Premium TimesOndo tribunal fixes April 23 for adoption of written addressesPremium TimesThe victory of Governor Mimiko at the last Ondo State gubernatorial election is being challenged. The Ondo State Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Akure has fix...

Indepth AfricaNigeria: Kano Massacre; where is Police IG Abubaka ...Indepth AfricaIt is fast becoming expedient to call for peoples being attacked to defend themselves by all and any means possible. The refusal of the cabal that have hijacked State aut...

Indepth AfricaNigeria: Kano Massacre; where is Police IG Abubaka ...Indepth AfricaIt is fast becoming expedient to call for peoples being attacked to defend themselves by all and any means possible. The refusal of the cabal that have hijacked State aut...

CHANNELSCourt Gives Accelerated Hearing In 'My Pikin' Syrup CaseCHANNELSThe last may not have been heard about the case brought against Barewa Pharmaceutical Company Ltd, makers of My Pikin teething syrup touted to be a killer teething syrup, a...

WorldStageGowon visits AUN, praises Adamawa Peace InitiativeWorldStageGeneral Yakubu Gowon, Nigeria's former head of state and leader of Nigeria Prays--an interfaith intercessory group--visited the American University of Nigeria on Monday, March 18...

SaharaReporters.comEFCC arraigns 3 pastors over N7.9m fraudNews24Lagos - Three pastors David Eshiet, Samson Ugbara and Adesanmi Aderoju, were yesterday arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over alleged N7.9 million fraud, Vanguard ...

CHANNELSKano Blast: Death Toll Rises To 70CHANNELSThe number of casualties from Monday's bomb blast in a luxurious bus park in Kano state, has risen to 70. Tobias Idika, the President of the Ohaneze Ndi Igbo and a witness to the blast told Channels...

CHANNELSKano Blast: Death Toll Rises To 70CHANNELSThe number of casualties from Monday's bomb blast in a luxurious bus park in Kano state, has risen to 70. Tobias Idika, the President of the Ohaneze Ndi Igbo and a witness to the blast told Channels...

Premium TimesFour injured as ACN, LP supporters clash in OndoPremium TimesSupporters of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, and those of the ruling Labour Party, LP, engaged one another in a free -for -all at the gate of the State High Court Complex w...

Premium TimesFour injured as ACN, LP supporters clash in OndoPremium TimesSupporters of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, and those of the ruling Labour Party, LP, engaged one another in a free -for -all at the gate of the State High Court Complex w...

Lagos Police command parades 11 suspectsNews24Lagos - The Lagos State Police Command on Monday paraded 11 suspected criminals involved in different criminal activities in parts of the state. Parading the suspects, the spokesperson for the command, DSP ...

Nigerian Tribune2015: It's fight to the finish - Atiku. Vows to kick against amendment to PDP's ...Nigerian TribuneFORMER vice president, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has said any attempt to amend the constitution of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP...

P.M. NewsEkiti deputy governor goes on medical leaveP.M. NewsDeputy governor of the western Nigerian state of Ekiti, Mrs. Funmilayo Olayinka, has proceeded on a three-month leave following her indisposition. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to ...

P.M. NewsEkiti deputy governor goes on medical leaveP.M. NewsDeputy governor of the western Nigerian state of Ekiti, Mrs. Funmilayo Olayinka, has proceeded on a three-month leave following her indisposition. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to ...

The Daily StarNigerian president: Setraco hostages may be aliveThe Daily StarBEIRUT: Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan gave new hope to the families of two Lebanese kidnapped there last month along with five other foreigners when he said Monday that...

Lagos govt takes climate change to communitiesNigerian TribuneLagos State government is putting in place a community –based initiative to ensure coherent response to climate change. Speaking at the Pre-summit dialogue on climate change in Lagos State...

Lagos govt takes climate change to communitiesNigerian TribuneLagos State government is putting in place a community –based initiative to ensure coherent response to climate change. Speaking at the Pre-summit dialogue on climate change in Lagos State...

