CHANNELSArmy Reduces Curfew Hours In AdamawaCHANNELSThe 23 Armour Brigade, Nigerian Army, Yola, on Saturday announced a review of the curfew imposed on Adamawa following the declaration of the State of Emergency in May. The curfew was initially from 7 ...

Nigeria's insecurity: Perpetrators of mischief live amongst us – General ...DailyPost NigeriaFormer Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar said those perpetrating evil in the country which has led to the current security challenges bedevilin...

Premium TimesAgain, pipeline explosion rocks Oyo communityThe Guardian NigeriaFOR the second time in two weeks, activities of pipeline vandals on Saturday night led to heavy explosion at Alapata community area in Ido Local Council of Oyo State. The com...

Premium TimesEx-minister, others threaten protest over SuntaiThe Guardian NigeriaPIQUED by the seeming reluctance of Taraba State Executive Council (SEC) to declare the ailing Governor Danbaba Suntai incapacitated and confirm his deputy, Alhaji Garba U...

Ikorodu Community Crisis: Monarch, Others Suspects Remanded in PrisonCHANNELSEven as peace is slowly returning to Imowo- nla community in Ikorodu area of Lagos, south west Nigeria, the police have insisted that those behind the attack in which two offi...

spyghana.comAPC finally applies to INEC for registrationspyghana.comLeading opposition parties have taken a major step towards concretising their plans for a merger by applying to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the registratio...

Is Federal House In Good Hands?spyghana.comOn May 27th 2013, a serving minister who happens to be one of the most loyal cabinet members of President Goodluck Jonathan known for his astuteness in frankly negotiating with trade unions in Nigeria, invited...

SaharaReporters.comOur Plan Is To Turn Bayelsa To Africa's Dubai – Gov DicksonLeadership NewspapersAt his last monthly briefing to the People of Bayelsa State, Governor Henry Seriake Dickson played host to journalists and took the opportunity to ...

Osun DefenderNo alternative to democratic rule —Babat…Nigerian TribuneFormer Transport and Aviation Minister, member of the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and chairman, Governing Board of the Yaba College of Technolog...

P.M. News50th coronation anniversary: Fayemi congratulates Emir of KanoNigerian TribuneEkiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has congratulated the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero, on the 50th anniversary of his ascension to the throne. The governor ...

Edo PDP, ACN trade words over Ize-Iyamu's speechNigerian TribuneThe Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), in Edo State, has carpeted the state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over comments attributed to the state chairman of the party, Ch...

Scrapping of MDAs: Owie appeals to FGNigerian TribuneFORMER Senate Chief Whip, Senator Rowland Owie, has appealed to President Goodluck Jonathan not to scrap over 200 government-owned organisations in the country as it is being proposed, warning that s...

Shanghai Daily (subscription)Mend Threat: Security Beefed Up In AbujaThe Guardian NigeriaFOLLOWING reports of a Tanker explosion in Abaji, near Abuja on Saturday to which the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND) claimed responsibility, s...

Premium TimesCommercial bus, car plunge into lagoonDaily Times NigeriaA commercial bus and a car have plunged into the Lagos lagoon, at the Adekunle end of the Third Mainland Bridge. Unconfirmed sources say the car was a Toyota Corolla. The National Em...

spyghana.comJudgement Debt Awarded Against Nigeria Policespyghana.comA Lagos High Court, Ikeja has awarded N4m as compensation to four protesters who were shot by the dismissed Divisional Police Officer of Pencinema, Segun Fabunmi, during the protest a...

Osun DefenderPDP crisis: Nine Northern governors back WamakkoOsun DefenderAliyu-Wamakko Governor Aliyu Wamakko of Sokoto State seems poised for a long-drawn battle with the national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, ...

Leadership NewspapersMystery Plane: Dapsey Oil Impounds Aircraft, Seeks CompensationLeadership NewspapersOwners of the plane parked at the Dapsey Oil filling station are yet to remove it a day after it was found in the Igando area of Lagos. Already, th...

