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...

Ifeanyi Ubah Emerges Anambra LP Flag Bearer With Voice VotesCHANNELSMr. Ifeanyi Patrick Ubah has emerged candidate of the Labour Party for the November 16 governorship election in Anambra state, with voice votes from the 1,137 accredited delegates of L...

CHANNELSUS court tries Nigerian al-Qaeda member, BabafemiThe Guardian NigeriaA NIGERIAN citizen, Lawal Olaniyi Babafemi, has been charged before a Federal Court in Brooklyn, New York, United States (U.S.) with providing material support for a designate...

Isale Eko: Commercial heartbeat of LagosThe Guardian NigeriaTHAT Lagos, from time immemorial, had been a booming trading centre is not news. However, what many people do not know is that there are areas in the downtown Lagos that had, over the years, e...

Nigeria Arrests Fake CNN CorrespondentCarbonated.tvNigerian authorities have arrested a citizen who posed as a CNN correspondent to try to get money from politicians in exchange for interviews in oil-producing Bayelsa state. Paul Yempe was rumbled by a...

Fake CNN Reporter Apprehended In BayelsaDaily Times NigeriaThe Chairman of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) in Bayelsa State, Comrade Tare Akono, has apprehended and handed over to the Department of State Security Service (DSS) a 36-year-old man...

Fake CNN correspondent arrested in BayelsaNigerian BulletinA man identified as Paul Yempe has been handed over to the police for masquerading as a CNN correspondent. He was caught with an Identification Card of the Rivers State Broadcasting Corporation...

Police Raid Drug Spots In Ariaria Market, Nab 15 Suspectsspyghana.comMen of the Aba Area Command and Ariaria Divisions of the Nigerian Police have raided two hard drug spots within the Ariaria International Market and arrested 15 suspected criminals wh...

DailyPost NigeriaNigeria Police boss set to re-marryPremium TimesThe Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, is set to re-marry, one year after the death of his wife, Maryam, the News Agency of Nigeria reports. The Nigerian Police spokesman, Fr...

The ProvinceDetainees disappearing amid military crackdown to fight Islamic uprising in north ...The ProvinceIn this undated family photo provided by his sister, Hauwa Hasan Kida, Samaila Hassan Kida poses for a picture at an unspecified location. On t...

Leadership NewspapersFG queries NPC boss, Odimegwu over controversial comments on census figuresDailyPost NigeriaThe federal government has asked the Chairman of the National Population Commission (NPC), Chief Festus Odimegwu, to defend his comments on...

IT News AfricaNigeria to fast-track infrastructure rolloutIT News AfricaNigeria's Minister of Communication Technology, Omobola Johnson, has revealed that the Federal Government has put plans in place to speed up the delivery of much-needed infrast...

DailyPost NigeriaNigeria on steady free fall – Aregbesola; Yes, we wrecked it – OhakimOsun DefenderThe governor of Osun State, Mr Rauf Aregbesola and the former governor of Imo State, Chief Ikedi Ohakim, in Abuja on Tuesday, shocked their audience ...

Nigerian TribuneFive Injured As Fuel Tanker Bursts Into Flames in OyoAllAfrica.comIbadan — FIVE persons were seriously injured, yesterday, in Ibadan when a fuel tanker burst into flames at Orogun junction in the city. Though there were unconfirmed re...

Leadership NewspapersNobody Can Stop Jonathan From Contesting 2015 Election - ClarkVanguardAbuja — AHEAD of 2015 Presidential election, former Federal Commissioner for Information and Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin Clark, yesterday, reiterated that nobody ...

P.M. NewsLagos buys back concensioned Lekki-Epe ExpresswayBusinessDayIn a dramatic turn of event, the Lagos State government is buying back the concession rights it granted Lekki Concession Company (LCC) to reconstruct the popular Lekki-Epe Expressway....

WorldStageWe Have Surmounted Our Challenges - UduaghanAllAfrica.comWarri — The Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has stated his administration have surmounted most of the challenges facing the state, even as mhe aintained that he cannot do ...

P.M. NewsMan Nabbed for Allegedly Impregnating, Aborting for TeenagerVanguardLagos — Policemen at Igando division, Lagos have arrested a 42-year- old man for allegedly impregnating and aborting a two-month-old pregnancy of a teenager in Igando area o...

Married At 13, Now 20, Woman Seeks Divorce, Husband Demands N300,000AllAfrica.comNasarawa — Aisha Haruna , 20, of Uke in Nasarawa State on Tuesday at a Grade 1 Area Court in Mararaba, Nasarawa State, maintained her divorce request. Aisha had on May 2...