Lagos govt takes climate change to communitiesNigerian TribuneLagos State government is putting in place a community –based initiative to ensure coherent response to climate change. Speaking at the Pre-summit dialogue on climate change in Lagos State...

South-West politicians need to learn from MimikoNigerian TribuneI was thrilled watching the inauguration of Dr Olusegun Mimiko as Ondo State governor for a second term. He is a man of action. Governor Mimiko has proven to be a special and a different g...

P.M. NewsAnxiety over Ekiti Deputy Gov's healthNigerian TribuneTHERE is anxiety in Ekiti State over the health of the deputy governor of the state, Mrs Funmi Olayinka. A statement by the state Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation, sai...

CHANNELSReinstatement: Salami's hope dashed againNigerian TribuneTHE hope of the suspended President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Ayo Salami, as regards his reinstatement was again dashed on Monday as a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja declin...

CHANNELSCommunal crisis: Kwara police command arrests 15 troublemakersNigerian TribuneTHE Kwara State Police Command has arrested about 15 suspected troublemakers in connection with the breakdown of law and order in Ganmo community in the Ifelodun Loca...

Osun DefenderHijab: Osun CAN raises the alarm over looming religious crisis, we have been ...Nigerian TribuneTHE controversy over the propriety of wearing Hijab in public schools, in Osun took another dimension on Monday, as the state chapter of the Ch...

CHANNELSBill Gates Didn't Cancel Visit Due To Alamieyeseigha's Pardon – PresidencyCHANNELSThe presidency has been reacting to report attributing the cancellation of Bill Gates' visit to Nigeria to the controversy over state pardon given f...

Leadership NewspapersPDP Wins Five Out of Six FCT Area CouncilsTHISDAY LiveIf the results of the six area council elections held at the weekend are used as a barometer for the outcome of the 2015 general election, then the ruling Peoples Democratic Par...

Police officer arrested for robbery in EkitiThe Guardian NigeriaAN Assistant Superintendent of Police with Ekiti State Police command has been arrested for his alleged role in the robbery incident that took place in Ikere-Ise Ekiti last week. The offic...

CHANNELSUS-based Nigerians back America on AlamieyeseighaThe Guardian NigeriaAMERICA-BASED Nigerians are expressing support for the United States (U.S.) government's comments and action regarding the controversial pardon granted last week to a form...

CHANNELSPension Fraud: Court Grants N10 Million Bail To YusufuCHANNELSA former Pension Director in the Police Affairs Ministry, who recently confessed to stealing billions of naira belonging to the public, John Yakubu Yusufu, was Monday, granted bail b...

AFPNigeria: French hostage and family in new videoThe Associated PressMAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — A French hostage has spoken in a video filmed three days ago with his family, weeks after extremists kidnapped them from northern Cameroon. The video'...

Leadership NewspapersAgbaso Never Collected A Dime – OjiCHANNELSMr. Kelvin Oji, the media consultant to the deputy governor of Imo state state while speaking on Channels Television's Breakfast Show Sunrise Daily stated that the Imo bribery allega...

Agbaso Never Collected A Dime – OjiCHANNELSMr. Kelvin Oji, the media consultant to the deputy governor of Imo state state while speaking on Channels Television's Breakfast Show Sunrise Daily stated that the Imo bribery allegation levelled against...

AllAfrica.comCanadian Govt Petitions Police Over Fake Insurance ClaimsAllAfrica.comLagos — A fake medical doctor identified as Ibukun Ojo has been arrested by the police in Lagos. He was arrested at the weekend following a petition received from the ...

Violence Against Women - TUC, FIDA Task Lagos Assembly On Passage of BillAllAfrica.comLagos — TRADE Union Congress, TUC, Women Commission and the International Federation of Women Lawyers, FIDA, have appealed to the Lagos State House of Assembly, to ...

APGA Insists On Holding National Convention April 8AllAfrica.comAbakaliki — THE leadership of All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA, weekend, asserted that the planned national convention of the party tentatively scheduled for April 8 in Enugu would h...

