Osun DefenderStudents Protest: State of Osun Government Position !Osun DefenderSequel to an attempt by few misguided students of tertiary institutions in Osun to disrupt the peace at the State secretariat of the Government of the State, Tuesday, Octobe...

CHANNELSCourt Rejects Akingbola's Application To Recall WitnessLeadership NewspapersA Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja, presided over by Justice Habeeb Abiru, yesterday, threw out an application filed by sacked Managing Director of defunct Interco...

Osun DefenderKidnappers Of Osun Speaker's Wife Yet To Contact HusbandLeadership NewspapersTwenty four hours after the wife of the Speaker of the Osun State House of Assembly, Mrs. Muibat Salami, was kidnapped by unknown gunmen, her husband, Hon. Na...

Leadership NewspapersAkpabio Signs N125bn Supplementary BudgetLeadership NewspapersAkwa Ibom State Governor Godswill Akpabio yesterday signed into law this year's supplementary budget of N125 billion. The supplementary budget is in addition to the ...

Leadership NewspapersUS To Support Nigeria's Infrastructural DevtLeadership NewspapersThe bi-national relationship between the governments of Nigeria and the United States received a boost in Washington DC yesterday with the US pledging to support ...

BusinessDayWhat the Nigeria Police needsBusinessDayThis piece is a result of my recent visit to the 'New Afghanistan' – the Maiduguri-Damaturu axis of northern Nigeria. There, the Nigeria Police has found itself in a social order completely a...

The PunchLagos ACN urges 'massive' vote for AkeredoluThe Guardian NigeriaIN support of their sister branch, the Lagos State chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has urged indigenes of Ondo State to vote massively for the candidate of...

The PunchLagos ACN urges 'massive' vote for AkeredoluThe Guardian NigeriaIN support of their sister branch, the Lagos State chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has urged indigenes of Ondo State to vote massively for the candidate of...

AllAfrica.comTHE MUBI MASSACRENigerian TribuneTHE cold blooded massacre of innocent students of the Federal Polytechnic, Mubi, in Adamawa State recently, has created another horrendous link in the macabre chain of murders in the country. AS if bent on ...

AllAfrica.comWoman Petitions Senate Over Killing Of SonLeadership NewspapersThe mother to one of the slain students of the University of Port Harcourt, Mrs Chinwe Biringa, has petitioned the Senate over the gruesome killing of her son. In the petition ...

WorldStageOndo poll: Mimiko group alleges plans by ACN to hire fake NYSC members ...WorldStageBy Press Release A fresh plot by the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, to rig the October 20th gubernatorial election has been uncovered. Also, the party which...

BusinessDayNew Traffic Law: LASG To Crush Seized OkadaP.M. NewsThe Lagos State Government is set to crush over 3000 okada seized by the taskforce for violating the provisions of the new road traffic law. Already, officials of the Lagos State Taskforce ...

Group insists on creation of Lagoon state out of LagosCHANNELSThe call for the creation of Lagoon state, has been reaffirmed by its proponents arguing that Lagos has remained the way it was since Nigeria's independence hence the non-development of ...

The PunchJonathan Presents 2013 Budget to NASSTHISDAY LiveBy Muhammad Bello President Goodluck Jonathan is presenting the 2013 budget to a joint session of the National Assembly. The event, which was supposed to have taken place last week, was shifted ...

Danger Sign in ACN's LagosOsun DefenderImmediately Ibrahim Babajide Obanikoro lost his election for a seat in the Lagos State House of Assembly during the April 2011 general election, he went back to the drawing board with his father, Musiliu, a fo...

Igbo leaders in Lagos set up committee to fish out criminalsThe Guardian NigeriaWORRIED by the increasing number of people of Igbo extraction involved in criminal activities, Igbos living in Lagos have set up a special committee to investigate activiti...

Leadership NewspapersAnambra NUT demands 17% teachers enhanced allowanceVanguardBY ENYIM ENYIM ONITSHA – Anambra State wing of Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT, wants the state government to pay teachers enhanced allowance of 17.5 per cent approved by ...

