DailyPost Nigeria7000 students scramble for 500 admission slots in FUOYEDailyPost Nigeriafuoye1] Over 7,000 prospective students are fighting to secure a place out of the 500 slots available at the Federal University, Oye Ekiti. The University Vice Cha...

Sultan cautions elders against fanning embers of insecurity, violenceThe Guardian NigeriaTHE Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa'ad Abubakar,has in Sokoto warned Nigerians against fanning the embers of insecurity and violence in the country. The Sultan gav...

Okada Rider Hangs SelfP.M. NewsA commercial motorcycle operator, also known as okada rider, in Kano, northwest Nigeria, has hanged himself after the recent ban on their operations in the city threw him into poverty and misery. The man identified as Mal...

Leadership NewspapersMany Injured As Soldiers, Okada Riders Clash in AbujaAllAfrica.comAn unknown number of commercial motorcyclists and security operatives were injured yesterday in Karu, Abuja, when the riders protested the beating of one of their me...

NPAN seeks injunction against APCON over harassment of membersBusinessDayThe Newspaper Proprietors' Association of Nigeria (NPAN) has approached an Appeal Court sitting in Lagos seeking an injunction against Advertising Practitioners Council of Nig...

LMC Postpones Kano Pillars, Akwa United MatchAllAfrica.comThe League Management Committee has postponed the Week 22 game between Kano Pillars and Akwa United because of the involvement of the coaches of the Kano side in a motor accident on their way ba...

Myjoyonline.comDon’t Deport Citizens, Aka Ikenga Urges FasholaCHANNELSThe President Aka Ikenga, a think tank group of the Igbo people, Goddy Uwazurike, on Monday said the Lagos state government had good intentions for ridding the metropolis of de...

Osun DefenderDress code in Lagos House of Assembly worthy of emulationOsun DefenderLAGOS ASSEMBLY A MAJOR landmark has been recorded in the long drawn struggle to emancipate the psyche of some Nigerians from decadent and misleading consciousness in the...

DailyPost NigeriaAjara killing: Policemen involved in murder arrestedDailyPost NigeriaThe policemen involved in the killing of two youths in Badagry, Lagos State, have been arrested. The accused officers were arrested on Friday as disclosed by the poli...

Osun Defender'Osun govt to spend N200m on youth development'Osun DefenderRAUF Osun State government has said that it would spend N200 million in furtherance of its youth empowerment scheme to reduce poverty and crime in the state. Governor Rauf...

Leadership NewspapersAtiku Writes PDP Over Exclusion From Party AffairsLeadership NewspapersInsecurity: Northern Elders Have Failed In Their Responsibilty - Sultan. Military Nabs 28 Suspected Pipeline Vandals In Ogere-Remo, Ogun, says spokesman, Brig.-...

NPAN wants court to stop APCON from harassing its membersNigerian TribuneThe Newspapers Proprietors Association of Nigeria (NPAN) has asked the Court of Appeal, Lagos Division to restrain the Advertisers Practitioners Council of Nigeria (APCON) and the...

Osun Defender'Osun govt to spend N200m on youth development'Nigerian TribuneOsun State government has said that it would spend N200 million in furtherance of its youth empowerment scheme to reduce poverty and crime in the state. Governor Rauf A...

The NationDefence, JTF deny arrest of ShekauThe Guardian NigeriaTHE Military Defence Headquarters (MDHQ), Abuja and Joint Task Force (JTF) in Borno State Sunday denied the arrest and deposition of the Boko Haram leader, Sheikh Abubakar Shekau at Karang...

WorldStageHealth workers issue 21 day ultimatum for FG to implement industrial court rulingWorldStageWorldStage Newsonline-- The Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU) has issued a 21 day ultimatum to the Federal Government to implement the recent ruling b...

DailyPost NigeriaNigeria May Go Up In Flamesspyghana.com(Joint Public Statement, Onitsha Nigeria, August 3, 2013)-“As the man who saw tomorrow, we, the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, saw years ago, the needlessness o...

