Nine Killed While Treking to School in UyoVanguardUyo — While the current cult clash has continued to claim several lives in the state, Youths and infants of Ewet Offot community in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State have asked the State government to establish a ...

76 Anambra Deportees Sue LASG for N1bnDaily Times NigeriaSeventy six destitute persons, who were deported by the Lagos State Government and dumped on the Upper Iweka Bridge, Onitsha, Anambra State on July 24, 2013, have dragged the Lagos State governme...

Telegraph.co.ukNigeria: Hundreds Die in Custody During Crackdown, Rights Group SaysNew York TimesHundreds of people are dying in military detention from shootings, suffocation or starvation as Nigeria's security forces crack down on an Islamic upri...

Nigerian TribuneAnambra 2014: LP, APGA, APC set campaign toneThe Guardian NigeriaAS the ruling All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) and the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) finally took to the roads, officially that is, to launch their gove...

APC alleges INEC, security agents' complicity in Delta Central pollThe Guardian NigeriaTHE All Progressives Congress (APC) has rejected the results of the Delta Central senatorial bye-election announced by the INEC. It demands “a fresh election t...

New cabinet list will be ready in 2 weeks —AjimobiNigerian TribuneOYO State governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, has promised the people of the state that the list of new members of the cabinet will be ready in two weeks time. The governor made the disc...

Gay Star NewsNigeria needs prayers —ClericNigerian TribuneAT this critical point, no human brilliance or solution can safe the country from current the problems it has found itself, only prayer can. This was the position of the presiding bishop, Swor...

CHANNELSSallah: Demand accountability from your leaders, APC govs tell NigeriansNigerian TribuneTHE Progressive Governors' Forum (PGF), on Monday, urged Nigerians not to despair in the face of harsh realities, despite making huge sacrifices, but to...

Boko Haram will fade away —EmirNigerian TribuneTHE Emir of Ilorin and chairman, Kwara State Traditional Rulers Council, Mai-Martaba Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, has allayed the fear that the Boko Haram insurgency may escalate in the country. This is ...

Nigerian TribuneOsun 2014: Aregbesola, other gladiators in battle of witsNigerian TribuneAhead the 2014 governorship election in Osun State, political activities are gradually taking an upward swing. All the major parties are working out different stra...

Council ex-boss, three others arraigned for impersonating gov's son, othersThe Guardian NigeriaTHREE men and a former Transition Committee Chairman of Aba-North Local Council Area in Abia State, Apolos Alozie, were on Monday arraigned before an Umu...

WorldStageCouncil ex-boss, three others arraigned for impersonating gov's son, othersThe Guardian NigeriaTHREE men and a former Transition Committee Chairman of Aba-North Local Council Area in Abia State, Apolos Alozie, were on Monday arraigned bef...

CHANNELSProminent Nigerians React To Planned Nat’l Conference On Sallah DayCHANNELSAhead of the planned National Conference by the Goodluck Jonathan administration, more reactions have been coming from prominent Nigerians. During the homage paid ...

gulfnews.comEid in Dubai: Gulf invasion hits UAE shoresgulfnews.comDubai: With a list of festivities lined up for Eid Al Adha, a large number of residents and visitors from across the world, and especially from GCC countries, have travelled to the UAE ...

P.M. NewsSister of Oronto Douglas, Jonathan's adviser kidnappedP.M. NewsThe Nigerian Police Command in southern state of Bayelsa has confirmed the kidnap of Mrs Augusta Douglas-Ayam, the elder sister to Mr Oronto Douglas, the Special Adviser to the...

CHANNELSBorno Sends 20 Students Abroad For Postgraduate StudiesCHANNELSBorno state Governor, Kashim Shettima, has presented letters of sponsorship to 20 graduates selected across the three senatorial zones of the state to undergo post graduate studies ...

Osun DefenderMan Arrested With 7.45kg Of Cocaine At Abuja Airportspyghana.comOfficers of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA) Abuja have prevented a Lagos based business man, Asogwa Solomon...

