Voice of AmericaNigeria Violence Continues Despite Claimed Killing of Boko Haram LeaderVoice of AmericaDAKAR — It has been two weeks since the Nigerian military announced that Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau died in Cameroon in early August followi...

774 councils to get NIN registration centres —NIMC DGNigerian TribuneALL the 774 councils in the country will get National Identification Number (NIN) registration centres put in place by the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), the Direct...

Nigerian Observer Ondo: After the Supreme Court's affirmationNigerian TribuneDismissing the appeal of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria's over the October 20, 2012 governorship election in Ondo State, Nwali Sylvester Ngwuta, JSC, said, “...

Osun DefenderINEC and multiple voter registrationNigerian TribuneThe Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for Lagos State, Adekunle Ogunmola, stated during a recent lecture in Ibadan, Oyo State, ...

No more payments for uncompleted constituency projects – MinisterPremium TimesThe Minister of Special Duties and Inter-governmental Affairs, Kabiru Turaki, on Tuesday said there would be no more payment for uncompleted constituency projects. The mini...

Residents protest arrest of 9 in north NigeriaKASAKADUNA, Nigeria (AP) — Thousands of people in the north Nigerian town of Kajuru demonstrated against what they called arbitrary arrests by police after three police officers were killed during an atta...

CHANNELSPDP Chieftain, Iwuanyanwu Discredits Baraje-Led FactionCHANNELSA Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain in the South East and party’s board of trustees, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, has discredited the Baraje-led faction of the party ...

Premium TimesAtiku disowns campaign billboards/posters; delivers keynote at LSEPremium TimesThe former vice-president says he has no connection with the billboards mounted in Abuja and portrayed as his campaign message. Former Vice President Atiku Abub...

NSCDC in Jigawa arrests woman for allegedly dumping baby in toiletWorldStageThe Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Jigawa on Tuesday arrested a 23-year-old woman for allegedly dumping her new born baby boy in a toilet in Hadeja town of...

CHANNELSTaraba Crisis: Lawmakers Insist Garba Continues As Acting GovernorCHANNELSThe acting governor of Taraba state Mr. Garba Umar has been given a nod by members of the state house of assembly to continue his role as Acting Governor, pending the tim...

P.M. NewsCelebrating Ngige As Anambra APC Flag Bearerspyghana.comIt is obvious that Senator Chris Nwabueze Ngige, the lawmaker representing Anambra Central Senatorial District, is in the pool of joyous moment as he emerged the All Progressives Congress...

WorldStageGov Ahmed of new PDP faction vows to crush factions in Kwara chapterPremium TimesThe governor says he willage not tolerate dissent in the Kwara state chapter of the party. Even though he belongs to a faction of the ruling Peoples Democratic P...

WorldStageCourt orders PDP factions to maintain status quoWorldStageWorldStage Newsonline-- A Lagos High Court, Ikeja has ordered the two factions of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to maintain status quo. Justice Gamiyu Safari issued the order whil...

WorldStageCourt orders PDP factions to maintain status quoWorldStageWorldStage Newsonline-- A Lagos High Court, Ikeja has ordered the two factions of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to maintain status quo. Justice Gamiyu Safari issued the order whil...

Conduct Of Census In 14 LGs: Lagos Plans Legal ActionP.M. NewsThe Lagos State Government says it is considering seeking redress in court to compel the National Population Commission, NPC, to hold fresh census in 14 local government councils in Lagos, s...

CHANNELSFashola Meets With BRT and LAGBUS OperatorsCHANNELSLagos state governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola has asked the management and staff of the state’s Mass Transit Bus Systems to show more dedication and sensitivity to the feelings of commuters...

WorldStageBreakingNews Sept. 3, 2013: We Have Done Over 800 Kilometres of Road -Gov ...Nigeria Master Web... Obi. [ Masterweb Reports ] – Governor Peter Obi's administration has completed over eight hundred kilometers of roads across Anambra Stat...

