Daily TrustChaos in Abuja as task force clash with taxi driversDaily TrustTaxi drivers protest against members of the Ministerial Joint Task Force, in Abuja yesterday. See story on page 10>>> Photos: Ikechukwu Ibe & NAN. Irate taxi drivers...

VanguardCrisis hits Ekiti pensioners association as members dissolve excoVanguardAdo-Ekiti—There was confusion at the meeting of Ekiti State Chapter of Local Government Pensioners Association of Nigeria, LOGPAN, yesterday, following the sack of the e...

VanguardAbba Kyari, Oyo-Ita reconcile at FEC meetingVanguardABUJA—The Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari, and Head of Service, Winifred Oyo-Ita, yesterday, resolved their differences and embraced each other before the take-off of Federal Exe...

The Nation NewspaperAnti-Grazing law: Miyetti-Allah blames Buhari for silence over eviction of pastoralistsThe Nation NewspaperThe Miyetti-Allah Kautal Hore Fulani has blamed President Muhammadu Buhari and the Federal Government for being silent over m...

The Nation NewspaperAnambra poll: INEC disowns materials found in hotelThe Nation NewspaperThe Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it was not aware of any missing sensitive election materials in Anambra State. A statement by the R...

The Punch[BREAKING] Senate summons Fashola over alleged $35m unapproved expenditureThe PunchThe Senate on Wednesday began an investigation into the alleged plan by the Ministry of Power, Works and Housing to secure the release of $350m domiciled with t...

Leadership NewspapersPMB Orders Probe Of Unknown Disease In JigawaLeadership NewspapersPresident Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Minister of Heath, Prof. Isaac Adewole to investigate reports of an 'unknown disease' that has led to the death o...

Information NigeriaAnother Controversial Statue To Be Unveiled By Governor Okorocha| PhotosInformation NigeriaAll Progressives Congress chieftain, Governor Rochas Okorocha appears unstoppable in his penchant for erection of statues of eminent individua...

SundiataPostOsinbajo's penchant for lying against Jonathan unbecoming of an alleged pastor – RenoVanguardBestselling author and Pastor, Reno Omokri has decried what he termed the penchant for lying against Ex-President Goodluck Jonathan by the cu...

Daily Post Nigeria2019: Why Atiku must return to our party – PDPDaily Post NigeriaAhead of the 2019 election, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Adamawa State, has renewed its call for the return of former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar to the par...

Children Of Ex-President Jonathan's Late Chief Security Officer Beg President Buhari To Save Them From HungerSaharaReporters.comThe letter, signed by the three children, is an anthology of woes that has befallen them since their father died on Apri...

VanguardToday's Proceedings of the Nigerian senateVanguardWelcome to a new Legislative Day in the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Senate President, Bukola Saraki took the official Prayer and led the Chambers into today's proceedings ...

Leadership NewspapersMake Nigeria Exporter Of ICT Hardware, Buhari Tasks ICT StakeholdersLeadership NewspapersPRESIDENT BUHARI DECLARES OPEN NITDA eNIGERIA CONFERENCE 2.L-R; Minister of Communications, Otunba Adebayo Shittu,President Muhammadu Buhari, ...

VanguardAnambra poll: Ezeemo will transform state's common wealth – Ameh, PPA ChairVanguardABUJA: National Chairman, Progressive Peoples Alliance, PPA, Comrade Peter Ameh, said the party has presented a worthy candidate in the person of Chief God...

CHANNELS TELEVISIONFalana Writes Buhari Over El-Zakzaky's Continued DetentionCHANNELS TELEVISIONHuman rights lawyer Mr Femi Falana has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to order the immediate release of the leader of the Islamic Movement of Ni...

The PunchLagos unveils iconic fish statue in Ambode's hometownThe PunchIn its avowed drive to create aesthetic works of art and deploy them in strategic locations across the state, the Lagos State Government has erected the statue of an iconic fish...

News24Gunmen kill 11 traders in central Nigeria: policeNews24Jos - Gunmen have killed at least 11 traders in central Nigeria, police said Wednesday, in the latest violence in the region, which has been hit by decades of ethnic and sectarian strife. The...

VanguardReforms: Bayelsa Govt withholds salaries of 4204 workersVanguardThe Bayelsa Government on Wednesday said it withheld the October salaries of 4,204 workers with questionable records, as part of steps to reform the state civil service. The Deputy...

Wetinhappen MagazineHerdsmen in Benue are comfortable with anti-open grazing law – Attorney General, GusaDaily Post NigeriaThe Benue State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Michael Gusa, yesterday said that the new anti-open grazing law ...

