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...

Ogun gov's house go up in flamesNigerian TribuneTHE private residence of the Ogun State governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, situated within the Ibara Government Reservation Area (GRA), within Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, was on Wednesday aftern...

CHANNELSArmy, others confront armed robbers, kill 4Nigerian TribuneOFFICERS and men of 1Brigade, Nigerian Army (NA), Sokoto and their counterparts in sister security organisations in the state, recently engaged a group of armed robbers in a gun duel du...

P.M. NewsBriton bags 14-yr jail term for trafficking 2 Nigerian girls for sexNigerian TribuneISLEWORTH Crown Court in the United Kingdom (UK) has handed down a 14-year term to a man from North London, for trafficking two Nigerian teenage girls for the ...

National MirrorFEC approves concession of land for housing unitsNigerian TribuneTHE Federal Executive Council (FEC), on Wednesday, approved the concession of 1,126 hectares of land for the construction of 7, 000 unit of houses in the second phase of th...

Govt relocates UNIABUJA engineering studentsThe Guardian NigeriaAS part of the moves to permanently resolve the accreditation saga rocking the Engineering Faculty of the University of Abuja, the federal government yesterday took the bold step by distri...

Lagos Unveils N26bn Plan to Stop Ocean SurgeTHISDAY LiveThe Lagos State Government yesterday put the cost of finding a permanent solution to the frequent scourge of ocean surge along the state's shoreline at N26 billion. Governor Babatunde Fashola ...

Leadership NewspapersLagos shops for N26b to tackle ocean surgeThe Guardian NigeriaLAGOS State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola said the state would require about N26 billion in the next three years geared towards finding lasting solution to the frequen...

The NationAjimobi re-registers, urges unity in ACNThe Guardian NigeriaGOVERNOR Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State Wednesday participated in the ongoing re-registration exercise for members of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in the state, harping on unity...

Suspected Islamists Shoot Up Nigerian SchoolCharisma NewsSuspected Islamist gunmen on motorbikes stormed a primary school in Nigeria's main northern city of Kano on Tuesday and opened fire on teachers, wounding four of them, police said. The attack...

CHANNELSSix Killed As Gunmen Attack Soldiers In SokotoCHANNELSSix people have been reported killed after gunmen stormed a mosque in Sokoto state, early Wednesday morning. One of the soldiers, who attempted to repel the attack, was killed and another wa...

Leadership NewspapersAnti Graft War: ICPC To Investigate Asset Declaration Forms!The StreetjournalA new head of the Catholic church emerged on Wednesday. The emergence of white smoke from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel signaled the election of the n...

Daily Times NigeriaSenate rejects immunity for lawmakersNews24Abuja - The Senate has rejected calls for immunity for members of the National Assembly, Punch reports. Chairman of the Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Enyinnaya Abaribe, said ...

Leadership NewspapersProtesting Workers Picket Industrial CourtP.M. NewsSome officials of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) on Tuesday picketed the premises of the National Industrial Court (NIC), Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) repo...

The Daily StarSyrian Embassy confirms identities of missing in NigeriaThe Daily StarBEIRUT: The Syrian Embassy in Nigeria confirmed Wednesday the identities of two Syrians kidnapped in that country last month. An embassy official told The Daily Star th...

Leadership NewspapersFG probes attack on Nigerian embassyNews24Abuja - The Federal Government has set up a board of inquiry to investigate the attack on Nigeria's Embassy in Dakar, Vanguard reports. The FG said in order to prevent such incidents in...

Leadership NewspapersAPC rejects change nameNews24Lagos - The All Progressives Congress has rejected the suggestion by the Independent National Electoral Commission to change its name before being registered, Punch reports. The party debunked the claim...

SURE-P Is not A Scam, Official Defends ProgrammeCHANNELSThe Chairman of the Edo State Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme (SURE-P), Lucky Imaseun has debunked claims that the programme is merely political and has not achieved its aim of pove...

Osun DefenderOshiomhole, Adoke Almost Came to Blows Over Oyerinde MurderAllAfrica.comEdo state Governor Adams Oshiomhole and Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) Mr Muhammed Adoke almost came to blows yesterday at the presidential villa over handli...

spyghana.comPolice confirm 3 dead in a multiple accidentNews24Abuja - The police have confirmed that three persons died in a multiple accident at Karu in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja on Tuesday. The FCT Police Command spokesperson , DSP Atine D...

