Nigerian TribuneHow Okonjo-Iweala's Mother Was FreedThe Guardian NigeriaGRAPHIC details of how some of the hoodlums who kidnapped Prof Kamene Okonjo, mother of Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, w...

Leadership NewspapersNBA Seeks Amendment Of FCC ActThe Guardian NigeriaTHE Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) on Friday urged the National Assembly to amend the Federal Character Commission (FCC) Act, saying that Paragraph 2 of Part 11 of the Act is discri...

Nigerian TribuneAlleged money laundering: Babalakin fails to halt prosecution by EFCCNigerian TribuneWale Babalakin THE Chairman of Bi-Courtney Highway Limited, Wale Babalakin, has lost out in his bid to halt his prosecution by the Economic and Financi...

Osun DefenderPolice arrest 14 suspected armed robbers in LagosNigerian TribuneFourteen suspected members of different gangs of armed robbers, who killed scores of policemen, have been arrested by the police in Lagos. Members of the gang confessed to ha...

Gunmen kill ANPP lawmaker in KanoTHISDAY LiveThe All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) member at the Kano state House of Assembly representing Gaya constituency, Alhaji Danladi Isa Kademi has been shot dead by unknown gunmen. The lawmaker, who was the forme...

Osun DefenderSule Lamido: My son not laundering moneyAfrique en LigueLagos, Nigeria - Gov. Sule Lamido of Nigeria's nothern Jigawa State has denied allegations that his eldest son, Aminu, was laundering money for him, after he (Aminu) was arrested ...

Osun DefenderUnraveling the City of RiddlesP.M. News(A Review of City of 201 Gods: Ile-Ife in Time, Space, and the Imagination by Professor Jacob K. Olupona. Berkeley: The University of California Press, 2011, at the Public Presentation, NIIA, Lagos, D...

Daily SunPension fraud: Maina storms Senate, faults N195b allegationDaily SunChairman of the Pension Task Team (PTT), AbdulRasheed Maina, has said no warrant of arrest has been issued on him by the Senate. He told newsmen at the Senate yesterday that h...

Daily SunReps set to pass N161bn supplementary budgetDaily SunThe House of Representatives yesterday set the stage for the passage of N161, 617, 364, 911 billion supplementary budget requested by President Goodluck Jonathan. The lawmakers, however, fau...

Leadership NewspapersReps want poor treatment of Nigerian visa applicants investigatedBusinessDayThe House of Representatives on Thursday mandated its Committee on Foreign Affairs to intervene and investigate foreign embassies in Nigeria treatment of t...

CHANNELSLagos Traffic law: Court Strikes Out Okada Riders SuitCHANNELSA Lagos High Court has dismissed the suit filed by the All Nigerians Autobike Commercial Owners and Workers Association (ANACOWA) challenging the state's traffic law banning thei...

CHANNELSBakassi: FG Raises Resettlement CommitteeTHISDAY LiveThe Federal Government Thursday constituted a committee to resettle Nigerians displaced from the oil-rich Bakassi Peninsula, which Nigeria ceded to Cameroun following the 2002 judgment of the...

Oil marketers ask for more time to perfect settlement with EFCCNigerian TribuneThree oil marketers facing trial for oil subsidy trial, Alex Ochonogor, Abdullahi Alao and Mahmud Tukur, on Thursday, asked a Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja to give them ...

CHANNELSI lost my cousin to Ogun auto crash —AmosunNigerian TribuneOGUN State governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, on Thursday, said he lost his niece in an auto crash that claimed lives of eight students of Itori Comprehensive High School, on Wednesda...

Osun DefenderJang presents 2013 budget amid tight securityNigerian TribuneGOVERNOR Jonah Jang of Plateau State has presented the 2013 budget christened: “Budget of Continuity and Inclusive Growth” with a total size of N133,459,176,903.00. Presentin...

Court dismisses okada riders' suit against Lagos govtThe Guardian NigeriaJUSTICE Aishat Opesanwo of a High Court sitting in Ikeja Thursday dismissed the suit filed by commercial motorcyclists popularly called okada riders in Lagos State, challengin...

