The Express TribunePolicy shift?: US defends peace overtures to TalibanThe Express TribuneSecretary of State Kerry says it's better to bring foes to the table than fight them. By AFP. Published: May 27, 2013. Tweet · Share this article Print...

DailyPost NigeriaUduaghan, cleric, at democracy day service, urge positive attitudeThe Guardian NigeriaAS the nation braces up to mark the yearly Democracy Day on May 29 with an inter-denominational church service at the National Christian Centre, Abuj...

WorldStageFCTA to deploy sanitation task force in AbujaWorldStageThe Honourable Minister of State for Federal Capital Territory, Oloye Olajumoke Akinjide, has disclosed that the Administration would deploy a Sanitation Task Force in the territory as pa...

DailyPost NigeriaTears as SSS buries 10 slain officersDailyPost NigeriaThe headquarters of State Security Service,SSS,in Abuja, was emotion-soaked as ten officers who died during an operation against a cult group (Ombatse) at Eggon Village in Nasarawa ...

CHANNELSImo Police Rescues 72 Year-Old From Suspected KidnappersCHANNELSThe Imo State police command has rescued a 72 year-old man; Mr Emmanuel Ujagba who was alleged to have been kidnapped by some unknown gunmen suspected to be kidnappers in Umuebele ...

APC - for ANPP, It's Yet Another MergerAllAfrica.comThe All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) and the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) a forthnight ago, held their special conventions to enable them merge into the All Progressives Congress (APC). I...

Nigeria: Clark at 86 - President Is Too Powerful, Let's Have PMAllAfrica.comEdwin Kiagbodo Clark, a former Minister of Information, was 86 years old yesterday having been born May 25, 1932. He is a trained lawyer, politician, and elder statesman. T...

CHANNELSBoko Haram Amnesty Committee Meets Widows Of Slain Police Officers In KanoCHANNELSThe Presidential Committee on Dialogue and Peaceful Resolution with members of Boko Haram sect has promised to look into the plight of widows and children's o...

Canada gives $5m for Nigeria's 2015 pollsStarAfrica.comThe Canadian government has said it was satisfied with Nigeria's democratic credentials and promised to provide the Independent National Electoral commission (INEC) with $5 million to condu...

Osun DefenderAwolowo Centre hails Aregbesola at 56Osun DefenderThe Board of Trustees, Board of Directors and staff of the Awolowo Centre for Philosophy, Ideology and Good Governance yesterday congratulated Osun State Governor Rauf Aregbesola, who turns...

Osun DefenderRemove Adamawa from states under emergency rule – NPSG begs JonathanOsun DefenderThe National Peace Summit Group, NPSG, has advised President Goodluck Jonathan to consider excluding Adamawa State from the states placed under emergency ru...

Osun DefenderTinubu: PDP Runs A Demonic GovtOsun DefenderAsiwaju Bola Tinubu Former Lagos State governor and All Progressives Congress (APC)leader, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has described the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) 12-year rule as demon...

Illegal Universities: Operations Stalled, Students JitteryLeadership NewspapersThe National Universities Commission (NUC) had, last week, named 48 illegal universities operating across the country and warned the public to discard any certificates from ...

Osun DefenderPDP Runs A Demonic Govt – TinubuLeadership NewspapersTinubu said this“ demon of the corrupt government in the last12 years must be chased out at the next election.” In his speech at the 3rd convocation ceremony of the Kano University...

Osun DefenderMy name has brought good luck to Nigeria — JonathanOsun DefenderPresident Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday said despite the security challenges in parts of the country, his first name had brought some good luck to Nigeria. JONATHAN. PRESIDE...

Selling Babies, An Abomination, Says Gov's WifeThe Guardian NigeriaWORRIED by the practice of selling babies, even, by their own mothers and parents, the wife of Abia State Governor, Mrs. Mercy Odochi Orji, on Thursday, asserted that it remained an...

DailyPost NigeriaObasanjo is behind my persecution, those against my state pardon are ill ...DailyPost NigeriaDiepreye-Alamieyeseigha Former Governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, has alleged that his arrest and prosecution for finan...