Ventures AfricaCall for the resignation and trial of AdokeVanguardMeanwhile some members of the Cross River State House of Assembly yesterday called for the resignation of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Bello Adoke, for...

CHANNELSFlood: Dickson orders closure of schoolsNigerian TribuneBAYELSA State governor, Mr Seriake Dickson, on Tuesday, ordered the indefinite closure of all schools in the state. The order was due to the rising water levels across the state and the da...

CHANNELSBakassi: Cross River lawmakers take to streetsNigerian TribuneLAWMAKERS in the Cross River State House of Assembly left their chambers and took to the streets of Calabar, the state capital, in protest of the Federal Government's decision no...

Leadership NewspapersAlleged N25.7 billion theft: Dispute over security of witness stalls Atuche's ...CHANNELSThe sacked Managing Director of Bank PHB (now Keystone Bank), Francis Atuche, and his wife, Elizabeth on Tuesday asked Justice Lateefah Ok...

Leadership NewspapersUNN students protest hike in feesVanguardBY Tony Edike ENUGU—Some students of University of Nigeria, UNN, Enugu Campus, Tuesday, staged a peaceful protest within the campus against alleged N12,000 increase in their school fees. T...

Osun DefenderEnd of the road for 'one million boys' robbery gangVanguardBy ALBERT AKPOR BARELY one year ago, about 20 boys in Ajegunle, a suburb in Lagos metropolis popularly referred to as the 'jungle city' came together to form an ass...

Leadership NewspapersBenue House Majority Leader attackedVanguardBy Peter Duru MAKURDI—Majority Leader of Benue State House of Assembly, Mr. Paul Biam, narrowly escaped death, weekend, when some unidentified gunmen fired gun shots at him at Anchia, n...

Leadership NewspapersJTF In Maiduguri On Reprisal Attacks As They Kill 10, Burn Over 50 BuildingsInformation NigeriaWonders will never cease! We have been hearing of soldiers deployed in internal peace keeping operations going on rampage and shooting a...

WorldStageKwara blocks loopholes in LG fundsWorldStageBy Press Release The Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has attributed the delay in the payment of worker's salaries in some local government areas for the months of August and Septem...

Osun DefenderNorthern Christians demand 2015 presidential slotThe Guardian NigeriaA MAJOR political hurdle the northern leaders will have to overcome in their bid for the presidency in 2015 is whether to present a Muslim or Christian as presidential ca...

The GuardianOfeimun , Adebanjo stoke controversy over Achebe's comments on AwolowoThe Guardian NigeriaPREDICTABLY, more diverse reactions are pouring in over renowned author, Prof. Chinua Achebe's new book – There Was A Country: A Personal Hi...

Osun DefenderJonathan establishes committee to raise funds for flood victimsBusinessDayIn fulfillment of his nationwide broadcast on the incidence of flood that is currently ravaging the country, President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the establishme...

Leadership NewspapersCanada to assist Nigeria's security agenciesNigerian TribuneCanada is to assist in enhancing the operational capabilities of Nigerian security services to enable them respond adequately to internal and regional security challen...

Osun DefenderCDS weeps at handing over ceremonyNigerian TribuneWiping away his tears, Admiral Ibrahim said it was natural to do so as he was leaving a crop of fine officers in the Navy to a new terrain where he didn't know the type of officers he w...

The PunchINEC to prosecute worker arrested with voter cardsThe PunchINDEPENDENT National Electoral Commission has urged its officials to be above board during the October 20 Ondo State governorship election. Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state...

Ogun PDP factions feud over secretariatThe Guardian NigeriaAGAIN, the four-year-old internal crisis rocking the Ogun State chapter of the People's Democratic Party (PDP), took another disturbing dimension yesterday as the Buruji Kashamu-led faction...

THE MILITARY AND INTERNAL SECURITYNigerian TribuneTHE Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Azubuike Ihejirika, in a speech delivered on his behalf by Major General Jack Nwogbo, has called for more recruitment into the Armed Forces to meet loc...

