Leadership NewspapersPDP: Why the House Must Not FallTHISDAY LiveSpare a thought and ponder this assertion: That seven out of every ten Nigerians are members of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)? Though, it has not been statistically proven, th...

Osun DefenderFG Probes Decay In Police Colleges, OthersOsun DefenderThe Federal Government yesterday set up a fact-finding committee to probe the income and expenditure pattern of the Nigeria Police College, Lagos and other training institutions of the...

National MirrorGovernment Bars Officials From Speaking With Press in NigeriaAllAfrica.comOn 21 January 2013, the Lagos state government issued a notice barring its political office holders and civil servants, including the heads of the state ministries...

Bella NaijaTiti Arowolo Murder Trial: “My Son did not Murder his Wife… He (was) a Pastor at ...Bella NaijaTiti Arowolo Investigations into the cold blooded murder of Titilayo Arowolo, who was allegedly killed by her husband, Akolade Arowolo in 2011...

Leadership NewspapersOkonjo-Iweala, Diezani, Sanusi Shun N273 Billion Sure-P ProbeAllAfrica.comAbsence of ministers and heads of government agencies yesterday stalled the House of Representatives public hearing on the implementation of Subsidy Reinvest...

Leadership NewspapersArmy dismisses 4 soldiers for rape, extortionNews24Abuja - The Nigerian Army on Tuesday in Abuja dismissed four soldiers accused of rape, extortion and assault. The soldiers included one corporal and three privates, who were attach...

Neighbour Strangles Seven-Year-Old Boy to Death, Demands N5m RansomTHISDAY LiveIt was a typical case of man's inhumanity to man when one Onyeka Patrick strangled Ayuba, the seven-year-old son of his neighbour to death in Ikotun, a suburb of Lagos c...

WorldStageKaduna/Afam: FG Gives Jan 31 Deadline For Expression Of InterestLeadership NewspapersThe Federal Government, yesterday, announced that January 31, 2013 was the deadline for expression of interest from all pre-qualified bidders for Afam genera...

CHANNELSRainstorm wreaks havoc in OndoNigerian TribunePROPERTY worth millions of naira were, on Monday evening, destroyed by rainstorm in Owo, Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State, leaving about 200 houses damaged. When the Nigerian Tribune visited ...

CHANNELS'Attack on Emir of Kano sacrilegious' •As CAN condemns attackNigerian TribuneTHE Osun State governor, Mr Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has advocated for a conscious youth employment policy to be jointly powered by the Federal Government and...

Army dismisses four soldiers over rape, assaultThe Guardian NigeriaTHE Nigerian Army Tuesday dismissed four soldiers for alleged cases of rape, extortion and assault. The four soldiers - a corporal and three privates were attached to the Guards Brigade...

N967.6m subsidy fraud: Judge orders prison authorities to produce defendant in ...Daily Times NigeriaA Lagos High Court in Ikeja has ordered authorities of the Ikoyi Prisons to produce an oil marketer, Oluwaseun Ogunbambo, before it to stand trial for ...

AFPGunmen kill five in Nigeria drive-by shootingAFPKANO, Nigeria — Motorcycle-riding gunmen on Tuesday sprayed bullets on a group of men playing draughts in the northern Nigerian hub of Kano, killing at least five and wounding two, police and residen...

AFPGunmen kill five in Nigeria drive-by shootingAFPKANO, Nigeria — Motorcycle-riding gunmen on Tuesday sprayed bullets on a group of men playing draughts in the northern Nigerian hub of Kano, killing at least five and wounding two, police and residen...

National MirrorGovernor Chime visits London clinicNews24Enugu - Enugu State Governor, Sullivan Chime, who has been out of the country since last year on medical grounds, visited a clinic in Central London, Thisday reports. The ailing governor was said ...

The GuardianOkah: NBA Seeks Overhauling Of Justice SystemP.M. NewsThe Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) on Monday called for the overhauling of Nigeria's justice system in order to speedy the dispensation of criminal cases in the country. Mr. Onyekach...

