Agbakoba Condemns Inclusion of Judges Salaries In Appropriation BillCHANNELSConstitutional lawyer and former president of the Nigeria Bar Association, Olisa Agbakoba (SAN) yesterday said as it is unconstitutional for the president to continue to includ...

Agbakoba Condemns Inclusion of Judges Salaries In Appropriation BillCHANNELSConstitutional lawyer and former president of the Nigeria Bar Association, Olisa Agbakoba (SAN) yesterday said as it is unconstitutional for the president to continue to includ...

Leadership NewspapersWe Did Not Railroad APGA IntoLeadership NewspapersThe Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has clarified the situation under which the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) was included in the membership of the All Progressive Congres...

Crisis Looms as Varsity Workers Mobilise for StrikeTHISDAY LiveIndustrial crisis may be brewing in the nation's education sector as the unions in the sector have begun mobilising university workers for a nationwide indefinite strike action. The wor...

Leadership NewspapersMaina To Senate: I'm In Court To Seek Justice, Not To Ridicule Jonathan's GovtLeadership NewspapersThe leadership of the Pension Reform Task Force Team (PRTT) said yesterday that, contrary to claims by the Vice Chairman of ...

CHANNELSPossible risks in opposition merger ahead 2015BusinessDayThe birth of the opposition merger party, All Progressives Congress (APC) may have rekindled hope for a change in the nation's political equation in 2015. The merger parties- Action C...

Strike looms in varsities over committee's reportThe Guardian NigeriaALTHOUGH it was established to chart the path to revitalise the falling standard of education at the tertiary level, the recommendations of the Needs Assessment Committee of the P...

Jonathan meets British, French PMsThe Guardian NigeriaPRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan will wrap up his six-day visit to the United Kingdom (UK) with a meeting with British Prime Minister David Cameron today. Jonathan, who has been in London since arriving ...

The Nation2013 Budget: 'National Assembly ignores template'The NationThe bickering surrounding this year's budget has intensified, with the Federal Ministry of Finance accusing the National Assembly of ignoring the template used in formulat...

Fire guts bank in OsogboThe Guardian NigeriaAN early morning inferno Sunday gutted the Osogbo branch of a new generation bank (name withheld) located on Gbongan Osogbo Road, destroying valuable property worth millions of naira. It was not immediately k...

CHANNELSPolice Repel Attack On Station, Arrest Two InsurgentsAllAfrica.comThe attackers were apprehended as they were attempting to flee the area, security sources said. Several gunmen on motorcycles and inside motorised tricycles launched an attack on...

Nigerian Entertainment TodayAyo Oritsejafor steps down as president of Pentecostal Fellowship of NigeriaNigerian Entertainment TodayPastor Ayo Oritsejafor, the President of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), has announced Reverend Felix Omobude as...

CHANNELSRevealed: Boko Haram now recruit women for movement of armsOsun DefenderNigeria's terror outfit, Boko Haram, is said to have commenced the recruitment of women for the movement of arms and ammunition in the North Eastern geo-political zone....

Daily SunEkiti 2014: I can't be intimidated –Fayose tells criticsDaily SunFormer Ekiti State governor, Mr Peter Ayodele Fayose has said that nobody or group could intimidate him because of his resolve to govern the state again. Fayose stated this...

The NationProject Nigeria Insists On National ConfabThe Guardian NigeriaA GROUP of eminent Nigerians under the platform of the Project Nigeria has warned of an impending anarchy in the land unless the Presidency and the National Assembly convene a nati...

Nigerian TribuneArmy Engineers Gets New commanderThe Guardian NigeriaTHE Nigerian Army Engineers (NAE), last week, witnessed a change of command as new Corps Commander; Major General Funsho Owonibi took over from the former commander, Major General Ade...

CHANNELSCynthia Osokogwu's Murder: Suspects Plead GuiltyCHANNELSAll four suspects involved in the murder of Cynthia Osokogwu have pleaded guilty to the six-count charge brought against them. Trial has started in the case of the Nasarrawa State Univ...