NDTVWith phones cut, Nigerians caught in conflict cope and hopeNDTVMaidugiri: Balama Mali Gubio lost phone contact with his relatives 10 days ago, like many residents in this region of Nigeria caught between a military offensive and Islamist extremist ...

Osun DefenderAregbesola Set To Distribute 100 Wheelchairs to Physically ChallengedOsun Defenderwheelchairs The governor of Osun State, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola will today 25th of May carryout a heartfelt service to the people of Osun state, the governor ...

DailyPost NigeriaHenry Olamiju: Yes, the Woolwich beheaders are NigeriansDailyPost NigeriaThe news headlines in the past two days have been awash with the story, photos and video of the terror attack in Woolwich, London in which a British soldier was h...

Osun DefenderAREGBESOLA AT 56 IS ALL ABOUT 30 ACHIEVEMENTS IN 30 MONTHS OF ...Osun DefenderThe 56th Birthday of Governor of the State of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Adesoji Aregbesola has been characterized with the enumeration and celebration of thirty (30) gre...

CHANNELSJTF: 'We've Rescued 9 Hostages Held by Boko Haram'THISDAY LiveTroops deployed to smoke out insurgents in Borno State have rescued three women and six children after overrunning three terrorists camps in the notorious Sambisa forest ...

Nasarawa Killings: 'SSS Certified Operatives Safety before the Incident'THISDAY LiveThe mystery surrounding the killing of many Police officers and men as well as operatives of the Directorate of State Security Service (SSS) has taken a new dim...

Leadership NewspapersEmir of Kano Loses WifeTHISDAY LiveThe Emir Of Kano Alhaji Ado Bayero has lost his wife Hajiya Rabi Ado Bayero, who was popularly known as "Uwar Soron Kano". Late Rabi Ado Bayero died on Thursday night at the age of 60 ye...

Lagos 2015: George, Ogunlewe reconcile, resolve to work for PDPNational MirrorThe plan by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to take over the reins of governance in the Centre of Excellence, seems to be gathering momentum, as the battle for the soul of...

National MirrorKwankwaso's Achievements Chronicle In BookThe Guardian NigeriaTO spotlight the contributions of Dr. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, Governor of Kano State, to the democratic process of Nigeria, a book chronicling the achievement of the governo...

Nigerian TribuneOndo Guber: Mimiko defeats PDP at Supreme CourtNigerian TribuneThe Supreme Court, on Friday, dismissed an interlocutory appeal by the People's Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the last governorship election in Ondo State, Olusola...

Premium TimesCynthia's mouth was stuffed with hair net, handkerchief, attachment —PathologistNigerian TribuneThe consultant pathologist at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Professor John Obafunwa, on Friday stated that the l...

SURE-P is good despite initial take-off challenges —UduaghanNigerian TribuneDelta State governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan, has expressed his administration's support in ensuring the success of the Federal Government's Subsidy, Reinvestment and E...

Aregbesola's Wife Expresses Commitment To Children's Proper UpbringingOsun DefenderWife of the Governor of the State of Osun, Mrs Sherifat Aregbesola, has reaffirmed the commitment of the present administration to extend the dividends of democr...

CHANNELSKwara State Critically Examines PerformanceCHANNELSThe Kwara State Government says it has significantly achieved its objectives for governance as outlined in its 4-year Medium Term Sectoral Strategy (MTSS). Secretary to the State Government, Al...

Leadership NewspapersNigeria Gets AU Nod For Non-Permanent UN Security Council SeatThe Guardian NigeriaTHE African Union (AU) Executive Council has finally given Nigeria the nod to jostle for the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) non-permanent mem...

DailyPost NigeriaSambo Urges Nigerians To Cooperate With JonathanThe Guardian NigeriaVICE President Namadi Sambo Friday led a high-powered federal government delegation to the National Mosque, Abuja to pray for Nigeria as part of the activities commemo...

