Amosun gives cash gift to Ogun pilgrims in MeccaP.M. NewsGovernor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State, southwest Nigeria, has given each pilgrim from the state in Saudi Arabia 200 riyals (about N86,000). The monetary gift for all the pilgrims is to assist th...

WorldStageEFCC arraigns three for duping woman of N65.4mNational MirrorEconomic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, yesterday arraigned three persons before a Lagos High Court for allegedly defrauding one Miss Lora Marire of N65.4 million. The defen...

Landlord's daughter abducted, impregnated by tenantOsun DefenderThe Lagos State Police Command has apprehended a 37-year-old man, Ajibola Idowu, for allegedly kidnapping the daughter of his landlord for three years. The suspect was also said to hav...

Fashola's apology to NdigboBusinessDayGovernor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, in my assessment, has added another feather to his cap. He has taken on the sublime status which the great inspirational writer, Stephen Covey, in his book, Everyday G...

The PunchCorruption: ICPC seizes 100 houses, prosecutes ex-IGThe PunchThe Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission on Wednesday said it had seized 100 houses acquired with proceeds from corruption in Abuja and environs. An IC...

Nigerian TribuneBritish govt to partner with Oyo on trade, education, othersNigerian TribuneThe British Government said it was prepared to partner with the Oyo State government in the areas of trade and investment, education and gender related issues i...

The PunchEarned allowance: ASUU warns UnilorinNigerian TribuneThe Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has warned the authorities of the University of Ilorin not to share the N986.7 million earned allowance disbursed to it by the Federal Governm...

The StreetjournalNigerian troops raid bomb factory, terror suspect killedVancouver DesiKano (Nigeria) Oct 10 (IANS) A terror suspect was killed Wednesday in Nigeria when security operatives found and raided a bomb factory, serving as a hideout for memb...

Urhobo seek peaceful bye-election, warn aspirantsThe Guardian NigeriaPAN Urhobo socio-cultural group, Urhobo Progress Union (UPU) yesterday urged all the aspirants of the various political parties vying for the vacant Delta Central senatorial slot, whi...

Enugu Sacks 138 Principals for Age FalsificationNigerian BulletinAccording to DAILY POST, some of the affected principals had manipulated their age to remain in service for over five years beyond their normal period of service after PPSMB had compelled...

CHANNELSPlateau Assembly Elects New SpeakerCHANNELSThe Plateau State House of Assembly has elected a new speaker following the resignation of John Clark Dabwan. Member representing Bokkos Constituency, Titus Alams has been elected as the new speaker fo...

DailyPost NigeriaAgagu's family to Ondo Government: "We never introduced MIC to you"DailyPost NigeriaPLANE CRASH IN LAGOS Family of the late Governor Olusegun Agagu today said that the Ondo state government was economical with the truth i...

Robbers kill three policemen in LagosThe Guardian NigeriaThe robbers were said to be operating on two motorcycles popularly known as okada when they spotted a police patrol vehicle on routine duty and rained bullets on it, killing three policemen and i...

ynaijaTaking Nigeria beyond the 'potential' statusBusinessDayNigeria as an investment cannot be said to be yielding the desired dividends. If the country were to be a business in terms of a man's bakery or poultry, he would have since close...

HumanIPOCTO Forum ends with calls for collaboration to achieve broadband connectivityHumanIPOOmobola Johnson, Nigeria's communication technology minister. CC image courtesy of the World Economic Forum, on Flickr. The Commonwealth Telecommunications...

CHANNELSFaction of defunct CPC joins PDMDailyPost NigeriaThe pioneer Chairman of the defunct Congress for Progressives Change (CPC), Sen. Rufai Hanga,on Tuesday led the remaining members of the faction of the party to join the Peoples Democratic Moveme...

3 Severely Burned As Gas Plant Explodes In LekkiCHANNELSA major disaster may have been averted after a tanker exploded in the early hours of Tuesday at a gas plant in the Lekki area of Lagos. The fire outbreak at the plant located around a residential ...

