EFCC Arrests Top Imo Govt Officials for FraudTHISDAY LiveThe Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested two top officials of the Imo State Government over allegations bordering on fraud running into billions of naira. Details of their...

Nigeria Master WebAnambra Indigene Emerges Best in NECO, SSCETHISDAY LiveThe many investments of Governor Peter Obi of Anambra State in the education sector are yielding fruits as a citizen of the state, Miss Sandra Anazor, who went to school in the st...

Leadership NewspapersFayemi Dissolves CabinetLeadership NewspapersEkiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, yesterday announced the dissolution of the state's executive council with immediate effect. Fayemi in a statement signed by his chief press s...

Leadership NewspapersSenate Summons IG OverLeadership NewspapersThe Chairman, Senate Joint Committee on Establishment and Public Service, State and Local Government Administration, Aloysius Etok has disclosed that the Senate would summon the Inspector ...

CHANNELSTaraba acting gov, others visit SuntaiThe Guardian NigeriaA DELEGATION of Taraba State Government officials is on its way to visit the ailing Governor Danbaba Suntai, who was last year rushed to Germany as a result of injuries he sustained in t...

BusinessDayKano Plans to Reviews Pension LawTHISDAY LiveKano state government has unfolded plans to review the Pension entitlements of its state and local government pensioners, the State Governor, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso has announced. Kwankwaso said “...

WorldStageJonathan charges ministers to move faster, work harder *Three new federal ...WorldStageAbuja (WorldStage Newsonline)-- On the heels of President Goodluck Jonathan's recent promise to make more impact this year, he on Wednesday issued a ma...

WorldStageFAAN inaugurates task force on abandoned aircraftsWorldStageWorldStage Newsonline-- The Management of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) said it has inaugurated a task force on the disposal of abandoned aircrafts in all airports...

CHANNELSElection of PDP BoT Chairman InconclusiveCHANNELSIt turned out to be an anti-climax as Nigeria's ruling party the People's Democratic Party (PDP) failed to elect the chairman of its Board of Trustee (BoT). The election was expected to s...

Leadership NewspapersA Fight over Osun BudgetTHISDAY LiveThe Peoples Democratic Party last week launched a fresh media onslaught against the government of Mr. Rauf Aregbesola. This time, the bone of contention is the non-presentation of 2013 budget bef...

Leadership NewspapersYou've A Case To Answer, Court Tells DanielOsun DefenderAn Ogun State High Court III sitting in Isabo, Abeokuta, yesterday ruled that former governor of the state, Gbenga Daniel, has a case to answer before it in the 38-count c...

BBC NewsExplosion rocks Apapa seaportBusinessDayAn explosion and fire hit an area of Apapa seaport on Wednesday, shaking buildings in the area and wounding at least four people, Ibrahim Farinloye of the National Emergency Management Agency has said. De...

Sri Lanka NavyNew SLCG DG calls on Commander of the NavySri Lanka NavyDirector General of the Sri Lanka Coast Guard, Rear Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne called on Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy, Vice Admiral Jayanath Colombage at the Naval Headquarter...

CHANNELSDon't Forget Present Heroes As You Honour Past Ones, Governor Tells NigeriansCHANNELSThe Yobe state Governor, Ibrahim Gaidam has said that as Nigerians recognize the good works of the fallen heroes, same recognition must be accorded the cur...

Dabiri calls for Nigeria-India joint Diaspora CommissionBusinessDayRep Abike Dabiri-Erewa, (ACN-Lagos) has called for the establishment of a joint action committee on Diaspora between Nigeria and India to harness the potentials of the Diasporas in the ...

P.M. NewsIkuforiji: Lagos Traffic Law Subject to ReviewTHISDAY LiveThe controversial and hotly contested Lagos traffic law is not sacrosanct. A review is possible for as long as it is desirable by majority of the people of Lagos State, Speaker of the S...

CHANNELSNigeria Risks Implosion, Gambo-Jimeta WarnsTHISDAY LiveA former National Security Adviser and retired Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Gambo-Jimeta, has said that Nigeria was at the risk of implosion if the leadership continues to tr...