CHANNELSNobody can intimidate Jonathan over 2015 race – ClarkThe PunchFormer Information Minister, Chief Edwin Clark, says nobody can intimidate President Goodluck Jonathan from participating in the 2015 presidential race if he wishes to seek a secon...

CHANNELSStakeholders in the aviation industry have started...Leadership NewspapersStakeholders in the aviation industry have started reacting to the sack of the Director General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) with many of them stating ...

Nigerian TribuneFayemi's 'second half' team in EkitiNigerian TribuneGovernor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State recently inaugurated the reconstituted state executive council, signalling what has been described in some quarters as the kick-off of...

Osun DefenderLASU killings: 34 arrested students face extra yearOsun Defenderdamooshe No fewer than 34 students of the Lagos State University have missed the first two days of the first semester examinations which begun on Monday. The students were det...

Osun DefenderExtra-judicial Killings: IG Asked to Conduct Psychiatric Tests on OfficersTHISDAY LiveAs controversies trail the alleged killing of a 400-level student of the Ekiti State University (EKSU), Ado-Ekiti, Seyi Fasere, by the police, members of...

CHANNELSGunmen shoot 3 teachers, headmaster in KanoNigerian TribuneGUNMEN, on Tuesday, attacked a primary school at Hausawa quarters, in Kumbotso Local Government Area of Kano State, as they shot three teachers and a headmaster. According to a source, ...

CHANNELSArmy Recover Arms Among Women And Children In KadunaCHANNELSIn a stunning revelation, the military has announced the discovery of assorted arms and Improvised Explosive Devices production materials in a building occupied by women and children i...

Leadership NewspapersJonathan's Visit To Borno Was A Missed Opportunity To End Boko Haram ...CHANNELSA public affairs analyst, Mahmud Othman on Tuesday said President Goodluck Jonathan last week missed an opportunity to deal with the real issue sur...

CHANNELSNgozi Chianakwalam Resumes as Chair Of Investments and Securities TribunalCHANNELSInvestors in the Nigerian capital market should expect a revitalized stock market free of disputes and civil distress. Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala...

CHANNELSPHCN cable electrocutes policeman, teenagerNews24Abeokuta - Two persons a teenager and a policeman were on Sunday electrocuted by an PHCN cable that fell down at a constructions site near Government House in Oke-Igbein, Abeokuta. The PHCN Publi...

Leadership NewspapersNigeria Governors' Forum and Amaechi's VindicationCodewit Global NetworkApart from truth, entering an organisation with any other weapon is dangerous. The once revered Nigeria Governors' Forum (NGF) has allowed its hous...

CHANNELSNigeria Pirates' Captives Released - Shipping CompanyRIA NovostiMOSCOW, March 12 (RIA Novosti) - Three sailors - two Russians and a Romanian - captured by pirates from a British-owned vessel off the coast of west Africa last month have been...

Lagos to close Isolo General Hospital mortuaryThe Guardian NigeriaLAGOS State government has announced the permanent closure for operations of the mortuary at the Isolo General Hospital with effect from Tuesday, March 26, 2013. In a statement yesterday...

Unending story of ghost workersNigerian TribuneAT the end of its fifth meeting this year, the Federal Executive Council (FEC) astounded the country when it revealed that under the Federal Ministry of Finance Integrated Payroll and Personal Information ...

Leadership NewspapersDrug suspects shift operations to AbujaThe Guardian NigeriaDRUG peddlers may have found a new haven at Abuja International Airport following a heavy beaming of searchlight on them at the Lagos International Airport where they are n...

Leadership NewspapersGovt woos US investors to agric transformation programmeThe Guardian NigeriaTHE Federal Government has commenced talks with the United States of America (USA),to fast-track increased investment in the nation's agricultural tran...

CHANNELSImo Assembly, PDP insist on deputy gov's impeachmentThe Guardian NigeriaIMO State House of Assembly Monday insisted that the impeachment process against Deputy Governor Jude Agbaso would go on and that it would not allow external forces to ...

National MirrorPDP Set to Review Action on South-west ExcoTHISDAY LiveThe Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the weekend said the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party was set to review its decision which dissolved the executive council of the p...