VanguardJSS 2 girl allegedly impregnated by Vice Principal gives birth to baby boyVanguardA Junior Secondary School 2 student of Government Day Secondary School, Tunga-Minna, who was allegedly impregnated by the Vice Principal, Malam Mohammed Mohammed,...

VanguardSenate scraps Excess Crude Account, says it's illegalVanguardABUJA— THE Senate has unanimously called on the Federal Government to urgently abolish Excess Crude Account, ECA, describing it as illegal. This is even as some senators alleged...

Daily Post NigeriaEkwueme: Archbishop Chukwuma speaks on ex-VPDaily Post NigeriaArchbishop Chukwuma ​spoke to newsmen ​after visiting Ekwueme at the Memphys Hospital of Neurosurgery​, ​Enugu​. ​. ​Ekwueme is one of the Archbishop's pa...

CHANNELS TELEVISION2018 Budget: Era of abandoned projects over – APCDaily Post NigeriaThe All Progressives Congress (APC), South-East, says the era of abandoned projects and dashed hope of development is over. The APC South-East Publicity Secretary, ...

Daily Post NigeriaAnambra guber: Obaze reveals what will happen to ObianoDaily Post NigeriaThe governorship candidate of the People's Democratic Party (PDP), Oseloka Obaze, has said Governor Willie Obiano's continued expenditure of the state&#3...

TODAY.NGWhy we want to demolish Jibowu, Costain bridges – Nigerian governmentDaily Post NigeriaNigeria's Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has disclosed that the Jibowu and Costain bridges in Lagos would be demolished to give way for th...

Vanguard$2.1 b arms probe: EFCC accuses DSS of shielding officials from probeVanguardAbuja – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, yesterday, cried out over the refusal of the Department of State Service to release its officials implicated in...

VanguardWhen mother is away, my uncles take turns raping me—13-yr-oldVanguardA 13-year-old girl, yesterday, disclosed how her uncles— Saviour Philip, 35, and Paul Philip, 17—took turns to rape her in their one-room apartment on Olowolagba Street,...

VanguardOUR LEGISLATORS' JUMBO PAY: Fact or Fiction?VanguardWhen anger piles up, anything can happen, but we don't pray that anything untoward will happen but what we are saying is that the legislature must look at these things clearly so that ...

VanguardLagos to clean up, secure beach fronts to boost tourismVanguardThe Lagos State Government has commenced channelisation of four commercial ferry routes out of the thirty already identified as part of activities to scale up water transportation a...

The PunchForgery: Court adjourns Misau's arraignment until Dec. 12The PunchThe Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday adjourned until December 12, the arraignment of the senator representing Bauchi Central Senatorial District, Isah Misau, on charge...

VanguardHydro geologists lament Nigerians' lack of water despite huge investments by FG.VanguardILORIN-Member of Nigerian Association of HydroGeologist, Tuesday lamented that, despite the government commitment of large sum of resources into the ...

VanguardBuhari must account for lives of 400 Shi ites, IPOB members, others – ex-MinisterVanguardABUJA – Former Minister of National Planning, Professor Abubakar Sulaiman has dared President Muhammadu Buhari to get ready to account for the deaths o...

VanguardNYSC loses Director of Corps Mobilization, Frank EkpunobiVanguardThe statement reads: “With deep sense of loss, the Director General National Youth Service Corps, Brigadier General Suleiman Zakari Kazaure, Management and the entire NYSC Famil...

VanguardAmbode commissions 77 blocks of classrooms in Alimosho, Mushin, Epe, OthersVanguardLagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday said that his administration will stop at nothing to provide the very best of education for every child at ...

Information NigeriaWhy We Summoned SSS Officials – EFCCInformation NigeriaThe Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday, talked on media report of a dispute going on between the agency and the State Security Services. EFCC STATEMENT – Re:...

The Nation NewspaperPolice arraigns 17 over invasion of party secretariat by faction of Ogun PDPThe Nation NewspaperPolice in Ogun State on Tuesday arraigned 17 people at a Magistrate Court sitting in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, over the invasion...

VanguardTithe: Daddy Freeze replies Adeboye, says it is in the bible for one to buy beerVanguardThe Lagos-based On Air Personality, OAP, Daddy Freeze, has replied the General Overseer of The Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboy...

Leadership NewspapersEFCC Arraigns 29 Beninese Over Alleged Oil BunkeringLeadership NewspapersJustice Hadiza Rabiu-Shagari of the Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday remanded 29 citizens of Benin Republic in prison custody for allegedly dealing in p...