Osun DefenderMistaken identity: Police kill trader during operationOsun Defenderokoro Policemen attached to the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad have been accused of killing a 46-year-old petty trader in Ijaye-Ojokoro, Lagos State. PUNCH Metro learnt...

Nigerian TribuneLagos and the challenge of widening the tax netBusinessDayAll over the world, without taxes to fund their activities, governments can hardly make progress0. Governments use tax revenues to provide jobs, to build dams and roads, to opera...

TUC women seek stiffer laws against rapistsBusinessDayThe women's commission of Trade Union Congress (TUC) is seeking the enactment of stiffer laws by the Lagos State House of Assembly, to punish rapists in the society. Rose Orji Kalu, chairperson ...

Distribute FG's 100 buses to Oyo people, PDP tasks AjimobiNigerian TribuneThe Oyo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on the governor of the state, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, to release the 100 units of mass transit buses do...

Nigerian TribuneJubilation as remodelled Kano Airport terminal is commissionedNigerian TribuneThe joy of the people of Kano was both uncontained and unconcealed last Friday as the remodelled international terminal of the Mallam Aminu Kano International...

spyghana.comThe Murtala Muhammed Airport robberyNigerian TribuneANOTHER gory incident which readily disproves the claim of officialdom that Nigeria's bad image on the global scene is the result of Nigerians' negative reports about the country o...

P.M. NewsAPC: PDP, threat to Nigeria's democracy —ACN •ACN is the real threat —PDPNigerian TribuneTHE Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has alerted its compatriots and the international community to the danger posed to Nigeria's democracy ...

'Why APGA convention must hold April 8'The Guardian NigeriaINTERIM Acting National Chairman of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Maxi Okwu, has stated that based on the declarative judgment handed down by a court of competent jurisdiction...

Police arrest alleged fraudulent quack doctor in LagosThe Guardian NigeriaTHE Special Fraud Unit (SFU) in its continuous clampdown on fraudsters across the country has arrested one Ibukun Ojo, an alleged quack medical practitioner in Lagos. The suspect...

BloombergFrance Is Working to Free Seven Cameroon Hostages, Fabius SaysBloombergFrance is exercising “discretion and determination” to release seven French hostages kidnapped in northern Cameroon a month ago, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius ...

Indepth AfricaNigeria: “My Oga At The Top” SAGA and ...Indepth AfricaFor some days now, the media has been over flooded with the phrase: “my oga at the top”, which emanated from the live interview at channels_TV granted Mr. Sham Obafaiye, the L...

Leadership NewspapersTambuwal Calls for Amnesty for Boko HaramAllAfrica.comGombe — The Speaker of the National Assembly Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has added his voice to those calling for amnesty for members of the Islamists group popularly called Boko Ha...

Handling of Olaitan Oyerinde's Murder CaseTHISDAY LiveThe Chief Judge of Abuja High Court, Justice Lawal Gummi, last month described the conflicting investigation reports of the police and State Security Service on the murder of Olaitan Oyerinde, P...

Osun DefenderBoko Haram: The Controversial Amnesty CallTHISDAY LivePrior to the death of former President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, the idea of granting amnesty to the armed agitators in the Niger Delta had been muted and plans were laid on the table fo...

My Focus Will Be Uniting PFN, Says OmobudeThe Guardian NigeriaRev. (Dr.) Felix Ilawagbon Omobude is Founder and General Superintendent of New Covenant Gospel Church, Benin, Edo State, and new President of the Pentecostal Fellowship on Nigeria (PFN). He...

P.M. NewsPDP chieftain decries caretaker committee compositionNigerian TribuneTHE minority leader of the Oyo State House of Assembly, Alhaji Adekunle Rafiu, has expressed dissatisfaction over the way the caretaker committee of the Peoples Democratic Pa...

Dickson moves to fight rumour mongering in BayelsaNigerian TribunePiqued by the disturbing trend of incessant rumour mongering in Bayelsa State such that the person and office of the Governor had always been at the receiving end, the state governor, Ho...