Osun DefenderTambuwal says Saudi government agrees to accept d...CHANNELSThe leader of the presidential committee to Saudi Arabia, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal on Monday said the Saudi authorities have agreed to accept deport...

Osun DefenderNigerian varsities missing from top 400 rankingsVanguardBY LAJU ARENYEKA, with Agency Reports ABUJA—No Nigerian University made the list of the top 400 in the world according to rankings by the Times Higher Education, THE, for 2012-2013....

BPP announces reduction in government debt profile by N350bnBusinessDayThe Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) said on Monday it had reduced government's debt profile by N350 billion in the last five years. The Director-General of the bureau, Dr Eme...

Jonathan decorates new service chiefs; charges th...CHANNELSPresident Goodluck Jonathan on Monday decorated the new Chief of Defence Staff, Admiral Ola Ibrahim; the Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Dele Ezeoba; and the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal...

Ventures AfricaDangote Donates $2.7m To Kogi Flood VictimsVentures AfricaVENTURES AFRICA – Africa's richest man, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, has donated a total of 430 million naira ($2.7 million) to flood victims in Kogi State. The cement king through...

Leadership NewspapersMaku assures Nigerians in US of govt's commitment to transform economyThe Guardian NigeriaMINISTER of Information, Mr. Labaran Maku, has assured the Nigerian community in the United States (US) of the commitment of President Go...

AllAfrica.comHow to avert repeat of Mubi massacre, by ANPP, Ezekwesili, TukurThe Guardian NigeriaAS the killing of students in Mubi, , Adamawa State continues to generate outrage, the need to guard against a recurrence was kept on the front burner at t...

Osun DefenderArepo killings: Police recover bodies of NNPC officialsNigerian TribuneDECOMPOSED and bullet-riddled bodies of the slain officials of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), who were killed by pipeline vandals in Arepo area of ...

Arepo killings: Police recover bodies of NNPC officialsNigerian TribuneDECOMPOSED and bullet-riddled bodies of the slain officials of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), who were killed by pipeline vandals in Arepo area of Ogun State, h...

Leadership Newspapers2012 PIB: Between fact, fiction and illusionBusinessDayThe world over, especially in democratic societies, citizens are encouraged to express opinion freely, but nowhere is fiction, fabrication and expression of outright ignorance ...

Knocks for Ebonyi police as family pays N400,000 for kidnapped girl's freedomThe Guardian NigeriaKIND words for Ebonyi State Command were in short supply at Okposi, Ohaozara Council when at the weekend, four-year-old Miss Faith Chukuka Okorie, who ...

Kidnapped 4-yr-old girl released in EbonyiVanguardBY PETER OKUTU ABAKALIKI—Four-year-old little Miss Faith Chukwuka Okorie, of Ohaozara Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, who was penultimate Friday kidnapped by unknown gunmen had been released. T...

CBC.ca3 Nigerian pilgrims die in Saudi ArabiaCHANNELSThe Head of the National Hajj Commission, Bello Tambawwal on Sunday said that three Nigeria pilgrims have died in Saudi Arabia. Mr Tambawwal disclosed this in an interview in Medina, saying the pilgr...

CHANNELSNuptial Bliss Marred With Death of 20 Wedding GuestsInformation NigeriaTragedy struck on Saturday morning at Ototo village, Abeokuta as 20 people going for a wedding ceremony died in an auto-crash. According to reports, the accident was caused ...

Leadership NewspapersPDP's Pwajok clinches Plateau North senatorial bye electionCHANNELSThe Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday declared the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)'s candidate in the Plateau North Senatorial bye-e...

CHANNELSDelta state seek materials for victims of flood, not moneyCHANNELSThe Commissioner for Information, Delta State, has appealed to Nigerians, not to send money but materials to assist thousands of Internally Displaced People (IDPs) that currently...

Leadership NewspapersNigeria Is Drifting – Ango AbdullahiLeadership NewspapersA Septuagenarian, Professor Ango Abdullahi is a former Vice Chancellor of the Ahmadu Bello University; he is the current spokesman of the Northern Elders Forum. In this int...

