Nigerian TribuneConstitution review: Reps BACK LG AUTONOMY •Scrap SIECs, INEC to conduct ...Nigerian TribuneThe House of Representatives on Wednesday at 11.04 pm announced the result of its votes on salient aspects of the constitution. At the end of ...

Nigerian TribuneRivers House leader faces attempted murder charge •S/South leaders to ...Nigerian TribuneAS investigators continue to interrogate the House Leader of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Chidi Lloyd, indications emerged yesterday that ...

P.M. NewsFalana drags US before UN human rights councilNigerian TribuneHUMAN rights activist and lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), has dragged the United States Government before the United Nations' (UN) Council on Human Rights over the alleged insertion ...

Nigerian TribuneThe ICPC war on the education turfNigerian TribuneThe Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commision (ICPC) has been doing some cattle-rustling in the educational sector. Or at least some people think so. Late last y...

Osun DefenderLet us return to two-party systemNigerian TribuneIf not for the annulled June 12, 1993 election, that two-party political process would have led Nigeria to greater things. With a two-party system, it would be easy to change a non-performin...

The NationSenate approves 1 yr severance allowance of 3099 NIMC staff -Endorses ...Nigerian TribuneThe Senate, on Wednesday, approved the payment of one-year salary as severance allowance to 3099 staff, out of the 4029 disengaged by the National Identi...

CHANNELSMinister of State for Health, Pate, resignsNigerian TribunePRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan has accepted the voluntary resignation of the Minister of State for Health, Dr Mohammed Pate, who has been appointed a professor in Duke University's Glo...

Katsina: Killer Custom In Police NetLeadership NewspapersThe custom personnel who pulled the trigger that killed one Abubakar Sharihi, 28, of Kofar Guga area in Katsina municipal for allegedly evading arrest on offence of smuggling rice, is now being h...

Suswam Gives Condition For Returning To Northern Govs ForumLeadership NewspapersBenue State Governor Gabriel Suswam has given some conditions that would prompt his return to the Northern Governors Forum, saying until he was sure that him and his collea...

Jonathan Extols Bayero's Leadership Qualities at 83Daily Times NigeriaPresident Goodluck Jonathan has conveyed warm felicitations to the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero on the occasion of the monarch's 83rd birthday anniversary. In a congratula...

Leadership NewspapersPDP Will Outlive Those Wishing It Dead, Tukur Replies NyakoLeadership NewspapersNational chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, on Wednesday replied Adamawa State Governor Murtala Nyako, saying the par...

Leadership NewspapersBoko Haram: Oritsejafor, Fadele Address Press In USA ThursdayLeadership NewspapersChristian Association of Nigerian-Americans (CANAN), Dr. James Fadele, will Thursday, July 25, 2013 address an international press conference at the ...

CHANNELSOgun Chief Judge Frees 51 InmatesCHANNELSThe Chief Judge of Ogun State, Justice Olatokunbo Olopade has granted unconditional freedom to 51 inmates who were awaiting trials. Setting the inmates free during a visit to the prisons in the areas, Ju...

CHANNELSPolice Arraign Couple For Impersonating NAFDAC Officials In AkureCHANNELSA middle aged woman, Ayobami Famiyesin has been dragged before an Akure Magistrate Court for impersonating as the Head of Ondo State Office of National Agency for Food, Dr...

CHANNELSUS Donates Bomb Disposal Equipment To Nigeria PoliceCHANNELSAs part of efforts at strengthening the capacity of the Nigeria Police personnel at tackling terrorism and other contemporary security challenges in Nigeria, the US Department of State...

CHANNELSUS Donates Bomb Disposal Equipment To Nigeria PoliceCHANNELSAs part of efforts at strengthening the capacity of the Nigeria Police personnel at tackling terrorism and other contemporary security challenges in Nigeria, the US Department of State...

Court Dismisses Suit against NLCDaily Times NigeriaThe National Industrial Court sitting in Abuja on Wednesday dismissed a suit filed against the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) by the Agricultural and Allied Workers Union of Nigeria (AWUN). AWUN had sue...