Leadership NewspapersI have no control over Plateau crisis -JangNigerian TribunePLATEAU State governor, Jonah Jang, on Friday, declared that he had no control over the lingering crisis in the state, which he said predated his administration. Addressing...

Premium TimesI have no control over Plateau crisis -JangNigerian TribunePLATEAU State governor, Jonah Jang, on Friday, declared that he had no control over the lingering crisis in the state, which he said predated his administration. Addressing newsmen...

Premium TimesI have no control over Plateau crisis -JangNigerian TribunePLATEAU State governor, Jonah Jang, on Friday, declared that he had no control over the lingering crisis in the state, which he said predated his administration. Addressing newsmen...

Premium TimesI have no control over Plateau crisis -JangNigerian TribunePLATEAU State governor, Jonah Jang, on Friday, declared that he had no control over the lingering crisis in the state, which he said predated his administration. Addressing newsmen...

DailyPost NigeriaNANS declares 7-day mourning for colleaguesNigerian TribuneThe National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), on Friday, declared seven-day mourning for five of its officers who lost their lives to a road accident on Thursday. Accor...

Nigerian TribuneNigerian parents pay for expo in exams -JonathanNigerian TribunePRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan has stated that Nigerian parents were now paying for expo in examinations and also sponsoring wonder centres for Joint Admissions Matriculation ...

Nigerian TribuneNigerian parents pay for expo in exams -JonathanNigerian TribunePRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan has stated that Nigerian parents were now paying for expo in examinations and also sponsoring wonder centres for Joint Admissions Matriculation ...

Nigerian TribuneNigerian parents pay for expo in exams -JonathanNigerian TribunePRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan has stated that Nigerian parents were now paying for expo in examinations and also sponsoring wonder centres for Joint Admissions Matriculation ...

CHANNELSJonathan, Onaiyekan, Oritsejafor Tie Nigeria's Growth To Moral Re-birthThe Guardian NigeriaPRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan, Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, Cardinal John Onaiyekan, and the President, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Pastor...

Premium TimesJang Orders Accessibility To JournalistsThe Guardian NigeriaPLATEAU State Governor Jonah David Jang has called on all political appointees in his cabinet to always make their doors open to journalists. Jang stated this Friday at the Govern...

Leadership NewspapersImo To Bury Food Poison Victims, Directs Panel To Unravel CauseThe Guardian NigeriaFOLLOWING several appeals by the members of the Umueze-Nguru community in Ngor Opkala, Local Council of Imo for financial assistance in burying eigh...

National GeographicLagos youth get involved in energy awarenessNational GeographicC40 city Lagos is cultivating the next generation of climate-conscious citizens through its Power Kids Program, an interactive, extra-curricular activity that teaches chi...

VanguardNigeria: Hezbollah - Three Detained Lebanese Slam FG With N50 Billion SuitVanguardAbuja — The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court, yesterday, slated June 21 to hear N50 billion suit filed against the Federal Government by three Lebanese,...

Leadership NewspapersNigeria: Agenda to Save Nigeria - to Hell With APC Blueprint - PresidencyVanguardAbuja — Barely 72 hours after former Lagos State Governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, chastised President Goodluck Jonathan administration's poor lead...

CHANNELSNigeria: Insist On Transparent Election, Amaechi Urges NigeriansVanguardPort Harcourt — Governor Chibuike Amaechi of Rivers State, has urged Nigerians to insist on good governance and the conduct of transparent elections in the country. Meant...

Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde: “Shame on You Corrupt Leaders” | Nollywood Star ...Bella NaijaOn Thursday 13th June 2013, the Nollywood sensation took to social networking site Twitter to speak on the lamentable state of the country, caused by many Nigeria...

Premium TimesState finance commissioners walkout on finance minister at FAAC meetingPremium TimesState commissioners of Finance in Abuja on Thursday staged a walk out on the Minister of State for Finance, Yerima Ngama, over unresolved differences in re...