Constituency Projects Monitoring Not Witch-hunt, Say RepsThe Guardian NigeriaMEMBERS of the House of Representatives yesterday said their decision to embark on inspection of constituency projects across the country is not to witch-hunt the executive ar...

Leadership NewspapersKogi flood: Movement in jeopardy as residents resort to boatsCHANNELSAlthough over 19 states of the federation are affected by the ravaging flood, the worse hit appears to be Kogi state, where three weeks after the rise in water le...

Leadership NewspapersEx-militant leader rallies support for MimikoVanguardBy Dayo Johnson THE leader of ex-militants in the riverine communities of Ondo State, High Chief Bibopiri Ajube, has endorsed Governor Olusegun Mimiko for second term. Ajube, pop...

AFPBlast in east Nigeria's Taraba wounds eight - officialReuters AfricaLAGOS (Reuters) - An explosion near a state television studio in eastern Nigeria's Taraba state wounded eight people overnight, the emergency services said on Saturday. It w...

Nigerian TribuneJonathan: A President And HisLeadership NewspapersThe declaration by the English bard, William Shakespeare, that “Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown” must have a new meaning for President Goodluck Jonathan now following an unre...

Leadership NewspapersCynthia Osokogu laid to rest in AgborVanguardAgbor – Retired Major General Frank Osokogu, father of late Cynthia Osokogu, has expressed confidence in Nigeria's judiciary, saying that he was sure justice would be done in the c...

CHANNELSYakowa's Presidential Ambition Advert Mischievous — AideLeadership NewspapersThe Lagos State chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has stated its resolve to appeal the verdict of the Lagos State Local Government Election Tribuna...

Unless assistance comes, we're ruined forever – Anambra flood victimsVanguardBy Vincent Ujumadu FROM Ogwu in Ogbaru to Anaku in Ayamelum; from Aguleri Otu in Anambra East to Nzam in Anambra West, the cry of the flood victims is the same and that ...

CHANNELSFamily finally buries CynthiaNigerian TribuneThe family of Major General Frank Osokogu (rtd.) on Friday finally buried their daughter, Cynthia, 24, at the family's compound on Owa-Ekei Road, Boji-Boji Owa, Ika North East Local Govern-ment A...

Ogun PDP crisis: Faction loyal to Obasanjo takes over party's secretariatCHANNELSThe ongoing leadership crisis rocking the Ogun State chapter of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) is far from over as the faction loyal to former President Oluse...

CHANNELSJTF arrest 20 Ghanaians and 6 Nigerians for oil theftCHANNELSThe Joint Military Task Force (JTF) in the Niger Delta announced that 20 Ghanaians and six Nigerians have being arrested over alleged illegal bunkering. The Commander, Sector II of th...

The GuardianNigerian police recover part of Sani Abacha's $4.3bn hoard from robbersThe GuardianNigerian police have recovered a stash of gold and diamond jewellery worth thousands of pounds from robbers who targeted a home of the country's most...

Updated NewsNigerian anti-corruption agents sentenced to 5 yearsAgenzia Giornalistica Italia(AGI) Abuja - Two Nigerian EFCC anti-corruption agents have been sentenced to 5 years in prison for taking a 500 euro bribe from the president of a provincial c...

Sky News AustraliaAU condemns killing of Nigerian peacekeepersThe Africa ReportThe African Union (AU) Commission on Friday condemned the killing of four Nigerian peacekeepers in Sudan's troubled Darfur region early this week. An ambush by unidentif...

CHANNELSSenate to Bar Public Officials' Children From Schooling AbroadAllAfrica.comBy Isiaka Wakili, 5 October 2012 The Senate yesterday backed a bill that would prevent children of public officials in the country from schooling abroad. Senators ag...

Leadership NewspapersOkonjo-Iweala, Alison-Madueke stall $1.092bn OPL 245 probeThe NationAttempts by the House of Representatives to probe alleged shady transaction involving the Federal Government, Shell/Agip and Malabu Oil and Gas Limited on OPL 245,...

