VanguardOgun police foil robbery, kill two suspects during gun battleVanguardA seven-man robbery gang that stormed Dangote Cement company in Ibeshe area of Ogun State in the early hours of yesterday, engaged some policemen who stood in their way in a g...

Leadership NewspapersI Will Pay Salaries, Pension Arrears This Month – Kogi GovLeadership NewspapersKogi State Governor Yahaya Bello has promised to clear the backlog of salaries owed civil servants and pension arrears of retirees this month. Governo...

Guardian (blog)Camp commandant axed for assaulting female corps memberGuardian (blog)NATIONAL Youth Service Corps (NYSC), yesterday, withdrew the camp commandant at the ongoing orientation exercise in Karaye, Kano, for allegedly assaulting a female cor...

The PunchWhy I attacked Delta State governor –HarrysongThe PunchSinger Harrison Okiri, popularly known as Harrysong, has often been described as a nice guy by those who know him. Mostly in an upbeat and cheerful mood, Harrysong is one of those artist...

The WhistlerBuhari stuck in self-made Bermuda TriangleVanguardThe Senate notes that the Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms headed by Maina, in the course of discharging its mandate, recovered about 222 houses, hotels, investment portfolios and ...

The PunchFayemi berates Chinese firm for neglecting Kebbi communityThe PunchThe Federal Government has earmarked N5bn to empower local miners across the country as part of measures to ensure participation of all Nigerians in economic development. Minis...

VanguardI will pay workers' salaries, pension arrears before 2018 – Gov BelloVanguardGov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi says he will pay all salary arrears of civil servants cleared and the pension arrears of retirees before the end of 2017. Bello also sa...

VanguardObaseki canvasses enduring structures, reforms to empower persons with disabilitiesVanguardThe Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki has called for the creation of enduring structures and reforms that guarantee persons with disabilities better ...

Daily Post NigeriaChibok girls: Jonathan must tell Nigerians why he concealed fact finding committee report – KuboDaily Post NigeriaBorno State Commissioner for Education, Musa Inuwa Kubo has challenged ex-President Goodluck Jonathan to tell Nigerian...

Premium TimesSuicide bombers strike again, kill 13, wound 53 in Biu BornoPremium TimesThe Police in Borno on Saturday said that 13 persons were killed in a suicide bomb attack at Biu Market in Biu Local Government Area of the state. Victor Isuku, the P...

Olomu of Omu-Aran, Oba Charles Ibitoye, joins ancestorsVanguardOba Charles Ibitoye, the Olomu of Omu-Aran in Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara, has joined his ancestors. His demise was confirmed to newsmen in Omu-Aran on Saturday by Chief Festus ...

CHANNELS TELEVISIONDelta IPMAN Threatens To Shut Down OperationsCHANNELS TELEVISIONThe Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) in Delta State has threatened to shut down operations following the cancellation of its elections. Mem...

VanguardFG sets aside N5 Billion for local minersVanguardThe Federal Government has set aside N5 billion to empower artisan miners across the country as part of measures to ensure participation of all Nigerians in economic development. The Minister of ...

VanguardAtiku's baggageTheCableTo be fair to former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, he has the right to aspire to the highest office in the land. Interestingly, he believes he's the best candidate for the job. His case is made stronger by the f...

P.M. NewsNavy apprehends notorious recruitment fraudsterP.M. NewsThe Nigerian Navy (NN) says it has arrested a 27-year-old man, Yohanna Ahmadu, a suspected recruitment fraudster for attempting to defraud one Mr Adamu Ibrahim during the last nationwide ...

CHANNELS TELEVISIONResidents flee Adamawa, after death of four police officersInformation NigeriaFour operatives of the Police have been confirmed dead by the Adamawa State Police Command, after they were involved in a clash with gunmen in Numan Local ...

Daily Post NigeriaTraffickers sold me for 2000 dinars – Libya returneeDaily Post NigeriaOne of the Nigerians repatriated by the Federal Government from Libya earlier in the week, 35-year-old Harrison Okotie, has explain how he lost one of his eyes. H...