Leadership Newspapers'How Dele Giwa's Murder Led to Mother's Slow Death'THISDAY LiveMrs. Elekiya Ayisat Giwa, the 87-year-old mother of the late Dele Giwa, Tuesday gave up the ghost at a private hospital (Aruna Ogun) at the Ikorodu area...

Codewit Global NetworkNigeria: How we'll crush PDP in 2015 – Opposition partiesCodewit Global NetworkDETERMINED to beat the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP at the 2015 presidential polls after suffering a series of defeats collectively and i...

Nigerian TribuneNigeria is plunging into confusion - Emir of ZuruNigerian TribuneTHE Emir of Zuru, Kebbi State, His Royal Highness Muhammadu Sani Sami (Sani Gomo II) yesterday gave a damning verdict of the state of the country by saying that “Nigeria...

Dana Air Crash: Coroner'sLeadership NewspapersThe coroner's inquest into the June 3, 2012 Dana plane crash in which 153 passengers and some residents of Iju-Ishaga area of Lagos State died, on Tuesday, resumed in Lagos. However, proceedings wer...

Nigeria's image remains its greatest problem - AkunyiliNigerian TribuneFORMER Minister of Information, Professor Dora Akunyili, has identified poor perception of Nigeria and its people by both Nigerians and foreigners as one of the greatest challen...

WorldStageFirst phase of Lagos light rail project ready in June, says FasholaWorldStageLagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola SAN (middle) listening to the Managing Director, CCECC, Mr. Shihong Bing (right) during the track work commencement cerem...

Gunmen kill hotelier, abduct businessman in ImoThe Guardian NigeriaBLOODTHIRSTY gunmen Tuesday killed a hotel proprietor, Kelvin Ezekwem, in Umuocha, Awa, Oguta Local Council of Imo State. Similarly, a businessman simply identified as Okechukwu in Egbe...

spyghana.comAbia agency loses N23.4b to fraudThe Guardian NigeriaTHE Abia State Physical Planning and Infrastructural Development Fund (APPIDF) allegedly lost N19.292 billion to fraudulent practices from its inception in 1999 to 2012, it has been revea...

Abia agency loses N23.4b to fraudThe Guardian NigeriaTHE Abia State Physical Planning and Infrastructural Development Fund (APPIDF) allegedly lost N19.292 billion to fraudulent practices from its inception in 1999 to 2012, it has been revealed. This wa...

Nigerian TribuneFire guts INEC's voter registryNigerian ObserverAbuja - Fire yesterday in Abuja engulfed a section of the building of the national headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Eyewitnesses told newsmen that ...

Our Patch-Patch Constitution Reviews Will Not Lead Us to the Promised LandAllAfrica.comTHE ritual of Constitution amendments has become too familiar an end game for Nigerian politicians that nothing cheery is expected to come from the on-going process ...

CHANNELSDana Crash: Absence Of Pathologist Stalls InquestCHANNELSThe coroner's inquest into the 3 June 2012 Dana Plane crash in Lagos has failed to resume on Tuesday following the absence of a consultant pathologist, John Obafunwa. 153 passengers a...

Guber Poll: US-based HumanLeadership NewspapersDefenders of Justice and Democracy, a United States of America-based human rights group, has cautioned members of the Ondo state election petition tribunal which will on the 10th of January, 2013, begin it...

CHANNELSObasanjo: Nigerian leaders should reach out to Boko HaramCNN International(CNN) -- Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has said more could be done to reach out to the militant Islamist group Boko Haram to find out what leads it to carry...

82 FCT Sub-Standard Medical Outfits Closed in 2012AllAfrica.comThe FCT Administration (FCTA) has said it closed down 82 sub-standard medical outfits in and around the Abuja in the preceding year of 2012. FCT Minister, Senator Bala Mohammed made this di...

AFPNavy Hands Over Illegal Russian Immigrants To PoliceCHANNELS15 Russian nationals and their vessel, were intercepted on the 19th of October 2012 for illegal entry into Nigeria's territorial waters by the Nigerian Navy, have been handed over to th...