Osun DefenderNigeria 'has 1497 illegal borders'Afrique en LigueLagos, Nigeria - Nigerian authorities have disclosed that the country has 84 legal and 1,497 illegal borders, making it possible for illegal immigrants to enter the country more fre...

Suspected Ritualits Arrested In IlorinThe Guardian NigeriaTWO suspected ritualists have arrested in Ilorin for attempt to steal buried corpses in the town for ritual purposes. The suspects were said to have seized the opportunity of the road being cons...

CHANNELSAmnesty Committee Seeks Link With Boko HaramCHANNELSThe presidential committee on dialogue and peaceful resolution of security challenges in the north has appealed to Nigerians to link the panel with leadership of the Boko Haram sect. The Chair...

CHANNELSSenate Opposes NITEL LiquidationAllAfrica.comThe Senate committee on Privatisation and Commercialisation yesterday kicked against the decision of the Federal Government to liquidate the comatose Nigerian Telecommunication Company Plc. Speaking ...

CHANNELSOsun To Host 2013 Oodua World Children's DayCHANNELSThe Chairman of the Oodua World Children Day, Oguntola Toogun has revealed plans to stage the 2013 edition of the Oodua World Children's Day in Osun state. Mr. Toogun while briefing jo...

Bill to End Football Crises Suffers Setback in SenateAllAfrica.comA bill in the Senate that seeks to end crises in the nation's football sector, yesterday suffered a setback at a public hearing organized by the Senate Committee on Sports. Yesterday...

Osun DefenderSouthern Kaduna Rally: Buhari, Tinubu MeetLeadership NewspapersFormer Military Head of State and leader of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), Gen. Muhammadu Buhari and former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu, yesterday...

My Husband Sold My Unborn Child For N200,000 – WifeLeadership NewspapersThis is as shocking as it gets: a husband and his wife are currently in police detention for allegedly engaging children trafficking, with the pregnant woman revealing the shocki...

Leadership NewspapersWhy Police Is Upgrading Medical Facilities – IGPLeadership NewspapersThe inspector general of police(IGP), Mohammed Abubakar has said that the police had decided to upgrade medical services in its formations across the country to...

Warri-based bishop arrested over kidnappingNigerian TribunePOLICE in Warri, Delta State, have arrested a Warri-based bishop of a pentecostal church and another “prophet,” simply identified as Joseph, following an attempted kidnap on the proprietres...

CHANNELSAmaechi's Plane: House Wants Caverton Helicopters ProsecutedTHISDAY LiveThe House of Representatives Thursday stated that it may seek the prosecution of Caverton Helicopters for allegedly misleading aviation authorities in the country to gr...

Nigerian TribuneTinubu, Fashola, Al-Makura, others for APC rally in KadunaNigerian TribuneAHEAD of Friday's rally of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Southern Kaduna, chieftains of the proposed APC would join General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd) in...

The Voice OnlineBritish-Indians condemn brutal terror attack in LondonBusiness StandardA body of British-Indian Muslims, Council of Indian Muslims (UK), has strongly condemned the brutal murder of a British soldier by two assailants in south-east Londo...

AFPBetween Boko Haram and security operativesNigerian TribuneTHE recent declaration of the state of emergency by President Goodluck Jonathan over three dreaded and cold-hearted terrorist afflicted northern states, Borno, Yobe and Adamawa indicated the ...

Reps Urge Police To Arrest Attackers Of Daura TownCHANNELSThe House of Representatives has called on the Inspector General of police to intensify efforts to apprehend armed bandits that laid siege to the town of Daura, in a six hour operation that led ...

CHANNELSCJN tasks judges on punctuality, quick dispensation of justiceThe Guardian NigeriaWITH a tacitly acquiescing with the maxim that justice delayed is justice denied, the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Mariam Aloma Mukthar, Thursday charg...

AFPNigerian government pays no compensation to families of slain cops, 16 months ...Premium TimesSome officers of the Kano State Police Command on Thursday lamented the failure of the federal government to pay any compensation to families of police off...