Osun Defender2015: Nigeria will burn if what happened at Offa repeats itself – Femi Fani-KayodeOsun DefenderKWARA PROTEST All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, has warned that Nigeria would burn if what happened during la...

Osun DefenderPDP'll be history soon, says AkumeOsun DefenderAKUME TINUBU Senate Minority Leader George Akume has said the breakup of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is a signal to its imminent collapse. He said the party's crisis was a reper...

Osun DefenderTaraba Crisis - Presidency, PDP Storm Jalingo TuesdayPremium TimesThe presidency and the headquarters of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, will send a high-powered delegation to visit Jalingo, the Taraba State capital, on Tuesday t...

Fake NAFDAC Official Arrestedspyghana.comThe Enugu State Police Command has nabbed one Gabriel Obasi for allegedly impersonating as an official of the National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC). In a statement in Enugu on Monday...

Leadership NewspapersPlateau State: Police confirm killing of five family membersCodewit World NewsGov. JangThe Plateau State Government yesterday said gunmen, on Sunday night, killed six members of two families in the state. A statement in Jos, the st...

Leadership NewspapersPDP CRISIS: 26 Senators back Baraje-led factionOsun DefenderPDP Special National Convention: President Goodluck Jonathan at the 2013 PDP Special National Convention before the walkout by Atiku and the governors. Photo by Gbemiga Ol...

Woman Dies After Drinking Shaving PowderLeadership NewspapersA 25 year-old housewife, Sakirat Abdullai, allegedly committed suicide in Ijebu-Ode, after taking a meal of pap, mixed with shaving powder belonging to her husband. Sakirat, who is mother of ...

Leadership NewspapersMark Wants Death Penalty For Vandals, Says They Are TerroristsLeadership NewspapersThe Senate President David Mark has advocated the death penalty for vandals, saying that vandals are terrorists and should be punished as such to de...

Minister pushes for state of emergency on infrastructure sectorNigerian TribuneMINISTER of Works, Mr Mike Onolememen, has recommended declaration of state of emergency in infrastructure sector, as well as establishment of an Infrastructure Development ...

Boko Haram: Families of slain soldiers receive N1m cheque eachNigerian TribuneThere was outpouring of emotion on Monday in Lagos as wives, children and family members of 12 Nigerian army personnel, who lost their lives to Boko Haram insurgency received...

DailyPost NigeriaIt is within a state's legislature to regulate hotels (5)The Guardian Nigeriaiv. The enactment of the Law is in furtherance of the duty of a responsible government such as that of Lagos State to promote the wellbeing of the residen...

Tributes as ace photojournalist Obe passes onThe Guardian NigeriaFOR Peter Oyeyemi Obe who passed on at the age of 81 on Sunday, it is time to relive fond memories of him as one of the founding fathers of modern-day photojournalism. At his 31 Masha Str...

Leadership NewspapersTributes as ace photojournalist Obe passes onThe Guardian NigeriaFOR Peter Oyeyemi Obe who passed on at the age of 81 on Sunday, it is time to relive fond memories of him as one of the founding fathers of modern-day photojournalism...

Man Charged For Taking Offensive Photograph of PoliceNigerian BulletinA 33 year old man, Abraham Oshoko has been charged for taking 'offensive' photographs of police and LASTMA performing their 'legal duties'. According to the prosecuto...

Baptist conference decries cost of governanceThe Guardian NigeriaONDO Baptist Conference has said the high cost of governance in Nigeria is robbing citizens of the desired development. Calling for “a review of the democratic structure to make funds a...

CHANNELSWe Will Not Relent On Our Mission– Factional PDPCHANNELSThe breakaway faction of the ruling party (PDP) has reiterated that it is serious with efforts at rescuing the party, and will not relent until they achieve a renewed and formidable PDP,...

Premium TimesFederation sets up panel to probe Ogunjobi, BariboteThe Guardian NigeriaTHE Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Monday inaugurated two different panels to probe two former members of the Federation, Taiwo Ogunjobi and Victor Rumson Baribote....