Gay Star NewsNigerian pastor says gay marriage will wipe out humanityGay Star NewsA Nigerian pastor has said allowing gay people to get married will end up wiping out humanity. Speaking at Obafemi Awolowo University, Pastor Enoch Adeboye warned Nigeria...

CHANNELSPolice Arrest Man For Assaulting His Son With Hot IronCHANNELSThe Kogi State Police command has arrested a 49 year old school principal, Mr. Christopher Ogbeun, for inflicting a high degree of burns on his 10 year old son, Stephen Ogbeun. The y...

CHANNELSGovt To Conduct Autopsy On 3 Bodies Evacuated From Ezu RiverCHANNELSThe governments of Enugu and Anambra states will today carry out autopsy on some of the decomposed bodies evacuated from the Ezu River on Saturday. The Anambra state Police Com...

CHANNELSGovt To Conduct Autopsy On 3 Bodies Evacuated From Ezu RiverCHANNELSThe governments of Enugu and Anambra states will today carry out autopsy on some of the decomposed bodies evacuated from the Ezu River on Saturday. The Anambra state Police Com...

BusinessDayWork on Abuja airport phase 2 to begin soonBusinessDayMinister of Aviation Stella Oduah on Monday in Abuja said that work on the phase 2 of the remodelling project at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, would begin soon. Oduah m...

PDP: OUK Is A Mighty Man In Battlespyghana.comEvery battle starts with provocation and the fear to lose a war is unsafe than war itself. This is why those who know the art of war are always constant in their struggle to surmount every unwelcoming block...

Investigation: N2.04bnLeadership NewspapersNo less than N2.046 billion has been budgeted for the upgrade of facilities at the various police colleges across the country, yet the condition of living in the colleges remains pitiable. LEADERSHIP investiga...

WorldStageNASS lacks powers to withhold SEC's budget allocations, says AgbajeThe Guardian NigeriaBefore the 2013 budget passed by the National Assembly last December was finally transmitted to the President for assent last week, the nation was thro...

Nigerian TribuneState creation a must - David MarkNigerian TribuneSENATE President, David Mark, has assured that creation of states is a must, just as he hints that Apa state will soon be a reality. He stated this in his remark at the 57th general asse...

Nigerian Tribune2015: No longer at ease in OhanaezeNigerian TribuneKUNLE ODEREMI scrutinises how the 2015 election is creating hiccups in the apex-Igbo organisation, Ohanaeze Ndi-Igbo. Though its leaders claim that it is a non-partisan organisation, th...

Nigerian Tribune2015: No longer at ease in OhanaezeNigerian TribuneKUNLE ODEREMI scrutinises how the 2015 election is creating hiccups in the apex-Igbo organisation, Ohanaeze Ndi-Igbo. Though its leaders claim that it is a non-partisan organisation, th...

Leadership NewspapersSex worker bags six-year jail term for killing clientThe Guardian NigeriaA TWENTY-SEVEN-YEAR old commercial sex worker, Nkechi Okafor, was brought to reckoning Monday as an Ikeja High Court sentenced her to six years imprisonment f...

CHANNELSEFCC brings 27-count charge against former NIMASA bossDaily Times NigeriaThe Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday, re-arraigned former Director-General of Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, Raymond Omatseye,...

Leadership NewspapersPolitics Of Nigeria's Federal RoadsP.M. NewsFrom the look of things, the Federal Government has a lot on its plate with regard to efforts needed to fix its roads scattered all over the country. Some of them are: East-West; East...

National MirrorHouse to Summon Anenih over N20bn Road ContractsTHISDAY LiveThe House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts, at the weekend, renewed its desire to quiz former Minister of Works, Chief Tony Anenih over his alleged role in some f...

Nigerian Troops Restore Hope in Distressed MaliOsun DefenderPresence of Nigerian troops in Mali following the intervention of the French forces has elicited a sense of confidence that the war against terrorism in the West African country of mali will s...

Leadership NewspapersAnyaoku - Why I Didn't Resign When Nigeria Was Suspended From the ...AllAfrica.comChief Emeka Anyaoku, a former minister of foreign affairs, was the third Secretary-General of the Commonwealth (July 1, 1990-April 1, 2000). He h...