Osun DefenderPDP Warns APC Over Attack On MembersLeadership NewspapersThe Nasarawa State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has warned the ruling party in the state, the All Progressives Congress (APC) against attacks on its members. Address...

www.worldbulletin.netEkiti distributes 123 vehicles to traditional rulers •Says they play crucial roles in ...Nigerian TribuneEkiti State Government on Tuesday presented 123 vehicles to traditional rulers in the three divisions of the state's tra...

UN chieftain for 2013 national software conferenceThe Guardian NigeriaALL indications point to the fact that Nigeria may substantially improve her global Information and Communications Technology rating and benefit immensely on Foreign Direct investmen...

Nigerian TribuneEdo kidnappings: Govt, police, others rise to the challengeNigerian TribuneSuspected kidnappers While kidnapping has lately thrived in Edo State with the abduction of a foremost human rights lawyer, Chief Mike Ozekhome, the security app...

Nigerian TribuneEdo kidnappings: Govt, police, others rise to the challengeNigerian TribuneSuspected kidnappers While kidnapping has lately thrived in Edo State with the abduction of a foremost human rights lawyer, Chief Mike Ozekhome, the security app...

Leadership NewspapersGovernors list challenges as Abia, Kogi mark 22nd anniversaryThe Guardian NigeriaKOGI State Governor Idris Wada has denied allegations that he is taking instructions from his predecessor, Alhaji Ibrahim Idris, on how to run the aff...

Nigeria Master WebBreakingNews August 27, 2013 - Obiano Emerges APGA Gubernatorial Flag ...Nigeria Master Web... [ Masterweb Reports ] – Former Fidelity bank director, Mr. Willie Maduacbuchi Obiano yesterday emerged the All Progressives Grand Allianc...

CHANNELS7 Sea Pirates Killed In A Gun Duel With Nigerian NavyCHANNELSSeven sea pirates have been killed in a shootout involving officers of the Nigerian Navy NNS Victory Command at the Oron Pilate Island in Calabar at the early hours of Tuesday, passin...

Leadership NewspapersAt least five groups apply for registration as political parties' weekly- INECPremium TimesThe Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday said it receives an average of five applications for registration of new...

Catholic Priest Shoots Himself To DeathP.M. NewsA Catholic priest has accidental shot and killed himself while cleaning his gun. The incident happened to Reverend Father Peter Ayala in charge of Saint Thomas Moore Catholic Church, Sobe community in Owa...

WorldStageHOS alerts Nigerians to fake recruitment syndicateNigerian TribuneTHE Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Alhaji Bukar Goni Aji, has raised the alarm over a fake job recruitment syndicate, going by the name, “Federal Civil Service ...

Daily Sun2015: Kalu decries plan to destabilise NigeriaNigerian TribuneFormer Abia State Governor Dr Orji Uzor Kalu Monday decried what he called heightened attempts to destabilise the southern half of the country all in the bid to snatch the presidenc...

Daily SunPandemonium in Ekiti: 3 shot, 7 arrested as APC members clash againNigerian TribuneThere was pandemonium in Iyin community in Irepodun/Ifelodun Local Government Area of Ekiti State on Monday following a clash among supporters of the All Progre...

Osun DefenderWhy youth development minister was sackedNigerian TribuneTHE refusal of the former Minister of Youth, Inuwa Abdulkadir, to obey presidential directive on the crisis rocking the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) was responsible for h...

Nigerian TribuneConfusion over G8 govs' new party •INEC receives 10 fresh applications from ...Nigerian TribuneTWENTY-FOUR hours after report of formation of a new party by disaffected governors, there have emerged conflicting reports about the a...

AllAfrica.comDSS interviews mother of Stowaway TeenagerNigerian BulletinDepartment of State Services, DSS, officials in Edo State have interrogated the mother of the 15-year-old Daniel Oikhena, who surfaced from the wheel compartment of an Arik Air fli...

At NBA conference, govt laments threats to securityThe Guardian NigeriaTHE Federal Government Monday raised concerns over the prevalent poverty and unemployment among Nigerians, just as it admitted that terrorism had become a challenge in the country. ...

Assessing Metuh's Era As PDP SpokesmanAllAfrica.comThe easiest way to measure the fifteen month tenure of Chief Olisa Metuh as the National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is to gauge the results of the creativity that gen...