P.M. News60 arrested for attacking NSCDC officersNews24Lagos- The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Lagos State Command on Monday, said it arrested 60 persons for allegedly attacking its men while carrying out their lawful duties. Mr S...

Leadership NewspapersI met only N4,451 in state purse – Bayelsa State Gov.Daily Times NigeriaThe Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson, on has claimed that his predecessor, Chief Timipre Sylva, left just N4,451 in the purse of the state on his exit...

CHANNELSBan on same-sex marriage irrevocable, says MarkThe Guardian NigeriaTHE pressure is both surreptitious and overt. It is all aimed at scuttling at birth a law banning same-sex marriage in the country. The international community and human rights ...

National MirrorEkiti Homes Agenda targets 5000 houses for citizens in 2013BusinessDayEkiti State government says its housing scheme, known as Homes Agenda aimed at making housing more affordable for the people, is to construct 5,000 housing units in 20...

Leadership NewspapersOsun prioritises infrastructure, plans 10km roads per LGBusinessDayGovernor Rauf Aregbesola of 0sun State has flagged off the construction of 218.12 kilometres of roads estimated to cost N16.21 billion. The roads are to be construc...

Nigerian TribuneGunmen slaughter female police officerNigerian TribuneRESIDENTS of Jiddari Polo area of Maiduguri, the Borno State capital woke up to a gory scene on Monday, following the slaughtering of a female police officer by suspected members of ...

National MirrorS'court rules Friday on Oshiomhole's suitThe Guardian NigeriaTHE Supreme Court on Monday fixed Friday, January 11, 2013 to decide whether or not Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has an explanation to make before the state&#...

Leadership NewspapersTension In Adamawa As Crises Rips PDP ApartLeadership NewspapersAdamawa State is now constantly in the news but for the wrong reasons. In this analysis, MOHAMMED ISMAIL x-rays the internal crises ripping the ruling Peoples Democrat...

Leadership NewspapersAnambra votes N1.4bn for MDG projects in seven LGsNational MirrorAnambra State Government said it would spend about N1.4 billion on Millennium Development Goal, MDG, projects in seven selected local governments in the state. Govern...

P.M. NewsDelta donates 30 patrol cars to policeP.M. NewsNigeria's Delta State with the notoriety of being the nest of kidnappers is determined turn a new chapter, as a state safe for the people and investors. Its governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has...

Panel Uncovers N24bn Fraud InLeadership NewspapersThe judicial panel of inquiry set up to investigate activities of the Abia Physical Planning and Infrastructure Development Fund (ASPPIDF) has uncovered N24 billion fraud between 1999 and 2012. The Chai...

THISDAY LiveVP Wants Demographic Data ForLeadership NewspapersVice President Namadi Sambo on Monday stressed the need for the production of a national demographic data (NDD) of all Nigerians for rapid economic planning, healthcare delivery, security an...

JTF denies killing UNIMAID studentNews24Maiduguri - The Joint Task Force (JTF) on Operation Restore Order (ORO) has denied allegation that it shot dead a student of the University of Maiduguri on Jan. 4 in Maiduguri. JTF spokesman Lt.-Col. Sagir Musa, ...

CHANNELSSecurity Agencies Launch Emergency Lines In PlateauCHANNELSThe Special Task Force in Plateau State has launched emergency telephone numbers for internal security operations to be effectively conducted by security agents. “There must be cooper...

Dagogo-Jack says president didn't lie ...BusinessDayBeks Dagogo-Jack, chairman, Presidential Task Force on Power (PTFP), weekend, said that the country's electricity generation profile as at November last year was over 5,000 megawatts, confirmi...

BusinessDayAvoid partisan interests in 2013 - FasholaBusinessDayGovernor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State pleaded with residents of the state to cast aside partisan interests and seek ways to improve their communities. Fashola gave the advice, on Sunda...

BusinessDayAvoid partisan interests in 2013 - FasholaBusinessDayGovernor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State pleaded with residents of the state to cast aside partisan interests and seek ways to improve their communities. Fashola gave the advice, on Sunda...