Nigeria: Igbos should forget 2015 Presidency – Arthur NzeribeCodewit Global NetworkABUJA- AHEAD of the 2015 Presidential election, Senator Arthur Nzeribe Wednesday asked his kinsmen, the Igbos to jettison that idea as that will not be feasible becaus...

The StreetjournalICPC Nabs Top PHCN Manager!The StreetjournalPublic officers who are in the habit of demanding gratification before performing their official duties should watch it as such may send them to jail. An Independent Corrupt Practices and Oth...

Ghana commits 31% of budget to education as against Nigeria's 8%'Codewit Global NetworkAbuja – The Committee of Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian Universities has recommended necessary policy interventions to address the challenges of universities...

CHANNELSCollapsed Building: Lagos Government Threatens To Prosecute OffendersCHANNELSLagos State Government on Monday reiterated its determination to prosecute all those who might have been culpable in the recent collapsed building incident that occurr...

Fayose's Suspension From PDP is “Good Riddance To Bad Rubbish” – Groupspyghana.comA political pressure group in Ekiti State, the Ekiti Justice Group (EJG) has described the suspension of of former governor of Ekiti State, Mr Ayo Fayose, State...

CHANNELSJonathan Calls For Bilingual Intelligent OfficersCHANNELSThe management of the Nigerian Intelligence Agency (NIA) has been asked to make bi-lingualism a prerequisite for promotion of officials of the agency. President Goodluck Jonathan, who mad...

Leadership Newspapers700000 Passengers to Ride Abuja Light Rail Daily in 2015Daily Times NigeriaAn estimated 700,000 passengers are projected to ride the Abuja Light Rail (ALR) daily when the first phase of the project takes off in 2015, FCT Minister, ...

CHANNELSSenate Restores N93 Billion Budget CutsAllAfrica.comThe Senate yesterday reversed itself and considered the 2013 budget amendment bill forwarded to it by President Goodluck Jonathan. Both the Presidency and National Assembly have been at each o...

NUC Accredits Medicine, Vet, Engineering for UniabujaAllAfrica.comThe National Universities Commission (NUC) has granted all four programmes earlier suspended in the University of Abuja full approval. Giving the breakdown yesterday at the main campus o...

CHANNELSReps Constitution Review Vote Delayed Again Over Voting DeviceAllAfrica.comInadequate capacity of the devices installed at the chambers of the House of Representatives by the Nigerian Communications Satellite (NIGCOMSAT) yesterday prevented mem...

Leadership NewspapersBorno gov's wife gives succour to widowsThe Guardian NigeriaTHE wife of Borno State governor, Hajiya Nana Kashim Shettima Tuesday appealed to wealthy individuals, corporate organizations; and non-governmental organizations (NGO...

One Killed, 500 Cows Stolen As STF Meets With Locals in PlateauVanguardJos — The alleged killing of one person and rustling of 500 heads of cattle almost undermined a peace parley organised by Special Task Force, STF, maintaining security in Plateau ...

Times of NigeriaBayelsa Teachers Abandon Classroom for NYSC MembersVanguardYenagoa — Troubled by reported absence of teachers from schools in Bayelsa State, especially in the riverine communities, Bayelsa State Government has called on Bayelsans to r...

Lagos tasks telecoms operators on corporate governanceThe Guardian NigeriaTO further sustain the various levels of investment in the bourgeoning telecommunications sector of Nigeria, the Lagos State Government has called for some degree of corporate go...

CAN cautions Sheikh Gumi over OritsejaforNigerian TribuneFOR allegedly making reference to a limousine purportedly owned by the wife of the President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, his private jet and the lifesty...

Premium TimesNyako's aides defect to ANPPNigerian TribuneCLOSE aides of Governor Murtala Nyako of Adamawa State, including some commissioners and advisers, had defected to the All Nigerian People's Party (ANPP). Nyako originally belonged to the...

