 256The PunchThe Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board says it has designated 256 centres for the 2014/2015 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination Computer Based Test across the country. JAMB's He...

WorldStageNLC kicks against hike on duties payable on imported vehiclesNigerian TribuneThe Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), on Monday, kicked against the increase on duties and tariffs payable on imported vehicles as from next year and took a swipe at th...

Daily SunYouWIN programme generated 27000 new jobs —JonathanNigerian TribunePRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan, on Monday, disclosed that the Youth Enterprise With Innovation in Nigeria (YouWIN) programme has so far created over 27,000 jobs across the six g...

Premium TimesAnambra Election: PDP To Participate In Supplementary ElectionCHANNELSThe People's Democratic Party, PDP, has said that it will be participating in the November 30 supplementary governorship election in Anambra State. Speaking at the N...

CHANNELSKogi Governorship Tussle: Supreme Court Fixes Judgement DayCHANNELSKogi State Governor, Idris Wada and his challenger in the 2011 governorship election Mr Jibrin Isah will on February 21, 2014 know their fate on who was the authentic candidate ...

CHANNELSAir Crash Averted In KwaraCHANNELSWhat could have been a fatal air crash has been averted at Kwara International Aviation College Ilorin, as three of the trainee pilots were involved in a minor accident. The incident involving one of the aircra...

NDLEA Impounds 10209kg of Indian Hemp in EdoDaily Times NigeriaThe Edo State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has said that it has impounded about 10, 209 kilograms of substances suspected to be cannabis between April and Se...

DailyPost NigeriaCrisis in APGA as Ekwunife Challenges ObianoDaily Times NigeriaThe crisis in the Anambra state governorship election took another twist as the first runner-up in the Anambra governorship primaries of the All Progressives Grand Alliance...

The IndependentTheresa May could face MPs over failed Nigerian asylum seeker Isa Muazu's ...The IndependentTheresa May could face Parliament over the case of a detained Nigerian man on hunger strike since his asylum application was rejected. On Mon...

PDM: The Emerging Force That Could Alter Calculations Ahead 2015The Guardian NigeriaAHEAD 2015 general elections, the political atmosphere is gathering momentum and tension, with intrigues, permutations and deft schemes being the order of the day. But ...

DailyPost NigeriaGSM networks in Borno stay blocked, says armyBusinessDayAuthorities of the 7 Division of the Nigerian army, Maiduguri, said on Sunday that they did not have any immediate plan to re-open blocked GSM networks in Borno. Maj.-Gen. Obidah ...

ynaijaTragedy: Tanker explosion leaves 3 people dead, 4 others injured in KatsinaynaijaA fuel-related inferno has led to the deaths of three people in Katsina State after vehicles transporting the product caught fire. Four other persons were said to ha...

Daily Sun20000 Drivers' Licences Ready for Collection in LagosVanguardLagos — Lagos State governor, Mr. Babatnde Fashola has visited the drivers' licence Facility at Ojodu to complete his driver's license process, directing all the agenci...

AFPFive Killed, Houses Burnt As Gunmen Attack Plateau CommunityVanguardJos — Five people were yesterday killed and several houses burnt at Kuka village in Shendam Local government Area of Plateau State when armed men attacked the village. The gunmen,...

DailyPost Nigeria2015: IBB, Ciroma cannot stop Jonathan - PresidencyDailyPost NigeriaAhead of the 2015 general elections, the Presidency yesterday said prominent northern leaders, including Alhaji Adamu Ciroma and a former Military President, Ibrahim B...

2015 - South-South 'Ll Disown Jonathan If He Doesn't Run - GbagiVanguardOlorogun Kenneth Gbagi, 52, lawyer, criminologist, businessman and former minister of state (Education) is a chieftain of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). In a ch...

Lagos to enact 'whistle-blower' lawNigerian TribuneThe executive and legislative arms of the Lagos State government have agreed to enact the “whistle-blower” law, to help in the implementation of the Freedom of Information Act. The decision...

eTurboNewsNASS expresses willingness to promote cultural carnivalsNigerian TribuneThe National Assembly, on Sunday, expressed its willingness to promote cultural carnivals in Nigeria so as to boost the country's economic growth and development. The...

BusinessDayPresidency holds back oil lifting contract approvalsBusinessDayBarely one month to the end of the year, the Federal Government is yet to approve the winners of crude oil term contracts for the 2013/2014 period. Crude term contractors typical...

Chinweizu: National Assembly : What role in confab process?The Guardian NigeriaPRESIDENT Jonathan is reported to have “affirmed that the decisions arrived at during the talks would be forwarded to the National Assembly to enact into law.” That may ...

'Delta North should produce governor in 2015'The PunchSome leaders from the Delta State North Senatorial District have said it is important that the zone produces the next governor in 2015. The call is contained in a communique issued by the le...

Osun DefenderFemale Banker Arrested Over Rep Members Death in AbujaNigerian BulletinDeath befall an unfortunate member of the House of Representatives from Ondo State, Rep. Raphael Oloye Nomiye, in the wee hours of Saturday morning while still in the t...

It's national embarrassment to be talking of oil theft, says OshiomholeThe Guardian NigeriaOshiomhole-21-11-13 Pomp and ceremony heralded the 5th anniversary of the administration of Comrade Adams Aliu Oshiomhole of Edo State on Tuesday, November 1...

CHANNELSJonathan Returns, To Resume Work ImmediatelyCHANNELSPresident Goodluck Jonathan has returned to the country from London where he attended a part of the Honorary International Investor Council (HIIC) meeting. The president missed the opening of ...

BusinessDayANAMBRA GUBER: Another Call For Genuine Electoral ReformsThe Guardian NigeriaTHE November 16, 2013 Anambra gubernatorial election has come, but has refused to go away. This is as a result of widely acknowledged irregularities and varying lay...

Independent OnlineBoko Haram groups attacks Nigerian villageUPI.comSANDIYA, Nigeria, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- Suspected Boko Haram terrorists killed at least 12 people and burned down several homes in northeast Nigeria, officials said. The Saturday attacks in ...

P.M. NewsAkhigbe's remains buried in Edo stateDailyPost NigeriaThe remains of Vice Adm. Mike Akhigbe, a former Chief of General Staff (CGS), were laid to rest on Saturday in Fugar, Etsako Local Government Area of Edo. ‪Speaking at the funeral mas...

Nigerian TribuneWhat Jonathan will tell G7 govs tonight •Lamido, Wamakko vow to fight on •PDP ...Nigerian TribuneBarring any unforeseen circumstances, President Goodluck Jonathan will, tonight, meet with the aggrieved G7 governors of the Peoples De...

Leadership NewspapersCalabar Festival 2013'll outshine previo…Nigerian TribuneGovernor Liyel Imoke of Cross River State assures tourists of a great time at this year's Calabar Festival. REVELLERS planning to visit Cross River State in Decembe...