Leadership NewspapersTeachers Dare el-Rufai, Shut Down Kaduna SchoolsLeadership NewspapersAcademic activities at the public primary and secondary schools were paralysed yesterday in Kaduna State following the strike action embarked upon by teachers. Th...

Leadership NewspapersNigerian Air Force Helicopter Suffers MishapLeadership NewspapersA Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Mi-17 Helicopter has suffered a mishap while undertaking a mission in the ongoing counter insurgency operation in the North East. This was ...

VanguardWhy we won't ban cattle rearing in Ondo – State governmentDaily Post NigeriaThe Ondo State government, yesterday, said it would not prohibit cattle rearing in the state. It, however, said plans were underway to regulate the activities of ...

VanguardStop the blame game, PDP tells OyegunVanguardABUJA— Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday, advised the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, to address issues squarely rather than resorting to e...

Vanguard2 nabbed over robbery of Mr. Ibu's houseVanguardTwo members of the robbery gang that stormed the Festac home of Nollywood star, John Okafor, popularly known as Mr. Ibu, weekend, have been arrested. John Okafor (Mr. Ibu). The robbers, as gat...

Guardian (blog)Council sacks FCE Obudu provost over alleged misappropriation of N125 millionGuardian (blog)The Governing Council of the Federal College of Education (FCE), Obudu, Cross River State, has sacked the Provost, James Ejue, for allegedly misa...

VanguardOmoku: Amaechi in special broadcast accuses Wike of witchcraft politicsVanguardImmediate past governor of Rivers State, Mr Chibuike Amaechi, has in a broadcast to the people of the state, accused his successor, Governor Nyesom Wike, of exacerba...

Daily TrustGovernors, ministers meet over farmers, herders crisisDaily TrustThe Federal government yesterday met six state governors and heads of security agencies over the continuous crisis between herdsmen and farmers in some states of the federation...

VanguardBreaking: Relocate to Benue immediately, Buhari orders IGPVanguardABUJA – PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, to immediately relocate to Benue State, following ongoing tension in the state fo...

VanguardEkiti APC gov aspirant, Kayode Ojo, promises industrialisation if electedVanguardLAGOS—An All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship aspirant in Ekiti State, Mr Kayode Ojo, has promised to make the industrialization of the state his priorit...

CHANNELS TELEVISIONMaina: Court Declines AGF's Move To Stop Senate ProbeCHANNELS TELEVISIONThe Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, has declined to grant an order of interim injunction stopping the National Assembly from probing the Attorney Genera...

SundiataPostObiano cautions herdsmen bearing armsVanguardAguleri (Anambra) – Gov. Willie Obiano of Anambra has warned herdsmen in the state, who carry dangerous weapons to desist from such act or face the full wrath of the law. Chief Willie Obiano Ob...

Daily Post NigeriaOsinbajo a coward, willing to do anything to please Fulani – Fani-KayodeDaily Post NigeriaA former aviation minister and a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Femi Fani-Kayode has described Nigeria's Vice President, ...

Daily Post Nigeria2019: How APC will capture South-East, South-South – OyegunDaily Post NigeriaThe National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, has revealed how his party will take over the control of power in t...

Leadership NewspapersI Am Ready To Sacrifice 2019 For Safety Of My People – OrtomLeadership NewspapersBenue State governor, Samuel Ortom, has said that even if it means to sacrifice 2019 elections for his people to be safe, he is ready to let go. Gov...

VanguardDiplomacy, not Street Protest, Best for Igbo Nation – Nwodo, OthersSunrise Nigeria (press release) (blog)Chief Nnia Nwodo, President of Ohaneze Ndigbo and other leaders have said that diplomacy, and not taking to the street in protest is the ...

Daily Post NigeriaNUC has not ranked any Nigeria University for several years – Executive SecretaryDaily Post NigeriaThe Executive Secretary of National Universities Commission (NUC), Prof. Adamu Abubakar Abdulrasheed has disclosed that Nigerian Univ...