Leadership NewspapersCAN chides police over attack on Ilorin churchThe Guardian NigeriaTHE Secretary of Kwara State chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Rev. Cornelius Fawenu, has chided the authorities of the state police command for...

Gov. Yakowa Presents N176.4bnLeadership NewspapersGov Patrick Yakowa of Kaduna state on Thursday presented a budget of N176.4 billion to the State House of Assembly for 2013 fiscal year. Yakowa said the budget tagged, ``Budget of Consolidation and Adva...

BusinessDayWhy Jonathan was adopted as Bayelsa PDP leaderBusinessDayAt an expanded caucus meeting of the Bayelsa State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Yenagoa, has explained why President Goodluck Jonathan was adopted as the state lead...

Nigerian TribuneOshiomhole will justify his pan-Edo mandate —ObahiagbonNigerian TribuneHonourable Patrick Obahiagbon is Chief of Staff to Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State and a former member of the House of Representatives. In this interview wi...

Osun DefenderVoting rights for Nigerians in the diasporaNigerian TribuneThe view that Nigerians in the Diaspora should vote in the 2015 and subsequent general elections probably ensued from the promise made by President Goodluck Jonathan during one of ...

Jamaica GleanerContinue fighting corruptionJamaica GleanerRECENTLY, JAMAICA received a failing grade based on Transparency International's Corruption Perception Index (CPI) for 2012. According to the scorecard, to get a 10 is a sign of being least ...

Insecurity: Nigeria Sitting On Time Bomb – Gov ShettimaLeadership NewspapersBorno State Governor Kashim Shettima, yesterday, warned that Nigeria was sitting on a time bomb ready to explode unless the causes of conflict and insecurity were properly ad...

Insecurity: Nigeria Sitting On Time Bomb – Gov ShettimaLeadership NewspapersBorno State Governor Kashim Shettima, yesterday, warned that Nigeria was sitting on a time bomb ready to explode unless the causes of conflict and insecurity were properly ad...

Insecurity: Nigeria Sitting On Time Bomb – Gov ShettimaLeadership NewspapersBorno State Governor Kashim Shettima, yesterday, warned that Nigeria was sitting on a time bomb ready to explode unless the causes of conflict and insecurity were properly ad...

Leadership NewspapersBoko Haram: SSS Claims NdumeLeadership NewspapersThe State Security Service (SSS) told a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, yesterday, that Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume's call log, showed that he communicated with Mohammed Kond...

Leadership NewspapersPolice Dismiss NLC ClaimsLeadership NewspapersThe newly appointed Commissioner of Police, Plateau State, CP Christian Olakpe has said that the claims by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Plateau State chapter that it had not been ...

AllAfrica.comPanic as gas cylinder explosion rocks Defence HQ restaurantNigerian TribuneAT about 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, there was an explosion at the Defence headquarters restaurant's kitchen. The incident saw soldiers scampering to find out what ...

Osun DefenderI want to be Lagos gov —IkuforijiNigerian TribuneSpeaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. Adeyemi Ikuforiji has announced that one day, he would like to be the governor of the state. An online medium, Eagleonline quoted him as ...

Leadership NewspapersPolice Arrest 10 SuspectsLeadership NewspapersThe Police Command in Oyo State says it has arrested 10 persons in connection with the abduction of Titilayo, wife of retired Brig.-Gen. Oluwole Rotimi. The Police Public Relations Offi...

Osun DefenderTambuwal Signs Warrant Of Arrest For Sanusi, Yakubu, 14 OthersInformation NigeriaFollowing the adoption of a motion moved by chairman, House Committee on Finance, Hon. Abdulmumin Jibrin (PDP, Kano), on matters of urgent public importance, ...

Belfast TelegraphArmy: Police, sect members die in Nigeria shootoutSalonMAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria's army says a local police chief and 14 suspected radical Islamist sect members have died in a shootout in Nigeria's besieged northeast....