Voice of AmericaCivilians Join Fight Against Nigeria's Boko HaramVoice of AmericaDAKAR, SENEGAL — In Nigeria's northeastern Borno state, the birthplace of Boko Haram, hundreds of young men have formed units of a civilian vigilante group that ...

Osun DefenderObasanjo, 16 PDP Governors Meet With JonathanCHANNELSThe president yesterday held two separate meetings with former President Olusegun Obasanjo and 16 governors of the Peoples’ Democratic Party a day after a splinter group emerged in...

Obasanjo Tasks RMAFC on Equitable Revenue SharingDaily Times NigeriaFormer President Olusegun Obasanjo on Monday in Abeokuta stressed the need for fair and equitable revenue sharing formula. Obasanjo stated this when members of Revenue Mobilisation All...

P.M. NewsDaniel Ohikhena Plays HoudiniAllAfrica.comA week ago, Daniel Ohikhena was your typical 13-year-old boy living with his mother and other siblings in Benin City. He was just another boy--regular, who attended school (presently in JSS One) as any...

Nigerian TribunePDP Convention a Disaster, Says Junaid MohammedVanguardSECOND Republic lawmaker, Dr Junaid Mohammed, yesterday, described what happened at the Convention of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) as a disaster and catastrophe waiting to te...

National MirrorPresident Goodluck Jonathan to visit Kenya on ThursdayThe StarNigerian President Goodluck Jonathan will is set to visit Kenya this week on invitation from President Uhuru Kenyatta. President Goodluck Jonathan's will be in the country...

DailyPost NigeriaPHOTO NEWS: Humble OBJ bows to salute Jonathan in Aso RockOsun DefenderNot many Nigerians will be very humble enough like former President Olusegun by taking a bow to salute a predecessor he personally masterminded how he was elected a...

Leadership NewspapersFCTA plans N5bn security fundBusinessDayThe Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) is proposing a N5 billion Security Trust Fund, BusinessDay has learnt. The FCT minister, Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed, made this disclosure whi...

Osun DefenderNgeria: Coffin dealer feigns kidnap, demands ransom from brothersCodewit World NewsCoffin dealer feigns kidnap, demands ransom from brothersThe police in Enugu State have arrested a coffin dealer, Mr. Samuel Ani, for allegedly “kidnappin...

Man Arrested for Beheading 13-Yr-Old GirlAllAfrica.comMakurdi — A middle aged man, Terseer Angyo, has been arrested by the Benue state Police command for allegedly beheading a 13 year old girl, Mnyorhan Asase, at Aliade in Gwer local government area ...

Nigeria: British Secret Agency, M16, Police Proposed £3000 Visa Bond Against ...AllAfrica.comA report from a United Kingdom based journal, University World News, has said the £3,000 visa pilot scheme against Nigeria was proposed by the British intell...

Leadership Newspapers2006 Census Controversy - CAN Tells Jonathan Not to Sack OdimegwuVanguardThe Christian Association of Nigeria, Sunday, warned President Goodluck Jonathan against being used by Northerners to sacrifice chairman of National Populatio...

LG Autonomy Is ItAllAfrica.comTHE debate on whether there should be local government council autonomy has been on for some over two decades and if care is not taken, it may become an elastic issue comparable with the two-legged discourse over the tenur...

Osun DefenderGunmen Kill Cmd Federal Medical Centre, Azare, district headNigerian TribuneUNKNOWN gunmen, at the weekend, abducted and killed the Chief Medical Director (CMD), Federal Medical Centre (FMC)< Azare, Dr Musa Mohammed Dambam and the distr...

FirstBank retirees decry neglect by managementNigerian TribuneTHE leadership of FirstBank Nigeria Plc Retirees (FBNR) has decried what they term neglect by the management of the bank. FBNR urged the bank to live up to its responsibilities by recognisin...

Nigerian TribunePDP'S BREAK-UP: OBASANJO INTERVENES, MEETS JONATHAN •As ...Nigerian TribuneFORMER president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has intervened in the crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and has appealed to all aggrieved member...