CHANNELSReuben Abati Loses MumCHANNELSMaria Taiwo Abati, the mother of the Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on Media and Publicity, Reuben Abati, is dead. Maria Taiwo Abati, the mother of the Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan...

Premium TimesPolice arrest Ogun workers over WAEC fees' fraudThe Guardian NigeriaNO fewer than 22 more Ogun State civil servants were Thursday arrested and interrogated by officials of the Criminal Investigations Department of the state Police Comm...

S'West PDP seeks Presidency's help on 2014, 2015 pollsThe Guardian NigeriaTHE People's Democratic Party (PDP) in the South West Thursday insisted that the Presidency and national leadership of the party must give the zone special attention ...

Appeal Court adjourns APGA's leadership tussle suit over petitionThe Guardian NigeriaFOLLOWING a petition against it to the National Judicial Council (NJC), the Court of Appeal sitting in Enugu Thursday adjourned indefinitely the appeal pending bef...

Son hacks father to death in EnuguDailyPost NigeriaThe sleepy community of Umuida, Enugu Ezike, in Igbo-Eze North Local Government Area of Enugu state has been thrown into confusion following the alleged murder of a 65-year-old man, Mr. Felix Atta by h...

WorldStageAirtel Nigeria confirms resignation of Olu Akanmu, Chief Marketing OfficerWorldStageWorldStage Newsonline-- Airtel Networks Limited on Thursday confirmed that Mr. Olu Akanmu, its Chief Marketing Officer has resigned his appointment with the c...

AFPNigeria's northern insurgencyThe EconomistSOLDIERS sit sweltering in bunkers made from sandbags on the streets of Maiduguri, a town in north-eastern Nigeria at the centre of a four-year Islamist revolt. Around them, young boys on clanking bicycl...

No individual will be allowed to hijack APC, ex-Kano Governor, Shekarau, saysPremium TimesThe All Nigerian Peoples Party, ANPP presidential candidate in the 2011 election, Ibrahim Shekarau, said on Wednesday said that the All Progressives Congress, APC...

Leadership NewspapersEbonyi Assembly Lifts Suspension On 2 MembersLeadership NewspapersThe Ebonyi House of Assembly on Thursday lifted the suspension placed on two of its members, Mrs Lilian Igwe and Mr Valentine Okike. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...

The NationJustice Adoke Sues Dino Melaye for Libel – Demands N10.2bnNigerian BulletinThe Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), and Minister of Justice, Justice Mohammed Bello Adoke (SAN), has slammed a N10.2 billion libel suit on the Executive Se...

DailyPost NigeriaWoolwich attack: One suspect named as Michael AdebolojaAdelaide NowTHE attacker who allegedly attempted to behead an off-duty soldier has been identified as British-born Michael "Mujihad" Adeboloja. On Twitter Abu Nusaybah sa...

CHANNELSCJN Swears In FCT Acting Chief JudgeCHANNELSThe Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Aloma Mariam Mukthar has advised the acting Chief Judge of the Federal Capital Territory, Justice Ibrahim Bukar to lead his fellow justices by example. Speaking i...

Leadership NewspapersNigeria's Northern Elders Will Soon Come Home To Roost!spyghana.comLately, there has been so many “elderly rascality” taking place in Nigeria. From Gabriel Igbinedion's complete disregard for the law of the land on elec...

The NationPresidency should remain in South in 2015 – LeadersThe PunchThe Southern Nigeria Peoples Assembly has said the Presidency should remain in the South in 2015. The assembly also agreed that President Goodluck Jonathan should contest the 2015 ...

India to train 500 Nigerians in vocational skillsVancouver DesiLagos (Nigeria), May 23 (IANS) India wants increased partnership with Nigeria in education through institutional cooperation, content development, faculty exchange and joint ventures that w...

spyghana.comKwara Police Commissioner Murderers Finally Arrestedspyghana.comSuspected killers of late Kwara State commissioner of police, Chinwike Asadu, have been arrested, the Nigerian police has said. Briefing journalists on Wednesday in Enugu durin...