National MirrorReps got it wrong on 2013 budget implementation –Budget officeNational MirrorThe Budget Office of the Federation has refuted allegations by the House of Representatives suggesting that the Director General directed all Ministries, Depa...

Premium TimesBayelsa sets up committee to tackle rumour-mongeringPremium TimesThe Bayelsa State Government has concluded plans to set up a committee to address “he ugly trend of rumour-mongering in the state”. The committee is to fish out actors be...

CHANNELSAlams Pardon: Nigerians' Reaction is 'Sophisticated Ignorance'THISDAY LiveThe presidency, Saturday further stoked the fire of the controversy trailing the decision of President Goodluck Jonathan to grant state clemency to his erstwh...

spyghana.com39880 Arms, Ammunition Handed Over To ArmyThe Guardian NigeriaA TASK force set up by the Chief of Defence Staff has handed over a total of 39, 880 assorted arms and ammunition to the 82 Division of the Nigerian Army. A breakdown of the arms...

Nsukka-Based Biz Man Drags Ex-Minister, Driver to CourtAllAfrica.comAn Nsukka based business man, Uzodinma Okoro has dragged one Humphery Abba alongside a truck driver, Abubakar Mohammed before an Enugu State High Court sitting in Nsukka asking for an ...

Osun DefenderOsun To Assist Rainstorm VictimsOsun Defenderrainstorm destructiom The General Manager, Osun state Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) , Oyetunde Oyesiji has assured victims whose properties were affected by the rainstorm of the government&...

Indepth AfricaNigeria: Orji Kalu's “fake degree”Indepth AfricaThe war of attrition between Abia State governor, Theodore Orji, and his predecessor Orji Uzor Kalu, took a bizarre turn two weeks ago when the Abia State University (ABSU) released ...

spyghana.comNigeria sends high-power delegation to Pope Francis' inaugurationShanghai Daily (subscription)ABUJA, March 16 (Xinhua) -- Nigeria will send a high-power delegation to attend the inauguration of newly elected Pope Francis of the Roman Ca...

NIGERIA: Man drags Ex-Minister, driver to courtCodewit Global NetworkCourtAn Nsukka based business man, Uzodinma Okoro has dragged one Humphery Abba alongside a truck driver, Abubakar Mohammed before an Enugu State High Court sitting in Nsukka asking f...

Osun DefenderObasanjo, Oyinlola, others shun PDP peace meetingOsun DefenderA reconciliation meeting of the Peoples Democratic Party slated for Friday in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, suffered a setback as former President Olusegun Obasanjo and former ...

Osun DefenderFUNAAB lecturer crushes two students to deathOsun DefenderAn unidentified lecturer of the Federal University of Agriculture on Friday allegedly crushed two male students of the university with his car at Isolu, about two kilometers to the ...

When The Good Governance Team Visited Akwa IbomThe Guardian NigeriaA LONG stretch of vehicles bearing journalists, civil society members, technicians, cameramen, photographers, security personnel and federal government officials swept into the Governor...

The NationThere'll be more deaths in Nollywood - clericCodewit Global NetworkLate Justus esiriFOLLOWING recent spate of deaths in the Nigerian movie industry, a cleric who claimed to have seen a vision, Evangelist Emeka Omenka had warned media prac...

spyghana.comSingle Term Pact, Governor Babangida Aliyu Insist President Jonathan Signed ...spyghana.comNiger State Governor Muazu Babangida Aliyu has said that he stands by the truth he spoke concerning the one-term agreement some Peoples Democratic Pa...

Shortcomings of Political Parties Act: FATA politicians call for quick reforms ...The Express TribuneDisplaced by conflict, the internally displaced persons (IDPs) deserve the same right to vote as all Pakistanis, says JI provincial amir. PHOTO: EXPRES...