Gay Star NewsBishop tells Nigeria's president: Ban gay marriage before the world endsGay Star NewsAn Anglican bishop in Nigeria has appealed to President Goodluck Jonathan to sign the 'Jail all the Gays Bill' before gay marriage makes the w...

Embrace Peace, Tolerate To One Another - FasholaLeadership NewspapersGov. Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State on Tuesday urged Nigerians, irrespective of their ethnic and religious differences, to embrace peace and tolerate one another. Fashola made the c...

Boko Haram and Jonathan's Ineffective State of EmergencyPremium TimesAt the root of the Boko Haram menace is the continued failure of the intelligence community to understand the role of the average family and how it works. When President Jonathan ...

WorldStageDemocracy: Akinjide Urges FCT Residents to Remain PrayerfulDaily Times NigeriaThe Minister of State for FCT, Ms Olajumoke Akinjide, on Monday in Abuja urged FCT residents to remain fervent in their prayer for the sustenance of democracy. Akin...

Woman Kidnaps Self for N.2m Ransom from Husband in EnuguDaily Times NigeriaThe Enugu State Police Command has arrested a woman who collaborated with a commercial motorcyclist to kidnap herself and demand a ransom of N200, 000 from her husband. This was...

Daily MailHundreds of Nigerian prisoners to be sent home to serve out sentence under ...Daily MailHundreds of Nigerian criminals will be sent home to serve out prison sentences under a deal set to be struck by ministers within weeks. Talks are continui...

Osun DefenderCommittee Recommends New Law to Curb Firecracker's UseVanguardLagos — THE Tribunal of Enquiry into the December 26, 2012 firecrackers explosion headed by Justice Sunday Ishola has recommended that the state government should put in p...

Lagos State Governor Raji Fashola To Take Up Pa Kasunmu's Medical Expenses360Nobs.comReports have surfaced on the internet suggesting that Lagos state governor Babatunde Fashola will the taking up the medical bills of embattled Nollywood actor Oluk...

Nigerian TribuneAPC Dismisses Report On Zoning of VP to SWVanguardThe All Progressives Congress (APC) has dismissed as reckless, baseless and completely unfounded the report published by a local newspaper Monday that the party has zoned its vice presid...

BBC NewsHundreds dead in Nigeria detention, Amnesty saysThe Standard Digital NewsNIGERIA: Hundreds of people have died in detention facilities in north-east Nigeria as the army tries to crush an Islamist militant rebellion there, according to Amnesty I...

Osun DefenderFG to Sponsor Lar's Corpse to NigeriaDaily Times NigeriaThe Nigeria Ambassador to the United States, Prof. Ade Adefuye has said that the Federal Government will bear the cost of conveying the body of the late former Governor of Plateau...

Tambuwal's Resignation And Jonathan's Call To ActionLeadership NewspapersThe declaration by the speaker of the House of Representatives last Monday that he is not under pressure to resign throws up questions on the uneasy calm in the chamber an...

Tambuwal's Resignation And Jonathan's Call To ActionLeadership NewspapersThe declaration by the speaker of the House of Representatives last Monday that he is not under pressure to resign throws up questions on the uneasy calm in the chamber an...

Fire Razes 100 Shops in LagosTHISDAY LiveA late night fire, which started on Sunday night and smouldered until Tuesday morning, razed about 100 shops belonging to the Police Officers' Wives Association (POWA), in Ikeja, Lagos. The incident, which c...

Fire Razes 100 Shops in LagosTHISDAY LiveA late night fire, which started on Sunday night and smouldered until Tuesday morning, razed about 100 shops belonging to the Police Officers' Wives Association (POWA), in Ikeja, Lagos. The incident, which c...

Fire Razes 100 Shops in LagosTHISDAY LiveA late night fire, which started on Sunday night and smouldered until Tuesday morning, razed about 100 shops belonging to the Police Officers' Wives Association (POWA), in Ikeja, Lagos. The incident, which c...