CHANNELSCourt Sacks Umeh As APGA ChairmanCHANNELSAn Enugu State High Court has ruled that the tenure of Victor Umeh as National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance ended on December 2nd 2010. The judgment followed a suit filed by a former l...

Trader,27 Jailed for Kidnapping a Medical Doctor in AsabaAllAfrica.comAsaba — A 27 year-old trader, Obiora Igboanugo was yesterday sentenced to 27 years imprisonment by an Asaba high court for kidnapping an Asaba-based medical doctor, Dr. Walter Onub...

CHANNELSOne Killed, 2 Suspected Terrorists Arrested In KanoCHANNELSThe Police Public Relations Officer in Kano state Magaji Musa Majiya has confirmed the death of one suspected terrorist while two others were arrested after a gun battle at Minjibir Loc...

Nigerian TribuneN93 Million Bribe - Lawan, Emenalo Get BailAllAfrica.comAn Abuja High Court yesterday granted bail to the former Chairman of House of Representative Ad Hoc Committee on fuel subsidy, Farouk Lawan, and the secretary of the committee, Bon...

Nigerian TribuneLarge Crowd Heralds Chime's Return to EnuguTHISDAY LiveAfter months of speculations over his whereabouts, Enugu State governor, Mr. Sullivan Chime, Friday returned to the state. He did not, however, address the huge crowd of support...

Police arrest 120 over murder of Lagos chiefOsun DefenderPolice PPRO Braide POLICE authorities in Lagos State have arrested about 120 suspected killers of the Lagos white cap chief, the Onimole of Lagos, Chief Kayode Adeshina, who was murdered at his I...

P.M. NewsPolice arrest 120 over murder of Lagos chiefOsun DefenderPolice PPRO Braide POLICE authorities in Lagos State have arrested about 120 suspected killers of the Lagos white cap chief, the Onimole of Lagos, Chief Kayode Adeshina, who was murdered...

'Our Future Lies In What We Do With Our Children Today'The Guardian NigeriaAkwa Ibom State Governor Godswill Akpabio, at an interactive session with journalists, spoke about the vision behind the transformation in the state and how anger has mo...

Nigerian TribunePolice arrest 120 over murder of Lagos chiefNigerian TribunePOLICE authorities in Lagos State have arrested about 120 suspected killers of the Lagos white cap chief, the Onimole of Lagos, Chief Kayode Adeshina, who was murdered at his I...

Gowon, Amosun, Akande honour Senator Durojaiye at 80Nigerian TribuneFormer military Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon Ogun State governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun and Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) National Chairman, Chief Bisi Akande, were among d...

CHANNELSJonathan Delegates Mark, GovsLeadership NewspapersPresident Goodluck Jonathan on Friday delegated Senate President David Mark to lead a high-powered Federal Government delegation to Sunday's 2013 AFCON final match in Johannesburg. A stateme...

Leadership NewspapersOpposition Lawmakers Threaten to Override Jonathan's Veto On 2013 BudgetAllAfrica.comThe Minority Caucus in the House of Representatives Thursday urged President Goodluck Jonathan to sign the 2013 Appropriation Bill into law wi...

P.M. NewsA Failed Plea DealP.M. NewsThe plea agreement between Mr. John Yahaya Yusufu, the convicted pension fund thief, and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission develops rupture. •Yusufu on his way to prison. In an apparent move to stem the ...

BBC NewsNigeria polio vaccinators shot dead in KanoBBC NewsNine female polio vaccinators have been killed in two shootings at health centres in northern Nigeria, police have told the BBC. In the first attack in Kano the polio vaccinators were shot dead...

AllAfrica.comI Was De Facto Vice President - - El-RufaiAllAfrica.comFormer minister of the Federal Capital Territory Mallam Nasir El-Rufai said he took over virtually all the functions of a vice president when former president Olusegun Obasanjo fell ou...

AllAfrica.comI Was De Facto Vice President - - El-RufaiAllAfrica.comFormer minister of the Federal Capital Territory Mallam Nasir El-Rufai said he took over virtually all the functions of a vice president when former president Olusegun Obasanjo fell ou...

