Osun Defender'Bamidele, Fasehun working for Presidency to destabilise Ekiti'Osun Defenderfasehun bamidele The Action Congress of Nigeria in Ekiti State has accused the National Chairman of newly formed Unity Party of Nigeria, Dr. Fredrick Faseh...

Leadership Newspapers40444 voters for Sokoto by-electionThe NationTHE Independent National Electoral Commission ( INEC) expected about 40,444 registered voters across five wards of Kyadawa/Holai, Kiri, Kwarma, Kada Saka and Wauru in Gada West of Sokoto...

Armed Robbery: Police Fault Army's Claim On Nabbed InspectorThe Guardian NigeriaAUTHORITIES of the Bayelsa State Police Command, Saturday, faulted 4 Brigade of the Nigerian Army in Benin over the arrest and subsequent parading of a Police Inspector...

Armed Robbery: Police Fault Army's Claim On Nabbed InspectorThe Guardian NigeriaAUTHORITIES of the Bayelsa State Police Command, Saturday, faulted 4 Brigade of the Nigerian Army in Benin over the arrest and subsequent parading of a Police Inspector...

CHANNELSNational Assembly Must Reveal Lawmakers Salary In Its Own InterestCHANNELSA member of the House of Representatives, Abike Dadiri-Erewa, has revealed that the National Assembly will open up its books and reveal the controversial salary and emolu...

CHANNELSNational Assembly Must Reveal Lawmakers Salary In Its Own InterestCHANNELSA member of the House of Representatives, Abike Dadiri-Erewa, has revealed that the National Assembly will open up its books and reveal the controversial salary and emolu...

CHANNELSFalse Declaration: Court Orders Lamido's Son to Forfeit $10000THISDAY LiveA Federal High Court in Kano yesterday convicted Aminu Lamido, the son of Governor Sule Lamido of Jigawa for false declaration of foreign currency on him while travel...

eNCACommunity mourns after building collapseeNCANigeria, July 12 - Residents of a low-income community in Lagos, Nigeria, are scrambling for new housing after an apartment block collapsed, killing seven. Residents of the adjoining buildings have been g...

Leadership NewspapersJonathan Cautions Military against Ethno-Religious SentimentsTHISDAY LivePresident Goodluck Jonathan has charged the Nigerian armed forces to ensure that the twin problems of religious and ethnic sentiments which were posing a seri...

Voice of AmericaCourt Refuses Lebanese Bail as Amigo Remains SealedTHISDAY LiveA Federal High Court in Abuja has refused to admit the Lebanese owners of Amigo Supermarket and Wonderland Amusement Park, Abuja on bail as well as refused to unseal their b...

Women Protest Non-implementation of Affirmative ActionTHISDAY LiveOver 300 women from the various states of the federation under the aegis of Gender And Development Action [GADA] Wednesday took to the streets of Calabar, Cross River State protesting th...

Osun DefenderSultan Refutes Alleged Attempt To Assassinate HimLeadership NewspapersThe report of a purported plot to assassinate the Sultan of Sokoto and President General, Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs in Nigeria, Alhaji Muhammad Sa'ad Abuba...

SAN Award: LPPC Reschedules Interview For 44 LawyersLeadership NewspapersThe Legal Practitioners' Privileges Committee (LLPC) has rescheduled to hold interviews for 44 lawyers for the rank of Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SAN). In a statement, chief...

CHANNELSConvention: PDP To Use 2012 Delegate ListLeadership NewspapersThe chairman of the Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) special convention committee, Professor Jerry Gana, has hinted that the committee will work with the delegate lists used for t...

Osun DefenderTinubu, Akande, Fayemi and I – Opeyemi BamideleOsun DefenderHonourable Opeyemi Bamidele is the chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Legislative Budget. In this interview with DAPO FALADE, he speaks on his purported remov...

NDTVHoward Dean: Hillary Clinton will face primary rivalPoliticoHoward Dean predicted Friday that Hillary Clinton won't have a clear path to the Democratic nomination in 2016 if she decides to run, suggesting a primary challenger from the “Barack...