We Have No Hands In The Proposed National Summit At Uyospyghana.comThe Nigerian National Summit group (NNSG) wishes t bring to the notice of all Nigerians that the proposed NationalPolitical Summit scheduled to take place at Uyo, Akwa Ibom State is bei...

P.M. NewsGroup Seeks Release Of Stowaway Boy From DetentionLeadership NewspapersA group of lawyers under the aegis of De Rauf Volunteer Group yesterday called for the release of Daniel Oikhena, stowaway boy, currently being detained by the Department o...

IMB/NUPENG Shut Product Distribution Over Threat To LivesLeadership NewspapersSuspected Renegade group of the Independent Marketers Branch, (Warri Unit), of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, (NUPENG), weekend reportedly seized the...

Osun DefenderWhat does ASUU really want?Nigerian TribuneWhen members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) began their strike a couple of months ago, they had a lot of public support. This is because no one in the country is supportive of ...

“They're Too Stingy” – Man Kidnaps Himself To Extort Money From Brothers360Nobs.comA man identified as Samuel Ani has been arrested by police in Enugu after faking his own kidnapping to get money from his brothers. Samuel saw his own kidnap a...

Lagos condemns arrest of Ejigbo residents by NSCDCThe Guardian NigeriaTHE Lagos State Government has expressed serious reservations over alleged indiscriminate arrest of residents in Idimu/Ejigbo area of the state, without due process over suspicion th...

Nigerian TribuneBoko Haram Progressively Weakened - JonathanAllAfrica.comPresident Goodluck Jonathan declared on Friday that the insurgent group, Boko Haram, is being "progressively weakened" by the security architecture put in place by the a...

DailyPost NigeriaFirst Lady convenes National Youth Online Protection SummitDailyPost NigeriaFirst Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, and ITU-IMPACT Child Online Protection Champion will on Tuesday, September 3, 2013, host representatives of youth from acro...

The NationCyclops Enters New CycleTHISDAY LiveHe was doing what he knows best; that is singing and entertaining at an event hosted by the governor of his home state, Chief Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom State, when he got an approving beckon that change...

Leadership NewspapersChief Femi Fani Kayode Is My SpokesmanLeadership NewspapersThey called him names, pronounced him mental, some even threatened his family members. His crime was that he spoke, not only did he speak, he spoke the truth. This is a ver...

Leadership NewspapersPDP, Jega And His ConscienceLeadership NewspapersThough it is still within the realm of speculations, the news report that the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, may have courted ...

Leadership NewspapersOffa rerun election witnesses massive turn outNigerian TribuneThe local government re-run election ordered by the election petition tribunal in Offa Local Government Area of Kwara State witnessed a massive turnout and orderly condu...

FG has started construction of technical schools for the South - WikeNigerian TribuneThe process for the construction of technical and vocational schools for all the 11 states of the South East and South-South has been fully kick-started with the award...

Daily SunWhy Jonathan must leave in 2015 - Ango AbdullahiNigerian TribuneNigerians should not allow President Goodluck Jonathan to continue in 2015 because virtually everything is collapsing under his administration, former Presidential Adviser on Food...

Nigerian TribunePDP: OBJ declares war over Uba's suspensionNigerian TribuneFormer President Olusegun Obasanjo is said to have returned to the trenches within the fold of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) following the outcome of the governorship pr...

VOA's Adolphos Okonkwo Buried Amid Tears, TributesThe Guardian NigeriaTHE remains of Mr. Adolphos Okonkwo, former staff of the Voice of Nigeria (VOA) and one of three journalists who lost their lives in an auto crash, few weeks ago in Ogun State, w...

VOA's Adolphos Okonkwo Buried Amid Tears, TributesThe Guardian NigeriaTHE remains of Mr. Adolphos Okonkwo, former staff of the Voice of Nigeria (VOA) and one of three journalists who lost their lives in an auto crash, few weeks ago in Ogun State, w...