CHANNELSCommunal Clash Claims 11 Lives, Displaces over 2000 personsCHANNELS11 persons have been confirmed dead and over 2,000 persons displaced in Adadama, Abi Local Government Area of Cross River State following the land skirmish that recently erupted...

CHANNELSACN Appoints Committee to Plan Its Merger With CPC, ANPPCHANNELSThe Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has appointed a 19-member committee with the mandate to negotiate its planned merger with the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) and the All...

Daily SunNigeria road accident kills 16 police recruitsZee NewsNigeria road accident kills 16 police recruits Abuja: At least sixteen newly recruited police officers were burnt to death when a bus in which they were travelling in rammed into a car in n...

Leadership NewspapersWe'll resist attempts to truncate LG's autonomy —Sen AdeyemiNigerian TribuneCHAIRMAN, Senate Committee on Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Senator Smart Adeyemi, has asked governors to desist in their efforts at refusing ...

VanguardIslamic group claims killing Nigerian troopsZee NewsIslamic group claims killing Nigerian troops Abuja: A little known extremist Islamic group has claimed that it killed two soldiers who were on a convoy to Nigeria's northern city of Kaduna...

Human Rights CommissionLeadership NewspapersExecutive secretary of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Professor Bem Angwe has disclosed that the commission is currently investigating several reported cases of alleged human right abuses involv...

Alaafin's palace fire unites Ooni, Olu...BusinessDayThe age long rivalry relationship between the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi III and some of his superiority contenders in the South West seems settled. This is courtesy of January 8...

National MirrorN2.3bn scam: Anenih to appear before Reps next weekNational MirrorTORDUE SALEM ABUJA Chairman of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Chief Tony Anenih, is to appear before the House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts next week o...

Man, 35, jailed for raping six-year-old girlThe Guardian NigeriaA 35 YEAR-old man, Gift Meshack, has been sentenced to three years in jail by the Yenagoa High Court for defiling a six year-old girl. The prosecuting counsel, Boy Endoni, in his submissio...

11 killed over land disputeP.M. NewsEleven persons have been killed and no fewer than 2,000 people displaced in Adadama, Abi Local council of Nigeria's south eastern Cross River state. This followed renewed land dispute on Saturday in the border co...

Nigeria Master WebObasanjo was my “colleague,” Okorocha says in exchange of bantersOsun Defenderokorocha The Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, brought some humour to Saturday's gathering while eulogising former President Olusegun Obasanjo, w...

Gov. Akpabio rescues accident victims on LagosNews24Abeokuta - Gov. Godswill Akpabio of Akwa-Ibom on Saturday joined officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) to rescue victims of an accident which occurred on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. FRSC ...

Katsina CPC Lawmakers: Judge Under Fire For Overruling Supreme CourtLeadership NewspapersThis is not the best of time for the judiciary as a Justice of the Federal High Court in Abuja, Justice Gladys Olotu, has come under severe criticism over her unpr...

The PunchLagos scores 2012 budget 89%The PunchIt added that the performance was the highest since the inception of Governor Babatunde Fashola administration in 2007. A statement on Saturday by Lagos Governor Special Adviser, Media, Hakeem Bello, said F...

CHANNELSLagos State To Go After Tax EvadersCHANNELSAfter over four years of advocacy, the Lagos State Governor; Babatunde Fashola says it is now time for the state to go after tax evaders. The governor noted that only 3 million out of the 8 million tax...

Leadership NewspapersJonathan Cautions Varsities On Dispatch Of CertificatesThe Guardian NigeriaANY institution, whose certificates are not ready for collection by graduands, should not hold convocation, says President Jonathan. Jonathan said this whil...

Leadership NewspapersBodies Of Dana Air Pilots Not Identified - Medical ExaminerLeadership NewspapersChief medical examiner of the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja, Prof. John Obafunwa, yesterday informed a Coroner's Court i...