BusinessDayFashola decries high rate of forging of land documentsBusinessDayGovernor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State on Tuesday raised an alarm over the high rate of forging of land documents, warning corporate organisations and individuals against in...

The PunchCustoms Seize 117 Bags of Indian Hemp In OgunCHANNELS171 bags of substance suspected to be Indian hemp, various brand of vehicles and banned frozen products worth millions of naira have been seized by the Ogun State Customs Command at various ...

PDP: 20 Apply For BoTLeadership NewspapersThe Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees (BoT), Senator Walid Jubrin, has said that no less than 20 persons, including members and non members have indicated interest to vie for the...

CHANNELSForeign Loans: Govs to Approach N'Assembly, Finance MinistryTHISDAY LiveThe governors of the 36 states are planning to hold talks with the National Assembly and the Federal Ministry of Finance to resolve any misconception that has impeded t...

CHANNELSSacked NIMC workers disprupt activities in NASSNigerian TribuneThe sacked workers of the National Identity Management Commission, (NIMC), on Tuesday, paralysed activities at the National Assembly, during a protest against alleged wrongful and u...

Nigerian TribuneI'm unhappy with security in Nigeria –EkpoudomNigerian TribuneEkpoudom Retired Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Udom Ekpoudom, was in Ibadan, Oyo State , for a burial ceremony on Friday, November 30. As a one-time Commissioner ...

CHANNELSGovernors Say Borrowing Is RightCHANNELSThe Nigeria Governors' Forum (NGF) has said it will meet with Finance Ministry and National Assembly over the revised proposed projects under the Medium Term External Borrowing Plan of 2012 to 2014. T...

Daily SunRemanded oil subsidy scam suspect knows fate December 18The Guardian NigeriaJUSTICE Christopher Balogun of the Lagos State High Court, Igbosere Tuesday adjourned till December 18, ruling on the bail application of Abubakar Ali Peters who was a...

CHANNELSSacked Workers Barricade National Assembly Entrance; Demand JusticeCHANNELSSacked staff of the National Identity Card Management Commission (NIMC) on Tuesday barricaded the National Assembly Complex demanding that House of Representatives give ...

CHANNELSReps Direct Committee To Produce Report On 2012 Budget ImplementationCHANNELSIn a bid to ensure that the 2012 budget is fully implemented, the House of Representatives on Tuesday mandated a joint committee of the house to study the implementati...

CHANNELSMassive Failure in WAEC, NECO, JAMBOsun DefenderBoard (JAMB), the stakeholders in the education sector have expressed dissatisfaction. Prof. Rugayyatu Rufa'i, the minister of Education stated this while declaring open to the 2012 National C...

Osun DefenderDelta state returns seized money to James IboriP.M. NewsThe Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, in a bid to sway the court not to allow the return to Delta state of the $15million seized from former Governor James Ibori, has told a s...

Leadership NewspapersControversy Trails Patience Jonathan's Dressing To Brother-In-Law's BurialInformation NigeriaThe burial ceremony of president Jonathan's younger brother, Chief Meni Jonathan in Otuoke, Bayelsa state last Saturday, Decem...

WorldStageJonathan, wealthy politicians, corruptive influence of evils on the judiciaryWorldStageBy Dr. Olapade Agoro - The very unfortunate statement creditably made by President Goodluck Jonathan blaming the judiciary for evils of corruption in Niger...

Onyekakeyah: Sanusi: The voice that cries lionThe Guardian NigeriaMY people have a saying that a voice that cries lion, lion when there is no lion, nobody will know when there is real lion. Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, the Governor of the Central Bank ...

Osun DefenderOgun State Governor, Amosun Sacks LG Boss, OthersOsun DefenderOgun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun yesterday sacked the leadership of Ijebu-East Local Government Area for undisclosed reasons. gov-ibikunle-amosun-ogun-s However, sources clo...