Nigerian TribuneAkure: Assassins Matchete Union Leader's Son to DeathNigerian BulletinOluwaseyi Adelegan, the 14-year-old son of Chief Solomon Adelegan, the National President, Amalgamated Union of Public Corporation, Civil Service Technical and Re...

DailyPost Nigeria7 Years After, Census Tribunal Nullifies Lagos ResultsTHISDAY LiveSeven years after the exercise was concluded, the National Census Tribunal sitting in Abuja has nullified the results of the 2006 National Census in 14 local government ...

Okorocha Calls for Restructuring of NDDCDaily Times NigeriaImo Governor Rochas Okorocha on Friday called on the Federal Government to restructure the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) for maximum performance. A statement from Government House, ...

CHANNELSOne killed as youths storm court in KadunaNigerian TribuneA clash between the police and rampaging youths who tried to stop a court proceedings in Kafanchan, Jema'a Local Government Area of Kaduna State led to the death of a middle aged wom...

Premium TimesFRSC to enforce deadline on use of number plates from October 1Premium TimesThe Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, Kano State Command, on Friday reminded vehicle owners that it would enforce the deadline on the old number plates and dri...

2015 Election: Okoh Warns Nigerians Against Manipulation By PoliticiansThe Guardian NigeriaAHEAD of the 2015 general elections, the Primate, Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), Most Rev Nicholas Okoh has urged Nigerians not allow politicians to man...

DailyPost NigeriaSultan Urges Obasanjo Not to Retire from PoliticsTHISDAY LiveThe Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa'ad Abubakar III, has urged former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, not to retire from politics, but to continue to render serv...

Anger against Nigeria after embassy in Canada shutP.M. NewsNigerians in Canada who visited the Nigeria High Commission in Ottawa Canada 23 August were disappointed when they got there to find to their chagrin the embassy was shut. A notice at the gate ...

UNILAG Big Girl Kidnapped, Raped By 3 FriendsOsun DefenderUNILAG 22-year-old female student of the University of Lagos, Tolulope Titiloye, who was kidnapped and raped by three friends, who later posted her nude photos on the social media, is now in cou...

The PunchFrench to be Part of UTME from 2014Nigerian BulletinAccording to the Minister of Education, Prof. Ruqayyatu Rufa'I, french will be part of UTME for interested candidates from 2014. This was said at the reception for the French Language Pro...

Osun DefenderPDP Suspends Andy, Chris Uba, OthersVanguardAbuja — NATIONAL Working Committee, NWC of the People's Democratic Party, PDP yesterday slammed its hedge hammer on the Chairman, Senate Committee Committee on Independent National Electora...

CHANNELSLabour may go on strike over minimum wageThe Guardian NigeriaTHE move by the Senate to move the National Minimum Wage Law from the exclusive to the concurrent legislative list may attract the wrath of the labour movement. President of the Niger...

INEC fixes September 21 for by-election to replace late Jigawa Deputy SpeakerDailyPost NigeriaThe Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Jigawa has fixed September 21, for the by-election in Ringim Constituency of Jigawa to fill the vacuum...

Human Parts Dealer - Court Adjourns Driver's Trial to Oct. 17AllAfrica.comAn Ikorodu Magistrates' Court in Lagos on Thursday adjourned till Oct. 17, the case of a 27-year-old commercial driver charged with alleged possession of human parts. The...

Osun DefenderIGP set to remarryNigerian TribuneIndications emerged in Abuja on Wednesday that the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, who lost his wife to cancer in January last year is now set to marry a new wife. The new bride, it was gat...

Tukur, Kashamu alliance threatens South-West PDP reconciliationNigerian TribuneThe move to ensure a final resolution of the crises rocking the South-West chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is currently being endangered by an alleged pact bet...

Nigerian TribuneSupreme Court upholds Mimiko's victory •We've been vindicated - GovNigerian TribuneTHE incumbent governor of Ondo state, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko on Thursday retained his seat when a full panel of the Supreme Court affirmed the jud...