THISDAY NewspapersSenate Writes Army, SGF over Reinstatement of Retired OfficerTHISDAY NewspapersRays of hope that 38 officers retired by the Nigerian Army in June last may regain their jobs has emerged as the Senate has written to the Chief of Army St...

Vanguard6 KWASU students Kidnapped, 1 releasedVanguardA gang of kidnappers struck at kwara state university malete in Moro local government area of the state Thursday afternoon and kidnapped six students. One of the victims, a 200 Level student of the ...

VanguardACF leader set to host parley on peaceful co-existenceVanguardABUJA – The Chairman of Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), Alhaji Ibrahim Coomassie, will on Sunday play host to prominent personalities drawn from across the six geo-political zones ...

VanguardGovernor Wike flags off Christmas Season in Rivers StateVanguardRivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has flagged off the Christmas season in the state with the official lighting of the Christmas Tree at the Port Harcourt Pleasure Park. Por...

The PunchFUT Minna inaugurates new vice-chancellorThe PunchFormer Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Academics, Federal University of Technology, Minna, Niger State, Prof. Abdullahi Bala, has been inaugurated as the seventh vice-chancellor of the university. Spea...

VanguardSSANU, NASU, NAAT resume strike MondayVanguardNON teaching staff unions in the universities under the umbrella of Joint Action Committee, JAC, has directed all their branches nationwide to resume strike on Monday. SSANU members preparing bean c...

Independent Newspapers LimitedEnugu Town Unions In Lagos Hold Cultural Day TodayIndependent Newspapers LimitedLagos – Rt. Hon. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, Enugu State governor, is expected to join other dignitaries today, to grace the 24th Edition of Enugu Sta...

The PunchMainagate Tough questions over Buhari's roleThe PunchEvery new day, a new drama seems to unfold about Mainagate, the controversial reinstatement and promotion of a former Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms, Abdulras...

Okowa, Okotie, Oyakhilome, join hands for Edo College at 80VanguardA three-day programme marking the 80th anniversary of one of the country's leading secondary schools, Edo College Benin starts today. Old boys of the college which has produced some...

VanguardN-Delta people'll not listen to political promises in 2019 — Annkio BriggsVanguardMs Annkio Briggs, 65, is a Niger-Deltan and a human and environmental rights activist. In this interview, Briggs, who was a delegate at the 2014 National Co...

CHANNELS TELEVISIONFire Destroys More Than 1000 Shops At Kaduna MarketCHANNELS TELEVISIONMore than 1000 shops were razed by fire on Friday morning at the popular Pantaker building materials market in Kaduna State. According to eyewitnesses, the fire st...

VanguardMy administration will spare no criminal- Kogi GovernorVanguardGovernor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has reiterated his determination to sustain his fight against insecurity in the state, saying his administration will be “ruthless against the ...

Leadership NewspapersPrison Inmate Undergoing PhD Programme — ControllerLeadership NewspapersThe Controller of Prisons, Lagos State Command, Tunde Ladipo, says education in prison facilities is getting better by the day, with an inmate in the Maximum...

Independent Newspapers LimitedLafarge, C'River, Others Mark World AIDS DayIndependent Newspapers LimitedCalabar – Cement manufacturing giant, Lafarge Africa Plc, joined the government of Cross River State and other health related agencies and civ...

VanguardIn my government, Imo has a special place – BuhariVanguardPresident Mohammadu Buhari,Friday assured Imo people that in terms of governance under his leadership that he has a special place in his heart for the citizens of the state. Okorocha a...

Leadership NewspapersWe Will Name School, Hospital In Memory Of Late Prof. Nok – el-RufaiLeadership NewspapersKaduna State Governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, on Friday announced that the state will name one of its schools and hospitals and locate a camp...