The Nation NewspaperAbia APC rally, A journey back to EgyptVanguardTypical of a political party that does nothing right and gets everything wrong, the All Progressives Congress, APC, finally announces its readiness to hold what it terms a “mega rally...

TheCableNigerian pastors 'living like celebrities' in LondonTheCableMathew Ashimolowo and Alex Omokudu, two Nigerian pastors based in the United Kingdom (UK), have been accused of enriching themselves through church wealth. According to The Sun...

TheCableNigerian pastors 'living like celebrities' in LondonTheCableMathew Ashimolowo and Alex Omokudu, two Nigerian pastors based in the United Kingdom (UK), have been accused of enriching themselves through church wealth. According to The Sun...

The PunchAlleged murder: Ekiti monarch admitted at prison's clinic, absent in courtThe PunchThe arraignment of the Olukere of Ikere-Ekiti, Oba Ganiyu Obasoyin, for alleged murder before a new Magistrate's Court was stalled on Monday. The monarc...

Daily Post Nigeria2019: What Atiku, PDP's desperation to remove Buhari will do to Nigeria – Junaid MuhammedDaily Post NigeriaJunaid Mohammed, Second Republic lawmaker, has asserted that the desperation of former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar to ...

VanguardLagos allays fear of stakeholders over Pen cinema flyover compensationVanguardThe Lagos State Government on Monday allayed the fears of property owners affected by removal of structures for the construction of the Pen Cinema Flyover, assuring t...

VanguardInsurance policy for civil servants have become highly politicized — TinubuVanguardPresident of the Nigerian Council of Registered Insurance Brokers, NCRIB, Mr. Shola Tinubu in this interview discusses efforts of the Council to enhance relati...

VanguardInsurance policy for civil servants have become highly politicized — TinubuVanguardPresident of the Nigerian Council of Registered Insurance Brokers, NCRIB, Mr. Shola Tinubu in this interview discusses efforts of the Council to enhance relati...

TVC NewsGunmen kidnap hotel director, guest in Ondo stateTVC NewsTwo persons have been reportedly kidnapped in Supare-Akoko in Akoko Southwest Local Government Area of Ondo State by unknown gunmen. The victims were the Director of the hotel and a lodge...

TVC NewsGunmen kidnap hotel director, guest in Ondo stateTVC NewsTwo persons have been reportedly kidnapped in Supare-Akoko in Akoko Southwest Local Government Area of Ondo State by unknown gunmen. The victims were the Director of the hotel and a lodge...

Daily Post NigeriaKogi NMA directs doctors to resume suspended strikeDaily Post NigeriaThe Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) in Kogi State on Sunday directed its members to resume the strike they suspended on June 22, 2017, about six months ago. The a...

Daily Post NigeriaKogi NMA directs doctors to resume suspended strikeDaily Post NigeriaThe Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) in Kogi State on Sunday directed its members to resume the strike they suspended on June 22, 2017, about six months ago. The a...

Daily TrustAmbode deserves second term – CommissionerDaily TrustThe re-election campaign of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State may have started in earnest barely two and half years into the completion of his first tenure. Commissioner for Home ...

The PunchNew minimum wage ready this year, says NgigeThe PunchThe Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, has said President Muhammadu Buhari is desirous to give Nigerian workers an enhanced pay package this year. He said the thinking of th...

The PunchTwo feared dead as police, Shi'ites clash in KadunaThe PunchShiite members protesting the continued detention of Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky in Kaduna on Thursday... PHOTO: Godwin Isenyo File photo. Godwin Isenyo, Kaduna. Two members of the ...

Daily Post NigeriaAbducted Edo Rev. Sisters regain freedom after 53 daysDaily Post NigeriaThree Catholic reverend sisters and three other females, who were kidnapped by gunmen in Edo State, have been released. The sisters of the Eucharistic Heart of Je...

VanguardElection is sham, pointer that PDP is dying— APCVanguardTHE APC has described last Saturday's local council elections in the state as a “sham” and a pointer to the fact that the PDP is “dying” in the state. The party also alleged ...