DailyPost NigeriaMimiko warns against short- changing market womenNigerian TribuneOndo State governor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko, on Tuesday, warned against short changing market women in the allocation of markets being built by the state government across th...

Osun DefenderDemolition: Criticisms from opposition cannot deter my govt - AregbesolaNigerian TribuneOsun State governor, Mr Rauf Aregbesola, has affirmed that despite sharp criticisms from the opposition over the demolition of structures in Osogbo, th...

The NationOnce PDP resolves its problems, APC will…Nigerian TribuneChief Akintayo Akin-Deko contested for the office of National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the 2012 national convention. In this interview with SULAIMON OLANREWA...

Nigeria:Security expert lauds conviction of four Boko Haram membersCodewit Global NetworkLAGOS—President of the Association of Industrial Security and Safety Operators of Nigeria, AISSON, Dr. Ona Ekhomu has applauded the conviction and sentencing of ...

CHANNELSNigeria Ask Oil Importer To Shun Stolen CrudeCHANNELSOil friendly nations to Nigeria have been urged to criminalize oil theft in their various countries to reduce the rising tide of the incidence in the country. The Minister of State for Defenc...

WorldStageAgreement with ASUU can't be implemented, says govtThe Guardian NigeriaA DECLARATION that is likely to infuriate the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and further aggravate the on-going industrial action by the union has come fr...

CHANNELSCollapsed Building: Lagos Government Threatens To Prosecute OffendersCHANNELSLagos State Government on Monday reiterated its determination to prosecute all those who might have been culpable in the recent collapsed building incident that occurr...

CHANNELSMy Release From Prison, A Plus To Democracy- al-MustaphaCHANNELSFormer chief security officer to late Head of State, General Sani Abacha, Major Hamza Al-Mustapha on Tuesday, described his release from prison as a plus for democracy and rule of ...

CHANNELSCaution Political Leaders, Oshiomhole Tells CANCHANNELSThe Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole has said that there is need for additional activism from religious bodies to check the abuse of power by Nigerian politicians. The Governor who said...

CHANNELSChild Bride: Oritsejafor Slams Yerima's Approach To Qur'anic TeachingsCHANNELSThe President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) , Ayo Oritsejafor has said that he is worried about the Senate's passage of a resolution to am...

DailyPost NigeriaNIGERIA: Immigration lost 400 officers to terror attacks – AtikuCodewit Global NetworkChairman of the Senate Committee on Interior, Senator Bagudu Atiku, has said the Nigerian Immigrations Service has lost 400 officers to terror atta...

DailyPost NigeriaThere is only one secretariat for NGF – Director-GeneralDailyPost NigeriaDirector-General of the Nigeria Governors' Forum, Dr. Asishana Okauru, has stated that the crisis-ridden forum has only one secretariat. Okauri dismissed th...

National MirrorWe'll take Ajimobi out in 2015 –LadojaDaily SunFomer governor of Oyo State and National Leader of Accord Party (AP), Senator Rashidi Ladoja, yesterday hinted that a powerful coalition he tagged, “third force” is set to take out...

P.M. NewsPatience Jonathan Loses Mother in Auto Accident!The StreetjournalNigeria's First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan on Monday evening lost her stepmother, Mrs Iwari Oba via a fatal car crash along Elele Road in Rivers State. Street Journal's...

Osun DefenderAmaechi's Expulsion - PDP Overheating Polity, Instigating Anarchy - ACNVanguardThe Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has accused the PDP of being unrelenting in its determination to overheat the polity and set the country on fire, if th...

Leadership NewspapersHow I Was Arrested Over Kidnap Of Briton — SuspectLeadership NewspapersThese are not the best of times for Benson Chukwuemeka who is currently singing like a bird in the custody of detectives attached to the State Intelligence Bu...