The PunchOsun concludes biometric registration of 5000 miner artisansVanguardThe State of Osun will in no distant time be free from the scourge of illegal mining. This is because efforts geared towards eradicating the menace that costs both government ...

VanguardShocker: 42 armed robbers escape from Police custody in BayelsaVanguardNo fewer than 42 suspected armed robbers and cultists detained by the Special Anti Robbery Squad cell (SARS) in Yenagoa on Tuesday broke free from detention and escaped. A P...

Daily Post NigeriaBoko Haram: 4 Suicide bombers Killed, 8 others injured in Borno explosionDaily Post NigeriaBorno state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Damian A. Chukwu has confirmed that four suicide bombers died, while eight people sustained injuries wh...

Vanguard2019: PDP can't get it easy — BafarawaVanguardSOKOTO—A chieftain of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and former governor of Sokoto State, Alhaji Attahiru Bafarawa, has posited that until the party was ready to work honestly and collective...

Vanguard NSCDC orders crackdown on 'offensive' social media postsVanguardABUJA – Commandant- General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps NSCDC, Abdullahi Gana Muhammadu has ordered a clampdown on purveyors of fake information in ...

VanguardForgery: Court defers Misau's arraignment till Dec 12 over FG's defective chargeVanguardABUJA – The Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed December 12 for the Federal Government to arraign Senator Isah Misau on an amended 10-count forg...

Leadership NewspapersTroops Repel Boko Haram Attacks In Madagali, Kill 42 InsurgentsLeadership NewspapersNigerian troops of “Operation Lafiya Dole,” stationed in Adamawa state, last night recorded another plus in the on-going counter-insurgency ope...

The PunchFamily speaks on Alex Ekwueme's death rumourDaily Post NigeriaThe family of former Vice President, Alex Ekwueme, has dismissed reports making the rounds claiming that the elder statesman is dead. It could be recalled that barely a week ago...

The WhistlerEl-Rufai Orders 'Arrest, Prosecution' Of Grouping Shiites In KadunaThe WhistlerGovernor Nasir El-Rufai has ordered security agencies in Kaduna State to arrest and prosecute members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (Shiites) found ...

VanguardLagos ASP suspended over extortion; police return N800,000 to victimsVanguardAbuja—The Nigeria Police Public Complaints Rapid Response Unit, PCRRU, working in synergy with the IGP's X-Squad, arrested an Assistant Superintendent of Police ...

360Nobs.comFG To Demolish Costain, Jibowu Bridges As Work On Lagos/Ibadan Standard Rail Line Begins In December360Nobs.comThe federal government has announced that the laying of tracks of Lagos-Ibadan standard gauge rail line would start in December. T...

BusinessDaySenate declares Federal University of Health Sciences, Otukpo 'a done deal'Daily Post NigeriaMembers of the Senate Committee on Tertiary Institutions and TETFUND have declared the bill for the establishment of Federal University of H...

Daily Post NigeriaEFCC detains Idris WadaDaily Post NigeriaThe Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has detained the immediate past governor of Kogi State, Idris Wada. The anti-graft agency traced N500m to the former governor's account o...

Daily Post NigeriaEFCC detains Idris WadaDaily Post NigeriaThe Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has detained the immediate past governor of Kogi State, Idris Wada. The anti-graft agency traced N500m to the former governor's account o...

The PunchTwo weeks, three troubles: The trials of PANDEFVanguardPORT HARCOURT- FROM the last week of October to preceding weekend, it has been two weeks, three problems for the Pan-Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, which prides itself as the authentic body of...

VanguardOur legislators' jumbo pay: Fact or Fiction?VanguardThe salaries of Nigerian legislators at federal and state levels have been a source of controversy largely based on the ambiguity with which the issue has been handled. Whereas the Revenue...

VanguardSocio-economic growth: Edo charts new course on investment in infrastructureVanguardAGAINST the backdrop of the need for sustainable infrastructure to drive development, and the fact that infrastructure such as roads, bridges, railways, etc., a...

Vanguard500 youths renounce cultism in LagosVanguardNo fewer than 500 youths in Ijede Local Council Development Area of Ikorodu, Lagos, yesterday, voluntarily renounced their membership of various cult groups in the area. They included cultists from Ai...

The PunchUnveiling Buhari's strongest opponentThe PunchThe nightmare of any elected president in a democracy is a vibrant opposition. The job of the opposition is to ensure that the president and his ruling party are never seen in good light. Any p...