Man sets friend ablaze for dating his mumDailyPost NigeriaA father of four, Mr. Sylvester Ezema, of Akpa Edem, Nsukka, Enugu State was on Saturday set ablaze by one Sunday Ugwuoke of the same community. The incident, which happened in the early hours o...

Ondo Police arrest three for burying 18-year-old boyDailyPost NigeriaThe Ondo State Police Command today said it had arrested three persons in connection with the interment of an 18-year-old boy who reportedly killed himself with his father's gun. ...

Osun DefenderFemale journalist, Kafayat Odunsi, laid to rest amid tearsThe Guardian NigeriaTHE remains of Kafayat Odunsi, a member of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) and correspondent with Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) 10, Lagos, were Sun...

DailyPost NigeriaCleric urges FG, security agencies to investigate plane crashes that involved ...DailyPost NigeriaBishop of the Church of Nigeria, Diocese of Bauchi, Rev. Musa Tula has urged the Federal Government and security agencies in the country ...

Daily NationN-BCC decries proposed visa bond, seeks policy reversalThe Guardian NigeriaTHE controversial £3,000 cash bond attached to the British visa for some select countries, including Nigeria, have continued to generate comments and outright criti...

CHANNELSCustoms Boss Says Local Industries Growth Hindered By SmugglingCHANNELSPersistent smuggling must be curbed by all means to allow local industries and entrepreneurs to grow appreciably in Nigeria as it is the dragon hindering the growth of the m...

CHANNELSCustoms Boss Says Local Industries Growth Hindered By SmugglingCHANNELSPersistent smuggling must be curbed by all means to allow local industries and entrepreneurs to grow appreciably in Nigeria as it is the dragon hindering the growth of the m...

National Mirror2014 Governorship: Ekiti PDP In Disarray Over Consensus ArrangementThe Guardian NigeriaTHIS is certainly not the best of times for the Ekiti State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as the intrigues towards adopting a method ...

CHANNELSFour Northern Governors Meet Behind Closed Doors With EkwuemeCHANNELSFour northern governors, who have expressed their disappointment with the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) have continued their nationwide consultations with a vis...

Crime-fighting By DemolitionLeadership NewspapersNot everyone living in Onitsha heard the news on Thursday, though it was all over the social media: Fresh human heads, AK 47 rifles and ammunition had been discovered inside a hotel on Old Market Road. W...

Customs intercept 3263 bags of rice in OyoThe PunchThe Nigeria Customs Service, Oyo/Osun Command, said on Friday it had intercepted 3,263 bags of rice allegedly being illegally conveyed into the country via three articulated trucks. The Customs Area Co...

Leadership NewspapersAl-Mustapha storms Benue on thank you visitNigerian TribuneFORMER Chief Security Officer to the late military president, General Sanni Abacha, Hamzat Al Mustapha stormed Benue State on Saturday, in company with his supporters, incl...

CHANNELSJonathan Tasks Military On Modern Security TechniquesThe Guardian NigeriaTHE Nigerian military has been tasked to develop new techniques to tackle the country's security challenges. President Jonathan gave the charge Saturday in Abuja, whil...

Police Parley Schools' Principals On SecurityThe Guardian NigeriaTHE Nigerian Police in Jigawa State has met Senior Secondary School Principals to brainstorm on measures to counter possible attacks on schools in the state. This is coming against th...

Nigerian TribuneMan caught with human eyes in PlateauOsun DefenderA man suspected to have killed one Goltona Salihu for ritual purpose has been arrested with two dry human eyes believed to have been those of the victim. The principal suspect, one Tacha...

Leadership NewspapersWaziri of Kano, Isa Waziri, dies at 88The Guardian NigeriaA MEMBER of the Kano Emirate Council and Waziri of Kano, Sheik Isa Waziri, is dead. Aged 88, Waziri died on Friday evening at his Tudun Wazirci residence in Kano metropolis ...