National MirrorNigeria: APC Is a Political Fraud - Gov LamidoVanguardAfter a Two day state-wide sight-seeing in Jigawa State, four journalists sat with Governor Sule Lamido in his private chamber in the Governor's Lodge, Dutse for an interactive se...

Osun DefenderNigeria: Soldiers, SSS Kill Suspected Terrorist in SokotoVanguardSokoto — The Nigerian Army said on Thursday that a suspected terrorist had been shot dead by soldiers and the State Security Services (SSS) in a joint operation in Sokoto. ...

Daily SunEnugu 2015: No zoning to Nsukka –EjioforDaily SunFollowing recent endorsement of power shift by the PDP caucus and Governor Sullivan Chime to Enugu North, a close ally of former Governor Chimaroke Nnamani and henchman of the Ebeano political...

National MirrorPolice Affairs Minister joins Ekiti governorship raceNigerian TribuneThe Minister of Police Affairs , Navy Captain Caleb Olubolade (rtd), on Friday declared his intention to contest for governorship election in Ekiti State, in 2014 on th...

DailyPost NigeriaTafawa Balewa Saga: Group Condemns attempts to recall Hon. Yakubu DogaraDailyPost NigeriaA group under the aegis of Joint Tafawa Balewa, Bogoro and Dass Youth Coalition, has described the purported recall of the member representing the...

BBC NewsCellphone service restored in Nigerian state least affected by attacksUPI.comYOLA, Nigeria, July 12 (UPI) -- Cellphone service was restored in one of three Nigerian states where calls were blocked to prevent militant groups from organizing raid...

WorldStageMoney laundering: Court convicts Aminu Sule Lamido, to forfeit $10000WorldStageWorldStage Newsonline-- Aminu Sule Lamido, the 34-year old son of Jigawa State governor, Alhaji Sule Lamido, who is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial ...

WorldStageStock-broker bags 30 years imprisonmentWorldStageWorldStage Newsonline-- A Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja has convicted and sentenced one Ayoola Coker, a 37-year-old stockbroker to 30 years imprisonment for stealing N17.5 million belonging...

AFPNigeria Building Collapse: 7 People Dead as lots Injured in a Deadly Building ...National Turk EnglishCity officials in the Nigerian Capital of Lagos have told reporters that, at least, seven people have been killed and dozen others left injured aft...

Osun DefenderGuber Election: APC Commences Sensitisation In AnambraLeadership NewspapersThe National Organising Secretary of All Progressive Congress (APC), Sen. Osita Izunaso, said on Friday that the party was mobilising the people of Anambra for the ...

The PunchAwaiting Trial: 292 Inmates Languish In KirikiriP.M. NewsAt least 292 inmates are currently languishing in Kirikiri Prison while awaiting trial in Lagos, southwest Nigeria. Lagos State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Ade Ipaye d...

DailyPost NigeriaObi, Orji commend opening of Nigerian Consulate in Guangzhou, ChinaDailyPost NigeriaGov. Peter Obi and his Abia State counterpart, Theodore Orji have commended the opening of Nigerian Consulate in Guangzhou, China, describing it as apt...

CHANNELSState Of Emergency: Reps Urge FG to Address Plight Of Displaced PersonsDaily Times NigeriaThe House of Representatives on Thursday in Abuja called on the Federal Government to urgently address the plight of internally displaced persons in state...

Marine Safety: Boatmen Get Aid From NIMASALeadership NewspapersIn a bid to enhance safety on Nigerian waterways, the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), has commenced distribution of safety materials to operators of non-convent...

Daily MailPacific islanders most likely to fight corruption: watchdogABC OnlineA global transparency index has found people in the Pacific are the most likely in the world to fight corruption. Transparency International has interviewed 114,000 people i...

Unfulfilled promises provoke strikes, govt scrambles to resolve issuesThe Guardian NigeriaThe major unions in the education and oil sectors have gone on strike over unfulfilled promises and the federal government's refusal to honour certain aspects...