Premium TimesState finance commissioners walkout on finance minister at FAAC meetingPremium TimesState commissioners of Finance in Abuja on Thursday staged a walk out on the Minister of State for Finance, Yerima Ngama, over unresolved differences in re...

Premium TimesState finance commissioners walkout on finance minister at FAAC meetingPremium TimesState commissioners of Finance in Abuja on Thursday staged a walk out on the Minister of State for Finance, Yerima Ngama, over unresolved differences in re...

Nigerian TribuneMinister - N35 Billion UBEC Funds Idle in BankAllAfrica.comMore than N35 billion intervention fund for universal basic education is idling away in commercial banks un-accessed by states that need them, Minister of State for Education Ny...

Osun DefenderOkorocha may hijack APC in Imo – AjumbeOsun DefenderRochas-Okorocha-612x300 Imo State Chairman of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP), Dr Orikeze Ajumbe, in this interview with Politics Editor, Saturday, Daniel Kanu, speaks on the odds ...

Leadership NewspapersImplement Law On Free Education, Falana Urges FGNigerian ObserverLAGOS - Human Rights activist and constitutional lawyer Femi Falana has called on the Federal Government to address the rot in the education sector and implement the ...

'Gov Chime Has Performed Remarkably Well'Leadership NewspapersKingsley Tochi Udeh, lecturer, author and public policy consultant is the Founder/Executive Secretary, Citizens Mobilization and Participation Initiative (CIMPI). In this interview w...

Osun DefenderThose who support June 12 annulment do so for personal interest, says KanuThe Guardian NigeriaNADECO's colloquium to celebrate Chief MKO Abiola held on June 11 instead of June 12, as it has always been for almost two decades. Why the c...

CHANNELSNigeria, Japan to strengthen cooperation in defence - ObadaNigerian TribuneNigeria and Japan are to strengthen cooperation in the area of defence according to global practices. Minister of State for Defence, Mrs Olusola Obada, said this on Thur...

CHANNELSOkupe Says Tinubu Is Living In The PastCHANNELSThe Senior Special Assistant on Public Affairs to President Goodluck Jonathan, Doyin Okupe has advised former Governor of Lagos State and the leader of Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Bola Tinubu...

spyghana.comGunmen invade Kaduna villages, kill two soldiersThe Guardian NigeriaTHERE was pandemonium in Birnin Gwari Local Council Area of Kaduna State Thursday when gunmen invaded some of the villages, killing several people and injuring others. It t...

Leadership Newspapers5 NANS Officers Killed In Auto CrashLeadership NewspapersFive officers of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) died on Thursday in a motor accident on the Umuahia-Ikot Ekpene Road, the FRSC said. Mr John Meheux, the...

CHANNELSNSCDC Discovers Damaged Pipeline In KwaraCHANNELSThe Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has discovered a damaged oil pipeline where petroleum product is being siphoned and also impounded 200 fully loaded...

Ghanaian Remanded Over Alleged Murder Of Co-tenantLeadership NewspapersAn Ebute Meta Magistrates' Court in Lagos on Thursday remanded a 50-year-old Ghanaian, Kwasi Abubakar, for allegedly killing a co-tenant. The Magistrate, Mr O.A. Komolafe, order...

WorldStageUtomi urges govt to make agriculture more attractive, insurers to show more ...WorldStageWorldStage Newsonline-- Professor Pat Utomi , a former Presidential aspirant and director of Lagos Business School on Thursday called on the government t...

Leadership NewspapersBenedict Oriase: Composer of Nigeria's national anthem diesAfrique en LigueNigeria's national anthem - Benedict Oriase, the man who composed Nigeria's national anthem, Arise, O Compatriots, has died, the local press rep...

JAMB Issues: Education is a right not a privilege – Students ProtestCHANNELSSome students who wrote the Joint Admission Matriculation Board (JAMB) Examination in April have protested over the outcome of the results and insist that their scripts shoul...