DailyPost NigeriaASUU strike may end next week – Suswam expresses hopeDailyPost NigeriaBenue State Governor, Gabriel Suswam has disclosed that the ongoing strike by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities may end in the next one week. The...

CHANNELSEFCC Detains Party Chairman Over Alleged N66 Million Property ScamAllAfrica.comAbuja — Two-time presidential candidate of the Hope Democratic Party, HDP, Chief Ambrose Owuru, has been detained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, ...

DailyPost NigeriaFasehun is deceiving the Yoruba race – Gani AdamsDailyPost Nigeriaimage The ongoing verbal war between two factional leaders of the Odua People's Congress, OPC, has taken a new dimension as Gani Adams has accused Frederick Fasehu...

Leadership NewspapersFG Begins Work On 2014, 2015, 2016 BudgetsLeadership NewspapersThe federal government yesterday commenced discussions on a fiscal strategy paper aimed at producing a medium term fiscal framework for 2014/2015 and 2016 budget. An em...

CHANNELSAPC: The Prospects And ChallengesThe Guardian NigeriaAFTER months of controversy, consultations, intrigues, schemings, allegations and counter-allegations between the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP) and the promoters of the new mega ...

Nigerian TribuneHow Yobe residents are rebuilding their livesNigerian TribuneTHE Voice of America (VOA) in this report examines life in troubled Yobe State and how residents struggle to make sense out of the chaos. Residents of Yobe State in northern N...

Osun DefenderFG to Extradite Nigerian with Alleged Al-Qaeda LinksTHISDAY LiveThe Federal Government has initiated extraction proceedings against a Nigerian, Lawal Olaniyi Babafemi, suspected to be member of the terrorist organisation, al-Qaeda. It emer...

Osun DefenderChild Marriage: The Imperative Of Judicial InterpretationLeadership NewspapersGiven the emotional reactions to the retention of Section 29(4) b of the Constitution by the Senate and its implications on the legality of child marriage, it is...

DailyPost NigeriaCourt withdraws order stopping PDP special conventionNigerian TribuneAN Abuja High Court on Friday withdrew its earlier order stopping the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from going ahead with its planned special convention to elect som...

Leadership Newspapers'Lagos GDP hits N13trn, safe to borrow'Nigerian TribuneCommissioner-designate for Finance in Lagos, Mr Ayodeji Gbeleyi, said on Friday that Lagos State government with Gross Domestic Product (GDP) worth of N13 trillion has ...

Hezbollah: Court Transfers Suspects From SSS Custody To Kuje PrisonsLeadership NewspapersA federal high court in Abuja, yesterday, ordered the transfer of three Lebanese suspects from the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS) to Kuje prison...

Osun DefenderPresidency wades into pastor's daughter's conversion to Islam palaverOsun DefenderThe Nigerian Presidency has intervened in the case of the controversial conversion to Islam of the daughter of a pastor with the world's fastest ...

Osun DefenderPDP Welcomes APC In Kwara StateThe Guardian NigeriaTHE Kwara state chapter of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) has welcomed the registration of the Alliance for Progressive Change, (APC), by Independent National Electoral Commission...

NaharnetSuspected Hizbullah Man Says Aware of Plot to Kill Saudi Envoy to NigeriaNaharnetA Lebanese suspect with alleged links to Hizbullah and on trial in Nigeria for terrorism offenses told a court on Friday he was aware of a plot to assassinate Saud...

Osun DefenderPDP, Amaechi and the Morsi Syndrome (3)BusinessDayThe Rivers State affair is very unfortunate; it is shameful and it has shown that we have learnt nothing and forgotten nothing and that our politicians can and will do anything and everythi...

P.M. NewsNigerian police busts Kidnappers' spiritual homeP.M. NewsThe escape of a Nigerian female kidnap victim from the kidnappers' den has led to the discovery of a shrine where inter-state kidnappers and armed robbers take their victims to h...

Leadership NewspapersICPC Arraigns Professor Over Alleged Illegal VarsityLeadership NewspapersThe independent corrupt practices and other related offences commission (ICPC) yesterday arraigned Professor David Iornem over an alleged operation of an ille...