Court Order Stalls Ohanaeze'sLeadership NewspapersPreparations for another general election by a faction of Ohanaeze Ndigbo have been stalled by a court order halting the exercise. Prior to the court order, the Ebonyi State government was upbeat, w...

Leadership NewspapersImmigration Saga: Sack Moro, Others Now-Group Tells JonathanTHISDAY LiveAn activist and President of Global Peace Movement International (GPMI), Dr. Mike Uyi, has called on President Goodluck Jonathan to sack the Minister of Interi...

Nigerian TribunePDP's Many Woes Ahead Of 2015The Guardian NigeriaIT may not be wrong to say that the current crisis bedeviling the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), if unchecked, may hurt its fortunes in 2015 elections. Incidentally, the 2015 ...

Nigerian TribunePDP's Many Woes Ahead Of 2015The Guardian NigeriaIT may not be wrong to say that the current crisis bedeviling the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), if unchecked, may hurt its fortunes in 2015 elections. Incidentally, the 2015 ...

CHANNELSUK, Nigeria trade to hit £8 bn in 2014BusinessDayDr Andrew Pocock, the New British High Commissioner to Nigeria, said on Friday the volume of trade between UK and Nigeria would double by eight billion pounds in 2014. Pocock, who is also the UK...

WorldStageJonathan Tasks ECOWAS OnLeadership NewspapersTo Install this app, enter the address below on your phone. http://m.leadership.ng. If you have a QR Code Reader you can access the app by scanning this code. This app will work on all phones inclu...

DSS Nabs Two Suspects Over Extortion, Attacks In BornoThe Guardian NigeriaTHE Department of State Services (DSS) in Borno has arrested two suspects including a dismissed police corporal, for extorting money from top government officials, political offi...

spyghana.comTask Force DG, Okereke, Urges FG To Call EFCC To OrderThe Guardian NigeriaTHE Director-General of the newly established National Task Force on Illegal Importation and Smuggling of Small Arms, Ammunition and Light Weapons into Nigeria, Chief...

Okogie, Akinde Eulogise AdetiloyeThe Guardian NigeriaTHE Christian community was shocked to the bone marrow yesterday when it received the news of the death of second Archbishop and Primate of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), Most Revd. Jose...

spyghana.comJaji Bomb Attack: SSS Parades Suspects • Suicide Bombers Wore Military ...The Guardian NigeriaAUTHORITIES of the State Security Service (SSS) yesterday paraded two suspects, who allegedly carried out the last November 27 twin bomb attacks...

P.M. NewsThe Shame of Nigeria Police: Jonathan saw allP.M. NewsPresident Goodluck Jonathan, on Friday paid a surprise visit to the decrepit Police College, Ikeja, Lagos, to have a firsthand assessment of the premier institution. Witnesses said he could...

San Francisco ChronicleCrisis in Mali: 'Mali-trained militants in Nigeria'Afrique en LigueLagos, Nigeria - Nigeria has revealed the presence in the country of terrorists trained in Mali, the northern part of which is in the hands of armed Islam...

Leadership NewspapersJTF Kills 2 Gunmen, 2 Civilians, Arrest 5 Others In KanoOsun DefenderThe Joint Security Taskforce (JTF) in Kano yesterday confirmed the killing of two suspected gunmen, two civilians and the arrest of five others in Mariri area in ...

Nigerian TribuneACN, CPC Merger Is FeasibleLeadership NewspapersMr Collins Nwachukwu, Action Congress of Nigeria chieftain in Imo, has said that the merger plans between the party and Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) is feasible. Nwachukwu, who is...

AFPAfrica faces terror of al-Qa'idaThe Australian (blog)HUGE swaths of Africa, including the continent's biggest nation (oil-rich Western ally Nigeria) are under attack by al-Qa'ida and its offshoots. This is the sobering warning from the h...

Inspector kills wife in AdamawaNews24Adamawa- The Adamawa Police Command has said that it has arrested a police inspector in Mayo-Belwa, for allegedly killing his wife and that of his landlord. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Mr Mohammed Ib...