AllAfrica.comCourt Transfers Case Seeking to Replace SuntaiAllAfrica.comAn Abuja Federal High Court has transferred to its Taraba state division a case seeking to compel the state's executive council and its House of Assembly to comply with section...

Osun DefenderNigeria: PDP Describes Apc's Agenda As Empty ShellsVanguardPeoples' Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday, reviewed the proposed agenda of All Progressives Congress, APC, and dismissed it as empty shells of lies articulated to deceive N...

CHANNELSNigeria: Instil Discipline in Police, Jonathan Tells OkiroVanguardAbuja — President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, challenged the Police Service Commission to instil discipline in the force and ensure that only those qualified to be promoted t...

The House and how to impeach a PresidentThe Guardian NigeriaTHE House of Representatives never ceases to amuse Nigerians with its controversial positions on important national issues. Or how else can its latest effort to tinker with the impeachment pro...

Osun DefenderJune 12 - We Can't Continue to Call Dog a Donkey - Kola AbiolaAllAfrica.comLagos — Chief MKO Abiola's son, Kola Abiola, has said Nigerians need to look at themselves as Nigerians and call a spade-a-spade by stopping calling dog a...

spyghana.comIG Meets With Senior Police Officers to Review Security ChallengesAllAfrica.comAbuja — The Inspector General of Police, Mr Mohammed Abubakar, on Wednesday met with zonal assistant inspectors general of police and commissioners of police, ...

Proprietor, 40, caught defiling 11-yr-old pupilNigerian TribuneTHERE was outrage at Olope area of Ado Ekiti, on Wednesday, as a man said to be in his 40s and proprietor of a nursery/primary school in the town was caught by members of the community as h...

CBN asks bank to report business dealings with Boko HaramNigerian TribuneTHE Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has directed banks and other financial institutions that have business relationship with the outlawed Islamic sect, Boko Haram, to report to it. ...

Nigerian Tribune220 federal parastatals to go •As FEC considers Oronsaye's committee reportNigerian TribuneABOUT 220 federal parastatals, commissions and agencies are likely to be scrapped in line with the recommendations of the White Paper Commi...

Borno earmarks N500m for El Kanemi's sign-on fees, builds five mini-stadiaThe Guardian NigeriaBORNO State Sports Commissioner, Isa Buratai has described the state Governor, Kashim Shettima, as the best inspiration for sports in the state since it w...

How 1999 Constitution encourages corruption, impunity, mediocrity, by NADECOThe Guardian NigeriaBeing text of a proclamation by the National Democratic Coalition (NADECO) on June 11, 2013 at the 19th Anniversary of the June 11, 1994 Epetedo Declaration...

Nigerian TribuneMid-Term Review: One out of three Nigerian children still out of schoolNigerian TribuneClement Idoko in this report x-rayed the activities of the Federal Ministry of Education in line with the Ministry's scorecard presented to the p...

CBN asks banks to disclose details, dissociate from terror groupsThe Guardian NigeriaFOLLOWING the proscription and gazetting of some Islamist terror groups by the Federal Government, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has warned all deposit banks in th...

Leadership NewspapersCommittee to publish names, as prominent citizens default in flood relief pledgeThe Guardian NigeriaSIX months after the launch, many prominent Nigerians are yet to redeem their pledges at the special appeal fund for victims of the...

Leadership NewspapersBoko Haram never attacked any mosque in the North – OritsejaforDailyPost NigeriaThe President, Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN and founder of the Warri-based Word of Life Bible Church, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, yesterday stat...

NDLEA arrests first cousins over cocaine hidden inside shoe soleThe Guardian NigeriaNARCOTIC officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA) Lagos have apprehended two brothers over all...

Leadership NewspapersNOA Condoles With Nigerians Over Death Of National Anthem ComposerLeadership NewspapersThe National Orientation Agency (NOA) on Wednesday commiserated with Nigerians over the death of Pa Benedict Odiase, composer of the nation'...