APC’s Problems Are Infinitesimal – FashakinCHANNELSFormer CPC spokesman, Rotimi Fashakin, has said that challenges the newly registered All Progressive’s Congress (APC) is likely to face are ‘infinitesimal’ compared to the...

Osun DefenderPolice Arrest Notorious Robber Plaguing South-WestVanguardThe Leader of a notorious robbery gang terrorizing Lagos and other south-west states was Thursday, arrested by operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, Lagos. Vanguard ga...

Leadership Newspapers9000 Nigerians in Foreign Prisons, Says FGVanguardThe Federal Government, Thursday, disclosed that over 9,000 Nigerians were presently languishing in prisons abroad, with the largest number of 752 in the UK, while most of the rest ...

spyghana.comBelieving and historyBusinessDayAs earlier on acknowledged, using credible platforms of this magnitude, the demise of our political constraints authored by god-playing gladiators of yesteryears opened our eyes to the frightening enormity of...

Leadership NewspapersNUT To Embark On Strike, Kicks Against LG AutonomyLeadership NewspapersThe Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) has said that it would embark on a strike action beginning from the next academic session to protest against the House of R...

Leadership NewspapersNigeria: Another abandoned cocaine shipment in LagosAfrique en LigueAnti-drugs agency discovers another abandoned cocaine shipment in Lagos - Nigeria's anti-drugs agency, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has di...

I got EFCC's invite on August 1 - SarakiNigerian TribuneTHE office of Senator Bukola Saraki yesterday confirmed that he got an invite from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday August 1, 2013, 24 hours after a national new...

Police arrest 11 with 2 fresh human heads in OnitshaNigerian TribuneOnitsha, on Thursday, experienced another horror, as Anambra State police command arrested 11 persons and discovered two fresh human heads, two military AK47 rifles and two magazines i...

Don't grant LG autonomy, teachers warnNigerian TribuneTHE Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), said on Thursday, that its members have resolved to stay away from classroom as from the beginning of the next academic session over the passage of local gov...

Osun DefenderFG probes 'corrupt' Gambian CJNigerian TribuneTHE Federal Government has launched an investigation in the reported case of the Nigerian acting Chief Justice of Gambia, Joseph Wowor, who was said to have been secretly recorded while...

Nigerian TribuneArmy foils regrouping of terrorists •Arrests group leadersNigerian TribuneThe plan by a band of terrorists who relocated to Niger Republic to re-mobilise and rearm insurgents with the aim of carrying out fresh terrorist attacks on som...

ON CAPITOL HILLWND.comOf the many ironies accompanying President Obama's reign of error, few are more perplexing to conservatives than the disunity and ineffectuality of the Republican opposition. From the beginning of his first term, Obama has bee...

The Disturbing Fear For 2015Leadership NewspapersFor the first time since President Goodluck Jonathan assumed power in 2010, I am on the same page with him: his fear for the year 2015, the year of the next general election in Nigeria, rhymes with my in...

DailyPost NigeriaEkiti 2014: PDP worried over violence among membersNational MirrorThe leadership of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday expressed concern over the growing violence among its members in Ekiti State ahead of the next year...

Leadership NewspapersNigeria recorded .9 billion foreign investment in 2012, says ministerThe Guardian NigeriaMINISTER of Foreign Affairs, Olugbenga Ashiru, yesterday disclosed that the country recorded $8.9 billion Foreign Direct Investment inflow in ...

Borno urges govt to recruit more policemenThe Guardian NigeriaBORNO State government has called on the Federal Government and the Police Service Commission (POSC) to recruit and train more policemen, while their welfare, logistics and accommodation are...

Police Arrest A Serial Killer In IbadanLeadership NewspapersNemesis caught up with a notorious serial killer of policemen in Lagos, Ogun, Oyo and Osun states who had been on the wanted list of the police in Lagos. The robbery suspect, Abiodun Ogunjobi ...