CHANNELSNorth strategises to reclaim presidency in 2015 •IBB, Abdulsalami, 4 govs meet ...Nigerian TribuneTWO former heads of state, Generals Ibrahim Babangida and Abdusalami Abubakar, led four northern governors in a strategic meeting in Minna, Nige...

ynaija24 die in Benin-Lagos, Lagos-Ibadan expressways auto crashesNigerian TribuneEIGHTEEN passengers, on Monday, died in an accident at Okada town, on the Benin-Lagos-Ore expressway, while six persons lost their lives in another auto crash on the Lago...

Vote against LG autonomy, ACN tells lawmakersNigerian TribuneAS the House of Representatives kick-start debate and voting on the recommendations of its ad hoc committee on Constitution Review, strong indication has emerged of a directive from the leade...

P.M. NewsNDLEA arrests 41 suspects with N2.3bn drugsNigerian TribuneOFFICIALS of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA) Lagos have apprehended 41 suspected drug traffickers with 253.390kg o...

What about APC and Buhari in 2015?The PunchConventional Wisdom sees 2015 as the year of the opposition in Nigerian presidential politics, partly because of the perception that President Goodluck Jonathan has not performed well enough to deserve a secon...

National MirrorPresident Jonathan, do more for Igbo peopleNigerian TribuneI want to commend President Goodluck Jonathan for the spate of Federal Government projects being done in the South Western part of the country. Before now, the government commiss...

BOA to boosts agric with N2b in KadunaNigerian TribuneThe Bank of Agriculture (BOA) has proposed a collaborative fund of N2 billion to provide lending resources to support the Kaduna State sovernment's Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) farmers and...

National MirrorPresident Jonathan, do more for Igbo peopleNigerian TribuneI want to commend President Goodluck Jonathan for the spate of Federal Government projects being done in the South Western part of the country. Before now, the government commiss...

Driving against traffic...The Guardian NigeriaLAGOS State Police Commissioner, Umar Manko, Monday vowed that the police Corporal, who drove against traffic and knocked down a woman and her baby on June 23, 2013, would be made to face the full wrath of ...

Lagos High Court arraigns three for murderThe Guardian NigeriaTHE Lagos State government Monday arraigned two men and a woman before an Ikeja High Court, Lagos for the alleged murder of one Segun Oyelabi on March 15, 2012 at Ikotun area of Lagos. The d...

Daily MailPolice Rescue Kidnapped Briton, arrest SuspectDaily Times NigeriaLagos State Commissioner for Police, Mr. Umar Manko, on Monday said the police had rescued a kidnapped Briton, Mr. Dickson Lee, from an uncompleted building in Okota area of the...

CHANNELSNo Plans To Relocate Petroleum Training Institute, Federal Government Assures ...CHANNELSPresident Goodluck Jonathan has assured that his administration has no intention of moving the Petroleum Training Institute, Effurun from its present locat...

DailyPost NigeriaBayelsans instructed to punish recalcitrant teachersDailyPost NigeriaAs part of efforts at ensuring the implementation and proper delivery of its Restoration programme in the educational sector, the Bayelsa state government is to take ...

An Igbo person can only be president under APC – OkorochaDailyPost NigeriaAs the 2015 presidential election continues to generate series of controversies, Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has affirmed that an Igbo man could only be the president...

Nigeria Master Web2015: How Far Can Tambuwal Go? By Theophilus IlevbareSaharaReporters.comIt is no longer news that Speaker Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of the House of Representatives is been courted to hoist the northern flag in the 2015 presidential contes...

CHANNELSOndo Senator Apologises For Voting In Support Of Child Marriage BillCHANNELSThe Senator representing Ondo Central Senatorial District, Ayo Akinyelure has apologised for voting in support of the child marriage bill. The Senator representing Ondo...

Osun DefenderNIGERIA: Pastor TB Joshua Is The Man Behind Al-Mustapha's ReleaseCodewit Global NetworkPastor TB Joshua with Al Mustapha Sources have revealed that last week's “judicial decision” which set free of murder charges Hamza Al-Musta...

Premium TimesArik Passengers Protest 9 Hours DelayP.M. NewsArik Air passengers on Sunday erupted in anger and protested at the departure lounge of the Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal 1 in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, after their flight was delayed for n...