19 illegal hospitals closed down in DeltaDailyPost NigeriaThe Delta state government through its Ministry of Health, has sealed 19 illegal private hospitals in the Delta North Senatorial District. Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Dr. Daniel Omodon,...

Premium TimesNewlywed woman murdered in KanoPremium TimesA newly married woman, Zainab Yusuf, has been brutally murdered in her matrimonial home in Sabuwar Gandu Quarters, behind the City Science Academy in Kano City. The News Agency of Nigeria reports...

Premium TimesNigeria Police to establish Peacekeeping InstitutePremium TimesThe Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, on Wednesday announced plans by the Nigeria Police to establish a Peacekeeping Institute in the Nigerian capital. In a state...

Toronto StarJoe Brock, ReutersThe Sudbury StarHarrison Okene, 29, poses for a photograph after an interview with Reuters outside an hotel in Nigeria's oil city of Warri June 12, 2013. After two days trapped in freezing cold water and breathing from...

CHANNELSIBB Has No Hand In Abiola's Death, Says BrotherP.M. NewsA bombshell was dropped Wednesday when Chief Mubashiru Abiola, the head of the Abiola family of Gbagura, Abeokuta, Ogun State, southwest Nigeria, and younger brother to Moshood Abiola,...

NESREA collaborates SON, CPC and others to eliminate hazardous products in ...Daily Times NigeriaThe National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA) has initiated an alliance with some relevant government agencies to elimin...

Court Declines To Hear Taraba Gov's Health CaseP.M. NewsA Federal high Court siting in Abuja on Wednesday declined to wade into a suit relating to the health condition of Taraba State Governor, Danbaba Suntai and the effect it was having on the dev...

MKO Memorial Match: Fashola's All Stars Battle Ex-Abiola BabesP.M. News (blog)Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola of Lagos State will join his All Stars International Football Club when they face a selected team of former players of the defunct Abiola ...

Montreal GazetteVigilantes with machetes, sticks target suspected Islamic extremists in northeast ...Washington PostMAIDUGURI, Nigeria — Young men armed with machetes and sticks have entered the streets of Nigeria's biggest city in the northeast ...

BREAKING: Fatai Rolling Dollar Is DeadOsun DefenderFatai Roling dollar A yet to be confirmed reports reaching us has it that veteran highlife musician Fatai Rolling Dollars, is dead. Born 22nd July 1926, Rolling Dollar was known for his verve and dexte...

“President Jonathan plays tennis four times a week” – PinnickDailyPost NigeriaThe executive chairman of the Delta State Sports Commission, Amaju Pinnick, has revealed that President Goodluck Jonathan loves sports passionately and even takes time ...

Osun DefenderWithout my wife, I won't be Ekiti governor –FayemiOsun DefenderEkiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, has attributed his success in the struggle for the actualisation of his 2007 stolen mandate to the strong faith his wife, Erelu Bisi ...

VIDEO: APC Fails To Agree On Party's Executive CommitteeCHANNELSLeaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) were unable to agree on the constitution of the executive committee to steer the party's affairs, after meeting for five hours on Tue...

CHANNELSMark Assures Czech Parliament Of Foreign Investment Safety In NigeriaCHANNELSSenate President David Mark has assured the leadership of Czech parliament that terrorism would soon become history in Nigeria. Senator Mark gave the assurance at a me...

Leadership NewspapersNigeria: Mixed Reaction Trails Cremation BillVanguardLagos — Mixed reactions have greeted the signing into law of the cremation bill by Gov. Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State. The law had given legal teeth to state authority to bu...

CHANNELS6000 Nigerians Flee To Niger Republic – UNHCRCHANNELSThe UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has estimated that over 6,000 people have being displaced in north-eastern of the country as a result of the on-going military clamp-down on Bo...

Leadership NewspapersAgain Herdsmen Kill 5, 10 Missing In Benue VillageLeadership NewspapersThere was wide spread allegations, barely a week ago, that a truck-load of suspected Fulani herdsmen were brought to Ichama and the police were immediately info...