CHANNELSArmy: Nigeria has deployed 500 of pledged 1200 troops to Mali - DHQAfrique en LigueAfrican International Support Mission to Mali (AFISMA) - The Nigerian Defence Headquarters (DHQ) Thursday said that the Nigerian military has deployed over 500 o...

CHANNELSImo Police Parades Suspected Murderers Of Former Dep. Gov's AideCHANNELSThe Imo state Police Public relations officer Mr Vitalis Onugu has revealed the identities of the suspected murderers of the Former Director Of Protocol to Imo Deputy G...

Leadership NewspapersMystery corpses were our members —MASSOBOsun Defendercorps A new twist was added on Thursday to the controversy surrounding the mystery corpses found floating on the Ezu River three weeks ago, when the Movement for the Actualisat...

spyghana.comAttack on Emir of Kano: Police declare 2 wantedNigerian TribuneKANO State police command has uncovered 12 AK 47 rifles from armed robbery gangs, just as the command has declared two persons wanted in connection to the attack on the Emir of ...

Leadership NewspapersAlleged terrorism: Ndume asks court to stay trialNigerian TribuneSenator Mohammed Ali Ndume, who is standing trial on terrorism-related charges, on Thursday, asked Justice Gabriel Kolawole of a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja t...

Leadership NewspapersPolice arrest 28 Fulanis, 1 other in NasarawaNigerian TribunePOLICE in Nasarawa State, on Thursday, paraded another 28 Fulanis who were planning to wreck another havoc in some parts of communities in Doma, Doma Local Government Are...

Youths protest in Imo over killing of medical doctorThe Guardian NigeriaSCORES of youths in Aboh Mbaise, Imo State, on Wednesday staged a protest, which brought the economic and social activities in the area to a stand still. Precisely, the youths were...

CHANNELSCourt affirms Obiora as Daily Times chairmanThe Guardian NigeriaTHE Federal High Court, Abuja Division Thursday affirmed Senator Ikechukwu Obiora as the chairman of the Daily Times of Nigeria Plc and issued a clean bill of health to the company...

Nigerian Entertainment TodayCynthia Osokogu's Facebook killers: Arraignment stalled againNigerian Entertainment TodayThe prosecution of the four suspects in the death of Cynthia Osokogu, allegedly murdered by her Facebook friends last July 2012 was...

Super Eagles 2013 AFCON: Jonathan congratulates Super EaglesAfrique en LigueFootball Nigeria - Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan has congratulated the country's senior national football team, the Super Eagles, for beating Mali Wednesday to ...

CHANNELS11 fishermen docked over pipeline vandalismBusinessDayA Federal High Court in Lagos on Thursday remanded 11 fishermen on a four-count charge of conspiracy, theft, unlawful possession of petroleum products and vandalism of pipeline belonging to ...

3 Nigerian brothers face rape charges in USBusinessDayThree Nigerian-born brothers were accused of kidnapping and raping a 15-year-old girl in December, prosecutors said. Aziz Animashaun, 22, Isiaka Animashaun, 25, and Taiwo Animashaun, 26, were charge...

CHANNELSAregbesola Launches 50 AmbulancesCHANNELSThe Governor of Osun State, Rauf Aregbesola has launched 50 state-of-the-art ambulance vehicles as part of the state's Ambulance Service Scheme tagged O' Ambulance. Speaking in Osogbo the state c...

Nigeria's Leaking Revenue MachinesOsun Defenderokonjo-iweala-ngozi1-612x300 With various agencies generating huge revenues, government can conveniently meet its financial obligations to enhance socio-economic development of the country. But systemi...

Leadership NewspapersMinisters, Unaware of FEC Meeting Cancellation, Arrive in Aso RockAllAfrica.comThe communication gap at the topmost level of the Jonathan administration was revealed on Wednesday before the scheduled weekly meeting of the Executive...

UNILAG Graduates 91 FirstLeadership NewspapersNo fewer than 91 graduating students of University of Lagos (UNILAG)who obtained Bachelor Degrees in different courses have graduated with First Class Honours from the institution. The golden jubilee convoc...