Ripples NigeriaMother of Labour Party National Chairman kidnappedVanguardILORIN—Mrs. Elizabeth Omotosho, the 71-year-old mother of the National Chairman of Labour Party, LP, Dr. Mike Omotosho, was Sunday night abducted by unknown gunmen in Ilorin, th...

The TimesOptician missionary killed as fellow Britons held in Nigeria are freedThe TimesA British optician who travelled to Nigeria as a missionary has been killed after being taken hostage. Ian Squire was seized with three other British Christians und...

The Nation NewspaperFed Govt, investors disagree on naira's futureThe Nation NewspaperGovernment officials are of the view that the local currency has stabilised against foreign currencies, but some foreign investors think otherwise. Portfolio infl...

The Nation NewspaperFed Govt, investors disagree on naira's futureThe Nation NewspaperGovernment officials are of the view that the local currency has stabilised against foreign currencies, but some foreign investors think otherwise. Portfolio infl...

Daily Post Nigeria2019 election: Nigerian government responds to UN predictionDaily Post NigeriaGarba Shehu, spokesperson to President Muhammadu Buhari, told newsmen in Abuja on Monday, that the Buhari government doesn't believe in cheap propaganda...

Daily Post NigeriaIndefinite strike: Teachers give El-Rufai 2-week ultimatumDaily Post NigeriaFollowing Kaduna State government's determination to recruit 25,000 primary schools teachers for allegedly failing a competency test, teachers in public p...

VanguardPDP BoT Chairman overrules south west PDPVanguardKaduna – The national Chairman of the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) Senator Walid Jibrin has over ruled the decision of members of the board from the south ...

Daily TrustAgain, 149 stranded Nigerians return from Libya as Edo sets up taskforceDaily TrustAnother batch of 149 stranded Nigerians Monrday arrived from Libya with the assistance of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), bringing the tot...

Daily Post NigeriaEmmanuel Onwubiko : Poor/rich Nigerians: Any nexus?Daily Post NigeriaJust before President Muhammadu Buhari returned from his 103- days medical treatment in the United Kingdom(at public costs) recently, the National bureau of statist...

SaharaReporters.comN450m Election Bribe: EFCC Quizzes Sani DanladiSaharaReporters.comThe amount in question was part of the N23b allegedly doled out by former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, to influence the outcome of the 2015...

VanguardNavy battle-ready for Avengers, says Vice Admiral Ibas, CNSVanguardASABA – CHIEF of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ibo-Ete Ibas, said Monday, that the Nigerian Navy had reinforced security measures to militant insurgency, sea pirates, kidnapping a...

Leadership NewspapersPolice Sanction 16 Personnel For Professional MisconductLeadership NewspapersThe Nigeria Police Force said it had sanctioned 16 of its personnel for professional misconduct across the country, from July to September, 2017. ACP Abay...

Daily Post NigeriaAnambra guber: We'll deliver enjoyable, credible polls – INECDaily Post NigeriaThe Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Monday assured that the November 18 governorship election in Anambra state would not only be fre...

Independent Newspapers LimitedHappening Now: Ambode orders demolition of Lagos lawmaker, Funmilayo Tejuosho's Ikeja homeTheNewsGuruReports reaching TheNewsGuru.com now has it that some operatives of the Nigerian Police Force are demolishing the Ike...

Africa Independent TelevisionTeenage Nursing Mother Arraigned For Alleged Burglary In EkitiCHANNELS TELEVISIONA teenage nursing mother identified as Miss Funke Arowolo, and two others were on Monday arraigned before a Magistrate's Court in Ado-Ekit...

The PunchLagos begins enforcement against tax defaultersVanguardThe Lagos State Government on Monday directed all its revenue agencies to ensure prompt payment of taxes and also commence enforcement of payment by all tax defaulters with immediate effec...

VanguardBayelsa denies taking fresh N40bn loanVanguardThe Bayelsa Government on Monday denied media reports that it was taking a fresh loan. Mr Daniel Iworiso-Markson, the state Commissioner for Information, denied the reports in a statement on Monday ...

VanguardSokoto spends N800m to build women development centresVanguardThe Sokoto State Government has expended N800 million on the building of Women Development and Empowerment Centres in the 23 Local Governments Areas in the state. The state's Com...

VanguardFG releases operational allowances for troops fighting terrorism as soldier writes BuhariVanguardThe federal government through the Ministry of Defence, has finally released funds for the payment of operational allowances of thousands of Nigeri...