BusinessDayNigerian Expert Group On Primary Health Care Submits ReportThe Guardian NigeriaAS part of efforts to revitalise Primary Health Care (PHC) services in the country, the 25-member expert group on PHC revitalisation in Nigeria has submitted its ...

Oriade Women Begs Fashola To Re-open MarketThe Guardian NigeriaAS the bulldozers were pulling down markets along the Lagos-Badagry Expressway last year following the ongoing reconstruction of the international highway, a new market sprang up in the Abu...

Premium TimesGunmen attack Gwoza prison in Borno, set inmates freePremium TimesScores of inmates may have been freed last night after gunmen suspected to be members of Boko Haram attacked a prison facility in Gwoza Town of Borno State, witnesses said. ...

P.M. NewsUS lashes out at Nigeria over pardon of corrupt AlamieyeseighaBusinessDayThe united Sates has criticized Nigeria for granting a pardon to Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, former governor of Bayelsa and political associate of the president. In a Twitte...

As UK aid is restricted, Wazungu grow weary of AfricaThe Citizen DailyThis e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. We all know fungi. They grow out of soil, plants or decaying organisms; when they develo...

EFCC detains impeached Taraba Deputy GovernorNews24Abuja - The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has refused to release former Taraba State Deputy Governor, Sanni Abubakar Danladi, Vanguard reports. Danladi was arrested by the EFCC on Wednesday ...

BusinessDayPolitics of AmnestyAllAfrica.comThe recent controversy generated by the Sultan's call on President Jonathan to grant amnesty to Boko Haram members, and Mr. President's subsequent refusal has further highlighted the absence of a commo...

Subsidy - EFCC Re-Arraigns AlaoAllAfrica.comLagos — Oil marketer Abdullahi Alao was yesterday re-arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) before a Lagos High Court over alleged N2.6 billion fuel subsidy fraud. Alao was earlier...

Official Appeals to South Africa On Visas for Nigerian Wheelchair BasketballersAllAfrica.comThe Nigeria Wheelchair Basketball Federation, NWBF, has appealed to the South African High Commission in Lagos to waive some visa conditions for its athletes an...

Tukur, South-east PDP Leaders Hold Meeting TomorrowTHISDAY LiveLeaders and stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the South-east will tomorrow hold a crucial meeting with the party's National Chairman, Alhaji. Bamanga Tukur, in Enugu...

ACN Carpets Bauchi Govt Over Face-Off With Striking TeachersAllAfrica.comBauchi — Chairman of Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, Alhaji Bappa Dafida has condemned the tactics adopted by the Bauchi State Government in handling its face-off with members ...

CHANNELSNominates Akinkuotu as replacementNigerian TribunePRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan has provided an insight into the removal of Dr Harold Demuren as the Director-General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), saying it was because of poor i...

Reps probe NDLEA over alleged unlawful release of drug baronsNigerian TribuneThe House of Representatives on Thursday detailed its Committees on Drugs, narcotics and Financial Crimes, Justice and Interior to probe the National Drug Law Enforcement Agen...

EU, ACF meet over insecurity in the NorthNigerian TribuneDELEGATION of the European Union (EU), led by the EU Ambassador to Nigeria, David Macrae, met with chieftains of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) in Kaduna, on Thursday, to discuss how to end i...

Ondo gov: Mimiko closes case at tribunalNigerian TribuneONDO State governor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko and his party, Labour Party (LP), on Thursday, closed his case before the Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Akure, over the October 20, 2012 governorshi...

Oil marketer challenges court's jurisdiction to hear suitNigerian TribuneTHE jurisdiction of a Lagos high court sitting in Ikeja, has been challenged by an oil marketer, Oluwaseun Ogunbambo. The marketer, on Thursday, filed an application before th...

Border development agency, a monumental failure - MarkNigerian TribuneSENATE President, David Mark, on Thursday, described the Border Communities Development Agency (BCDA) as a monumental failure, saying the failure of the agency has made the country t...