CHANNELSASUU warns Unilorin against sharing of earned allowancesBusinessDayAyan Adeleke, zonal coordinator of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) Ilorin Zone, have asked the authorities of the University of Ilorin not to share the N986.7 millio...

National Mirror2013 Governor's Cup: Shehu rues lossNational MirrorOne of Nigeria's top players at the ongoing Governor's Cup Lagos Tennis tournament, Lawal Shehu on Monday blamed his 2-1 loss to compatriot, Sani Adamu on fatigue. The former...

Osun DefenderASUU strike: Women protesters storm education ministry •Strike will end soon ...Nigerian TribuneAS the protracted strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) entered the 106th day, some women protesters stormed the Federal ...

CHANNELSJonathan, National Assembly urge unity, others at SallahThe Guardian NigeriaPRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan and the National Assembly yesterday urged Nigerians across political, ethnic and religious divides to work together for the unity of the cou...

UNICEF UKGovt restates commitment to meet MDGs' deadlineThe Guardian NigeriaTHE Senior Special Assistant to the President on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Precious Gbeneol, has said the Federal Government is accelerating efforts in the f...

CHANNELSVice Chancellor Urges Tiers Of Govt To Tackle Exam MalpracticesCHANNELSThe Vice Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Professor Abdul-Ganiyu Ambali, has called on the three tiers of government to ensure that examination malpractices is reduce...

Osun DefenderGunmen Bomb Bank, Police Station in KadunaNigerian BulletinA police station and a Keystone Bank branch was bombed last night around 8pm by some criminals in Makarfi, Kaduna State. According to OSUN DEFENDER, an unknown number of gunmen, su...

Osun DefenderFashola and the Image of the EastVanguardAt the Aka Ikenga dinner celebrating the founding of this association of Igbo fat cats in Lagos, Governor Raji Fashola, either out of postprandial volubility, or in a bid to be charming among friend...

CHANNELSKudos to Obasanjo for commitment to transform Africa's political leadershipThe Standard Digital NewsWhen General Olusegun Obasanjo agreed to come to Nairobi to launch Raila Amolo Odinga's autobiography, Raila Odinga: The Flames of Freed...

Osun DefenderEkiti - the Kayode Fayemi Administration in Perspective (October 16, 2010 ...AllAfrica.comIn the course of hustlings in 2006 for the primaries of the then Action Congress which he won in December of that year, Dr. John Kayode Fayemi (JKF),...

Nigerian TribunePIB, victim of circumstances?Nigerian TribuneIf there is any bill before the Senate, nay the National Assembly, that has so much generated interest and intense controversy among Nigerians, it is unarguably the Petroleum Industry Bill (P...

So the Boko Haram Has Become InvincibleVanguardI belong to the school of thought that claims thus: " We all came to religion in our individual ways and we each needed to respect the religious practices of others, seeing as it was up to every human...

CHANNELSPDP Truce Bid Fails, It's Fight to the Finish - G7 GovsVanguardSTRONG indications emerged yesterday that there was no end yet to the crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, following the rejection by the Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraj...

DailyPost NigeriaNLC Not Opposed to National DialogueAllAfrica.comThe Nigeria Labour Congress said on Sunday that it was not against the Federal Government's proposed national dialogue. Mr Chris Uyot, the NLC's Acting General Secretary, noted i...

Nigerians Assess NigeriaVanguardNigerians expressed their opinion about the country living up to the dreams of our founding fathers at the dawn of independence in 1960 and if there is need for celebration. Nigeria has little or nothing to celebrate -- ...

NATIONAL CONFERENCE: If 2015 election is postponed, it's worth it – AdebanjoOsun DefenderAfenifere and The Patriots chieftain, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, has thrown his weight behind President Goodluck Jonathan's move to convene a national conferenc...

The PunchWorld Bank partners FG to recover 185m euro Abacha lootDaily SunThe Federal Government yesterday announced it was collaborating with the World Bank to recover about 185 million euros transferred to some commercial banks in Liecttenstein in Cen...