Man beats wife to deathNigerian TribuneResidents of Iroye Street, in Ilesa, were on Tuesday, thrown into mourning, when an enraged young man, identified as Wale Agbaje engaged his wife in a fight and beat her until she gave up the ghost, Nigerian Tribu...

Man beats wife to deathNigerian TribuneResidents of Iroye Street, in Ilesa, were on Tuesday, thrown into mourning, when an enraged young man, identified as Wale Agbaje engaged his wife in a fight and beat her until she gave up the ghost, Nigerian Tribu...

CHANNELSCourt refuses EFCC's request to seize Sylva's propertyNigerian TribuneTHE Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, refused to grant the request of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), seeking to seize 48 propert...

CHANNELSArtisans get N250m loan in KwaraNigerian TribuneAn umbrella body of all associations of artisans in Kwara State, Kwara State Artisans Congress (KSAC), has been inaugurated. Speaking at the inauguration of the association in Ilorin, Governor Abd...

NSCDC uncovers illegal maternity home in EnuguThe Guardian NigeriaOPERATIVES of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Enugu on Thursday uncovered a maternity home where new-born babies were allegedly sold illegally to members of the p...

WorldStageArmy smashes Police led robbery gangWorldStageWorldStage Newsonline-- The 4th Brigade of the Nigeria Army has smashed an armed robbery gang of policemen allegedly led by an Assistant Superintendent of Police, Okubopagha. The ASP Okubopagha an...

Leadership NewspapersHousemaid Arraigned Over Alleged Theft Of N10m ValuablesLeadership NewspapersA 20-year-old housemaid, Christiana Jonah, who allegedly stole valuables worth N10 million, on Thursday appeared before an Ikeja Magistrates' Court on...

CHANNELSRespect Constitution, Rule Of Law, Jonathan Urges Political Gladiators In Rivers ...CHANNELSPresident Goodluck Jonathan has called on all those involved in the political violence that engulfed the Rivers State House of Assembly to show greater ...

Daily SunSHOCKING: Man Kills 85-Yr-Old Observing Ramadan Night PrayerOsun Defendertiamiyu Residents of Abiola Central Community, Moniya, Akinyele Local Government area of Oyo State were thrown into mourning as a young man, Mutiu Tiamiyu, beat to death ...

Lamido: APC is Political FraudTHISDAY LiveIn an interview with journalists in Dutse, the Jigawa State capital, the state Governor Sule Lamido, spoke on issues bordering on 2015 elections, his rumoured presidential ambition; the various crises in the Pe...

BBC NewsNigerian Terrorist Group Accused Of Killing StudentsNPRRenee Montagne talks with former U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria John Campbell about recent school attacks in Nigeria. The group believed to be behind them is called Boko Haram. Campbell is Seni...

Assassination Of Oshiomhole's Secretary May Have Influenced Edo's Death ...CHANNELSA former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Olisa Agabkoba (SAN) has expressed his disappointment with the Edo state Governor, Adams Oshiomhole for signi...

Nigeria Master WebJoe Igbokwe: Anambra 2013: Dr Ngige holds the ace this timeDailyPost NigeriaDuring the 2010 Anambra governorship elections, I was not in support of Dr Chris Ngige, even as he was in the same party with me. I wanted Governor Peter Obi ...

Leadership NewspapersFani Kayode Faults Keyamo's Request For Transfer Of CaseLeadership NewspapersThe Army In Sokoto Is Currently In A Gun Battle With Some Gunmen. Shootings And Explosions Could Be Heard All Over The Area. Details Later! The Army I...

Jonathan to Open Football HouseDaily Times NigeriaPresident Goodluck Jonathan will on July 18 hand-over the Football House to the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF). The Football House is a Presidential Task Force project, which was made possible from p...

CHANNELSAkingbola Asks Court to Quash N47.1bn Theft Charge against HimTHISDAY LiveThe former Managing Director of the defunct Intercontinental Bank, Erastus Akingbola, Wednesday asked an Ikeja High Court to quash the alleged N47.1 billion theft charge ...