CHANNELSAribisala Asks Court to Nullify Order Suspending His SAN RankCHANNELSIn his statement of claim, Mr Aribisala is asking the court to nullify the suspension of his use of the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria, with its accompanying privileges, a...

Vacate Your Homes Now; Lagos Warns Residents Of Flood-Prone AreasP.M. News (blog)The Lagos State Government has made a passionate appeal to residents of the state living in flood-prone areas to vacate their homes as heavier rains with thunderstorms hav...

Daily SunAPC Formation Shaking PDP To Its Foundation: Anenih To Beg Obasanjo ...Osun DefenderThe leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), increasingly feeling the pressure stemming from the formation of the All Progressive Congress (APC), has ...

Nigerian Observer Nigeria to spend N30b on new identity card schemeWorldStageWorldStage Newsonline—The Federal Government of Nigeria is expected to spend N30 billion between 2011 and 2014 Not less than N30 billion the new identity card numbering sche...

CHANNELSAPGA Appoints Obi As Deputy National LeaderCHANNELSThe Chairmen's forum of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in its first ever National Executive Meeting which held in Awka, Anambra state, endorsed Mr. Peter Obi, the Governor of An...

CHANNELSAPGA Appoints Obi As Deputy National LeaderCHANNELSThe Chairmen's forum of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in its first ever National Executive Meeting which held in Awka, Anambra state, endorsed Mr. Peter Obi, the Governor of An...

P.M. News3 killed, 2 injured in Kano attackNews24Kano - Three people have been killed while two others sustained injuries from gunshots by yet to be identified men riding on a tricycle in Kano. A police source who confirmed the incident told the News A...

Uduaghan Pledges Support for South-South Presidency in 2015AllAfrica.comAbuja — The Governor of Delta State, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, has asked Nigerians to support the South-south geo-political zone for president in 2015. President Goodluck Jonathan i...

Senate to Review Basa, Civil Aviation ActAllAfrica.comTo put an end to the ongoing rip-off of Nigerians by foreign airlines through unfavourable Bilateral Air Services Agreement (BASA), the Senate has indicated that it would urgently review all such ag...

Odili's Book Of RevelationLeadership NewspapersConscience and History – My story, an autobiography by Dr Peter Otunuya Odili, former Governor, Rivers State is a fascinating piece of story. With consistent historical dept and engaging narrative st...

Toronto Star"This was an act of cold-blooded murder," British official saysCNN International(CNN) -- Britain, Italy and Greece on Sunday confirmed that hostages from their countries were among seven construction workers reported killed in Nig...

Drug trafficking: NDLEA arrests mother, daughter, 1 otherNigerian TribuneTHE Kogi State command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a 65-year-old woman, her 31-year-old daughter and a herbalist. The command equally seized a...

Navy raises the alarm over recruitment syndicateNigerian TribuneTHE Nigerian Navy has raised the alarm over fake recruitment agencies parading as agencies under the directive of the Navy. This is just as it cautioned members of the public to be wary of...

Nigerian TribuneCourt delivers judgment on Salami's reinstatement todayNigerian TribuneA Federal High Court in Abuja will today decide whether the assent of President Goodluck Jonathan is needed for the reinstatement of the suspended President of t...

spyghana.comNigeria Customs Service destroys prohibited poultry products worth millions of ...spyghana.comThe Nigeria Customs Service, Seme Command, on Sunday destroyed 597 cartons of seized prohibited poultry products worth millions of naira. The asso...

CHANNELSGunmen Kill 4 in KanoTHISDAY LiveUnidentified gunmen have killed four persons in a separate attacks within the city of Kano. The gunmen, who were said to be in a tricycle, trailed a man and his friend close to a primary school in Hotoro and sho...

NIS To Tackle FraudulentLeadership NewspapersThe Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) says it has adopted tough measures to tackle fraudulent claim of lost passport by Nigerians, especially those previously denied visa to some countries. The Acting Compt...

CHANNELSGunmen Kill 2 In KanoCHANNELSUnknown gunmen on tricycle have shot dead two civilians in Hotoro area of Kano metropolis. Eyewitness told Channels Television that the two young men were shot dead on the street of Hotoron Arewa at about 2:30 on Su...