BusinessDayRivers' NBA faults Fashola's claim on state policeBusinessDayThe Port Harcourt branch of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has faulted the declaration by Babatunde Fashola, a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and governor of Lagos St...

Osun DefenderEvery Yorubaman must be proud of Obasanjo —AregbesolaNigerian TribuneOsun State governor, Mr Rauf Aregbesola, has praised the virtues of former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, describing him as a man whom every Yoruba man must be pro...

BusinessDayPolice prevents protest against Lagos traffic lawNews24Lagos - Hundreds of protesters marching against the state government's new traffic law, Monday, in Lagos were stopped by armed police officers, Premium Times reports. The protesters,...

CHANNELSOver N500 billion is needed to repair roads in Nigeria annually - Minister of WorksNgEXAt a public hearing on measures to improve the road infrastructure in Nigeria, the Minister of Works, Mike Onolomemen, stated that the N100 billion ($637 mil...

THISDAY LiveDPO, 13 Others Killed in Boko Haram, Soldiers ClashTHISDAY LiveFourteen persons, including a Divisional Police Officer (DPO) were yesterday feared killed in Potiskum, a major commercial town in Yobe State, during a crossfire between members...

BusinessDayINEC Breached Electoral ActLeadership NewspapersThe Conference of Nigeria Political Party,(CNPP), Enugu State Chapter, yesterday took a swipe at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over the deletion of 28 political parties f...

The PunchSocial housing: Hope for low-income earners as FCTA allocates landBusinessDayFederal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) says it has allocated 150 hectares of land to indigenous and American social housing experts for the construction of s...

The PunchEFCC intercepts N15.5bn at airports in 2012The PunchEconomic and Financial Crimes Commission on Monday said it had in the last 11 months intercepted over N15bn at the nation's airports. The EFCC chairman, Mr. Ibrahim Larmode, in a statemen...

Strike: SSANU shuns meeting with Labour ministerNigerian TribuneTHE Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), on Monday, shunned an invitation by the Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chief Emeka Wogu, over the ongoing nationwide st...

BusinessDayArtists, intellectuals encouraging dictatorship —SoyinkaNigerian TribuneNOBEL Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has attributed the creation of dictatorship on the failure of artists and intellectuals who, he said, are custodians of the peo...

N1.4trn spent on failed roads in 13 years —RepsNigerian TribuneThe House of Representatives Committee on Works on Monday raised the alarm over the bad state of Nigerian roads, despite over N1.414 trillion appropriated by the National Assembly for the...

Leadership NewspapersSenate cautions states against reckless borrowingsNigerian TribuneTHE Senate has cautioned state governments across the country against obtaining reckless foreign loans, threatening that it will not give blanket approval to applica...

The PunchAlleged car scam: I'll appear before ICPC tomorrow —Ogun SpeakerNigerian TribuneSPEAKER of the Ogun State House of Assembly, Honourable Suraj Adekunbi, has said he would appear with other principal officers of the assembly tomorrow at th...

Nigerian TribuneJonathan vs Obasanjo: The crux of the matterNigerian TribuneApart from speculated issues relating to the 2015 presidency, KUNLE ODEREMI highlights other possible causes of the seeming cold war between former President Olusegun Obasanjo ...

CHANNELSNigeria needs N500 billion annually to repair roads – MinisterCHANNELSThe Minister of Works, Mike Onolomemen on Monday said over N500 billion would be required annually for the next four years to repair the bad roads in Nigeria insisting that...

Times of NigeriaRevenue allocation formula must be reviewed...Oshiomhole says current formula ...Daily Times NigeriaEdo State Governor Adams Oshiemhole has demanded for the review of revenue allocation formula from the Revenue Mobilisation and Fiscal A...

CHANNELSPolice Boss And 3 Others Killed In Renewed Attacks In YobeCHANNELSThe Joint Task Force (JTF) in Yobe state, has confirmed that four persons have been killed in renewed clash between security forces and suspected members of the Boko Haram Sect i...