Osun DefenderHow Justice Oyejide Falola Freed Osun Monarch of Rape ChargeVanguardOsogbo — Alowa of Ilowa-Ijesa in Obokun Local Government Area of Osun State, Oba Adebukola Alli, who had been standing trial over alleged rape of a former National Youth...

DailyPost NigeriaEmergency Landing - Kabo Suspends PilotVanguardKabo Airlines has suspended its pilot who had did an emergency landing at the Sokoto Airport Friday, last week. This was disclosed in Abuja, Tuesday, by the Director-General of Nigeria Civ...

Nigerian TribunePoliceman, Victim, Two Kidnappers Killed in Rescue OperationVanguardUyo — One-time Chairman of Ikot Ekpene Local Government Council, Mr. Usen Ekene, a police corporal, and two kidnappers were killed during a rescue operation, which la...

Osun DefenderYoruba Assembly welcomes opportunity to dialogueThe Guardian NigeriaLIKE most of the other linguistic nationalities that make up Nigeria, the Yoruba nationality in Nigeria have, for decades, persistently called for a rational restructuring...

Obafemi Awolowo Foundation sets agenda for national conferenceNigerian TribuneTHE Obafemi Awolowo Foundation has proffered some recommendations for the proposed national conference as announced by President Goodluck Jonathan recently. The seminar, conv...

Nigeria to host world Consuls congress in 2014The PunchNigeria is to host the World Congress of the Federation of Consuls in 2014, making it the first time Nigeria will be hosting the conference since the establishment of the federation in 1982. This w...

Armed groups attack Nigeria's embassy in G'BissauThe Guardian NigeriaARMED groups Tuesday attacked the Nigerian embassy in Bissau, capital of Guinea-Bissau, a country of about 1.7 million people. The reason for the action is not yet known. The ...

HumanIPOPhase3 Telecom, CTO in pact for easy broadband accessThe Guardian NigeriaPHASE3 Telecom, Nigeria leading transmission services provider is among firms supporting the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation's (CTO) 2013 Forum, which ope...

WorldStageDelta by-election: Uduaghan, PDP stalwarts meet behind closed doors •...As ...Nigerian TribuneTHE Governor of Delta State, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan, his deputy, Professor Amos Utuama, Chairman of the state's Peoples Democratic Party(PDP), C...

Nigerian Tribune'Jonathan is S'west's choice in 2015'Nigerian TribuneAlhaji Ahmed Salman is the South-West zonal chairman of the Salvation Group Youth Movement, a political group under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). In this intervi...

WorldStageBank's ex-chiefs lose bid to stop trial over alleged N10.9b fraudThe Guardian NigeriaAN application filed by a former Managing Director of Finbank, Okey Nwosu, at an Ikeja High Court, seeking dismissal of the N10.9 billion theft charge pr...

CHANNELSPolice Ban Public Rallies In KadunaP.M. NewsThe police command in the northern Nigerian state of Kaduna on Tuesday announced indefinite ban on any form of public rally in Kaduna, the state capital. The Police Commissioner, Mr Olufemi Adenaike g...

P.M. NewsRevenue Allocation: Afenifere group wants FG to get 35%, states 65%Premium TimesA Yoruba socio-political and economic group, Afenifere Renewal Group (ARG), has said a justified revenue allocation formula will go a long way in quelling some of ...

Drive by: Suspected Robbers Gun Down Police on Patrol, Kills 3 in LagosNigerian BulletinThe Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Umar Manko, in an interview with the NEWS AGENCY OF NIGERIA (NAN), confirmed that suspected armed robbers on Tuesday kil...

Abducted ex-council boss, 3 others die in botched rescueP.M. NewsA former Chairman of Ikot Ekpene Local Government Area of southern Nigerian state of Akwa Ibom, Mr Usen Etim Ekene, a police corporal, and two kidnappers have died in a security operation...