Leadership NewspapersHow We Foiled Bank Robbery Operation In Lagos - CPLeadership NewspapersThe Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, Alhaji Umar Manko, on Sunday said his men had foiled a robbery attack on one of the first generation banks in the sta...

National MirrorNow That Court Has Cleared Jonathan...AllAfrica.comPresident Goodluck Jonathan's handlers ratcheted up their political rhetoric as a court in Abuja penultimate Friday affirmed his qualification to contest the 2015 presidential electi...

National Mirror2015 : Count Me Out – IBBLeadership NewspapersFormer military president Gen. Ibrahim BadamasiBabagida, yesterday clearedthe air on his supported for the emergence of All Progressive Congress (APC). He said, “If there is one party sta...

National Mirror2015 : Count Me Out – IBBLeadership NewspapersFormer military president Gen. Ibrahim BadamasiBabagida, yesterday clearedthe air on his supported for the emergence of All Progressive Congress (APC). He said, “If there is one party sta...

Nigerian TribuneBorno: JTF kills 52 Boko Haram members •Arrests 70, recovers rocket launchers ...Nigerian TribuneSHORTLY after the visit of President Goodluck Jonathan to Borno State, the Joint Task Force has, in a latest operation in Maiduguri, kill...

2015: North shops for VP candidateOsun Defendernorther-governors_0-300x187 Prominent Northern politicians have launched a search for a vice-presidential candidate to be the running mate of the region's consensus candidate during the 2015 presidenti...

National MirrorFG spent N10 bn on books, others for students in 2012 —MinisterNigerian TribunePRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan has reiterated the commitment of his administration to providing quality education for Nigerians. He spoke just as the Minister ...

Premium TimesMaternal mortality ratio reduces in Nigeria - Health MinisterPremium TimesThe Minister of Health, Onyebuchi Chukwu, has said that the maternal mortality rate in Nigeria dropped from 704 per 100,000 live births in 1990 to 487 per 100,000 li...

APGA has scheduled its national convention for Aprilspyghana.comThe All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) has scheduled its national convention for April, its interim National Chairman, Chief Maxi Okwu, has said. Okwu announced the plan at a meeting o...

WorldStageNigeria protests to Senegal over attack on Embassy in DakarAfrique en LigueNigerian Embassy in Dakar - Nigeria has formally protested to Senegal over the attack by Nigerian citizens on its embassy in Dakar, during which cars were vandalised, ...

NIGERIA: NNPC manager arraigned over N285.2 million fraudCodewit Global NetworkEmmanuel AbuludeA former depot supervisor of Total Nigeria Plc, Emmanuel Abulude, was Friday arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, before an Ikeja...

CHANNELSA Return to an Old EraAllAfrica.comThe Ogun State House of Assembly was on Tuesday, in disarray when a faction of the lawmakers suspended the Speaker, Hon. Suraj Adekunbi alongside three others. The suspension, however, led to another faction t...

Leadership NewspapersTraders Allege Sabotage In Ketu Market Fire OutbreakLeadership NewspapersAlmost 12 hours after fire razed the Ketu plank market on Demurin Street in Kosofe local government area of Lagos State, fire-fighters are still struggling to...

NHRC To Probe Demolition OfLeadership NewspapersThe Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Prof. Bem Angwe, has ordered an investigation into the demolition of Ijora-Badia, a slum settlement in Lagos State, which has rendere...

Police Foil Bank Robbery InLeadership NewspapersAn eight-man robbery gang met its waterloo yesterday as its members were arrested during an attempt to raid a new generation bank in Lagos. The incident occurred at Abule-Egba, an outskirt of Lagos about ...

APGA Factions Drag In Ojukwu's FamilyThe Guardian NigeriaTHE ongoing crisis rocking the leadership of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), which came to the open shortly after the burial of the chairman of its Board of Trustees (BoT) and preside...

spyghana.comInternational Women's Day: Nigerian women call for more supportNigerian TribuneNigerian women, on Friday, called for support to enable them contribute to nation building as the world marks International Women's Day (IWD). The women,...

Leadership NewspapersTwo killed, 10 injured in Lagos auto crash •Aregbesola assists victimsNigerian TribuneTWO people were feared killed, while many others were injured in an accident involving a commuter bus, popularly known as danfo, and a Bus Rapi...