VanguardWithout jobs, even educated youth become vulnerable – BuhariVanguardA Presidential spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu has described President Muhammadu Buhari's contributions to the just concluded 5th AU-EU summit in Abidjan as cogent, timely a...

VanguardEkiti 2018: Why the people will prefer me as next gov – OlusolaVanguardDeputy Governor of Ekiti State and 2018 governorship aspirant under the platform of the Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Professor Kolapo Olubunmi Olusola has said tha...

VanguardConvocation: 132 graduates bag UNN first class degreesVanguard132 graduates of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), have bagged first class degrees in their different courses. Prof. Benjamin Ozumba, the Vice-Chancellor of the university, ma...

Daily TrustKWASU student kidnappedDaily TrustA 200 Level student of the department of Mass Communication at the Kwara State University, (KWASU) Malete, Dorcas Oluwatimilehin Olanrewaju, has been reportedly abducted by some suspected kidnappers. It was ...

Daily Post NigeriaAmaechi speaks against ban of Okada, tricyclesDaily Post NigeriaRotimi Amaechi, Minister of Transportation, has appealed to states and local governments across the country against the ban on motorcycle and tricycle. Amaechi said motor...

The PunchOsinbajo, Ooni, Sultan, others to grace Akarigbo's coronationThe PunchEminent Nigerians including the Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Sultan of Sokoto, Sa'ad Abubakar, and Obi of Onitsha, Igwe Nn...

The Nation NewspaperAhead Of PDP's National ConventionThe TideNigeria's main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), will hold its 2017 National Elective Convention on December 9. The event is expected to usher in the party's ...

The PunchUnion intensifies efforts at accurate database of Nigerians in South AfricaThe PunchNigerians gesture as they face-off with a group of South Africans during a stand-off in the center of Pretoria on February 24, 2017. South African police fired...

PDP S/W crisis: Olafeso heads to appeal court ahead of party's conventionVanguardThe Dr Eddy Olafeso led faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in South West, has headed to the appeal court a few days to the party's national convention s...

The Nation NewspaperSurge of illegal migration caused by failure of critical institutions – ObasekiThe Nation NewspaperThe Governor of Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said the current surge in illegal migration is as a result of the lack of critic...

VanguardBreaking: SSANU, NASU, NAAT resume strike MondayVanguardABUJA – NON teaching staff unions in the universities under the umbrella of Joint Action Committee, JAC, have directed all their branches nationwide to resume strike on Monday. The three...

The WhistlerWhat Magu, Adeosun, Oyo-Ita, Immigration Boss, Daura, Others Are Saying As Reps Probe #MainaGate360Nobs.comThe investigation into the recall of former head of Presidential Task Force on Pension Reform, Abdulrasheed Maina, into the civil ser...

Premium TimesN5 billion fraud: 10 years after arraignment, former Gov. Nnamani to be re-arraignedPremium TimesTen years after he was first arraigned before a federal judge over a multi-billion naira money laundering suit, a former governor of Enugu Sta...

Vanguard1295 Nigerians returned from Libya in November – NEMAVanguardThe National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says a total of 1,295 Nigerians voluntarily returned from Libya in November after being stranded in the volatile North African countr...

VanguardThe gang-up against Peter ObiVanguardMR. Peter Gregory Obi, a former Governor of Anambra State, is appreciated by people and organisations who desire the best for our country, Nigeria and for human society at large. On the contrary, he is rabid...

Daily Post NigeriaGunmen sack police station, kill two officers, injure others in NigerDaily Post NigeriaGunmen believed to be armed robbers, Wednesday evening, raided the Lapai Police Station, in Lapai Local Government Area of Niger State, killing two...

Information NigeriaKano State lost N27bn to fire disasterInformation NigeriaGovernor of Kano State, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje, has confirmed that the state lost N27bn worth of property to recent fire outbreaks in markets in the state. The governor said thi...