Deficient graduates, earns the NYSC scheme a bad nameOsun DefenderNYSC The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has decried the poor quality of graduates being registered by their various schools for the NYSC scheme. Brig Gen Nnamdi Okorie-Affia, the NY...

Leadership NewspapersOhakim Denies Arrest By EFCCLeadership NewspapersA former Governor of Imo, Chief Ikedi Ohakim, has denied being arrested or detained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC). The alleged arrest was in connection with...

VanguardN4.7bn money laundering: Babalakin docked, granted bailNigerian TribuneTHE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Thursday, finally arraigned Dr Wale Babalakin and four others on a 27-count charge bordering on N4.7 billion money la...

CHANNELSMali crisis shines light on Nigeria's shadowy insurgencyChannel News AsiaLAGOS: Mali's struggle against Islamists now being targeted by French and African forces has raised fresh questions over an insurgency in nearby Nigeria and ties b...

UNILAG Postpones Convocation As Jonathan Insists On MAULAGOsun DefenderThough the university did not state any reason for the postponement, sources claimed that the development followed President Goodluck Jonathan's insistence to rename UNILAG as M...

CHANNELS“We Made A Mistake To Ban Mini Bus” – FCT MinisterOsun Defendermini buses Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Senator Bala Mohammed, has admitted that the administration erred over the decision to ban the operations of mini b...

Impeachment Tale - Reps Deny 'Planting' Media ReportAllAfrica.comThe House of Representatives has denied 'planting' in the media reports of an imminent plot to impeach its Speaker, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal following an alleged multibillion...

National Mirror2013 and Fashola's commitment to the progress of LagosBusinessDayIn the not-too-distant past, the city of Lagos was not synonymous with order, cleanliness or any such features of modern mega cities as people infringed on laws with im...

Leadership NewspapersSlain Oshiomhole's aide: Reps probe policeOsun Defenderolaitan The controversy trailing last year's assassination of the Principal Secretary of Edo State governor, Olaitan Oyerinde took a new turn yesterday as the House of ...

CHANNELSHouse To Probe Oshiomhole'sLeadership NewspapersTo Install this app, enter the address below on your phone. http://m.leadership.ng. If you have a QR Code Reader you can access the app by scanning this code. This app will work on all phones ...

Leadership NewspapersDasuki's Property Dispute: Sharia Court Adjourns To Jan 31Leadership NewspapersAn Upper Shari'ah Court sitting in Sokoto has adjourned to January 31, hearing of a lawsuit filed against Ahmad Ibrahim Dasuki, the son of forme...

Buhari and fresh optimism over ACN, CPC mergerThe Guardian NigeriaTHE renewal of his presidential ambition ahead of the 2015 election has raised divergent views on the merger talks between the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) and the Action Congre...

Reps Probe Missing N2bn FromLeadership NewspapersThe House of Representatives yesterday resolved to set up an ad- hoc committee to investigate the alleged disappearance of over N2 billion from the vault of the Nigeria Security Printing and Minting Comp...

The PunchJonathan and Obasanjo feud: Implications for 2015The PunchThe latest round of bickering and mudslinging between former President Olusegun Obasanjo and President Goodluck Jonathan took a new twist when the former chose the auspicious occasion o...

'Nigeria loses N105b to pipeline vandals yearly'The Guardian NigeriaNIGERIA loses about N105 billion yearly to pipeline vandals, yet no concerted efforts are being made by the Federal Government to stop them, the founder of Oodua People's C...

Ex-commissioner petitions CJN over imprisonmentThe Guardian NigeriaALMOST a year after the Federal High Court 1 sitting in Benin City remanded a former Attorney General and Commissioner for Jusice in Edo State, Osagie Obayuwana, in prison custody for a...

NDLEA seizes 1092.569kgs of drugs in BauchiThe Guardian NigeriaTHE Bauchi State Command of the National Drug Law and Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) seized 1,092.569 kilograms of hard drugs comprising cannabis sativa and psychotropic substances in 2012, the...