VanguardAare Ona Kakanfo: Final rites begin for Gani Adams' installationVanguardLagos – The final rites for the installation of Otunba Gani Adams as the 15th Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland will begin on Wednesda in Oyo. •Adams. Mr Dotun Oladipo...

The Eagle OnlineFour teenage girls drown in Jigawa Pond while searching for firewoodGistmaster (blog)Tragedy struck Sakwaya, a village in Dutse, Jigawa State, on Saturday when four teenage girls reportedly drowned in a pond while searching for firewood...

VanguardDoctors will paralyse hospitals on MondayVanguardDoctors in Kogi are angry over the inability of the state to pay their full monthly salary and have resolved to shut hospitals on Monday. The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has directed its m...

VanguardMaritime varsity: Itsekiri lauds FG over correction of site nameVanguardItsekiri in Delta State has commended the Federal Government for intervening in the looming controversy over the naming of the Maritime University site in Delta state, noti...

The Eagle OnlineWhy PDP leaders prefer Dankwambo as presidential candidate – CommissionerThe Eagle OnlineThe Gombe State Commissioner for Information, Umar Suleiman, has said a powerful group within the Peoples Democratic Party is mounting pressure o...

VanguardHow Ambode's model is dismantling obstacles to development —Kehinde BamigbetanVanguardKehinde Bamigbetan is Special Adviser to Governor Akinwunmi Ambode on Community and Communication. In this interview, Bamigbetan says Ambode gave impetu...

Daily TrustMinister heads team of doctors for Buhari's sonDaily TrustThe Minister of Health, Professor Isaac Adewole, heads the medical team treating President Muhammadu Buhari's son, Yusuf, who was involved in a bike crash on December 26. The ...

The PunchBREAKING: Army, DSS kill notorious kidnapper, Don WaneyThe PunchTHERE are indications that notorious kidnapper and militant leader, Don Waney, who was fingered in the recent killings in Omoku, Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area has been k...

Daily Post NigeriaDelta LG poll: Travellers stranded, woman gives birth at Niger BridgeDaily Post NigeriaMembers of the public from the Southeast and South south who sought to return to their bases were Saturday stuck at the Niger Bridge head, Onitsha....

Daily Post NigeriaDelta LG poll: Travellers stranded, woman gives birth at Niger BridgeDaily Post NigeriaMembers of the public from the Southeast and South south who sought to return to their bases were Saturday stuck at the Niger Bridge head, Onitsha....

The Nation NewspaperArewa group disassociate self from Buhari's 2019 ambitionThe Nation NewspaperCoalition of Northern Group (CNG) yesterday distanced itself from re-election plan of President Muhammadu Buhari. The group was reacting to newspaper p...

Daily TrustNasarawa man impregnates his mother-in-law, says he was seducedDaily TrustA 45-year-old farmer and carpenter identified as John Ulaha, is reported to have impregnated his mother-in-law—the 42-year-old mother of his wife. Their relationship...

Daily TrustNasarawa man impregnates his mother-in-law, says he was seducedDaily TrustA 45-year-old farmer and carpenter identified as John Ulaha, is reported to have impregnated his mother-in-law—the 42-year-old mother of his wife. Their relationship...

Daily Post Nigeria'Angel' reportedly appears in TB Joshua's Synagogue Church (VIDEO)Daily Post NigeriaThere was shock recently outside the gates of T.B. Joshua's Lagos-based Synagogue Church of All Nation after an image said to be an an...

Daily Post Nigeria'Angel' reportedly appears in TB Joshua's Synagogue Church (VIDEO)Daily Post NigeriaThere was shock recently outside the gates of T.B. Joshua's Lagos-based Synagogue Church of All Nation after an image said to be an an...

VanguardTension in Edo community as Oba ewuare 11 removes Odionwere, othersVanguardTHE alleged removal of the Odionwere of Egbirhe community in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State, Pa Napoleon Omobude and his council of elders by the Benin Monarch...