CHANNELSArms Importation: High Court drops charges against Russians and charges ...Nigerian BulletinThe Russian Embassy in Nigeria has described the dropping of the names of 15 Russian sailors held in the country since Oct. 2012 for alleged arms traffi...

CHANNELSEkiti state postpones sports festivalP.M. News (blog)The western Nigerian state of Ekiti State has postponed till next year a sports festival scheduled for next month. The state Sports Council on Tuesday said that the state government was short...

Osun DefenderFashola As A Social EngineerP.M. News (blog)In the not-too-distant past, the city of Lagos was not synonymous with orderliness, cleanliness or any such features synonymous with modern mega cities as people infringe on law and order with im...

Osun DefenderPDP clears Tukur, says National Chairman won't resignPremium TimesRuling party say Baraje, G7 governors lack 'institutional memory' to remember events in the ruling party. The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has said that its Na...

Osun DefenderMadalla Bombing - Kabiru Sokoto Files N300 Million Suit Against FGVanguardAbuja — The alleged mastermind of the Christmas day bomb blast that killed about 44 persons and wounded 75 others at St. Theresa's Catholic Church, Madalla, Ni...

The PunchAbdusalami Canvasses New Approach to Fight InsecurityVanguardAbuja — Former Military Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, yesterday, canvassed a comprehensive approach to national security management, saying the upsurge in violent ex...

Lawmaker alleges 175 killed in Fulani attacks on Agatu communityWorldStageWorldStage Newsonline-- Benue State House of Assembly member representing, Agatu constituency, Hon Sule Audu believed that 175 people were killed since the bloody Fulani-Agatu fa...

DailyPost NigeriaOjukwu's son N100m suit: Court gives judgment Jan 10Nigerian TribuneJustice Okon Abang of a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Monday fixed January 10, 2014, to give judgment in a suit filed by one of the late Odumegwu Ojukwu&#...

Osun DefenderI saw policemen kill my dad – Six-year-old girlOsun DefenderA six-year-old girl, Mariam Adeniji, is currently in shock after witnessing the killing of her father, Rafiu Adeniji, who was allegedly shot dead by policemen on Sunday. Mariam ...

Jonathan Still Popular in North, South-South, Says OparaDaily Times NigeriaAustin Opara, a former Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives, said on Monday that President Goodluck Jonathan enjoyed 95 per cent support of the people of the South-South zon...

CTO 2013: FG targets increased broadband connectivityNational MirrorThe Federal Government yesterday assured of its ongoing plans to extend internet broadband connectivity to more Nigerians in the next five years. This, it said, was in line with its Na...

Premium TimesSenate amendment to give anti-graft agencies first-line fundingThe Guardian NigeriaCLAMOURS for financial autonomy for anti-graft agencies to strengthen their battle against corruption and related crimes are yielding fruits as the Senate i...

INEC uncovers polling units sited in shrines, forests, othersThe Guardian NigeriaAS the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) continues its review of the voters' registration exercise nationwide, the electoral body has uncovered several ...

CHANNELSPolice Debunks Bloody Clash at Pro-Jonathan Rally In KadunaCHANNELSFollowing alleged reports of violence that marred the pro Jonathan rally organized by the Northern Youth Forum (NYF) in Kaduna last Saturday, the Nigeria Police said there was n...

WorldStageNCC may sue hotel owners that infringe on rights of broadcast stationsWorldStageWorldStage Newsonline-- The Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) has threatened legal action against owners of hotels and related facilities in the country, that i...

Political parties, police, legislature lead Transparency Int'l corruption index in ...BusinessDayA new survey by Transparency International, the global coalition against corruption, has revealed political parties, police, legislators, public offici...

Osun DefenderPoly teachers begin strikeThe Guardian NigeriaPOLYTECHNIC teachers, under the aegis of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), began a nationwide strike this morning (Monday) over a number of grievances, including alleged governme...

CHANNELSJonathan Inaugurates Confab CommitteeVanguardAbuja — President Goodluck Jonathan, Monday, inaugurated the 13-man Advisory Committee to establish modalities for a national conference aimed at resolving issues that currently cause friction in t...