Leadership NewspapersN/Delta Youths Finger Minister, Ex-Gov Over Alleged Plot To Remove NDDC Board, MDLeadership NewspapersYouths under the auspices of Youth Initiative for Education, Development and Empowerment of Niger Delta, Thursday, fingered minis...

VanguardCorruption: ICPC detains 4 former Kogi CommissionersWorldStageFour former Commissioners under the defunct administration of ex-Kogi State Governor, Capt. Idris Ichalla Wada, have been arrested and are being detained by the Independent Corrupt P...

GuardianNLC blasts El Rufai over 'illegal' sack of 4042 workers in KadunaDaily Post NigeriaThe Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has condemned the sack of 4, 042 local government workers by the Kaduna State Government. The State Commissioner for Lo...

THISDAY NewspapersBudget 2018 : Senators warn over Nigeria's rising debt profileThe Nation NewspaperSenator Solomon Adeola (Lagos West) asked the Senate Committee on Local and Foreign Debts to determine Nigeria' actual debt profile. His counter...

Vanguard2018: We'll deploy legitimate means to dislodge Fayose — Ekiti APCVanguardAdo Ekiti — The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State, has vowed to use every legal and constitutional strategy to defeat the Peoples Democratic Party (P...

Guardian (blog)Appeal Court upholds Akwa Ibom Senator's primaries electionGuardian (blog)The Court of Appeal in Calabar, Cross River State, has upheld the December 14 party primaries election that produced Senator Bassey Albert of the Peoples Democ...

VanguardA-Ibom LG Poll: Abuja Boys confront Home FrontVanguardThe December 2 local government election in Akwa Ibom State is the stage for the first political showdown between the energised opposition in Akwa Ibom State shaped in the form of the All Pr...

Daily TrustNnamani to face trial Dec 4Daily TrustA Federal high court sitting in Lagos yesterday adjourned till 4th of December, 2017, for the trial of former Governor of Enugu State, Dr. Chimaroke Nnamani before Justice Prof. Chuka Obizor. When the ca...

The PunchMaina: Produce probe report within seven days, Reps order AGFThe PunchThe House of Representatives on Thursday gave the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Mr. Abubakar Malami, seven days to produce a report of his inve...

GuardianOyo, Chinese firm sign MoU for 38km light railThe Nation NewspaperThe Oyo State government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Chinese construction giant, China Civil Engineering Construction Company (CCECC), to build a light ra...

The PunchEid Maulud: Dogara, Okorocha, Glo felicitate with MuslimsThe PunchThe Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has felicitated with Nigerian Muslim Ummah as they join other believers all over the world to commemorate the birthda...

Daily TrustFRSC sacks 25 officers, says more to goDaily TrustCorps Marshal and Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Boboye Oyeyemi. The Corps Marshall of Federal Road Safety Commission, Dr. Boboye Oyeyemi has said 25 offic...

The PunchYuletide: Rice, frozen fish smuggling increasing, says FGThe PunchThe smuggling of agricultural products such as rice, frozen fish and poultry through Nigeria's borders has been on the increase, especially as the Yuletide season approaches...

VanguardLagos enrolls 1612 physically challenged persons into schoolsVanguardTo check street begging by the physically challenged persons, Lagos State Government has announced the enrolment of no fewer than 1,612 physically challenged persons into scho...

Leadership NewspapersGov Ayade Presents N1.3trn Budget For 2018Leadership NewspapersCross River State Governor, Professor Ben Ayade has presented a N1.3 trillion budget for the 2018 fiscal year to the State House of Assembly. A breakdown of the budget ...

Nigeria Today2800 delegates to participate at PDP ConventionNigeria TodayThe Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said about 2,800 delegates are expected to vote at the national convention that would produce national officers of the party. Have you read ...

The PunchFalana sues FCDA for N100m over manhole accidentThe Nation NewspaperHuman rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), has sued the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA) at the High Court in Abuja over failure to cover up manholes on Abuja streets...