Daily Post NigeriaAbuja-Kaduna railway: Senator Bruce hits El-rufai over Yar'AduaDaily Post NigeriaThe Senator representing Bayelsa East, Ben Murray Bruce, has told Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir el-Rufai, that his (El-Rufai's) hatred for late...

Daily Post NigeriaBoko Haram: Borno Govt extends curfewDaily Post NigeriaA statement by Dr Muhammad Bulama, the Commissioner for Information, said the curfew has now been extended to Jan. 12. Bulama said that the extension of the curfew was based on st...

Daily TrustKogi has endorsed Buhari for second term – BelloDaily TrustKogi State Governor Yahaya Bello says the state has endorsed President Muhammadu Buhari for a second term. Addressing State House correspondents on Friday after praying juma'at...

Guardian (blog)Abductors of Kukah's brother demand N100m ransomGuardian (blog)The abductors of Chief Yohanna Kukah, a brother of the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto, Bishop Matthew Hassan, have made a demand of N100 million before he could be released. Y...

VanguardNigeria may eventually break up without restructuring — AkintoyeVanguardP ROFESSOR Banji Akintoye is a renowned historian and a member of the Southern Leaders Forum. In this interview, Akintoye maintains that Nigeria may eventually break up i...

VanguardAlleged killing of security operative: Troops take over Bayelsa coastal communityVanguardNDORO, a coastal settlement in Ekeremor Local Government Area of Bayelsa State has been deserted following the alleged killing of a security operative. The...

THISDAY NewspapersOver 1000 Candidates Contest Delta Council Polls TodayTHISDAY NewspapersLocal government election takes place across the 25 local government areas of Delta State today, with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) poised to clinch most of ...

THISDAY Newspapers'Atiku not Financier of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association'THISDAY NewspapersFormer Vice President Atiku Abubarkar has debunked claims by Chief Paul Unongo that he is the financier of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Assoc...

The Nation NewspaperBadoo killings: Alaka petitions Lagos CP over sealing of propertyThe Nation NewspaperFollowing the sealing of his business premises by the Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA) earlier in the week, an alleged Badoo kingpin, A...

The PunchAkwa Ibom gov fires LG commissionerThe PunchThe Akwa Ibom State Governor, Mr. Udom Emmanuel, has sacked his Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Mr. Udo Ekpenong. A statement signed by the Commissioner for Information and...

VanguardPolice arrest female banker who locked maid inside Lagos apartmentVanguardThe Lagos State Police Command has arrested the woman who locked her maid inside an apartment in Mafoluku area of Lagos. The Suspect. Recall that the Commissioner of Poli...

Independent Newspapers LimitedGelegele Seaport: Obaseki insists on project, as Ijaw Elders pledge supportTHISDAY NewspapersThe Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said there was no going back on the Gelegele Seaport project in the state, assuri...

VanguardEdo wants law abiding, not lawless investors – Obaseki's AideVanguardThe Edo State Government has restated her desire for law abiding investors that will partner with the Godwin Obaseki-led administration in its commitment to turn the sta...

VanguardCharly Boy group condemns Kemi Olunloyo's prolonged detention in PH prisonsVanguardABUJA – The OurMumuDonDo movement led by maverick entertainer, Charles Oputa also known as Charly Boy, has condemned the continuous detention of an investi...

VanguardTeenager drowns in Osun riverVanguardThe Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Osun Command, on Thursday, discovered the dead body of a teenage boy who drowned in a river in Osogbo. Mr. Babawale Afolabi, the spokesman of the command...

VanguardIS-allied Boko Haram faction claims killing of Nigerian troopsVanguardThe Islamic State faction of Boko Haram on Friday said it was responsible for a late December attack on Nigerian army barracks, claiming it killed nine soldiers and took mili...

Daily Post NigeriaGunmen kill NDLEA officialDaily Post NigeriaUnknown gunmen on Friday gunned down an operative of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, and injured three others in Kano. The NDLEA Chairman, Mohammad Abdullah, confirming the ...