Leadership NewspapersKerosene: Senate Wants PPMCLeadership NewspapersThe President of the Senate, David Mark, yesterday called for the sack of the management of Pipeline and Product Marketing Company (PPMC) and also to revoke licenses of kerosene distr...

Osun DefenderAkande, Tinubu to police: stop thuggery in OndoOsun DefenderAction Congress of Nigeria (ACN) National Chairman Chief Bisi Akande and National Leader Asiwaju Bola Tinubu yesterday flayed the Labour Party (LP) government for allegedly sendin...

Akpabio urges scrabble stars to learn from Pakorn's steadfastnessThe Guardian NigeriaGOVERNOR Godwill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom State has urged Nigerian players to learn from Thailand's Pakorn Nemitramansuk, whose steadfastness earned him the star p...

Leadership NewspapersJonathan rejigs service chiefsThe Guardian NigeriaPRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan yesterday made changes in the leadership of the military, appointing out-going Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ola Sa'ad Ibrahim, as the new Chief...

Leadership NewspapersExplosion rocks Zaria hotel, injures 10VanguardBY Luka Binniyat KADUNA—NO fewer than 10 persons, including commercial sex workers, were injured, yesterday, when a polythene bag laden with explosives went off in a hotel in Zaria, ...

The PunchMimiko restates commitment to tackle povertyVanguardAKURE—Ondo State Governor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko has vowed not to look back in his effort to help the people of the state wage a complete war against poverty through the caring heart programme...

Osun DefenderTaraba deputy gov impeachedNigerian TribuneTaraba State deputy governor, Alhaji Sani Abubakar Danladi, has been impeached by the state House of Assembly for gross misconduct. This followed a motion by the assembly's majority leader, Ho...

CHANNELS2013 UTME: JAMB to releases '3-Option Implementation Guide'CHANNELSThe Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released its '3 Option' implementation guide' ahead of the 2013 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examin...

BBC NewsNigeria police deny Mubi student killings arrestsBBC NewsNigerian police have denied that there have been arrests in connection with the killing of at least 26 people at a college hostel in Mubi. But police spokesman Mohammed Ibrahim told the B...

Troops search houses for students' killersThe Guardian NigeriaAN ATTEMPT to hunt down the killers of 48 students in Adamawa State began yesterday with soldiers and police combing Mubi where the massacre occurred. Outraged by the killings, President...

Nigeria at 52: Poor people, rich nationThe Guardian NigeriaWith poor management of resources, accentuated by business-unfriendly fiscal and money policies; parlous infrastructure; and poor governance, Nigerian rank among the poorest people in the World...

Scrape TVFlooding in Nigeria brings wild animals into what they would call homes ...Scrape TVLagos, Nigeria – Life in many countries can be hard at the best of times but at the worst of times, like say during a natural disaster, things get a whole lo...

CHANNELSOne dies in Zaria explosionCHANNELSOne person was on Wednesday killed as an explosive device, exploded on Wednesday night at Sabon Gari in Zaria, Kaduna State. A witness, who pleaded anonymity, disclosed that the incident took place at about 9p...

AllAfrica.comFloods rage, states seek helpThe Guardian NigeriaFrom Benue to Anambra, Delta and Edo States, there are persistent calls for intervention in the floods that have destroyed lives, displaced residents and damaged property. At least 1000 pers...

AllAfrica.comCourt Orders Prisons to Produce Killers of Late OsokoguAllAfrica.comBy Paul Dada, 4 October 2012 The authorities of the Ikoyi Prisons have been ordered by a Senior Magistrate's Court sitting at Yaba to produce all the suspected killers...

Your days are numbered, army chief tells terroristsCHANNELSThe Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Air Chief Marshal Oluseyi Petinrin, on Wednesday warned perpetrators of terrorist activities to have a rethink, warning that “nobody can bomb us into submiss...

Police recover Maryam Abacha's N20 million stolen jewelleryCHANNELSThe Kano State Commissioner of Police, Ibrahim Idris, on Wednesday said that the police have recovered stolen jewellery worth N20 million belonging to Maryam Abacha, wife to Nigeria...