VanguardMan machetes 2 primary school pupils to death in BornoVanguardA man, from Jafi village in Kwaya Kusar LGA, suspected to be of unsound mind, armed with machete entered into Jafi Primary School, Kwaya Kusar town and macheted two male pupils to de...

VanguardPDP convention: NEC approves planning C'ttee, sub C'tteesVanguardABUJA- The 77th National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has approved the planning committee and sub committees of its national elec...

Premium TimesNLC Condemns “illegal” Mass Sack of Kaduna WorkersPremium TimesThe Nigeria Labour Congress has condemned the sack of 4, 042 local government workers by the Kaduna State Government. Announcing the sack on Tuesday, the state Commissioner...

VanguardTAMBUWAL: NANS hails Appeal Court verdictVanguardThe National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has applauded the decision of the Court of Appeal, Abuja, which struck out a suit instituted by Senator Umaru Dahiru, seeking to nullify the e...

Independent Newspapers LimitedCourt orders EFCC to freeze firms' accountsThe Nation NewspaperThe Federal High Court in Lagos on Thursday ordered the freezing of 23 bank accounts belonging to companies who are being investigated for alleged fraud. J...

360Nobs.comEid-El-Maulud: Aisha attacks Nigerian government for declaring public holidayDaily Post NigeriaIn her tweets, she wrote “Nigeria and our need for wasteful holidays. Which one is public holiday for Maulud? When did we start celebrating Maul...

[BREAKING] Imo lawmakers suspend ClerkThe PunchThe strife between Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State and the 27 lawmakers on Thursday took a new dimension as the legislators, in an apparent tactic to get to the governor and the Speaker, Acho Ihim, s...

Information NigeriaAgain!!! Boko Haram kill two personsInformation NigeriaA local elder has confirmed that two persons, were killed in the latest Boko Haram attack on a remote village in the in Adamawa state. The attack happened in Wanu village, some t...

VanguardBuhari to join other Heads of State in Jordan for counter terrorism meetingVanguardABUJA-The meeting tagged “AQABA RETREAT, is scheduled to hold between 2nd and 3rd December and will be hosted by His Majesty, King Abdullah II of Jordan. Buhar...

The PunchOver 40% of Nnamdi Azikiwe varsity staff watch pornography at work, VC allegesThe PunchThe vice chancellors of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, Prof. Joseph Ahaneku, on Thursday said more than 40 percent of the staff of the univ...

Daily Post NigeriaMaina: Why ex-Pension Chairman has not been arrested – DSS DG, DauraDaily Post NigeriaThe Director General of the Department of State Service, DSS, Lawal Daura, on Monday disclosed that the former Chairman of the Presidential Task F...

TheCableCSOs storm Libyan embassy to protest slave auctionsTheCableA report by CNN had revealed that Africans, Nigerians inclusive, were auctioned as slaves for as low as $400. Deji Adeyanju, convener of Concerned Nigerians, said it is an aberration to...

Information NigeriaFG recovers N33. 6bn from tax lootersInformation NigeriaThe Federal Government is targeting a revenue of $1bn from its tax amnesty programme, according to the Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, she also added that the target migh...

VanguardEmir Sanusi attributes quest for illegal migration to poverty, unemploymentVanguardThe Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi II, has attributed the excessive quest by Nigerian youths to engage in illegal migration to poverty and unemployment. T...

CHANNELS TELEVISIONBREAKING: Union Bank Challenges Final Forfeiture Of Ikoyi PropertyCHANNELS TELEVISIONUnion Bank of Nigeria Plc has challenged the permanent forfeiture of the property known as Flat 7b No 16, Osborne Road Ikoyi, Lagos. It's the pr...

Daily TrustBreaking: Maina never received salary since Feb 2013 - AdeosunDaily TrustFinance Minister Kemi Adeosun has said that the last time Abdulrasheed Maina received salary as a civil servant was in February, 2013. Testifying before a House of Repr...

CHANNELS TELEVISIONMinimum Wage: Wike Asks FG To Allow States Work Out Own FormularCHANNELS TELEVISIONThe Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has asked the Federal Government to allow states derive their own minimum wages for workers. According to him, ...