P.M. NewsZaki Biam Victims Insist on N41.8bn CompensationTHISDAY LiveSome of the victims of soldiers' invasion of Zaki Biam communities in Benue State yesterday stormed the Federal High Court in Abuja where they rejected the purported agreement bet...

2013 appropriation: Reps summon DG Budget Office over breachNational MirrorThe House of Representatives has summoned the Director- General, Budget Office, Dr. Bright Okogwu, to appear before its Committees on Appropriation and Finance, to explain alleg...

The rage against lopsided appointments in aviation agenciesThe Guardian NigeriaRECENT recruitments into some agencies in the aviation sector, particularly in the Nigeria Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) have drawn the ire of stakeholders in the indust...

spyghana.comAgain, presidential rain of Naira on NollywoodThe Guardian NigeriaPRACTITIONERS of the Nigerian motion picture industry dubbed Nollywood ought to consider themselves lucky. They have a president that has demonstrated considerable admiration...

Shaky ACN/AP pact in Oyo ahead 2015The Guardian NigeriaTWO recent decisions by the ruling Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in Oyo State are indicative of break down of the working pact between the ACN and the Accord Party (AP) in the state. While the s...

Nigerian TribuneAPC will restore hope in governance -OyegunNigerian TribuneChief John Odigie Oyegun, a former governor of Edo State and one of the leaders of the yet to be registered All Progressives Congress (APC) speaks, in this interview with Banji ...

Premium TimesWhy Ebonyi Deputy Speaker was impeachedPremium TimesThe Ebonyi House of Assembly Deputy Speaker, Valentine Okike, has been removed from office for alleged insubordination, promotion of disaffection among members and improper dressing to of...

Commercial motorcyclists protest alleged killing of memberThe Guardian NigeriaCOMMERCIAL motorcyclists on Wednesday night threw Akowonjo area of Lagos into pandemonium in protest over the alleged killing of one of their own by a team of policemen who w...

Reps invite Budget Office D-G over alleged breach of Appropriation ActDaily Times NigeriaThe House of Representatives, on Thursday, invited the Director-General of the Budget Office, Dr Bright Okogu, to appear before the Committees on Finance and Appro...

Premium TimesSokoto NYSC immunises1,399 corps members against meningitisPremium TimesSokoto State Coordinator of the National Youth Service Corps, Abdu Taura, on Thursday said the scheme had started the immunisation of 1,399 corps members of the batch ...

CHANNELSFCT Council Polls: Police Assures Residents Of SecurityCHANNELSAhead of the Saturday's local council elections in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), the Abuja police command has urged residents to eschew all forms of violence and lawless ...

CHANNELSRobbers lay siege to Lagos airport, kill two policemenBusinessDayThe porous security network of the Murtala Mohamemd International Airport (MMIA), Lagos was last night exposed as armed robbers numbering over 10 put the entire airport under sieg...

Nigerian TribuneEducation for Children and Youth in ConflictHuffington PostAs a result of the current conflicts in Syria and Mali, nearly one million children have difficult or no access to education. Thousands of schools have been damaged, destroyed, ...

spyghana.com38 000 inmates are awaiting trial- MinisterNews24Abuja - The Minister of Interior, Mr Abba Moro, said on Wednesday in Abuja that 38 000 of the 54 000 prison inmates across the country were awaiting trial. Moro disclosed this while briefing ...

CHANNELSAkpabio Defends Controversial Wedding Gifts To TufaceCHANNELSThe Governor of Akwa Ibom, Dr. Godswill Akpabio has defended his controversial wedding gifts to Tuface Idibia and his wife, saying the gifts were “only a gesture of love and goodwil...

Daily Times NigeriaSenate Passes Bill to Summon PresidentAllAfrica.comThe Senate yesterday passed into law the State of the Nation Address Bill which gives two-third of the National Assembly the power to summon any sitting president to address the coun...

Nigerian TribuneInternal democracy: Atiku lashes out at PDP, ACN, othersNigerian TribuneAS the countdown to the 2015 polls gathers momentum, former vice-president, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, on Wednesday, lashed out at the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), t...