Nigerian TribuneN285.2m theft: EFCC arraigns former Total depot supervisorNigerian TribuneThe Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday arraigned a former depot supervisor of Total Nigeria PLC, Emmanuel Abulude, before Justice Lateefa O...

Ladipo Market: Waiting Continues, As Business SuffersThe Guardian NigeriaTwo weeks ago, Lagos State government shut down Ladipo Market for allegedly contravening environmental sanitation law of the state. The closure has left traders stranded and custo...

CHANNELSEx-Militants Surrender Weapons To JTF In DeltaCHANNELSThe inter-agency task force has been constituted by the Federal Government to carry out the verification and reconciliation of disarmament encodes as well as document the residual ex-militan...

Insanity, Birth, Death…14 days After Badia DemolitionThe Guardian NigeriaRESPITE is yet to come to the people whose houses were destroyed by the Lagos State Government at Badia East Local Government, Lagos penultimate Saturday. Most of them were sigh...

Former depot supervisor docked over alleged theft of N285.2mDaily Times NigeriaA former employee of Total Nigeria Plc., Emmanuel Abulude, on Friday appeared before a Lagos High Court in Ikeja, charged with stealing petroleum products worth N285.2 milli...

Jonathan pledges to break gender barriers in NigeriaPremium TimesPresident Goodluck Jonathan, in a message to women on the occasion of the International Women's Day, said he will ensure that gender barriers are broken in the country. This year'...

CHANNELSFG Constitutes Inter-Agency Task Force To Verify Return of Weapons By Ex ...CHANNELSThe inter-agency task force has been constituted by the federal government to carry out the verification and reconciliation of disarmament encodes as well as do...

BusinessDayNigeria oil bill passes second reading in SenateCreamer Media's Engineering NewsNigeria's long-awaited oil bill has passed a second reading in the upper house, paving the way for it to go to specialist committees to be discussed, Senate ...

Leadership NewspapersReps plan immunity for lawmakersNews24Abuja - House of Reps has begun a process that would grant lawmakers immunity from standing trial in the course of performing their official functions, Punch reports. If passed into law, the Bi...

Leadership NewspapersKano, Lagos Top NECO's Exams Malpractice ListAllAfrica.comMinna — National Examination Council (NECO) yesterday released the November/December 2012 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) with Kano and Lagos states toppi...

CHANNELSOshiomhole swears-in 18 new commissioners todayNigerian ObserverBENIN CITY – Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole will today, Friday, March 8, 2013 swear-in new 18 commissioners into the State Cabinet. A statement by the Chief Press S...

Azazi, Yakowa Killed By Human Error - NavyAllAfrica.comThe cause of the Nigerian Navy helicopter that crashed late last year, which led to the death of the former national security adviser, General Patrick Owoeye Azazi (rtd), Kaduna State governor Patr...

Kanu Defrauded N1.4 BillionAllAfrica.comEx-Nigeria star Nwankwo Kanu has lost N1.4 billion (about $104m) and a top executive of his hotel has been arrested and charged to court. Managing director of Hardley Suites Hotel in Lagos, Ayoola Gam Ikon, 49, h...

National MirrorBudget: FG to supervise lawmakers' N100bn constituency projectsThe PunchPresident Goodluck Jonathan has directed the Minister of Special Duties, Mallam Taminu Turaki, to supervise the implementation of the N100bn constituency project...

Nigerian TribuneFG practising voodoo economic policy - TinubuNigerian TribuneFormer Lagos State governor and national leader of Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Thursday in Lagos flayed the Federal Government for practisi...

Nigerian TribuneFG practising voodoo economic policy - TinubuNigerian TribuneFormer Lagos State governor and national leader of Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Thursday in Lagos flayed the Federal Government for practisi...

Leadership NewspapersEFCC arraigns Indian businessman for alleged N13.8m fraudNigerian TribuneTHE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Thursday, arraigned an Indian businessman, Patrick Fernadez, before a Lagos high court sitting in Ikej...

The Promise of Africa's WomenHuffington Post (blog)At the launch of Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo's foundation last month, I had the privilege of moderating a panel with the Presidents of Nigeria, Ghana, Liberia and Benin in front of 1,0...