Police drags 7 persons to court for stealing goat owned by Osun governmentDailyPost NigeriaSeven persons were on Wednesday arraigned before a Magistrates' Court in Osogbo, the Osun State capital for allegedly stealing a goat belonging to the Osun S...

Boko Haram: ACF Wants Military Operations MonitoredTHISDAY LiveThe Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) Wednesday called on the federal government to allow human rights and observer groups full access to all areas where the current military campaigns against...

CHANNELSMark Urges Northern Govs to Ban Almajiri SystemTHISDAY LiveSenate President David Mark Wednesday accused northern governors and leaders from the zone of spearheading the growth of Almajiri and charged them to ban the system now. While describin...

National MirrorCustoms Impounds 227 Cartons of 56, 750 Rounds of AmmunitionTHISDAY LiveThe Oyo-Osun Command of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) Wednesday impounded 227 cartons of 56, 750 rounds of ammunition concealed in bags packed with dried cassav...

The Nigerian government: A distorted Robin HoodThe Guardian NigeriaEJIRO was already out of his gate by 6:00 am, he had almost reached the polling centre. He decided that this time, he was going to make sure that his vote would count, all those newspap...

Nigerian TribuneNasarawa killings: Security operatives were killed by my gods - Ombatse chief ...Nigerian TribuneChief priest of a renowned Ombatse Militia group, Baba Ala Agu on Wednesday said the security operatives that were sent to Alakio village i...

National MirrorKwankwaso destroys N350m adulterated drugsNational MirrorAbout 18 truck-load of expired and adulterated drugs worth N350 million were yesterday evening destroyed in Kano State by Governor Rabi'u Musa Kwankwaso. Shortly after setting ...

'How 15000 Indian public schools deliver quality education through digital ...The Guardian NigeriaNIGERIA may share many things in common with India in terms of a large population and a teeming number of youths. But while Nigeria is still battling ...

Parents, JAMB disagree over UTME's high failure rateThe Guardian NigeriaThe recent release of this year's Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination has sparked off angry reactions from candidates and their parents, who accused the Joint Admiss...

Nigerian TribuneIhejirika to soldiers: Stop leaking information to insurgentsNigerian TribuneChief of Army Staff, Lieutenant Ihejirika, on Wednesday, warned military officers against linking information on troops operations, warning that anyone caught ...

Nigerian TribuneACN versus ACN in EkitiNigerian TribuneThe rising wave of complaints among some members of the ruling Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in Ekiti State in recent times has become a cause for concern among the citizenry. Assistant Editor, ...

Premium TimesEminent citizens plan summit on NigeriaThe Guardian NigeriaA NATIONAL summit to resolve Nigeria's multi-dimensional problems, including insecurity in some parts of the North, is being planned by eminent leaders from across the country....

CHANNELSGoals Galore As Channels National Kids Cup Kicks OffCHANNELSIt was an interesting first day at the kick-off of the Channels National Kids Cup as a total of 49 goals were scored in six matches. First timers, School Road Primary School from Abia ...

Court jails man for pirating El-Rufai's bookThe Guardian NigeriaA FEDERAL High Court in Lagos Wednesday convicted and sentenced a bookseller to three months' imprisonment for selling pirated book of former Minister of Federal Capital Territory ...

CHANNELS$1.69 Million Fraud: Court Orders Ajudua To Appear And Face TrialCHANNELSA Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja has ordered a fraud suspect, Fred Ajudua to face his trial. The court fixed resumption of the trial for 11 June. Mr Ajudua and one Char...

Lagos Bans Building On Weekends, Public HolidaysP.M. NewsIn a bid to stem the incessant collapse of buildings in the state, the Lagos State government has banned developers from working on building construction on weekends, public holidays and at night...

Osun Defender56 Million Nigerians Illiterate –EzekwesiliP.M. NewsFormer Minister of Education, Dr. Obiageli Ezekwesili says report has revealed that 56 million Nigerians are still illiterate and cannot read and write. She spoke at the 3rd Lagos State...