What Manner of Screening?AllAfrica.comIN 1979, Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe, then the flag bearer of the Nigerian Peoples Party, NPP, failed the screening exercise of the then electoral umpire, FEDECO, for allegedly not paying his taxes as at when due, a requirem...

Leadership NewspapersThe Great ExclusionAddis FortuneCome September, member states of the United Nations will debate what should replace the millennium development goals (MDGs) when they expire in 2015. The official conversation is moving quickly, and ...

WorldStageJang blame Northern leaders' negligence for Boko HaramWorldStageWorldStage Newsonlinw-- Plateau State governor, Jonah David Jang has blamed negligence on the side of leaders of the northern region as the major cause for the escalation of ...

CHANNELSAPC Considers Zoning Vice Presidency to S'EastTHISDAY LiveAs the All Progressives Congress (APC) continues to tinker with a strategy to gain nationwide acceptance and triumph over the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2015 genera...

WorldStageFulani community petitions Oyo governor over killing of its membersThe Guardian NigeriaWORRIED by the murder of its members in some parts of Oke Ogun area of Oyo state, the Fulani community in the state yesterday called on Governor Abiola Aji...

Fulani community petitions Oyo governor over killing of its membersThe Guardian NigeriaWORRIED by the murder of its members in some parts of Oke Ogun area of Oyo state, the Fulani community in the state yesterday called on Governor Abiola Ajimobi to ur...

The PunchFG to complete 11 power plants by 2014The PunchThe Minister of Information, Mr. Labaran Maku, has said all the 11 power plants being constructed by the Federal Government will be completed before the end of the first quarter of 2014. Maku stat...

Osun DefenderAnambra2013: Police arrest 100 'imported' votersOsun DefenderVOTING The suspects, according to the police, were brought in from Lagos, Plateau and other parts of the country to register as voters in Anambra State in the ongoing vot...

CHANNELSAPGA Aspirant Withdraws From Primary Due To Lack Of TransparencyCHANNELSOne of APGA's (The All Progressives Grand Alliance) aspirants for the November election of Anambra state, Prince John Emeka, from Anambra North Senatorial Zone, has wit...

Five Company Workers Kidnapped In Bayelsa By Gunmenspyghana.comUnknown gun men suspected to be sea pirates over the weekend kidnapped five dredging workers of Beks Nig. Ltd and M. Sidon Ltd at Opuama, Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa stat...

Leadership NewspapersNOA, four Plateau councils educate public on FoI rightsThe Guardian NigeriaFOUR local government councils in Plateau State and the National Orientation Agency (NOA) have embarked on an aggressive enlightenment campaign and sensitis...

CHANNELSPuberty Determines Maturity For Marriage, Yerima buttressOsun DefenderIn an exclusive interview with Channels Television, Senator Ahmed Yerima of Zamfara state defended his position on the controversial topic #ChildNotBride, an issue he said

Osun DefenderThe Republic of Southern NigeriaAllAfrica.comOh my God, Igbo and Yoruba nationalists have started again. They always look for the faintest opportunity to exchange hurtful and incendiary words, betraying a relationship built on mutual suspi...

Osun DefenderTheophilus Ilevbare: Still on Lagos deportation - On the side of common senseDailyPost NigeriaIn the days that has ensued since the 'deportation' of some 72 persons of whom 14 were of Igbo extraction, I have watched the debate snow...

AFPPolice Launch Manhunt for Ozekhome's Kidnappers, Lament Killing of Four ...VanguardBARELY 48 hours after the Edo State Police Command paraded 47 suspected kidnappers, the command, on Friday, lost four officers during an attempt to save the human...

Nigerian Tribune2015 - Who Says Nigeria Cannot Break?AllAfrica.comA few years back, the Americans were reported to have predicted that Nigeria may not survive a likely turmoil in 2015. The date obviously gives a political undertone to the problem consi...

Metro Nigerians in Diaspora to Benefit from US$500Million BondNigerian BulletinHon Joseph Akinlaja, a member of Ondo State at the House of Reps has described the opportunities available to Nigerians in Diaspora due to the $500 million to release by the...

Leadership NewspapersOil Theft - EFCC Detains 11 Locals, One CameroonianAllAfrica.comBayelsa state for alleged involvement in the stealing of 10,000 liters of illegally refined Diesel off the waterways of the Egweama Community of Brass Local Government...

An Interpreter's Account of Nigeria's DilemmaVanguardIn his new book entitled, "Delicate Distress: An Interpreter's Account of the Nigerian Dilemma", Dr. Amanze Obi, scholar and frontline Nigerian journalist, asks disturbing quest...