Leadership NewspapersShoddy Prosecution Stalls Trial of Suspected Bomber of UN HouseTHISDAY LiveThe trial of the four alleged masterminds of the August 20, 2011 suicide bombing of the United Nations' building in Abuja could not commence before a Fe...

Leadership NewspapersCompensation For Air Crash Victims Is Per Passenger —OduahLeadership NewspapersThe Minister of Aviation, Princess Stella Oduah, yesterday said the compensation due to aircraft accident victims are per passengers and not per famil...

Leadership NewspapersTrapped UNIABUJA Students Need HelpLeadership NewspapersFor the umpteenth time last Tuesday, students of the University of Abuja (UNIABUJA) protested against non-registration of some of its courses. Last year, the National Universi...

DailyPost Nigeria12-month-old baby dies in Lagos building collapseNigerian TribuneA 12-month-old baby, on Tuesday afternoon, died as a residential three-storey building collapsed around Challenge Bus Stop in Mushin area of Lagos State. About eight peop...

Trial of alleged UN house bombers stalledNigerian TribuneTHE trial of the four alleged masterminds of the August 20, 2011 bombing of the United Nation's building in Abuja was stalled on Tuesday before a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja following...

CHANNELSJonathan wants local launch of space sateliteNigerian TribunePRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan has challenged the National Space Council to work out ways to launch a Nigerian made space satellite on a Nigerian made space vehicle from a site within th...

Leadership Newspapers$1.69m fraud: Court remands Ajudua in prisonNigerian TribuneJUSTICE Joseph Olubunmi Oyewole of the Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja, on Tuesday, ordered the remand of alleged fraudster, Mr Fred Ajudua, in prison. At the resumed he...

EFCC, Customs to check fraud in revenue collectionThe Guardian NigeriaTHE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), in partnership with the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) Tuesday kicked off an introspective anti-corruption campaign aimed at purg...

spyghana.comACN laments Presidency, PDP reactions to comment on Boko Haram banThe Guardian NigeriaTHE Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) Tuesday said it rejected any attempt by the presidency and the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP) to portray ...

WorldStageAregbesola, Akinjide, Sagay differ on autonomy for councilsThe Guardian NigeriaGOVERNOR of Osun State, Rauf Aregbesola, and a constitutional lawyer, Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN), Tuesday criticised the move by the Federal Government and the Nationa...

P.M. NewsPresident Jonathan Says Ribadu Is An Ethically Challenged Hypocritespyghana.comThe Presidency has said President Jonathan and his Administration will not be distracted from the diligent implementation of the agenda for national transformation ...

P.M. NewsBaby's Eyes, Private Part Removed In HospitalP.M. NewsAngry youths of Abule Iroko in Ogun State, southwest Nigeria, have vandalised an ambulance and an SUV at a medical centre in the area following the mutilation of a 13-month old boy, Obi...

CHANNELSInvestigate Justice Hope Ozor Group Urges CJN, NJCCHANNELSAbuja Civil Society Forum (ACSF) a human rights group has appealed to the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) and chairman of the National Judicial Council (NJC) Justice Aloma Mariam Mukhtar ...

Leadership NewspapersFalana Denies Reporting Judge To NJC Over Ibru's Ikoyi PropertyLeadership NewspapersTop Lagos lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), yesterday denied writing petitions alongside two other senior advocates (SANs) against Justice Okechukwu O...

CHANNELSDickson Appoints Walson-Jack As New Chief of StaffCHANNELSThe government of Bayelsa state today announced the appointment  of Dame Didi Walson-Jack as the Chief of Staff, Government House Yenagoa. She was until her appointment the commissio...

Politician Quotes Bible To Defend Nigerian ConstitutionCHANNELSThe National Publicity Secretary of Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), Rotimi Fashakin ¬†while speaking on Channels Television‚Äôs breakfast programme, Sunrise Daily quoted ‚Ä...