Nigerian TribuneYoruba elders accuse Jonathan of marginalising S'WestOsun DefenderYoruba elders under the aegis of Yoruba Unity Forum have accused President Goodluck Jonathan of favouring other sections of the country to the detriment of the South-...

Indepth AfricaObasanjo made four huge mistakes in office – El-RufaiOsun Defenderobj el rufai A former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nasir el-Rufai, who also played a key role in the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, h...

Nigerian TribuneNo more war, Aregbesola, Ajimobi tell Mimiko •Extend hands of fellowship on ...Nigerian TribuneFollowing the hype that followed the October 20, 2012 election in Ondo State, the Osun State governor, Mr Rauf Aregbesola and his Oyo State...

Pension loot: Maina drags Senate President, IG to courtNigerian TribuneThere had been a running battle between the Senate and Maina-led task team on allegation that Maina misappropriated part of the monies he recovered from pension thieves while the Se...

Leadership NewspapersNDLEA arrests South Africa-based barber with 6.100kg of cocaineNigerian TribuneOPERATIVES of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos, have apprehended a Nigerian...

Leadership NewspapersCourt discharges tenant of assault charges on landlordNigerian TribuneAn Ibadan Magistrates' Court at the weekend, acquitted a tenant, Victor Memesi, of alleged charges of assault and breach of public peace. The Magistrate, Mr ...

Leadership NewspapersStreet hawkers are victims not villainsNigerian TribuneA city is not just a collection of buildings, streets and public spaces arranged by architectural, engineering and urban planning standards. It encapsulates and expresses the t...

Leadership NewspapersFashola, leave okada riders and traders aloneNigerian TribuneThe recent ban on motorcyclists popularly known as Okada by the Lagos State government on 475 roads in the Lagos metropolis indicate another infamous creation of armed ro...

CHANNELSReps To Penalise Airlines Over Cancellation Of FlightsCHANNELSIn a bid to check what they term as lack of respect for passengers, a bill to penalise airlines for delays and cancellations of flights has passed second reading in the House of Repr...

Reps. To Penalise Airlines Over Cancellation Of FlightsCHANNELSIn a bid to check what they term as lack of respect for passengers, a bill to penalise airlines for delays and cancellations of flights has passed second reading in the House of Representat...

Over 3000 Job Seekers ThrongLeadership NewspapersMore than 3,000 job seekers on Wednesday thronged the Federal Judicial Service Commission, Abuja to obtain application forms. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent at the Commission's premis...

P.M. NewsNigerians rate current administration averagely in JanuaryBusinessDayLatest weekly poll results released by NOI Polls Limited show that 52% of Nigerians say the current administration has performed averagely while 50% (down from 65%) of Nigeri...

Rapists to face life imprisonmentNews24Abuja - The Chairman House Committee on Human Rights, Hon. Beni Lar, said on Wednesday that rapists would face life imprisonment once the current Violence Against Persons Bill became law. Lar, who made this known ...

Nigeria failing to investigate police killings: AmnestyMmegi OnlineWorld. Nigeria failing to investigate police killings: Amnesty. Tweet. LAGOS: Nigeria has largely failed to investigate hundreds of killings by police and relatives of the victims are o...

National MirrorKano reps visit Farouk Lawan in jailNews24Abuja - House of Rep members from Kano State paid a solidarity visit on their colleague, Farouk Lawan at the Kuje Prison, Vanguard reports. The 24 members of the House of Representatives from Kan...

P.M. NewsSuspected ThisDay Bomber Pleads Not GuiltyAllAfrica.comA suspect arrested for planning to bomb ThisDay office in Kaduna, Mustapher Mohammed, on Monday, pleaded not guilty to one count charge of terrorism ... ( Resource: Alleged ThisDay Bomber ...

CHANNELSLamido's Son Released On BailAllAfrica.comKano — A Federal High Court sitting in Kano has released the son of Governor Sule Lamido of Jigawa State, Aminu Sule Lamido on bail, a day after he was remanded in prison custody over money launde...

Leadership NewspapersNigeria At 100 Years, Still TeethingAllAfrica.comFirst, I must say it: the whole ceremony that culminated in the lighting of the Centenary Torch was well orchestrated. It was novel to watch President Goodluck Jonathan walk hand in ...