P.M. NewsSuntai Departs New York On Charter Flight to Jalingo - SourcesVanguardNew York — Gov. Danbaba Suntai of Taraba will be departing New York to Jalingo on a chartered flight on Saturday. A source close to the family told NAN that they could not...

Leadership NewspapersLawmakers Spent N1 Trillion in Eight Years - EzekwesiliAllAfrica.comBesides, she stressed, a research conducted in Britain identified Nigerian legislators as being the highest paid in the world. "N699b went to banks as interes...

WorldStageUN Agency Harps On Free, Fair Polls in 2015VanguardAbuja — The United Nations Development Programme, UNDP, has tasked stakeholders in the electoral process in Nigeria to ensure that the outcome of the 2015 general elections was free, fair a...

Osun DefenderSupreme Court Suspends Vacation to Hear Ondo Governorship AppealsAllAfrica.comThe Supreme Court has fixed a new date for the hearing of multiple appeals against the judgment of the Court of Appeal which upheld the declaration of Governor O...

Osun DefenderPDP in disarray as seven governors float 'Voice of the People' partyDailyPost NigeriaDespite playing down the existence of serious challenges that may jeopardize the fortunes of the party in the 2015 elections, the Peoples Democrat...

Myjoyonline.comEducation: I don't think the govt truly caresNigerian TribuneThis is simply incredible! Government bluntly told the striking university lecturers that it could not afford to meet their financial demands. Are we really a serious natio...

P.M. NewsOkonjo-Iweala Elated as Ethiopian Airways Makes Maiden Flight from EnuguTHISDAY LiveThe Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has said the commencement of international flights at the Akanu Ibi...

Leadership NewspapersActivist: Death of Boko Haram Leader Will Not End InsurgencyTHISDAY LiveHuman rights activist and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mallam Shehu Sani, Sunday said the death of the Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau,...

'It would cost N3.5 billion to rebuild Bama town,' says RepThe Guardian NigeriaBAMA town in Borno State, which was on three different occasions “attacked and destroyed” by suspected Boko Haram gunmen this year, will require the sum of N3.5 ...

Police arrest Senator's son over robberyNigerian TribuneA former senator's son is being remanded in prison over his involvement in an armed robbery in Abuja. Informed police sources revealed to the Nigerian Tribune that the former senator's...

2015: Northern agitators are playing out Sardauna's script - Chris UkpabiNigerian TribuneA Senator under the platform of the defunct National Party of Nigeria (NPN) in the Second Republic, Senator Chris Ukpabi, has declared that Northern agitators ...

3 die, 4 wounded as police swoop on suspected cultists in IlorinNigerian TribuneTHREE people reportedly died, four critically injured, while 18 others were arrested when men of the Kwara State police command, in conjunction with men of vigilance group,...

Buhari, govs head APC state harmonisation committeesNigerian TribuneThe National Interim leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC), on Sunday, said former Head of State, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari and governors of the party, among others, w...

Daily SunAnambra 2014: Can Anambra North make It?Daily SunThe Stage is almost set for the gubernatorial election in Anambra State and the political gladiators in the state are already jostling around to make themselves relevant and the people conscious...

The quintessential Rabi'u Musa KwankwasoBusinessDayAfrica House” is the official name of Government House in Kano. The state's coat of arms, depicting two camels, bears the inscription: “kano, my city, my state.” The message is to be foun...

P.M. NewsNPC faults Kwankwaso's call for removal of chairmanThe Guardian NigeriaTHE National Population Commission (NPC) has faulted comments made by Kano State Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso, calling for the removal of the NPC Chairman, Eze Festus Odime...

CHANNELSCNPP Tasks PDP On Integrity Ahead of National ConventionCHANNELSThe Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) has carpeted the People's Democratic Party (PDP) for continuing to foist people without integrity on the nation as it urged t...

DailyPost NigeriaNorthern Govs Eulogize Sultan's Leadership QualitiesDaily Times NigeriaThe Northern States Governors Forum has congratulated the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa'ad Abubakar III, who attained 57 years of age at the weekend. In a sta...

CHANNELSGaidam Says APC Will Give Nigerians The Needed ChangeCHANNELSThe Yobe state Governor, Alhaji Ibrahim Gaidam says the new merger party, All Progressive Congress (APC) will provide Nigerians the much desired change that will transform the living ...

Footballers to honour AkpabioThe Guardian NigeriaTHE Association of Professional Footballers of Nigeria, the official players union recognised by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) will honour Governor Godswill Akpabio for his outstanding contributi...