Police Discover 3 Human Heads In Onitsha HotelLeadership NewspapersResidents of Onitsha, the Anambra State commercial hub was thrown into confusion on Thursday following the discovery of three human heads in a hotel in the city. A team of the Special A...

The StreetjournalDegree For Sale: ICPC Arraigns Fake Professor!The StreetjournalThe Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related offences Commission on Thursday arraigned David Iornmen before a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja. Iornmen faced thre...

P.M. NewsMan flees after wife delivers tripletsP.M. NewsA farmer in the western Nigerian state of Ogun has abandoned his wife after she delivered triplets. The incident happened in the small community of Afojupa village, in. Obafemi/Owode local governm...

CHANNELSPolice Boss Charges AIGs On Crime And SecurityCHANNELSThe Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar has asked all AIGs (Assistant Inspectors- General) to brace up at the point of their duties so as to curb crime and ensure security in thei...

CHANNELSWoman Sells Grand Daugther For N200,000CHANNELSA grandmother has put away the bond of motherhood by selling her granddaughter for a paltry sum of N200, 000 to buyers. Security agents in Plateau state apprehended various persons for several offe...

Nigeria Master WebNewsReel August 1, 2013 - Tambuwal and his 2015 presidential ambitionNigeria Master Web... ambition. [ Masterweb Reports: Theophilus Ilevbare reports ] – It is no longer news that Speaker Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of the House of Repres...

Leadership NewspapersFG Insensitive To Varsity Education – ASUULeadership NewspapersAs the industrial action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) enters the sixth week, the union has accused the federal government of being insensitive t...

VanguardTukur Apologises to Five Northern GovernorsVanguardAbuja — THE National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, yesterday, pleaded with the five governors from the north elected on the platform of the party, saying th...

Nigerian TribuneTukur, Four PDP Governors in War of WordsAllAfrica.comThe national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, and the four northern governors literally engaged in a war of words yesterday at different location...

Jonathan Tasks African Leaders On DevelopmentNigerian ObserverABUJA- President Goodluck Jonathan has charged African leaders to take more concrete steps towards fulfilling their commitment to improving trade and economic relations in the continent. The...

Plateau State : How police recovered 8-month-old baby sold by grandmaCodewit Global NetworkJOS — It was an emotional-filled atmosphere, yesterday, as Plateau State Police Commissioner, Mr. Chris Olakpe, narrated how an eight-month-old baby was turned...

Leadership NewspapersKano Bombing: Amnesty C'ttee on Course, Not Deterred, Says TurakiTHISDAY LiveThe Minister of Special Duties and Chairman, Presidential Committee on Dialogue and Peaceful Resolution on Security Challenges in the North (Amnesty C...

National MirrorFayemi spends N14.7bn on infrastructure in 30 monthsNational MirrorThe Ekiti State Government has spent over N14.7 billion on the provision of infrastructure and other projects in the last two and half years. The Special Adviser to the G...

The Senate and the child marriage issueNigerian TribuneTHE flip-flopping of the Senate on the removal of an ambiguity from the 1999 constitution has become a source of serious embarrassment to the upper legislative chamber. Its leaders have been coming...

P.M. NewsHezbollah: Lebanese suspect confesses carrying out surveillance on FCTNigerian TribuneTHE trial of the three Lebanese suspects, Mustapha Fawaz, Abdallah Tahini and Talal Ahmad Roda, who are standing trial before the Federal High Court sitting ...

The Senate and the child marriage issueNigerian TribuneTHE flip-flopping of the Senate on the removal of an ambiguity from the 1999 constitution has become a source of serious embarrassment to the upper legislative chamber. Its leaders have been coming...

Pensioners vow to curse govs over inhuman treatmentNigerian Tribune“As elderly people, who have served this country, whoever we curse will be cursed, whoever we pray for, it shall be so. We don't want to curse any state governor, but if any of th...

Nigerian TribuneAs visa bond sets Nigeria, Britain on war pathNigerian TribuneThe statement by the British Home Office on Monday that it would henceforth demand a 3,000-pound (N750,000) refundable bond for visas for “high-risk” visitors from six fo...