Osun DefenderA Governor, Three Ministers And Their BurdenP.M. NewsThe Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, created a media firestorm last week when he proposed that the civil service be cut by half. Sanusi, of cou...

National DailyCommences mobile clinics and free medical missionNational DailyGOVERNOR Rabi'u Musa Kwankwaso of Kano State has continued to demonstrate leadership that has capacity of pulling a locomotive on the rail to a desired destination. Since ...

Demand For State Police Premature – AGFOsun DefenderAttorney General of the federation and Minister of justice, Mr. Mohammed Bello Adoke (SAN), has said that it is not yet time for the country to operate state policing. The minister said that the Nig...

Osun DefenderOshiomhole's Aide Defends Land Use Charge LawOsun DefenderEdo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, has stated that he would leave no stone unturned in his determination to take the state to the next level. At a ceremony to herald the newl...

Osun DefenderFashola Blames FG for Controversy over Achebe's Civil War MemoirTHISDAY LiveLagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN), has blamed the Federal Government for the controversies that have trailed Professor Chinua Achebe's...

Osun DefenderAnonymous donors besiege CPC •As party rethinks mergerNigerian TribuneThe battle for 2015 presidency may have taken a new dimension as there are credible reports that opposition party, Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) has been recei...

Babalakin: EFCC weighs options as health condition worsens •ICRC vindicates ...Nigerian TribuneINDICATIONS have emerged that Dr Wale Babalakin, who was charged to court by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for allegedly helping form...

Osun DefenderCBN initiates AMCON's divestment plan from nationalised banksThe Guardian NigeriaManagement Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) divest from the three nationalised banks- Keystone, Enterprise and Mainstreet banks from June 1, 2013. Besides, ...

Osun DefenderJonathan, OBJ battle for PDP control •President's men take over South-WestNigerian TribuneAMIDST reported deepening rift, the political camps of both President Goodluck Jonathan and Chief Olusegun Obasanjo are reported to have launch...

Osun DefenderNamadi's Daughters Wedding Shuts Kaduna Down For HoursInformation NigeriaKaduna state yesterday witnessed a total shut down as dignitaries from all walks of life converged on the ancient crocodile city for the wedding fatiha of two dau...

Daily Sun2015 presidency splits South-South govsThe NationThere are strong indications that President Goodluck Jonathan's re-election bid in 2015 has caused a major division among South-South governors, his home region. Although the parting of ways...

Leadership NewspapersShiloh 2012 A Promise Of Divine Blessings, Says OyedepoThe Guardian NigeriaTHE President, Faith Tabernacle (Winners' Chapel) Bishop David Oyedepo, has described the church's recent Shiloh 2012 event as a platform for divine...

Leadership NewspapersOyo identifies 27 new locations for modern market constructionNigerian TribuneNo fewer than 27 new locations suitable for market construction have been identified by the Oyo State Government across the state, Governor Abiola Ajimob...

Osun DefenderJTF kills 2 in search of Boko Haram suspects in BornoNigerian TribuneTHE Polo G.R.A in Maiduguri, Borno State was shut down on Saturday for over 10 hours by men of the Joint Task Force on Operation Restore Order in Borno to fish out terror...

Mimiko gives condition for collaboration with local manufacturersNigerian TribuneTHE Ondo State Governor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko said his government was ready to patronise local manufacturers that meet competitive standard. Dr Mimiko gave the assurance in ...

Plateau govt obtains injunction against NLC strikeNigerian TribuneAS the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Plateau State Government set for a total show down over the six months old strike embarked upon by the National Union of Local Government Emp...

Osun DefenderFour University Students Die in Car CrashOsun DefenderLead1 It was a sad new as four students of Lead City University in Ibadan died in a car crash. The accident occurred along Ring Road, it was reported that the students were heading to O...

Osun DefenderFresh Pressure On Obama, Clinton Over Boko HaramThe Guardian NigeriaFRESH pressure is mounting on the US President Barack Obama and the outgoing US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to designate Nigeria's Islamist group, Boko Haram, a...