AllAfrica.comBoko Haram Training Camps Found in MaliAllAfrica.comHundreds of Boko Haram members stayed at training camps with Malian militants for months in Timbuktu, learning to fix Kalashnikovs and launch shoulder-fired weapons, a report has said. Th...

National MirrorNigeria has 1487 illegal routesNational MirrorNigeria has at least 1, 487 illegal routes, a development which makes it possible for undesirable elements to enter illegally and foment trouble. Minister of Interior, Comrade Abba Moro, who ...

PDP Defends FCTA Against Bogus Budget AllegationLeadership NewspapersThe Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described as malicious, publications by the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) and the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) that the Federal Capi...

Man Killed In Enugu OverLeadership NewspapersThe Enugu State Command of the Nigeria Police Force has commenced investigation into the alleged killing of one Ejike Onah in Nsukka. According to a release made available to LEADERSHIP in Enugu by the Polic...

CHANNELSSenate Endorses DisabilityLeadership NewspapersIn a fourth attempt to produce a Nigerian Disability Bill, the Senate yesterday passed for second reading a Bill for an Act to ensure full integration of Persons With Disability (PWD) into the soci...

Leadership NewspapersTwo Soldiers, Others Killed in Gun Battle with PiratesTHISDAY LiveFour persons, including two soldiers, a retired naval officer and the pilot of an ocean going tugboat were yesterday killed during a gun battle between men of the Jo...

Leadership NewspapersCynthia Osokogu: Arraignment of Suspects Stalled AgainLeadership NewspapersThe arraignment of four suspected killers of Cynthia Osokogu, a post graduate student of Nasarawa State University was, yesterday, stalled for the second ti...

CHANNELSFinally, Nigeria's centenary celebration takes offThe Guardian NigeriaAlthough Nigeria as a country will be 100 years old next January, the commemoration of the 1914 amalgamation of the Southern and Northern protectorates, which eventually ...

Nigerian Tribune2013 UTME: Reps direct JAMB to suspend computer based-testNigerian TribuneTHE House of Representatives, on Tuesday, directed the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) to suspend its newly introduced computer-based test (CBT) fo...

Ogo-Oluwa LG boss hails gov on projectsNigerian TribuneThe chairman, caretaker committee of Ogo-Oluwa Local Government Area of Oyo State, Mr Adepoju Aderemi, has commended the state governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, over the rehabilitation of Ipeba-Aja...

spyghana.comM.I Bounces Back With A New Singlespyghana.comAfter a 3 year self- imposed hiatus due to business purposes, multiple award winning rapper M.I will on February 21, drop the first single off his upcoming album which is slated for a June relea...

Bella NaijaGoodluck Jonathan promises Improved Power Supply, Jobs, Rehabilitation of ...Bella NaijaIn the message which he posted this afternoon, he mentioned that General Electric has announced a decision to invest $1 billion in setting up a manufactu...

Fed. High Court Refuses ToLeadership NewspapersJustice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, Lagos, on Tuesday, turned down an oral application by Mr Wole Olanipekun, (SAN), seeking an order compelling Directors of Access bank to appear in court. Olani...

CHANNELSKwara Swears In New Administrators For Offa and Oyun LGsCHANNELSThe Kwara State Deputy Governor, Elder Peter Kishira has sworn in two sole administrators for Offa and Oyun local government areas. The new executives were charged to take quick ac...

CHANNELS11 killed in Adamawa clashCHANNELS11 people are reported to have died following clashes between nomadic cattle herders and farmers in a village in Adamawa state, north eastern Nigeria. The clash also recorded a number of destruction, as homes a...

We've Not Started Fighting Corruption – CLOCHANNELSThe Executive Secretary of the Civil Liberty Organisation (CLO), Ezike Ibuchukwu on Tuesday said that Nigeria has not begun the fight to eradicate corruption that is crippling the development of ...

THISDAY Live4 arrested over ex-gov's wife kidnapNews24Oyo - Four persons have been arrested by the Oyo State Police over the abduction of Titilayo, the wife of a former military governor, Gen. Oluwole Rotimi, Guardian reports. Titilayo was abducted...