Osun DefenderASUU STRIKE: Students' peaceful protest turns bloody in Delta (photos)Osun Defenderasuu protest2 Peaceful protest organized by Nigeria Students Delta State over the continuous Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike turned o...

Osun DefenderConvention - Old NWC Members May Not Return, As Tukur Bans ImpositionAllAfrica.comFew days to the conduct of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) August 31, 2013 Special National Convention to fill the 20 vacant positions in the party's ...

The NationN87bn: FG should pay ASUU, PDP spent more than that to rig 2011 elections ...DailyPost NigeriaA founding member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Niger State, Jonathan Vatsa, says the Federal Government was not serious towards ending ...

Nigerian TribuneAPC Rally: 'Banters' That Threw Up Ngige For Anambra PollsThe Guardian NigeriaNO doubt, the extra-ordinary meeting, which, during the week, brought chieftains of the All Progressives Congress (APC) together in Abuja, was a speci...

TEJUMADE Alakija's deathNigerian TribuneTHE Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuwade, Olubuse II, has described the passing on of Princess Tejumade Alakija as the loss of a leading light to Ile-Ife, Yorubaland and the entire Nigeria. In a condolence messa...

www.worldbulletin.netFG repatriates 22000 illegal immigrants —MinisterNigerian TribuneTHE Minister of Interior, Mr Abba Moro, said on Friday that 22,000 illegal immigrants were repatriated in the last six months. Moro said this in an interview with t...

CHANNELSJonathan Congratulates Sultan On His 57th BirthdayCHANNELSPresident Goodluck Jonathan has praised the untiring efforts of the Sultan of Sokoto, Dr. Muhammad Sa'ad Abubakar III to promote and advance the cause of peace, unity and positive de...

CHANNELSASUU Strike:Wogu Appeals To Lectures To End StrikeCHANNELSThe Minister of Labour and Productivity, Mr. Emeka Wogu has appealed to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to go back to the classes while the negotiation is ongoing. Speaki...

CTV NewsThroats slit, 44 dead in attack on villagers in northeast NigeriaCTV NewsMAIDUGURI, Nigeria -- An official says suspected Islamist extremists killed at least 44 villagers in continuing attacks in an Islamic uprising in northeast Nigeria. The of...

Osun DefenderSheath Your Swords, South-South PDP Tells NorthernersDaily Times NigeriaSouth-South Peoples Democratic Party has advised northerners to embrace peace for the progress of Nigeria. The party gave the advice in a communique at the end of its ...

Leadership NewspapersPDP Is A Corruption Of PDM – Interim ChairmanOsun DefenderThe recently registered Peoples Democratic Movement (PDM) has described the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as a corruption of the PDM. It also asserted that all the...

DailyPost Nigeria2015: Nigerians won't vote for expired leaders – Ex-militants tell Northern ...DailyPost NigeriaAmnesty-arms-Niger-Delta1 Ex militants in the Niger Delta region, Friday bluntly told those clamouring for the return of power to the...

P.M. NewsAnambra guber poll: Court refuses Soludo's application to review disqualificationNigerian TribuneAN Abuja high court, on Friday, refused the application brought by one of the disqualified governorship aspirants of the All Progressives Gran...

Telephone Scam: SSS Urges Public to be Careful of FraudstersCHANNELSMobile telephone users in the country who are in the habit of not paying attention to issues of their mobile telephone, have been advised to report to their service providers if they a...

Osun DefenderBoko Haram Members Are Ready To Accept Dialogue- TurakiCHANNELSA report by the Presidential Committee on Dialogue and Peaceful Resolution of the security situation in the northern part of the country shows that some key members of the Boko...

Osun DefenderInsurgents kill 35 in attack in northeast Nigeria: militaryAFPABUJA — Islamist insurgents dressed as soldiers opened fire on worshippers leaving a mosque in Nigeria's far northeast this week, killing at least 35 in the second such at...

3 sentenced to death for armed robberyNigerian BulletinA court in Ado Ekiti has sentenced three men; Taiwo Hassan, Henry Okeke, Oladimeji Olanrewaju to death for the charges of conspiracy and armed robbery. The crime was committed by the trio on Decemb...

The Nation#StoriesWeHear: Woman arrested for allegedly buying baby for N1.2mynaijaA middle-aged woman, Evelyn Atemkeng, believed to be from Cameroon, was arrested by men of the Nigeria Immigration Service, in Calabar, Cross River State, for allegedly b...