Osun DefenderWhy Boko Haram opted to cease fire - FGNigerian TribuneAMIDST doubts as to whether the purported ceasefire declared by the Boko Haram insurgents would hold, the Federal Government on Wednesday disclosed why the Islamic sect opted for cessa...

CHANNELSDecision on alleged $15m Ibori bribe fixed for Sept 20Nigerian TribuneTHE Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday, fixed September 20, to decide whether to forfeit $15 million alleged bribe given by former Delta State governor, James ...

Disquiet in federal service over unpaid allowancesNigerian TribuneTHERE is disquiet in the Federal Civil Service over backlog of unpaid entitlements, such as transfer allowance, promotion arrears and overtime allowance due to them. Nigerian Tribune gat...

Premium Times (press release)Butcher stabbed to death in JosNigerian TribuneThe entire Gengere area in Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State was thrown into pandemonium on Wednesday following the killing of a butcher by a group of people, wh...

Leadership NewspapersAl-Makura appoints 16 new aides, assigns portfolios to othersNigerian TribuneGOVERNOR Umaru Tanko Al-Makura of Nasarawa State has approved the appointment of seven new senior special assistants and nine special assistants. This was...

The PunchDrug trafficker excretes 54 wraps of cocaineNigerian TribuneThe drug was detected by men of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos. The consignment, which was hidden inside ...

Multi-billion fake audit clearance to police, others: AGF disowns directorsNigerian TribuneThe Auditor-General of the Federation (AGF), Mr Samuel Ukura, has disowned the several clearance certificates purportedly issued to the Nigeria Police and some M...

The PunchBan on unregistered SIM cards: Matters arisingThe Guardian NigeriaNOW that the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has wielded the big stick by disconnecting millions of unregistered GSM SIM Cards after a couple of previous botched attemp...

Sule Lamido Is A Laughing Matter For 2015spyghana.comMy attention was drawn by a friend on a latest report posted on various internet forums, including 247ureports.com with the title, “2015: Sule Lamido is a laughing matter” made by one Ibrahim Wai...

Nigeria: Yobe Killings Abominable, Says BuhariPremium TimesThe national leader of the Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, Muhammadu Buhari, has condemned the killing of students in Yobe State by gunmen on Saturday. About 29 students were killed by gu...

CHANNELSEkiti 2014: New thinking, new challenges for PDPNigerian TribuneThe recently reported advice by President Goodluck Jonathan that members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti and Osun states should settle for consensus candidates in th...

Police declare 17 wanted over killing of officers in BayelsaThe Guardian NigeriaAUTHORITIES of the Bayelsa State Police Command yesterday declared “a notorious criminal, 'Virus' and 17 others involved in the April gruesome killing of 11 Polic...

Enugu government flags off reconstruction of rural roadsDailyPost NigeriaThe Enugu State Government has kicked off the reconstruction of three rural roads in partnership with five local government areas of the state. The approval for the reconstruction...

P.M. NewsPastor Oritsejafor re-elected CAN presidentP.M. NewsThe National Assembly of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) on Wednesday in Abuja re-elected Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor as President of the association for another three years. Oritsejafo...

Police To Exhume Body Of Woman Killed By Husband For AutopsyLeadership NewspapersThe body of Mrs Iyabo Daramola, who was beaten to death and hurriedly buried by her husband in Igbemo Ekiti last month is to be exhumed for autopsy. The Ekiti State Police...

Abia accuses firms in Rivers of dumping toxic waste in AbaDailyPost NigeriaAbia State Government has accused some expatriate companies operating in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, of turning Aba into a refuse dump site. According to the govern...

Osun DefenderNIGERIA: INEC Starts Verification of Claims by Merging Opposition Parties - APCCodewit Global NetworkThe Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has commenced statutory investigation of all claims and documentations submitted to i...

P.M. NewsFashola Interacts With Corona School PupilsP.M. NewsLagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN) on Tuesday received the Nursery two pupils of Corona Day Nursery School, Ikoyi on a visit, mentoring the young ones on virtues of studying har...