Nigerian Observer Sale of Edo House: PDP invites Oshiomhole for dialogueNigerian TribuneEdo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic (PDP), has requested that the state governor, Adams Oshiomhole, meet with the party in order to dissuade him from the pr...

WorldStageEid-el-Kabir ...Nigerian TribuneTHE Oyo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has congratulated Muslims on the celebration of Eid-El-Fitri with a call on them to continue their support for the party. The party, in a statement si...

Protect schools from terroristsBusinessDayAs attacks on defenceless civilians go on, the one launched against students of the College of Agriculture, Gujba, Yobe State, in the early hours of Sunday September 29, was one of the goriest. Innocent student...

PDP asks court to stop Kwara council polThe Guardian NigeriaSOME members of the Bamanga Tukur-led Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State have described the selection of the chairmanship candidates for the October 26th council poll in the state a...

Osun DefenderPDP asks court to stop Kwara council polThe Guardian NigeriaSOME members of the Bamanga Tukur-led Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State have described the selection of the chairmanship candidates for the October 26th council poll i...

WorldStageSix kidnappers killed in a gun battle with PoliceWorldStageWorldStage Newsonline-- Anambra State Police Command said six alleged kidnappers were killed during a five hour gun battle with the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) in Anambra on Sun...

Osun DefenderAnambra 2013 - Ukachukwu Remains PDP Candidate As Appeal Court Stays ...VanguardA Federal Court of Appeal sitting in Port Harcourt has suspended hearing two related matters by the Peoples Democratic Party and Tony Nwoye seeking to upturn t...

3000 Borno villagers flee to Adamawa over Boko Haram attacksPremium TimesThe Adamawa state government said a committee had been mandated to reach out to the refugees. The Adamawa government said at least 3,000 persons have arrived the state, fleeing re...

N1bn bribe allegation: I'm awaiting EFCC's invitation - EtokNigerian TribuneChairman, Senate Committee on Pension and Establishment, Senator Aloysius Etok, has said he was waiting for an invitation from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commiss...

The PunchI hid my family under the bed during 1966 coup —80-year-old OkuboyejoThe PunchI was born on May 21, 1933 in Ijebu-Ode but I spent my youthful days in Sapele and Warri. Because of the typical Ijebu background my parents had, they went as far ...

CHANNELSNational CAN expresses worry over perceived Islamisation of OsunNigerian TribuneTHE recent decision by the Osun State government to merge Muslim students with their Christian counterparts in missionary schools is generating serious concerns fro...

Nigerian TribuneWhy Adamawa Guest House in Abuja Was Sealed, By FCTAThe Guardian NigeriaTHE Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), Saturday, said it sealed the Adamawa Guest House located in Maitama, Abuja, which was usual meeting venue for t...

Osun Defender2015: General Elections May Hold in January –INECNigerian BulletinProf Attahiru Jega, INEC Chairman made the disclosure during a two-day international workshop on “Ethics and Elections: Challenges and Institutional Responses” organis...

CHANNELSNational Conference Should Be Aimed At Uniting Nigeria– Methodist PrelateCHANNELSThe new Prelate of the Methodist Church of Nigeria, his Eminence, Samuel Uche has welcomed the idea of a national conference with a plea that Nigerians use it as...

CHANNELSNational Conference Should Be Aimed At Uniting Nigeria– Methodist PrelateCHANNELSThe new Prelate of the Methodist Church of Nigeria, his Eminence, Samuel Uche has welcomed the idea of a national conference with a plea that Nigerians use it as...

17 Died In Ilorin Auto CrashOsun DefenderThe Federal Road Safety Corps confirmed that at least 17 people were dead following an auto crash that occurred along Peke village, new Jebba road in Ilorin, Kwara state. Mrs. Mary Wakawa, the state sector comma...

Nigeria Master WebOpinion: #Ananbra2013 – Do they want to rope in Igwe Achebe?ynaijaBasically, Ngige committed both 'sin' of omission and commission during his flag-off campaign for the November 16 gubernatorial election in Anambra and that l...