The anti-African Obama and the game of catch-upBusinessDayI used to be a major fan of American President Barrack Hussein Obama; I am no more. To me, Obama remains a dyed-in-the-wool quintessential American politician, no different from any other Caucas...

Boko Haram Killings - Ihejirika Summons GOCs, Formation Commanders to AbujaVanguardAbuja — Following terrorist attacks in parts of the North-east, especially the ones at the College of Agriculture, Gujba and Benisheikh that left scores dead, and ques...

Politicians, Traditional Rulers Offer Us Bribe, Says Retiring S-Court JusticeVanguardAbuja — As the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Mariam Aloma Muhktar, intensifies effort to weed out corrupt elements from the judiciary, a retiring Justice of...

CHANNELS23 Ex-Police Officers Petition PSC Over Wrongful DismissalVanguardAbuja — ABOUT 23 police officers who were recently dismissed from the police have taken their problems to the Public Complaint Commission, PCC, to intervene on their behalf ove...

Presidential committee still hopeful of dialoguing with Boko HaramBusinessDayThe Presidential Committee on Dialogue and Peaceful Resolution of the Security Challenges in the North says it is still hopeful of engaging in dialogue with the Boko Haram sec...

Missing Female Lawyer Found Mutilated in Her ChambersNigerian BulletinMrs. Ijeoma Micah, a lawyer has been found mutilated and dead in her chambers three days after she went missing. Mrs Micah is the owner of Micah and Micah Chambers located in Maitama...

Nigerian TribuneAS PRESIDENT INAUGURATES NATIONAL CONFAB COMMITTEE ...Nigerian TribuneLEGAL luminary, Professor Ben Nwabueze, on Sunday, declined the offer to serve on the national conference panel on health ground. The leader of The Patriots, however,...

Osun DefenderTwitter rant: Abati, Fani-Kayode in war of wordsOsun Defenderabati kayode Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati; and a former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, over the weekend engage...

ICPC warns on visa scamNigerian TribuneThe Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has turned its searchlight on corruption-prone processes in visa acquisition. This is as a result of ongoing investigations and the re...

Female lawyer killed, body found in officeNigerian TribuneA female lawyer, Ijeoma Micah, was found dead, with body mutilated in her chamber in the highbrow Maitama area of Abuja, on Sunday. The owner of Micah and Micah Chambers was found dead in her of...

Daily SunWhy Anambra people must vote wisely in NovNigerian TribunePermit me to use your widely-read newspaper to call on Anambra indigenes to participate in the ongoing electoral process in the state with all their hearts. At the moment, politicians h...

British envoy defends amalgamation, cautions against break-upThe Guardian NigeriaTHE British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Dr. Andrew Pocock, at the weekend in Lagos, admonished Nigerians not to contemplate disintegration as the nation arrives at the m...

Osun DefenderLabour doubts capacity of dialogue to solve nation's woesThe Guardian NigeriaAS President Goodluck Jonathan inaugurates the members of the Advisory Committee on National Conference, today, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has expresse...

P.M. NewsNational Dialogue: President’s Committee Is A Contradiction – TinubuCHANNELSThe constitution of a committee on the National Dialogue by President Jonathan may have received wide commendation from Nigerians, but the leader of the op...

Times of NigeriaNNPC workers injured in pipeline explosionThe Guardian NigeriaAT least five persons were severely burnt when a vandalized pipeline belonging to the Pipelines and Products Marketing Company (PPMC) exploded at Adeje, about 40 kilometres f...

eTurboNewsNigerian airline denies landing mishap in SokotoeTurboNewsLAGOS, Nigeria - Nigeria's Kabo Air officials have denied reports that their Saudi Arabia-bound Boeing 747 plane was involved in landing mishap at the Sir Abubakar III Airport in S...

WorldStage889 soldiers brainstorm in Nigeria on maritime securityThe PunchA total of 889 military personnel are converging in the country to participate in the 'African Winds' training operation of maritime security. The Chief of Training and O...