Nigerian TribuneHID to Yoruba leaders: Make Yoruba interest your priorityNigerian TribuneCHAIRMAN, Yoruba Unity Forum (YUF), Chief (Mrs) HID Awolowo, has called on all Yoruba not to allow their personal interest to override the collective interest of t...

Pilgrims told not to carry drugsArab NewsA severe penalty awaits any pilgrim found with drugs, said Saudi Arabian Consul General Majid Muhammad Al-Gathani during an interactive session with officials of the pilgrims' board in Kano, Nigeria. “The ...

CHANNELSMuslim women lament woes of Boko HaramThe Guardian NigeriaTHE Federation of Muslim Women Association of Nigeria (FOMWAN) Thursday identified the Boko Haram insurgency as the most serious crisis afflicting the nation with the worst negative cons...

Osun DefenderSmugglers kill Customs officer, set vehicle ablazeThe Guardian NigeriaAN unidentified senior officer of the Seme Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), was allegedly murdered by smugglers Thursday. According to the Command, the...

WorldStageFashola, minister list ways to boost health careThe Guardian NigeriaGovernor of Lagos State, Babatunde Raji Fashola, and the Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, Thursday at the opening ceremony of the 56th National Council on Health (...

WorldStageChimaroke Nnamani: EFCC declares Jude Benjamin Amanze, Chinelo Nwigwe ...WorldStageWorldStage Newsonline-- Following the arrest warrant issued by Justice M. N. Yunusa of the Federal High Court, Lagos the Economic and Financial Crimes Commissi...

Leadership NewspapersFirst Round of 2013/2014 Admissions ConcludedNigerian BulletinThe Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB has concluded the first round of admission into institutions. According to a statement released by the board, “Candi...

Osun Defender20 gunmen arrested in Nigeria's restive northern state of KanoGlobal TimesAt least 20 gunmen have been arrested in northwest Nigeria's Kano State in raids carried out by the local police, authorities said Thursday. State police chi...

National MirrorHome News National Religious Ministry plans to intimate Hajj schedule to ...Associated Press of PakistanISLAMABAD, Aug 29 (APP)- Ministry of Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony was devising a mechanism to intimate the intending pilg...

Police Nab Two Abductors of Bayelsa Dredging WorkersAllAfrica.comYenagoa — The police in Bayelsa State have arrested two persons suspected to be part of a six-man gang that kidnapped five dredging workers at Opuama in Southern Ijaw area last Friday. ...

AllAfrica.comArewa Youths Laud Jonathan On Sack of Youth Devt MinisterAllAfrica.comA day after the Youth Development Minister, Inuwa Abdulkadir, was sacked, Arewa youths have hailed the decision as a welcome development and praised President Goodluck J...

Osun Defender2015 - We've 11 PDP Governors Romancing With APC, Says Tom IkimiVanguardAsaba — FORMER Foreign Affairs Minister and National Vice-Chairman South-South of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief Tom Ikimi, said, yesterday, in Asaba ...

Nigerian TribuneOGUN APC: We're not threatened by lawmakers' defectionOsun Defenderapc logo The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ogun State, has said that it is not threatened by the decision of some of the elected officials of the defunct Ac...

Assassins attack Young Shall Grow boss, kill police detail, driverThe Guardian NigeriaSOME suspected assassins attacked the Managing Director of Young Shall Grow Motors Limited, Chief Vincent Obianodo, killing his driver and a police detail attached to...

Nigerian space programme and August 23, 1963 Kennedy-Balewa phone callThe Guardian NigeriaIT was exactly 50 years, last Friday, when the historic telephone conversation between American President John Kennedy and Nigerian Prime Minister Tafawa Balewa w...

Ajimobi re-opens Bodija market, donates N30m to families of Maiduguri B/Haram ...Nigerian TribuneOyo State governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, has ordered the re-opening of Bodija market which has been closed for some days due to crisis that erupted betw...