Osun DefenderHuman Error, Engine Failure Caused Associated plane Crash – AIPBDaily Times NigeriaA preliminary report released Friday by the Accident Investigation and Prevention Bureau (AIPB) has revealed that a plane crash that occurred barely two w...

Nigerian TribuneFilm on Boko Haram hits the screen and censors hit backArab NewsBLACK MARKET: A vendor shows DVDs in front of his store in Accra. The new film by Ghanaian-Nigerian director Pascal Amanfo “Boko Haram” has been banned by censors in Gh...

Nigerians Have Not Been Fair To National Assembly Members, Says Senator ...The Guardian NigeriaSenator Domingo Obende, the senator representing Edo North senatorial district in National Assembly speaks on the proposed national conference, centenary cel...

Nigeria Master WebAnambra govt praises Fashola for apologising over 'deportation' of Igbo in LagosNigerian TribuneThe Anambra State government on Friday described the apology tendered by Governor Raji Fashola of Lagos State over the 'deport...

Ogun APC members in free-for-all, 50 injuredNigerian TribuneNO fewer than 50 persons were injured as factional members of the All Progressives Party (APC) in Ogun State, engaged themselves in a free-for-all. The pandemonium was said to have been master...

Nigerian Tribune'Last year, I sold 135 rams in 2 weeks; this year, I've sold only 2'Nigerian TribuneRAM sellers in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, are complaining of low patronage even as the October 15 Eid-el-Kabir celebration draws ne...

CHANNELSObi Distributes 500 School Buses To Secondary SchoolsCHANNELSAnambra state governor, Peter Obi has distributed five hundred brand new school buses to secondary schools under the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) Scheme across the state. The dis...

P.M. NewsPilot error, faulty engine fingered in Lagos plane crash -AIB reportBusinessDayThe Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) in its preliminary report of the Associated Airlines plane crash at Lagos airport last week says pilot error and a faulty en...

Bella NaijaNollywood Actress Nuella Njubigbo Completes her NYSC ProgrammeBella NaijaYesterday Nollywood actress Nuella Njubigbo as well as other Batch C youth corps members nationwide were awarded their certificates for completing their one year Nation...

Bella NaijaNollywood Actress Nuella Njubigbo Completes her NYSC ProgrammeBella NaijaYesterday Nollywood actress Nuella Njubigbo as well as other Batch C youth corps members nationwide were awarded their certificates for completing their one year Nation...

Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) as liquidator? (2)BusinessDayOne of the circumstances in which the court will make an order for winding up where it is just and equitable is when a company was formed for a fraudulent or illegal purpose as stated in t...

17 die, 10 injured in multiple auto-crashes in KwaraThe PunchNo fewer than 17 people, all adult males, reported died following multiple auto-crashes on the Ilorin-New Jebba Road on Friday. The accident was said to have occurred about 3.30am at Peke Vil...

www.worldbulletin.net21 Feared Killed in Fresh Barkinladi, Plateau AttackPremium TimesArmed persons in the early hours of Thursday attacked Kukek community in Bajin Kogi Forun District of Barkinladi Local Government Area of Plateau State. The attackers...

2013 Christian Pilgrimage - NCPC Inspects Carrier AircraftAllAfrica.comAbuja — Chairman of the Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission, NCPC, Most Revd. Nicholas Okoh, has led technical experts to Istanbul, Turkey to inspect the approved aircraft that ...

NCPC sets sail for another pilgrimageBusinessDaySaturday, October 19, 2013 will mark a positive watershed in the history of Christian pilgrimage in Nigeria. It is a day the first set of 30,000 intending pilgrims will depart for the Holy Land for the 20...

Anambra 2013: 23 governorship candidates set for debateThe PunchTHE Nigerian Election Debate Group has concluded arrangements to host the 23 candidates cleared by the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest the November 16 governorship ele...

Subsidy fraud: Court refuses to discard bench warrant against marketersNigerian TribuneJustice Adeniyi Onigbanjo of a Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja, on Thursday, refused to discard a bench warrant earlier issued against two oil marketers, Oluwaseun...