CHANNELSFayemi Recruits 1800 Ekiti Indigenes As Peace Corps MembersCHANNELSThe fight against poverty remains priority to the government of Ekiti state, as the governor Dr, Kayode Fayemi commenced the recruitment exercise of 1800 indigenes of the state....

Vibe GhanaVeep asks teachers to exhaust channels of negotiationsVibe GhanaDr Kwesi Amissah-Arthur Vice President Paa Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur has called on labour unions within the education sector to endeavour to exhaust the channels of negotiations...

Plateau State Assembly Speaker to Resign Next WeekNigerian BulletinAccording to DAILY TIMES , the speaker's resignation follows his impeachment by 18 of 24 members of the Plateau State House of Assembly on Friday. Gathered in a close door meeting t...

CHANNELSLagos plane crash: Another survivor dies, death toll now 15DailyPost NigeriaOne of the survivors of the Associated Airlines plane that crash in Lagos on Thursday died yesterday, after all efforts to save his life failed. Identified as Samson Ha...

National MirrorJonathan's Campaigners in Kaduna Escape LynchingVanguardCampaigners for President Jonathan Goodluck ahead of 2015 elections, yesterday, escaped being lynched when hoodlums among the estimated 30,000 youths attending the Northern Yout...

National MirrorJonathan's Campaigners in Kaduna Escape LynchingVanguardCampaigners for President Jonathan Goodluck ahead of 2015 elections, yesterday, escaped being lynched when hoodlums among the estimated 30,000 youths attending the Northern Yout...

Osun DefenderThe last interview: Death is the only constant thing – Olatunji, late son of MIC bossOsun DefenderMy name is Olatunji Okunsanya and I work for MIC. I also run LPS, a funeral consultancy service provider. It is a personal role I have deci...

Osun DefenderI thought my son would succeed me — Grief-stricken FalaeOsun DefenderA former Secretary to the Federal Government, Chief Olu Falae, has said he lost a political successor in his son, Deji, who died in the ill-fated Associated Airline on ...

DailyPost NigeriaLagos Plane Crash: MIC Royal Ltd. Release Official Statement360Nobs.comUndertakers of the corpse of late Ondo state governor Olusegun Agagu, M.I.C Royal Ltd have released an official statement on the tragic incident. It is with great s...

P.M. NewsKokori attack: APC candidate, Emerhor condemns violenceNigerian TribuneTHE All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for the October 12, Delta Central Senatorial bye-election, Olorogun O'tega Emerhor has condemned the violence which rocked...

Nigerian plane blows out tires landing in SokotoFederalNewsRadio.comKANO, Nigeria (AP) -- An airline manager says a Boeing-747 jetliner carrying 400 pilgrims hit a sharp object as it was landing in Nigeria's northern Sokoto city and blew out two ti...

Osun DefenderBomb Scare at PDP National Secretariat Sends Officials Scampering for SafetyNigerian BulletinThe national secretariat of the Peoples' Democratic Party(PDP) at the Wadata Plaza, Abuja was yesterday thrown into pandemonium and a state of...

The PunchAmnesty Says 'Education Under Attack' in the NorthAllAfrica.comAbuja — Amnesty International says "education is under attack'" in northern Nigeria with as many as 70 teachers and more than 100 students killed since the ...

Osun Defender8 coffin makers gang-raped teenage girl to death in AnambraOsun Defenderrape Police detectives in Obosi, Idemili Local Government Area of Anambra State are now battling to unravel the circumstances in which Chekwube Mbaka, an 18-year-old g...

DailyPost NigeriaJonathan to inaugurate National Dialogue committee on October 7DailyPost NigeriaThe inauguration date was made public in a statement issued and signed on Friday in Abuja, by the Special Assistant (Media) to the Secretary to the Governm...

DailyPost NigeriaJonathan to inaugurate National Dialogue committee on October 7DailyPost NigeriaThe inauguration date was made public in a statement issued and signed on Friday in Abuja, by the Special Assistant (Media) to the Secretary to the Governm...