Information NigeriaPatience Jonathan leaves German hospital, checks into hotelVanguardBy Uduma Kalu THE First Lady Dame Patience Jonathan has left the Horst Schmidt Klinik in Wiesbaden, Germany, where she was treated for an undisclosed ailment for abou...

NOA boss charges Nigerians on patriotismThe Guardian NigeriaTHE Director General, National Orientation Agency (NOA), Mr. Mike Omeri, has lauded the high level of patriotism displayed by Nigerians during the celebration of the nation's 52nd Independ...

Nigerian Muslims in UK want Adegbite immortalisedThe Guardian NigeriaTHE Nigerian Muslim Forum of the United Kingdom has urged the Federal Government to rename a national monument after the Secretary General of Supreme Council of Islamic Affairs, Late ...

We 'll sanitize our armed forces – JonathanVanguardBY KINGSLEY OMONOBI ABUJA— President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday vowed he will do all that is required to sanitize the armed forces, warning that anything or conduct from any arm of the forces ...

Osun DefenderINEC's broke, can't pay salary – JegaVanguardBy Joseph Erunke ABUJA-Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, is so broke that it may not be able to pay staff salaries from next month. Chairman of INEC, Prof. Attahiru Jega...

Man jailed 28 years for conspiracy, robberyVanguardBY ABDULWAHAB ABDULAH & ONOZURE DANIA The long hand of the law Wednesday caught up with a serial motorcycle snatcher, Jamiu Rasaki, as he was sentenced to 28 years imprisonment for the two count ch...

CHANNELSCustoms arrest couple with N3.2m hempThe PunchThe Nigeria Customs Service at Seme border has arrested a couple with 30 compressed blocks of weed suspected to be Indian hemp, whose value is put at N3.2m. The substance was seized while being conv...

CHANNELSWhy I'm against Salami's reinstatement - Ag PCANigerian TribuneACTING president of the Court of Appeal, Justice Dalhatu Adamu, has given reasons for his opposition to the suit seeking recall of the Justice Isa Ayo Salami from suspension...

CHANNELSSenate President wants capital punishment for terroristsCHANNELSSenator Mark made the suggestion during a motion on the killings of 26 students of Federal Polytechnic Mubi, Adamawa state on Monday. According to the Senate President, “in the f...

The PunchBye-Elections: Police BanLeadership NewspapersAs part of security measures ahead of the Oct. 6 bye-elections in Plateau, the police have banned vehicular movement in Jos and environs from Friday to Sunday. The Commissioner of Police, Mr Emmanu...

Osun DefenderCorruption Claim: Jonathan Relied On Newspaper Article – PresidencyOsun DefenderThe Presidency has denied that President Goodluck Jonathan misrepresented facts in his proclamation that Transparency International (TI) has in its latest re...

AllAfrica.comPolice arrests 7 kidnap suspects in Lagos, recover cache of armsCHANNELSA seven member gang alleged to have been terrorizing the Ajah, Festac and Satellite Town of Lagos State have been arrested by the policemen of the Area E Command. The ...

Osun DefenderNAPTIP Uncovers Baby-Stealing Syndicate In AbujaOsun DefenderA syndicate that specialises in the procurement, abduction and sale of babies has been uncovered in Abuja by the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons. Th...

Legal expert says Jonathan's administration is the worst since independenceCHANNELSConstitutional lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr Robert Clarke today said Nigeria does not run a democratic system of government. Clarke, who was speaking as...

Jang Tells Political Appointees To Deliver Oct. 6 Bye-election Or ResignLeadership NewspapersGov. Jonah Jang of Plateau has charged political appointees in the state to deliver their wards in the Oct. 6 bye-election to the People Democratic Party (PDP)...

CHANNELSSenate - Lack of Political Will Halting Nigeria's ProgressAllAfrica.comBy Isiaka Wakili, 3 October 2012 The Senate has declared that progress will continue to elude Nigeria so long the leadership lacks the political will to transform the na...