Daily SunRight connections can boost Nigeria GDPFinancial TimesKola Aina runs a technology solutions company in Abuja, Nigeria's capital. He owns an iPhone, which is his “primary personal internet device”, an iPad, and a BlackBerry. Between the...

FG declares Tuesday, Wednesday next week public holidaysThe Guardian NigeriaTO mark this year's Id-el-Karbir Sallah, the Federal Government has declared Tuesday 15th and Wednesday 16th October, 2013 as public holidays. The Minister of Interior, Com...

FG declares Tuesday, Wednesday next week public holidaysThe Guardian NigeriaTO mark this year's Id-el-Karbir Sallah, the Federal Government has declared Tuesday 15th and Wednesday 16th October, 2013 as public holidays. The Minister of Interior, Com...

DailyPost NigeriaEnugu Demolishes Mountain Of Fire Church Building , Threatens To Shut Lord's ...THISDAY LiveBarely three days after the Lagos State Government shut down the Lords Chosen Charismatic Renewal Ministries in Lagos over environmental is...

ASUU Strike: NUEE threatens electricity shutdown nationwideDailyPost NigeriaThe National Union of Electricity Employees, NUEE, yesterday in Enugu, joined other bodies and unions threatening to shutdown the country over the ongoing ASUU strike. The Unio...

Osun DefenderASUU Strike: NUEE threatens electricity shutdown nationwideDailyPost NigeriaThe National Union of Electricity Employees, NUEE, yesterday in Enugu, joined other bodies and unions threatening to shutdown the country over the ongoing ASUU str...

P.M. NewsFG Condemns Attack On Nigerian Embassy In Guinea BissauLeadership NewspapersThe federal government yesterday condemned the attack on Nigerian Embassy in Guinea Bissau which killed a citizen and injured several persons, saying it was inhuman an...

Osun DefenderOsun list gains of investment driveBusinessDayThe enhanced infrastructures coupled with a conducive and ideal investment have attracted both domestic and international investors to Osun State. With these, three investors; namely RLG Commun...

CHANNELSObi Distributes 500 School Buses To Secondary SchoolsCHANNELSAnambra state governor, Peter Obi has distributed five hundred brand new school buses to secondary schools under the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) Scheme across the state. The dis...

Why we want to sell Edo House in Lagos, by OshiomholeThe Guardian NigeriaEDO State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, said that his administration was selling the Edo State Liaison House “rotting away” in Lagos to enable it develop a proposed five-star ho...

British High Commission trains 200 Oyo teachersThe Guardian NigeriaAS part of its contributions to the development of education in Oyo State, the British High Commission in Nigeria has begun the training of over 200 teachers in public schools in the st...

WorldStageWhy we want to sell Edo House in Lagos, by OshiomholeThe Guardian NigeriaEDO State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, said that his administration was selling the Edo State Liaison House “rotting away” in Lagos to enable it develop a proposed fi...

DailyPost NigeriaMakinde retires, presents Uche as new Methodist prelateThe Guardian NigeriaTHE outgoing Prelate of the Methodist Church of Nigeria, His Eminence, Sunday Ola Makinde has re-iterated the stand of the church that the former Archbishop of ...

CHANNELSAssembly impeaches Deputy Speaker in PlateauDailyPost NigeriaThe Deputy Speaker of Plateau House of Assembly, Mr Johnbull Shekarau, was impeached on Wednesday for dereliction of duty. Shekarau (PDP-Shendam) was impeached few minutes after he pr...

Osun DefenderElectricity Workers Threaten Power Sector ShutdownVanguardEnugu — THE National Union of Electricity Employees, NUEE, yesterday, gave the Federal Government seven days to resolve the strike embarked upon by Academic Staff Union of Univers...

PPA candidate Ezeemo presents running mateDailyPost NigeriaAlliance, PPA, in Anambra State, Mr. Godwin Ezeemo, on Wednesday, presented his running mate for the November 16 election. Ezeemo in a press briefing told journalists that the delay in the pres...