VIDEO: Police Arrest 4 Human Parts Sellers: Heads Sold for N8000, Hands ...CHANNELSThe Police force command in Lagos on Tuesday paraded four suspected men who specialised in selling human parts to herbalists and ritualists. The suspects confessed that ...

National MirrorCan South Africa Help Nigeria to Industrialise?Independent European Daily ExpressJOHANNESBURG, May 22 (IPS) - The lack of economic diversification throughout sub-Saharan Africa means that despite South Africa's pledges to help Nigeri...

Osun DefenderTension as youths lock out newly consecrated Bishop in ImoOsun DefenderThere was tension yesterday in Ahiara community in Ahaiazu Council Area of Imo State as aggrieved youths and priests locked up the Catholic Cathedral in protest against...

DailyPost NigeriaAmnesty - FG Releases Detained Suspected TerroristsAllAfrica.comPresident Goodluck Jonathan, in line with his promise to extend a reconciliation gesture towards peace in the Northern part of the country, has effected the release of som...

CHANNELSHawkers, Beggars Banned From Checkpoints By Yobe JTFCHANNELSThe Military Joint Task Force (JTF) in Yobe State has banned hawking and begging around security check points across the state. The JTF spokesman in the state, Lieutenant Eli Lazarus, ...

Terrorism: NCS seeks full deployment of IT across NigeriaThe Guardian NigeriaTHOUGH, the federal government has stepped up fights against terrorism in the country, the Nigeria Computer Society (NCS), has called on it to complement the effort with full ...

Osun DefenderRivers PDP crisis has compromised the police, says AbeThe Guardian NigeriaWhile waiting for the Senate to debate the proclamation of state of emergency in three states, lawmakers have individually given their assessment of the step taken b...

National MirrorAbuja population will rise to 10m in 2018 –MinisterNational MirrorPopulation of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, will by 2018 rise from five million to 10 million. The FCT Minister, Senator Bala Muhammed, who disclosed this while ad...

Nigerian TribuneOndo gov: Supreme Court throws out Akeredolu's requestNigerian TribuneTHE Supreme Court, on Tuesday, threw out an interlocutory appeal filed by the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN's) governorship candidate in Ondo State, Chief O...

On the removal of ex-governor Ladoja's loyalists by AjimobiNigerian TribuneON Wednesday 17 April this year, Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State announced through the radio, television and release in newspapers in Ibadan, that he had relieved some ...

Mark calls for regional unity against insurgentsNigerian TribuneSENATE President, David Mark, has renewed his appeal to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to come together and chart a way out of the growing insurgents ravaging the r...

CHANNELSCourt restrains N/Assembly, IGP from arresting Kogi lawmakerNigerian TribuneTHE Inspector General of police (IGP) was on Tuesday restrained from carrying out the resolution of the National Assembly from arresting Honourable Friday Sanni, a memb...

S/South rulers pledge support for Jonathan's 2015 ambitionNigerian TribuneTRADITIONAL rulers from the South-South region of the country, under the aegis of the South-South Traditional Rulers Council (SSTRC), have announced their support for a secon...

Myjoyonline.comPolice arrest man who exhumed, sold corpses of relatives for N16,000Nigerian TribuneA 40 - year old man, Agboola Kolawole, who exhumed the corpses of his relatives and sold for N16,000 has been arrested by the police in Lagos State. The ...

Nigerian TribuneWhy I dumped Kashamu, PDP -Hon AdebutuNigerian TribuneHonourable Oladipupo Adebutu, a former House of Representatives member, who sought a re-election on the ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2011 and scion of the mogul, C...

DailyPost NigeriaEmergency rule: Army denies recall of troops from MaliNigerian TribuneTHE Defence Headquarters has denied the recall of its troops from Mali to fight the Boko Haram insurgency in the country, describing such reports in a section of the...

Leadership NewspapersEmergency rule: Army denies recall of troops from Mali - Nigerian TribuneNigerian TribuneTHE Defence Headquarters has denied the recall of its troops from Mali to fight the Boko Haram insurgency in the country, describing such repo...