CHANNELSAtiku, At Shehu Yar'Adua Memorial Lecture, Proposes Free EducationThe Guardian NigeriaFORMER Vice President and founder American University of Nigeria, Yola (AUN), Atiku Abubakar, has proposed the institution of free and compulsory primary ...

At The Experience, Jonathan Seeks More Prayers For NationThe Guardian NigeriaTHE roar of thousands of worshippers reverberated. Dignitaries lost their composure. The youth and elderly cast off restraint. It was all night worship and praise at the yearl...

Osun DefenderTaraba PDP warns members against meetingsNews24Jalingo - The Taraba People's Democratic Party (PDP) has warned its members to desist from holding meetings ahead of 2015 elections as such action is against party guidelines. Victor Bala ...

Peter urges NSC to scout for boxersThe PunchA member of Team Akwa Ibom boxing technical crew, Joseph Peter, the younger brother of former WBC champion Samuel Peter, has called on the National Sports Commission to seize the opportunity provided by the N...

Between Ojukwu's Will and the Children's RebuffTHISDAY LiveA year after his death, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, Ezeigbo Gburu-gburu, and former leader of defunct Biafran Republic as well as former presidential candidate of the All Progressi...

Osun DefenderDefence Hqrs Alerts On Fake facebook AccountThe Guardian NigeriaDEFENCE Headquarters has drawn the attention of Nigerians to the existence of a fake facebook account of the chief of defence staff, created by some cyber criminals on the pop...

Nigerian TribuneEmerging third force in South-WestNigerian Tribune(1) Obasanjo (2) Tinubu (3) Mimiko THE South-West is known for its political turbulence and dynamism. These qualities are rearing their heads again with the increasing evidence of a like...

CHANNELSOshiomole signs Land Use Charge ActCHANNELSEdo state governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has signed into law the Land Use Charge Act which consolidates all land rates into a single charge. The Governor, who signed the bill into law at the Edo S...

Osun DefenderDisenchantment Over Inadequate Transportation In LagosThe Guardian NigeriaWHEN the Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN) banned the activities of commercial motorcyclists popularly known as okada riders on 475 routes in Lagos ...

The PunchUS Visas Service for Nigerians EasierUS Migration ExpertThe United States Embassy in Nigeria has reiterated its efforts towards making its U.S. visa service easier for Nigerians. The U.S. Consul General in Nigeria, Mr. Jeffery Hawkins pointed ...

BusinessDaySenate rejects extra N9b on Sambo's official residenceThe Guardian NigeriaTHE Senate Committee on the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Thursday opposed additional N9 billion expenditure on Vice President Namadi Sambo's official reside...

Rivers state is broke – AmaechiCHANNELSThe Governor of Rivers State and Chairman of the Nigerian Governors' Forum; Chibuike Amaechi, has declared that the 'oil rich state' moniker used for oil producing states is now false because a numbe...

Killers Of 9 Cops NabbedP.M. NewsThe Police in Lagos State have smashed a robbery gang whose members allegedly killed nine policemen during their operations. The five-man robbery gang was smashed by operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the L...

CHANNELSEFCC to commence undercover operation in Nigerian portsCHANNELSThe Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has turned its searchlight on the Nigerian Ports with the commencement of undercover operations at the nation's ports startin...

BusinessDayNESG advises FG on infrastructure bond to finance road constructionBusinessDayParticipants at the just concluded 18th Nigerian Economic Summit (NES#18) in Abuja have advised the Federal Government to float infrastructure bond to finance road...

Osun DefenderFayemi presents 2013 BudgetThe Nationpix 1 Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi (R); presenting the 2013 Budget tagged Budget of Empowerment and Consolidation” to the Speaker, Ekiti State House of Assembly, Dr. Adewale Omirin, in Ado-E...

Leadership NewspapersBoko Haram: North's recovery will take 20 years —AbdulsalamiNigerian TribuneAgainst the backdrop of attacks by terrorists in the North, former head of state, General Abubakar Abdulsalami, has said that it will take 20 years t...