GuardianKogi Moves To End Herdsmen, Farmers ClashLeadership NewspapersThe crisis between herdsmen and farmers in Kogi State will soon be a thing of the past as the governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello , has given a matching order with dispatch to all those c...

Leadership NewspapersAs Senate Begins Debate On 2018 BudgetLeadership NewspapersContrary to a request by President Muhammadu Buhari, urging the National Assembly to pass the 2018 Appropriation Bill with dispatch, the lawmakers have picked holes, saying...

VanguardPoliceman, pastor killed in shootout with Ondo kidnappersVanguardAkure—A policeman and a Pastor/ businessman, Oluwafemi Akomolafe, have been shot dead during a shoot-out between police detectives and suspected kidnappers along Ore expressway,...

Independent Newspapers LimitedAnambra poll and the evil of vote – buyingVanguardTHE Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has been acclaimed for the seemingly seamless conduct of the November 18, 2007, governorship election in Anambra Stat...

THISDAY NewspapersReactions trail Imo 2018 budget sagaVanguardOwerri—Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State's failed presentation of 2018 budget has continued to generate reactions. Chief Rochas Okorocha. It will be recalled that Okorocha planned ...

VanguardEFCC joins probe of Gwarzo suspended SEC DGVanguardMounir Gwarzo, suspended director-general of the Securities and Exchange Commission is facing at least two enquiries over his role as helmsman of the commission since 2015. Mounir H. Gwarzo. Ap...

Guardian (blog)Bindow reels under weight of Atiku's defection in AdamawaGuardian (blog)No doubt, Adamawa State is going to be one of the hot spots of politics ahead of the 2019 presidential election because of intricate factors of power play that c...

VanguardWe're up to date with salary payment —Akwa Ibom, DeltaVanguardAKWA Ibom and Delta state governments have denied and faulted media reports that they are owing workers' salaries, saying they are up to date with the payment of salaries. ...

VanguardLagos launches code Lagos in primary schools, targets 1m studentsVanguardLagos—The Lagos State Government, yesterday, launched two Coding Centres for CodeLagos, an initiative of state Ministry of Education aimed at using technology to drive t...

The Nation Newspaper'Immortalise Ojukwu for justice, equity'The Nation NewspaperThe Willie Obiano Support Group (WOSG) has said the late Chief Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu should be immortalised for the virtues of good governance, justice and eq...

Daily TrustAtiku: What does it really mean to be a 'political prostitute'?Daily TrustThe recent announcement by former Vice President Alhaji Atiku Abubakar that he has quit the APC, and suspicions that he wants to join the PDP to bid to become ...

The PunchPregnant woman, five others die in Ogun crashThe PunchA pregnant woman and five others lost their lives, while two others were injured in an auto crash along Ajebo Road, Abeokuta, Ogun State, on Tuesday, when a granite-laden Volvo truck and a ...

The PunchYari, Marafa clash over Buhari's REC nomineeThe PunchThe Governor of Zamfara State, Abdul-Aziz Yari, and the senator representing Zamfara Central Senatorial District, Kabiru Marafa, have clashed over the eligibility of President Muhammadu ...

The Nation NewspaperObaseki: Tackling challenges of governance in EdoThe Nation NewspaperEdo State Governor Godwin Obaseki is one year old in office. Correspondent OSAGIE OTABOR examines the achievements, constraints and prospects of the All Progressiv...

VanguardApo six: Senate investigates alleged reinstatement of Police officerVanguardAbuja – The Senate has resolved to investigate alleged recent reinstatement of a Deputy Police Commissioner, Mr. Danjuma Ibrahim, who was indicted by a judicial panel...

VanguardAIB launches mobile app to enhance aircraft accident report – CommissionerVanguardLagos – The Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) on Wednesday said it had published a total of 117 safety recommendations since it began operations 10 years ag...