Daily TrustAhmed directs SUBEB to implement teachers' promotion arrearsDaily TrustThe Kwara State governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has directed the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) to release all outstanding promotion letters to prima...

P.M. NewsKwara Govt promotes over 13000 teachersP.M. NewsThe Kwara Government has promoted to 13,931 teachers across the 16 local governments area of the state. Alhaji Jimoh Lambe, the Chairman of the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), disc...

Daily Post NigeriaFive man gang nabbed for robbing bank customersDaily Post NigeriaThe Nigeria Police Force has arrested a five-man syndicate who specialized in trailing bank customers in some northern states and rob them of their money. The Commander ...

The Eagle OnlineHerdsmen: Licensed to kill, by Adekoya BoladaleThe Eagle OnlineElnathan John, author of the best-selling fiction, Born On A Tuesday, once said the greatest disservice anyone can do to himself as a Nigerian is to be poor. He was right; t...

VanguardParis Club refunds: Bayelsa Govt. commits N5.6bn to salary arrearsVanguardGov. Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa has authorised the release of N5.6 billion out of its share of N13.5 billion Paris Club Debt refund, to pay one and half months' salar...

Premium TimesResidents flee Bayelsa community after militants behead security officialPremium TimesResidents have reportedly fled Ndoro community in Ekeremor Local Government Area of Bayelsa for fear of invasion by security agents following alleged beh...

Daily Post NigeriaBiafra: Prophet Iginla releases prophecies about Nnamdi Kanu, Igbo man becoming Nigeria's presidentDaily Post NigeriaJoshua Iginla, the founder Champions Royal Assembly, has prophesied that Biafra will soon be actualized. The cler...

The Punch2019: APC chairman, 7000 others decamp to PDPDaily Post NigeriaA Local Government chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC in Bayelsa State, Hon. Soukiri Jackson and 7, 000 members of the party have defected to the Peoples Democratic Par...

Vanguard2019: Stop blame game, focus on building better Delta —UtomiVanguardRenowned development economist and chieftain of All Progressives Congress in Delta State, Prof. Pat Utomi, has urged Deltans to forge a new understanding across the present a...

The PunchA prospectus for 2018, the year of politicsThe PunchMore than previous years under the President Muhammadu Buhari administration, 2018 will be a year dominated by politics and political jostling. Governance, as many have predicted, will be pus...

VanguardWike calls for scheme to carter for ex-servicemenVanguardPORT HARCOURT— Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has called for the establishment of a permanent scheme to cater for ex-servicemen and families of deceased ex-servicemen. Gov Ny...

Guardian (blog)Buhari's position on restructuring dangerous to national unity, says ClarkGuardian (blog)Ijaw national leader, Chief Edwin Kiagbodo Clark, has faulted President Muhammadu Buhari's New Year message, especially his comment that the...

Vanguard'We owe families of fallen heroes'The Nation NewspaperSokoto State Governor Aminu Tambuwal has said Nigerians owe families of fallen heroes the responsibility not to allow them live in predicament. At the official launch of the 2018 Arm...

VanguardAkpabio gives Gov Emmanuel conditions for 2nd termVanguardUYO—AHEAD of the 2019 general elections in the country, former governor of Akwa Ibom State and a serving senator, Godswill Akpabio, has given conditions under which he will support inc...

Ibadan clash: Police to charge suspects to court soonThe Nation NewspaperOyo State Police Commissioner Abiodun Odude yesterday warned various youth groups terrorising Ibadan, the state capital, to embrace peace or face the wrath of the law. The police ...

VanguardFire consumes 20 seized vehicles in Lagos customs' warehouseThe PunchThere was panic at the Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit, Ikeja, Lagos, on Thursday after fire broke out at the agency's warehouse. PUNCH Metro learnt t...

The PunchHerdsmen kill woman, destroy 200 acre farms in OndoThe PunchSome suspected Fulani herdsmen have allegedly invaded a farmland at Arodoye community, in the Akure South Local Government Area of Ondo State, destroying 200 acre farms. The herdsmen ...