DailyPost NigeriaPlateau ALGON Demands Review Of Revenue Allocation FormulaCHANNELSParticipants at the sensitization programme organised by Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC), want a review of the federation allocation formul...

Osun DefenderI Made Successful Mistakes - ObasanjoAllAfrica.comIbadan — Former President Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday caused a stir in Ibadan, Oyo State capital at the 50th year anniversary of legal icon, Chief Afe Babalola when he pointed out that so...

The StreetjournalN4.7 BIllion Ibori Loot - Babalakin, Others Know Fate Sept 23AllAfrica.comLagos — Embattled chairman of Bi-Courtney Ltd., Dr. Wale Babalakin and his co-defendants who were asking the court to quash the charges preferred against them ...

Jonathan doesn't need North elders for 2015 – PresidencyThe PunchThe Presidency on Tuesday said President Goodluck Jonathan did not need the support of the spokesman for the Northern Elders' Forum, Prof. Ango Abdullahi, or “his North” to ...

State of Emergency: Again, Army Reviews Adamawa CurfewDaily Times NigeriaThe 23rd Armoured Brigade of the Nigerian Army, Yola has reviewed the curfew imposed in Adamawa State in the wake of emergency rule slammed on the state in April by President Good...

Leadership NewspapersSuleja bombing: Court passes judgement as Sagay, others hail sentencingNigerian TribuneThe Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Tuesday sentenced four out of the six accused persons involved in the bombing of the Independent Nati...

Osun DefenderOsun begins N2bn Ede water works rehabilitationNigerian TribuneOsun State government has awarded and kicked-off a N2 billion full rehabilitation work of Ede Water Works, which supplies over 70 per cent of the water needs of the state. The ...

DailyPost NigeriaOndo discovers 9000 illegally employed workersNigerian TribuneThe Ondo State government, on Tuesday, said no fewer than 9,000 people were illegally employed into the services of the local government in the state. The Head of Service (H...

Nigerian TribuneSenators reject 6-yr single tenure for president, govsNigerian TribuneTHE Senate, on Tuesday, commenced its final debate on the amendment of the 1999 Constitution, with an assurance by Senate President, David Mark, that the senators wou...

Daily SunNigeria: 195 Senior Police Officers Face TrialVanguardAbuja — Police High Command, Monday, commenced the trial of four Assistant Inspectors General of Police, AIGs; 17 Commissioners of Police, CPs; and 174 other senior officers for various d...

Appeal Court Sacks Oloffa Of OffaCHANNELSAn appeal court sitting in Ilorin has nullified the appointment and installation of Mufutau Gbadamosi as the Olofa of Offa, while also restraining him from parading himself as the traditional ruler of the commun...

Daily SunINEC releases timetable for Nov 16 Anambra governorship pollsThe Guardian NigeriaTHE Anambra State governorship election will hold on November 16, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said in its timetable released Tuesday. Thi...

CHANNELSGunmen abduct Lebanese national in southern NigeriaStraits TimesLAGOS (AFP) - Gunmen have kidnapped a Lebanese national from a construction site in southern Nigeria, where abductions for ransom occur frequently, the authorities said on Tuesday....

Independent OnlineGouws asked to watch Henning - testimonyNews24The study demonstrates that Africans employ literary styles and strategies in speaking their... Now R784.00 buy now. Pretoria - One of the men accused of plotting Chanelle Henning's mu...

CHANNELSDelta Security Council Bans Speed Boats To Curb Tribal ClashesCHANNELSThe secretary to the Delta state government, Ovuozorie Macaulay has announced the government's decision to restrict certain activities in Warri North Local Government are...

CHANNELSDefence Headquarters Sends Special Team To Yobe Over Killing Of StudentsLeadership NewspapersFollowing the weekend attack on a school in Yobe, the Defence Headquarters (DHQ) on Tuesday dispatched a high powered fact finding team to the State. A...

CHANNELSKogi Police Kill Two Notorious RobbersCHANNELSKogi State Police Command has killed two armed bandit in a gun duel between the police patrol team and rampaging dare devil four-man gang robbers terrorizing Ankpa town in Ofu Local Government Area ...