The PunchGrandfather Stabs Man To DeathLeadership NewspapersA 27 year old man, Gabriel Aigbosuri, at the weekend met his untimely death at the hands of a 73 year old grandfather, Williams Uwadia who allegedly used a kitchen knife to stab him to death i...

Leadership NewspapersDeath sentence can curb corruption, says Sam-TsokwaThe Guardian NigeriaA Bill for an Act to provide for a death sentence against persons found guilty of corruption related offences in the country is being processed to test the comm...

Nigerian TribuneJonathan not incompetent - Okupe •As president swears in 2 new ministersNigerian TribunePresident Goodluck Jonathan with Professor Chinedu Nebo (left) and Alhaji Kabiru Turaki (right THE presidency on Monday joined issues with the opp...

CHANNELSBail: Suspected Arepo vandals know fate Feb 11Nigerian TribuneJUSTICE Mohammed Idris of a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, has fixed February 11, for ruling on the bail application instituted by six people charged with alleged vandalisation...

Leadership NewspapersAgain, bomb scare rocks Abuja •No bomb blast - CPNigerian TribuneAbuja, the nation's capital, was on Monday, thrown into confusion, as a parcel suspected to have contained improvised explosive device caused scare at Area 10 i...

Police arrest Oluwole Rotimi's wife's kidnappers in OyoNigerian TribuneThree men said to have been involved in the kidnap of Titilayo, the wife of former military governor of Oyo State, Brigadier Oluwole Rotimi, were, on Monday, paraded by the ...

CHANNELSOndo election tribunal: Court dismisses Accord Party's petitionNigerian TribuneTHE election petition tribunal sitting in Akure, Ondo State, on Monday, dismissed the petition filed by the Accord Party's candidate, James Ojo, while it str...

N4bn first ladies house budget, prodigal - YCYNigerian TribuneTHE Yoruba Council of Youth (YCY), on Monday, in Abuja, chided the presidency over its budget proposal to the National Assembly asking it to approve N4 billion for the building of the First ...

CHANNELSJonathan wants Kaduna gov to stabilise Northern politicsNigerian TribunePRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan has stressed the importance of Kaduna State in the politics of the north and has, therefore, implored the new governor, Alhaji Mukhtar Ramallan ...

Lagos moves to employ displaced okada operatorsNigerian TribuneAS a way of addressing the fallout of ban on okada in Lagos State, the government will commence recertification of affected operators this week, with the aim of providing them with gainful ...

CHANNELSGovt begins work on N10b housing estateThe Guardian NigeriaTHE Federal Government has started work on the construction of a 1,000 housing units Goodluck Jonathan Legacy Estate in Abuja meant to provide affordable housing for the low and middle-...

CHANNELSBayelsa Government Expends N3.1 Billion On ScholarshipsCHANNELSThe government of Bayelsa state says it has spent about N3, 143,206,000 on scholarship for indigenes of the state in various institutions within and outside Nigeria. Governor of Bay...

NLC Rejects Tenure Elongation For Jonathan, GovsOsun DefenderThe Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) yesterday rejected plans by the National Assembly to elongate the tenure of President Goodluck Jonathan and state governors in the ongoing constitution revie...

GEJ swears in new Power, Defence ministe...BusinessDayPresident Goodluck Jonathan on Monday swore in Chinedu Osita Nebo (Enugu) and Kabiru Tanimu Turaki (Kebbi) as ministers into the Federal Executive Council to replace Barth Nnaji (Power) and Haliru B...

Money Laundering: Court Remands Jigawa Governor&#...CHANNELSAminu Lamido, eldest son of Jigawa state governor, Sule Lamido, has been remanded in prison custody until Tuesday following his arraignment on Monday at a Federal High Court in Kano on mon...

Nigerian TribuneTunde Bakare explodes again,Nigeria is hellish for poor thieves and ...Osun DefenderFiery General Overseer of the Latter Rain Assembly, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has once again delivered another scathing sermon, in which he clearly stated th...