Osun DefenderFalae's son sent me text 4 days before crash —TambuwalOsun DefenderSpeaker of the House of Representatives, Honourabloe Aminu Tambuwal, on Friday, paid a condolence visit to the Ondo State governor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko, at the Governm...

DailyPost NigeriaTerrorism: Ihejirika meets top military commandersNigerian TribuneAs the north east and other targeted like schools continue to face attack from the Boko Haram insurgents, the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Azubuike Ihe...

Falae's son sent me text 4 days before crash —TambuwalNigerian TribuneSpeaker of the House of Representatives, Honourabloe Aminu Tambuwal, on Friday, paid a condolence visit to the Ondo State governor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko, at the Government House ...

Osun Defender'Politicians, traditional rulers, business men, greatest challenge to judiciary'Nigerian TribuneTHE trio of politicians, traditional rulers and business men have been described as the greatest challenge facing the judiciary as they...

The PunchObasanjo counsels youths as presidential library trains 408The PunchFormer President Olusegun Obasanjo on Thursday urged Nigerian youths to imbibe good leadership qualities in the overall interest of the country. He stated this just as the Cen...

Don Urges Global Support For Bakassi's Self Determination CampaignThe Guardian NigeriaTHE Head of Department, Public and International Law, University of Calabar, Dr. Alobo Eni EJa has called on the Federal Government to mobilise international supp...

Intrigues In Plateau Assembly As Impeachment Plot Against Speaker ThickensThe Guardian NigeriaINDICATIONS have emerged that the crisis brewing in the Plateau State House of Assembly has got to the stage where it is either the Speaker, Hon. John Clark D...

DailyPost NigeriaHow I got my police dismissal, demotion reversed - RibaduPremium TimesFormer chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Nuhu Ribadu, yesterday, said the decision by the Police Service Commission (PSC) to demote him...

The NationAnambra politics: Pulse of the peopleThe Guardian NigeriaTHE Anambra people have had enough. Their ostensible avidity regarding the politics of the formidable state in the South-East of Nigeria, Anambra has reached breaking point, and has wan...

NEWS.com.au...And the corpse did not arriveThe Guardian NigeriaTHE Democracy Park in Akure was enveloped in an atmosphere of festivities with hundreds of people, mainly members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), converging to bid final farewell to ...

The NationAnambra 2013: Ngige shifts gear as race hots upThe NationGovernorship candidates are frantically preparing for the November 16 election in Anambra State. AUGUSTINE AVWODE writes on the rising profile of the All Progressivess Congress (APC) ca...

Nigerian TribuneThen There Came Nero [I]AllAfrica.comDuring his address to the nation on October 1, the president broached the issue of a national conference. "[O]ur administration has taken cognizance of suggestions [given] over the years by well...

Nigerian TribuneDelta Central Bye-Election - the Bone of Contention Among PartiesVanguardTHE Delta Central senatorial bye-election, initially fixed for this weekend, but now postponed to Saturday, October 12, to fill the vacant position created by the ...

Osun Defender'Court, not FG reversed my dismissal from police'Osun DefenderRIBADU A former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, on Thursday said it was the court that ordered the reversal of his demotion...

The PunchEkiti to recruit 1, 600 peace corps membersNational MirrorEkiti State governor, Kayode Fayemi, has set up a three-man committee to streamline the activities of vigilance groups in the state. The State Peace Corps has also been mandated to stam...

A luxury affair at InterContinental LagosBusinessDayFrom any of the floors of the 23-storey building, the city view of Lagos has never been as panoramic. Fresh breeze from the Atlantic Ocean slaps your chin in the most refreshing manner. Yet, the comfo...

Nigerian Observer Oshiomhole decries non-remittance of states' allocationThe Guardian NigeriaGOVERNOR Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State yesterday alerted that Nigeria was in near a “disaster point” over the inability of the Federal Government to pa...