The StreetjournalOgun Waterside council ex-boss, official get six months jail termThe Guardian NigeriaFORMER Chairman of Ogun Waterside Local Council, Ogun State, Gboyega Bakare, has been sentenced to six months in jail without option of fine. Accordin...

'Nigeria risks sanctions over failure to implement ECOWAS judgments'The Guardian NigeriaSOCIO-ECONOMIC Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has warned the Federal Government that “it risks regional sanctions if it continues to ignore or ...

Osun DefenderConduct Of Politicians Rattles INEC ChairmanCHANNELSThe Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega has described the conduct of some politicians as a major concern as it prepares for the 2015 elec...

Anambra Guber: Will PDP Get It Right This Time?Leadership NewspapersThe political tension in Anambra State in any election is known to be unrivaled, especially amongst stakeholders in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Ahead of the party's governo...

Montreal GazetteNigerian Commission Approves Opposition CoalitionVoice of AmericaNigeria's electoral commission has approved the merger of the three main opposition parties, a move that sets the stage for a potentially stiff challenge to President ...

AFPNigeria to withdraw troops from Maliwww.worldbulletin.netSpokesman of Defense Ministry Chris Olukolade said Nigeria would pull 700 of his 1,000 troops from Mali in order to fight an uprising in its northeast. Tweet. World Bulletin/News Desk. The Nig...

DailyPost NigeriaPrison officers attempting to sodomise Okah – Keyamo claimsDailyPost NigeriaLagos base lawyer and human rights activist, Festus Keyamo, has claimed that officials of the Nigerian Prisons Service, Kuje, Abuja have been attempting to f...

Osun DefenderACF, JNI Condemn Kano Killings, Call for DialogueAllAfrica.comKaduna — The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) yesterday condemned the multiple bomb blasts in Sabo Gari area of Kano state killing about 20 persons and injuring many others. The...

Daily SunNEMA - Country Lost N2.6 Trillion to Floods in 2012AllAfrica.comIbadan — Nigeria lost an estimated N2.6 trillion to the flood that ravaged 23 states of the federation in 2012, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said in Ibadan ye...

Osun DefenderLagos Finance Commissioner ResignsAllAfrica.comLagos — The Lagos State Commissioner for Finance, Mr. Tokunboh Abiru has resigned his appointment with the state government. Abiru tendered his letter of resignation to Governor Babatunde Fa...

Leadership NewspapersAttackers Kill Three in TarabaAllAfrica.comJalingo — Three people were killed in Tapga village of Ibi local government area of Taraba state yesterday when armed persons suspected to have come from neighbouring Tarok village in Pl...

Osun DefenderState of the Nation - Four Governors Meet ShagariAllAfrica.comSokoto — Four northern governors yesterday visited former President Alhaji Shehu Shagari over issues affecting Nigeria. The governors are Alhaji Rabi'u Kwankwaso (Kano), A...

AllAfrica.comNigeria begins troop surge over new attacks by Boko Haram in MaiduguriAfrique en LigueAbuja, Nigeria - Following the attack and killing of 22 members of the Youth Vigilance Group in Dawashi and Mainok in Borno State by the Boko Haram sect ...

Daily SunINEC Rejects PDP's Choice for Anambra ChairAllAfrica.comAbuja — The leadership tussle in the Anambra State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) deepened Tuesday as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) rejected th...

DailyPost NigeriaAl Mustapha: Nobody sponsored me to criticize Fasehun – Gani AdamsDailyPost Nigeriaimage Adams was reacting to Fasehun's claim that he was sponsored to attack him(Fasegun) by some Yoruba leaders over his solidarity with Al-Mustap...

CHANNELSAPGA: NWC renounces truce between Umeh, ObiThe Guardian NigeriaTHE seeming end to the crises in All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) may be punctured by the action of the party's National Working Committee (NWC). The NWC gave reasons why ...