CHANNELSGroup Faults Northern Elders, ACF Over Insistence On 2015 PresidencyCHANNELSThe Northern Youth Fo rum (NYF) has criticized the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) and the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) for their insistence that the region must produce ...

Lagos has 6.2m voters –LASIECNational MirrorThe Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission, LASIEC, has disclosed that there are 6.2 million registered voters in the state. The commission gave the statistics at the weekend during a stakeholders&#39...

Tension In Dutse As Agency Demolishes Hundreds Of HousesLeadership NewspapersTension has gripped the people of Dutse, capital Jigawa State, following the mass demolition of shops and residential houses over the weekend by Dutse Capital Development Auth...

Nigeria Passenger from London to Owerri slumps, dies in LagosCodewit Global NetworkLAGOS — An Arik Air passenger en route Lagos-Owerri from London, yesterday, slumped and died at the entrance of the General Aviation Terminal, GAT, Terminal 1, Lagos a...

P.M. NewsPolice parade abductors of 3-year-old boyNigerian TribuneTHE abductors of the three-year-old boy in Ashaka, Ndokwa East of Delta State, have been paraded in Asaba, even as the suspects denied any involvement in the crime. The three suspects, a...

WorldStageProgressives 'll rule Oyo for 50 years - AjimobiNigerian TribuneGovernor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State said at the weekend that progressives would rule the state for the next 50 years and thus finally seal the fate of those he called reacti...

Nigerian Tribune4 killed in Lagos collapsed buildingNigerian TribuneIt was gathered that construction works on the building, situated at 29, Ishaga Road, Surulere, continued despite warnings from the Lagos State Building Control Agency. Three others we...

Daily SunLagos airport: NDLEA arrests 41 with N2.3bn worth of drugsDaily SunThe National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) yesterday said it arrested 41 suspected drug traffickers with 253.390kg of narcotics with an estimated street value of about N2...

Leadership NewspapersRethinking Nigeria's foreign policyNigerian Tribune“...no nation that is weak at home, politically or economically, can be strong abroad. Foreign prestige is a function of home strength. A government that tolerates no freedom...

The Daily StarFAAN, stakeholders differ on low patronage of Kano airport, othersThe Guardian NigeriaAside Lagos and Abuja, no other airport in the country attracts passengers due to the fact that the bulk of international operations are done at the Mur...

Egwu flays ASUU strike, blames union leadersThe Guardian NigeriaFORMER Ebonyi State governor, Sam Egwu, has added his voice to condemnation of the rate at which the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) embarks on strikes. Egwu, a former Educatio...

CHANNELSOsun ACN, PDP disagree over demolition of property in OsogboThe Guardian NigeriaTHE ruling Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in Osun State and the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have disagreed over the on-going demolition of property ...

WorldStageGroup urges NASS to place states' electoral bodies on first line chargesWorldStageCDD Team leader, Ms Idayat Hassan said in Benin City when the group submitted its report on survey on conduct of local government council elections in selec...

DailyPost NigeriaGovernor Orji urges French Embassy to relax visa requirement for AbiansDailyPost NigeriaGov. Theodore Orji of Abia state in a warm handshake with Francois Sastourne, The Consular General of France to Nigeria, when he visited the govern...

DailyPost NigeriaJonathan stops Gana's committee from selling NWC forms, endorses August 31 ...DailyPost NigeriaThere are indications that President Goodluck Jonathan has stopped the Professor Jerry Gana-led Special National Convention Committee fr...

P.M. NewsNigerian state governor steps up dispute with Goodluck JonathanFinancial TimesA Nigerian state governor has accused President Goodluck Jonathan of turning the ruling party into a “one-man show” and of condoning “impunity and authoritaria...

Nigeria Loses 400000 Barrels of Oil Daily – Finance MinisterNigerian BulletinNgozi Okonjo-Iweala, the Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Finance Minister has revealed earlier this week that Nigeria is losing 400,000 barrels of crude oil daily ...