Kogi Govt. to Ensure Effective Flood Management, Says Dep GovDaily Times NigeriaThe Deputy Governor of Kogi State Yomi Awoniyi, on Monday said that this year's flood would not inflict severe hardship on the lives and livelihood of the people of the...

P.M. NewsProsecution: Lebanese Admitted Receiving Training from HezbollahTHISDAY LiveA Federal High Court in Abuja was Monday told that three Lebanese being held for terrorism-related offences have confessed to having undergone training under the milit...

Be Guided by Your Conscience, CJN Tells Kekere-EkunTHISDAY LiveThe Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Aloma Mukhtar, Monday advised the newly-appointed justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, to follow the dictates of her consci...

'My Father Disvirgined Me'Leadership NewspapersThe role of any good father is to take good care of his children and ensure no evil befall them, but in Adewale Adeleke's case, aged 35 has proved to be different. The 35 old bus driver who liv...

Leadership NewspapersConstitution Amendment: How Nigerians Voted For Removal Of Immunity ...Leadership NewspapersThe deputy speaker, House of Representatives and chairman, ad-hoc Committee on Review of the 1999 Constitution, Hon. Emeka Ihedioha, yester...

Osun DefenderFashola's best bet after 2015The Guardian NigeriaCOME 2015, many occupants of elective offices will constitutionally relinquish their positions. The concern about that expected development is not the quality of all the affected politic...

Osun DefenderFG signs ceasefire deal with Boko Haram •As UK bans sectNigerian TribuneTHE Federal Government has announced the signing of ceasefire deal with the Islamic sect, Boko Haram. Minister of Special Duties, Alhaji Tanimu Turaki, announced the...

5 ministers in crucial meeting over SURE-P •Wogu laments lack of budgetary ...Nigerian TribuneThe Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chief Emeka Wogu, on Monday, lamented the lack of budgetary provision to sustain the Community Services, Women and ...

Capital project: Lagos Assembly begins probe of 20 LGs, 37 LCDAsNigerian TribuneLagos State House of Assembly on Monday, commenced probe of all the 20 local governments and Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) in the state concerning all the capital...

INEC is conniving with ACN to rig 2014 elections in Osun —PDPNigerian TribuneTHE Peoples Democartic Party (PDP), Osun State, has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of collaborating with the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) t...

DailyPost NigeriaAlleged killing by police officer: Oyo CP sets up investigation panelNigerian TribuneWORRIED by the report of the alleged killing of a man by a police officer attached to the state police command, the Oyo State Commissioner of Police, ...

The StreetjournalFG Enters Ceasefire Agreement With Boko Haram!The StreetjournalThe Federal Government on Monday announced that it has signed a ceasefire agreement with the Jama'atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda' awatil wal Jihad, better known as the Boko ...

Ibru harps on virtues of selfless service, condoles with Ewherido's familyThe Guardian NigeriaFORMER Governor of Delta State, Olorogun Felix Ibru, has charged all political office holders in the country to embrace and sustain the culture of transpa...

Water scarcity hits Dutse over foreigners' arrestThe Guardian NigeriaMOVES by the Nigerian Immigration to rid Jigawa State of illegal immigrants may have led to acute water scarcity in some parts of Dutse, the state capital, because most of those a...

WorldStageAjudua wants Oyewole disqualified in $1.69m fraud trialThe Guardian NigeriaLAGOS socialite and lawyer, Fred Ajudua, who was charged with alleged $1.69 million fraud, on Monday sought the disqualification of the trial judge, Justice Olubunmi O...

CHANNELSFani-Kayode Tossed Between Judgesspyghana.comHuman right lawyer, Festus Keyamo has sought the transfer of the money laundering charges preferred against former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, to another judge of the Federal High Court, ...

CHANNELSFani-Kayode Tossed Between Judgesspyghana.comHuman right lawyer, Festus Keyamo has sought the transfer of the money laundering charges preferred against former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, to another judge of the Federal High Court, ...