National DailyWhere do we start from as we ushered in a new year, 2013?National DailyIronically, as Nigeria is becoming everything less, is the country actually drifting towards becoming hopeless? An average Nigerian loves luxury like any other human b...

Leadership NewspapersWhy we are against LG autonomy —GovsNigerian TribuneChairman of the Nigeria Governors' Forum (NSF), Mr Rotimi Amaechi said at the weekend that Nigerian governors are opposed to local government autonomy because they believe t...

Bet You Noticed Something Different About “Rubbin' Minds” Yesterday! Ebuka ...Bella NaijaEbuka Rubbin' Minds ad campaign 2 Just in time for the New Year, the producers of Rubbin' Minds, the influential TV talk-show for young Nigerians h...

Amnesty Programme - a Huge SuccessAllAfrica.comContrary to the thinking in some quarters that the amnesty programme for ex-Niger Delta militants is a total failure, I make bold to say that the amnesty under the direct supervision of Kingsley Kuku, Pres...

Nigerian Tribune15 killed as petrol tanker collides with bus on Ogbomoso-Oyo roadNigerian TribuneFIFTEEN persons were reported dead in a multiple auto crash on Ogbomoso-Oyo-Ibadan road on Sunday. The accident, according to an eyewitness, occurred when ...

North May Not ProduceLeadership NewspapersA group, Concerned Arewa Patriots (CAP), has argued that except the North puts its house in order, its 2015 presidential aspiration will be an unrealisable dream. This was even as it faulted the usual practice ...

Leadership NewspapersFCTA Raises The Alarm Over Substandard Medical OutfitsLeadership NewspapersThe Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has raised the alarm over the proliferation of substandard medical outfits in the territory warning resi...

The PunchHoodlums attack Ondo NURTW office, steal N118mThe PunchChairman of the Ondo State chapter of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, Chief Oladutele Obayoriade, on Sunday said hoodlums vandalised the union's secretariat in Akure and ...

The PunchWe didn't endorse Obanikoro for 2015– Lagos PDPThe PunchThe Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party on Sunday said it did not endorse Senator Musiliu Obanikoro for the 2015 governorship election in the state. Obanikoro was th...

National MirrorOkorocha, Anyanwu flex muscles over 2015The NationImo State Governor Rochas Okorocha and Senator Chris Anyanwu are respected leaders of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA). But there are indications that they are not the best of fr...

CHANNELSJonathan tasks religious leaders on nation's woesThe Guardian NigeriaPRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan has asked religious leaders to exercise more of their God-given-authority in moulding the character of their followers so as to curb the nation...

JTF, ex-militants destroy 35 illegal refineries in Ondo, Edo, DeltaThe Guardian NigeriaTHIRTY-FIVE illegal refineries already abandoned by their operators in the creeks that connect the three states of Ondo, Edo and Delta were set ablaze by security op...

Rubbin Minds: How Well Did Nigeria Do In 2012CHANNELSIn this week's edition of Rubbin Minds, the panalist examine the political and socioeconomic situations in Nigeria and make projections for 2013. Some of the issues the panalists consisting of a ...

Bad Character Not Religion Responsible For Violen...CHANNELSPresident Goodluck Jonathan has condemned religious violence in the country saying that those who kill in the name of religion cannot be said to be worshipping god. President Jonathan. Preside...

Leadership NewspapersSunny Ade's guitarist, Fatoke Abiodun, caught with CocaineDaily Times NigeriaOperatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested an ex- guitarist with Nigerian music legend Sunny Ade with 1.575kg of coc...

Leadership NewspapersApostolic Church celebrates Feast of Nativity and Theophany of ChristAysorToday, on January 6, the Armenian Apostolic Church celebrates the Feast of Nativity and Theophany of Our Lord Jesus Christ. According to qahana.am, a Divine ...

Police Rescue Delta Varsity'sLeadership NewspapersThe treasurer of the Delta State University, Abrakachapter of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), Sir Martins Denedo, was yesterdaykidnappedat his residence in Abraka and ...