Osun DefenderGunmen are after me because I supported ASUU strike – NANS PresidentDailyPost NigeriaThe President, National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, said some un-identified gunmen were threatening to kill him over his support for the ong...

DailyPost NigeriaImmunity is Obviously Not the ProblemTHISDAY LiveWas I surprised? No, I wasn't. I always suspected that Major Hamza al-Mustapha would one day walk free over the assassination of Alhaja Kudirat Abiola. Lawyers would talk about provi...

Nigerian TribuneJonathan, govs take 2015 battle to OBJ •I remain OBJ's son - GEJ •He's our ...Nigerian TribuneAhead of the 2015 presidential battle, President Goodluck Jonathan, on Friday, moved to re-connect with his estranged godfather an...

Nigerian TribuneArms stockpile: North prepares for war over 2015?Nigerian TribunePresident Goodluck Jonathan and General Muhammadu Buhari RECENT discoveries and interception of arms and ammunition in some parts of northern Nigeria has raised fears and ...

Ex-Gov Tasks Aregbesola On Regional Integration, Commends LeadershipThe Guardian NigeriaFORMER Governor of Old Western Region of Nigeria, General Adeyinka Adebayo (rtd) on Friday said the style of administration adopted by Osun State Governor, Rauf Are...

Ex-Gov Tasks Aregbesola On Regional Integration, Commends LeadershipThe Guardian NigeriaFORMER Governor of Old Western Region of Nigeria, General Adeyinka Adebayo (rtd) on Friday said the style of administration adopted by Osun State Governor, Rauf Are...

Sudan VisionRunning Away From ReckoningThe Guardian NigeriaWHILE it is not totally unexpected that international fugitive and President of Sudan, General Omar Hassan Ahmad Al-Bashir, evaded arrest during his controversial visit to Nigeria to attend the...

CHANNELSCourt Backs States Over Control Of Tourism And Hotel RegulationsCHANNELSA full panel of the Supreme Court of Nigeria this morning unanimously declared that it is only a State House of Assembly that can make laws on tourism or the licensing and ...

CHANNELSLLPC Confers SAN Honours On 17 LawyersLeadership NewspapersThe Legal Practitioners' Privileges Committee (LPPC) has confirmed the appointment of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission's (EFCC) private prosecutor, Mr Godwin Odumu O...

BBC NewsNigeria 'to withdraw some troops from Mali'BBC NewsNigeria is planning to withdraw some of its 1,200 soldiers from the UN peacekeeping force in Mali, Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara has said. Mr Ouattara, head of the regional gr...

Leadership NewspapersGovt Restores Mobile Phone Service in Militant AreaAllAfrica.comNigeria has restored mobile phone service to three northeastern states where it was shut down to combat the radical Islamist group Boko Haram. A defense department spo...

DailyPost NigeriaBayelsa Government, JTF map out strategies to curb oil theftDailyPost NigeriaBayelsa State Government in collaboration with the operatives of the Joint Task Force has mapped out strategies to curb crude oil theft and other related vice...

VanguardJudicial Council Indicts Ex-FCT CJVanguardAbuja — The National Judicial Council, NJC, at the end of its two-day crucial meeting in Abuja, yesterday, found the former Chief Judge of the Federal Capital Territory, Justice Hassan Gunmi, who had ...

ACN behind call for Bode George's removal from PDP BoT —Lagos PDPNigerian TribuneThe Peoples Democratic Party [PDP] in Lagos State alleged the infiltration by agents of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) to detabilise PDP just as it demanded th...

Nigerian TribuneBoko Haram: ICC resists pressure to try govt, military for war crimesNigerian TribuneAs Nigeria relentlessly pursues its reconciliation efforts with the rampaging Boko Haram insurgents, human rights groups are not only against a blanket...

Leadership NewspapersFG Dares Ambassadors, Diplomats Over Breaking Of Communication RulesThe Guardian NigeriaNIGERIA will no longer condone the breach of established channel of communication by some ambassadors and their diplomats, who have continue to...