WorldStageUS Health Experts Hail MimikoLeadership NewspapersFor Nigeria to attain the millennium Goal in health and reverse the prevalent high mortality rate amongst mother and child, it must adopt with immediate dispatch, the Ondo State *Abiye* Mother...

Disregard Sultan's Comments At Your Own Peril, Analyst Warns PoliticiansCHANNELSA political scientist and a lecturer at the University of Abuja, Kabiru Mato has called on Nigerian leaders not to disregard the comments of the Sultan of Sokoto, Sa&#3...

Pastor Charged With Raping 12-Year OldP.M. NewsA 42-year old pastor, Alao Shobowale, on Wednesday appeared before an Ebute Meta Magistrates' Court in Lagos, charged with raping a 12-year old girl. Shobowale, who resides at 10, Togodo Street, Temu, ...

CHANNELSImpeachment - House Passes Confidence Vote in TambuwalAllAfrica.comMembers of the House Representatives yesterday unanimously passed a vote of confidence in the Speaker, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, following reports of plans to oust him over alleged...

Daily SunFarouk: Keyamo gives Police a week ultimatumNews24Lagos - Lagos lawyer Festus Keyamo has given the Police a one week ultimatum to charge House of Reps member, Farouk Lawan to court over the $620,000 bribe scandal, Vanguard reports. Keyamo is s...

CHANNELSFG Proposes Seven-Year Jail Term for Child TraffickersOsun Defendermohammed-adoke The Federal Executive Council has proposed between five and seven years jail term for anybody found guilty of child trafficking in the country. The punishment is ...

Daily SunSenate probes alleged recruitment scam in agenciesOsun DefenderIRKED by alleged irregularities in employment in some ministries and parastatals, the Senate Wednesday resolved to investigate recruitment carried out in all the Ministries, Depart...

CHANNELS50 Trainees Share A Fish Head In Police CollegeCHANNELSThe rot in the police training colleges in Nigeria does not only affect the infrastructure but also the welfare of the trainees. A typical meal time at the Police Training College, Ikeja. P...

CHANNELS50 Trainees Share A Fish Head In Police CollegeCHANNELSThe rot in the police training colleges in Nigeria does not only affect the infrastructure but also the welfare of the trainees. A typical meal time at the Police Training College, Ikeja. P...

CHANNELSKaduna - the Triangle Yero Should Pay Attention toAllAfrica.comThe emergence of Alhaji Mukhtar Ramalan Yero as governor of Kaduna State represents "the new generation" that is needed in the Nigerian political landscape like in other p...

spyghana.comObasanjo's Recommendation For Tackling Boko HaramOsun DefenderThe recent “carrot and stick” approach recommended by former President Olusegun Obasanjo to the solution of the Boko Haram insurgency should be taken seriously by Preside...

The Untouchables in NigeriaNgEXNigeria's problem is a criminal one. And that's the gist of it. Every Sunday millions gather to pray to a God who heard that same prayer a week before, asking for intervention in the affairs of Nigeria. So long as...

National MirrorBuhari Unfolds Modalities for Opposition MergerAllAfrica.comThe Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) National Leader, Maj. General Muhammadu Buhari, Wednesday unfolded the modalities to be adopted for the merger of opposition parties in...

National MirrorWhy I'll contest in 2015, by BuhariThe Guardian NigeriaA NEW political party that may emerge from the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) and the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) merger may have Gen. Muhammadu Buhari as its preside...

National MirrorWhy I'll contest in 2015, by BuhariThe Guardian NigeriaA NEW political party that may emerge from the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) and the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) merger may have Gen. Muhammadu Buhari as its preside...

Centenary Celebration:Leadership NewspapersIf you have a QR Code Reader you can access the app by scanning this code. This app will work on all phones including Android, iPhone, Windows 7, Symbian and Blackberry. Centenary Celebration: Jonathan Constit...

National MirrorRibadu, Aregbesola tackle Jonathan, PDP on poor governanceNigerian TribuneFormer chairman of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), Mr Nuhu Ribadu and the governor of Osun State, Mr Rauf Aregbesola, on Wednesday, contended t...