2015: South-South group roots for AtikuNigerian TribuneA group, Justice and Equity Coalition, has kick-started what looks like an informal campaign in the South-South geo-political zone of the country in support of the presidential ambition of former V...

Leadership NewspapersFire causes havoc at Ogun govt secretariatNigerian TribuneNo fewer than seven vehicles got burnt on Saturday evening at the Ogun State Governor's secretariat at Oke Mosan, Abeokuta, when a fire incident ravaged one of the car p...

CHANNELSCounsel Refutes Alleged Confiscation Of Sylva's PropertyThe Guardian NigeriaLEGAL counsel to Chief Timipre Sylva, Benson Ibezim, has refuted newspaper reports alleging that 48 houses belonging to Sylva were seized. In a statement sent to Th...

CHANNELS1944 Police Rank And File Officers PromotedCHANNELSThe Inspector-General of Police, IGP MD Abubakar, CFR, NPM, mni, in the pursuit of his agenda for a better welfare regime for personnel of the Nigeria Police Force, graciously approved the prom...

Leadership NewspapersAkpabio Inaugurates Commissions, AgenciesThe Guardian NigeriaGOVERNOR Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom State has inaugurated 36 government-owned commissions, boards and agencies with a charge on the chairmen and members to take collec...

P.M. NewsJail Break: 20 Inmates Escape from Sagamu PrisonTHISDAY LiveThere has been a jailbreak at the Sagamu Prisons in Ogun State where at least 20 inmates were reported to have escaped through a large hole they bored on the fence of the facility aft...

Daily SunXmas, New Year: 280 killed, 1600 injured in auto crashesThe NationTwo hundred and eight Nigerians were killed in auto crashes across the country during the just-concluded Christmas/New Year festivities,the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), sai...

Suntai's Photos Stir Controversy In TarabaThe Guardian NigeriaSINCE the ill-fated plane crash of October 24 last year that led to the evacuation of Taraba state Governor Danbaba Suntai to Germany for medical attention, following the severe injuries...

Codewit Global NetworkNollywood actress, Bisi Komolafe, buried amid tearsCodewit Global NetworkBisi Komolafe A dismal atmosphere pervaded the Mokola, Oke Padre, Oke-Itunu and Soka areas of Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State, on Friday as Nollywood actres...

CHANNELSImoke Is Not Sick But On Vacation – Ndoma EgbaCHANNELSSenate Leader; Mr Victor Ndoma-Egba has debunked reports that the Governor of Cross River State, Mr Liyel Imoke is dead or in a critical health condition. In a press conference at the stat...

CHANNELSWada Returns To Abuja Hospital For Check UpThe Guardian NigeriaKOGI State Governor, Captain Idris Wada, who was involved a ghastly motor accident last month, yesterday spoke to journalists for the first time since the incident. He spoke as he c...

CHANNELSOh Lord, Give Lagos To PDP, Obasanjo PraysCHANNELSFormer President Olusegun Obasanjo has asked God to help the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in capturing Lagos State from the grip of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN). The former president m...

CHANNELSJonathan Has No Vision for Nigeria – LawyerCHANNELSA lawyer and member of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Ademola Sadiq on Friday said that President Goodluck Jonathan has no vision for Nigeria. Mr Sadiq, who was a guest on Channels Tel...

CHANNELSPetroleum Filled Truck Spilled, 3 DeadNewsPoint AfricaAs per recent reports, it has been recently revealed that a mother and her two children lost their lives in a fire that broke out in an area at Idi-Iroko, which comes under the Ogun State. I...

Nigerian TribunePolice quiz former Senate LeaderNews24Oyo - A former Senate Leader, Teslim Folarin, was quizzed for hours at the Oyo State Police Headquarters over alleged threat to the peace of the state, Premium Times reports. Mr. Folarin is alleged ...

National MirrorPolice confirm killing of four persons in AdamawaBusinessDayThe Adamawa police command on Thursday confirmed the killing of four people by gunmen in Song town, the headquarters of Song Local Government Area. The spokesman for the command...