VanguardBadoo saga: I've been cleared twice, says Alaka, suspected kingpinVanguardLAGOS—Suspected kingpin of the killer-cult group known as Badoo, Alhaji Abayomi Alaka, yesterday, told Vanguard that he has no question to answer, as he had been cl...

The PunchINEC insists on Jan 13 for Anambra senatorial rerunThe PunchThe Independent National Electoral Commission on Thursday declared that the Anambra Central Senatorial District rerun election must hold as scheduled on January 13. The Resident Elect...

CHANNELS TELEVISIONPolice Officer Dies In Taraba Governor's Convoy AccidentCHANNELS TELEVISIONA police officer, attached to the wife of the Taraba state governor, Mrs Anna Darius Ishaku, was on Thursday evening killed in a road accident involving t...

Daily Post NigeriaFani-Kayode speaks on killing of pregnant women, unborn babiesDaily Post NigeriaFormer Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode has condemned in totality the gruesome murder of pregnant women and unborn babies in some parts of the count...

THISDAY NewspapersAU picks Abia, Rivers governors' wives pet projects for session on women empowermentVanguardThe Abia and Rivers Governors' wives' pet projects have been chosen to participate at the 62nd session of the African Union (AU) C...

The PunchI may become an evangelist – FayoseThe PunchAyo Fayose on Thursday said he might become a cleric after serving two terms as governor of Ekiti State. The governor, in a statement issued in Ado Ekiti by his Chief Press Secretary, Idowu Adelusi...

VanguardBadoo suspects hypnotise, smash victims' head, take blood- PoliceVanguardThe Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, Edgal Imohimi, on Thursday, disclosed how three arrested Badoo suspects hypnotised and smashed their victims' head while...

CHANNELS TELEVISIONYobe Government Presents 20 Operational Vehicles To Nigerian ArmyCHANNELS TELEVISIONThe Yobe State Government has presented 20 Toyota Hilux vehicles to the Nigeria Army, as part of its efforts in fighting the Boko Haram insurgency. G...

Daily Post NigeriaGunmen kill 8 in Egbeda, Rivers stateDaily Post NigeriaGunmen have again struck in Rivers State leaving about ten people dead in a latest attack. DAILY POST gathered that the attack was launched, Thursday in Egbeda community, Emohua l...

VanguardCustoms donates 421 trailers of rice, others goods to IDPsVanguardThe Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has donated 421 trailers of rice totalling 252,666 bags valued at N3.78 billion to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the last 22 months. Th...

The PunchKwara Poly: State govt cuts tuitionThe PunchThe Kwara State Governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed and the Speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly, Dr. Ali Ahmad, on Thursday said the Joint Executive-Legislative Committee on the hike in tuition fees of Kwa...

Daily Post NigeriaStop politicising security – Gov Dickson tells FGDaily Post NigeriaBayelsa State Governor, Hon. Henry Seriake Dickson, has called on the APC- led federal government to stop politicising national Security. The Governor said the inabi...

TheCableDrama as three people struggle for IPMAN chairmanship at senate hearingTheCableThere was a mild drama at the senate during a public hearing on the cause of the petrol scarcity across the country. At the commencement of the hearing on Thursday, ...

VanguardShock as ASP arrests, ties 7 farmers, shoots them to death in AdamawaVanguardThe Adamawa state Police Command, on Thursday, confirmed the arrest of a policeman, an Assistant Superintendent of Police, who was alleged to have shot to death seven ...

The StreetjournalMoney Laundering: Former Lagos Speaker Has Case to Answer, Supreme Court RulesThe StreetjournalFormer Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji, and Oyebode Atoyebi, who have been standing trial for money launderi...

CHANNELS TELEVISIONMapoly Lecturers Suspend Industrial ActionCHANNELS TELEVISIONThe lecturers had embarked on an industrial action to press home their demands on some issues bothering on the relocation of the institution to Ipokia area of the state.