SURE-P Chicanery And The Fear Of subsidy Removal In 2013 By Theophilus ...SaharaReporters.comNigerians celebrated the new year with curious optimism inspite of repeated assurances that subsidy will not be withdrawn by the federal government in the new ...

spyghana.comDelta proposes N13.4bn for energy in 2013Daily Times NigeriaIn its bid to boost power supply, the Delta Government has earmarked N13.4 billion for the energy sector in 2013, the Commissioner for Economic Planning, Kenneth Okpara, said in As...

spyghana.comGov. Jang Reiterates Commitment to Fight PolioAllAfrica.comGov. Jonah Jang of Plateau said on Thursday that his administration was more committed to fighting and eradicating polio, one of the childhood killer diseases. Jang expressed the co...

Akiri: Can President Jonathan contest in 2015?The Guardian NigeriaTHE question, 'Can President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan contest the 2015 presidential election?', has been asked for the umpteenth time by the Nigerian literati and politicians alik...

spyghana.comWhy Nigeria's SEC got zero budgetP.M. NewsThe zero budget allocation made to the Security Exchange Commission, SEC, in Nigeria's 2013 budget by the National Assembly was made to punish the Executive arm of the government for ignorin...

Leadership NewspapersJankara Explosion: Lagos Serves Building Demolition NoticesTHISDAY LiveLagos State Government has served demolition notices to about seven houses at Jankara subsequent to the firecrackers, which exploded Boxing Day, razing 12 house...

P.M. NewsCouncil chiefs protest Okorocha's alleged constitution's violation on tenureThe Guardian NigeriaTHE embattled 27 council chairmen under the aegis of the Association of Local Government of Nigeria (ALGON), Imo State branch, all elected ...

P.M. NewsCouncil chiefs protest Okorocha's alleged constitution's violation on tenureThe Guardian NigeriaTHE embattled 27 council chairmen under the aegis of the Association of Local Government of Nigeria (ALGON), Imo State branch, all elected ...

The Punch13 journalists killed in 2012 — NUJThe PunchThe President of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Mr. Mohammed Garba, on Thursday said 13 Nigerian journalists were killed last year. Garba, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria, in Lag...

ECOWAS team begins feasibility studies on biolavicide factory in Port-HarcourtBusinessDayThe much-debated plan to build a factory that would help West African countries launch a biological warfare against mosquitoes may become a reality after all. This...

Lawmakers are under pressure to jack up budget figure •Delta govt raises the ...Nigerian TribuneDELTA State government has raised the alarm that top government functionaries and private individuals are putting undue pressure on the state House of Ass...

Nigerian TribuneFormer Senate leader, Folarin, quizzed •Houses searchedNigerian TribuneTHE Oyo State Police Command has invited former Senator Teslim Folarin over security reports bordering on plans to cause mayhem and disorder in Ibadan, the capital...

Leadership NewspapersYobe proposes N88.6b spending in 2013The Guardian NigeriaGovernor Ibrahim Gaidam of Yobe state yesterday presented the state's 2013 budget of N88.66 billion to the 24-member House of Assembly amid tight security at the Assembly...

WorldStageDana Air resumes operations with Lagos-Abuja flightWorldStageLagos ( WorldStage Newsonline)-- Exactly seven months after one of its planes crashed at Iju-Ishaga area of Lagos killing 153 passengers and crew members, Dana Air resumed domestic ...

CHANNELSPetrol tanker fire burns family to death in OgunCHANNELSThree members of the same family have been confirmed dead as a result of an early morning fire which razed shops and houses in Idi-Iroko area of Ipokia local government area of Ogun state,...

WorldStageEFCC takes possession of 48 properties of ex-gov SylvaWorldStageOne of the 48 properties of the former governor of Bayelsa Sstate, Mr. Timpre Sylva being taken possession of by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday, ...

CHANNELSPresident won't order removal of campaign posters – AbatiCHANNELSDespite dissociating President Goodluck Jonathan from the 2015 campaign posters, littering the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), the Presidency has stated that it would not g...