VanguardFG releases operational allowances for troops fighting terrorism as soldier writes BuhariVanguardThe federal government through the Ministry of Defence, has finally released funds for the payment of operational allowances of thousands of Nigeri...

TODAY.NGWike Lauds Bayelsa's Ecumenical Centre, OthersThe TideRivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike has described the Annual Thanksgiving Day instituted by the Bayelsa State Government and the newly constructred Ecumenical Centre in Yenagoa as a...

VanguardHerdsmen arrested for killing colleague in OgunVanguardABEOKUTA—Men of Ogun State Police Command have arrested two herdsmen suspected to be kidnappers and cattle rustlers for allegedly kidnapping and killing another herdsman identified as Tay...

Independent Newspapers LimitedI demolished Eke-Ukwu market to rescue Imo people from female deity – OkorochaDaily Post NigeriaThe Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, yesterday said he ordered the demolition of popular Eke-Ukwu market in Owerri, the ...

Daily Post NigeriaFulani herdsmen cry to Buhari over ban on open grazing in BenueDaily Post NigeriaThe Cattle Breeders in Nasarawa State have called on the Federal Government to urgently intervene and prevent a looming crisis following the open grazing...

CHANNELS TELEVISIONTwo Shiites Reported Killed In KanoCHANNELS TELEVISIONAt least two members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), also known as Shiites, have been allegedly killed in Kano State. A statement signed by the spokesman for the group, ...

VanguardTithe controversy: Adeboye counsels christian faithfulVanguardLAGOS—THE General Overseer of The Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye yesterday addressed the recent tithe controversy that has been generating series of...

VanguardNigerian Newspapers: 10 things you need to know this Monday morningDaily Post Nigeria1. The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, during the weekend swept the election conducted on Saturday in the entire 17 local government areas in Enugu State. PDP a...

The PunchNigeria's economy not booming – ObasanjoThe PunchHe made the observation at the 52nd Annual Service of Songs of the 1st ECWA Church, Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. Obasanjo, who spoke in Yoruba during the church service, urged Nigerian...

VanguardBillions spent on dredging River Niger haven't yielded no fruits — Boss MustaphaVanguardSecretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Gida Mustapha granted the interview below as Managing Directors of the National Inland Waterways A...

How we conceived, processed, passed NEDC — Speaker DogaraVanguardTo accelerate the holistic rebuilding of Boko Haram ravaged North East region of Nigeria, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara sponsored a Bill which even...

Leadership NewspapersWhy I Sponsored North-East Development Commission (NEDC) Bill – DogaraLeadership NewspapersPresident Muhammadu Buhari recently assented to the bill establishing the North-East Development Commission which was conceived, drafted a...

Are most of us treasury looters?VanguardTHOUGH out of character, but let me start with a confession. I have literally had to drag myself to my office on a sunny Sunday afternoon to do what I consider an important duty to Nigeria. The matters are so wei...

The Nation NewspaperDelta coastal communities get new roadsThe Nation NewspaperMany coastal communities in Olero Creek, Warri North Local Government Area of Delta State, came alive at the weekend as the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) inaugur...

The Nation NewspaperEFCC probing NITDA's 2017 contract awards, says ministerThe Nation NewspaperMinister of Communications Adebayo Shittu has revealed that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) was already investigating allegations of...

The PunchThe Veiled Haunting Stench in criticismVanguardUnpatriotic forces hatch fresh trouble for Nigeria every day. The battle from paid moles, morphing into forlorn dissenting elements and veiled agents of destabilization of the country are waxing s...

VanguardSecurity report predicts peaceful guber polls in AnambraVanguardAbuja – A Pre-Election Security Assessment report has predicted that the Nov 18, Anambra Governorship Election would be generally peaceful. Security men. The report according to ...

VanguardNzeribe faults Obiano's claim on PHNC Transmission Line projectVanguardFormer member of the House of Representatives, Mr. Chuma Nzeribe has refuted claims by Governor Willie Obiano that the Anambra State Government under him facilitated the...

VanguardIbadan indigenes set up Mega City status C'tteeVanguardAs part of efforts to make Ibadan a mega city by 2040, the Central Council of Ibadan Indigenes (CCII) has inaugurated 20 committees toward the realisation of the project. Ibadan The CCI...

Daily Post NigeriaMaina: What Buhari must 'urgently' do to ex-pension boss – FalanaDaily Post NigeriaFemi Falana, Lagos activist lawyer, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to urgently sanction all government officials involved in the reinst...

VanguardAmbode commissions 3 executive boats, 4 Jet SkisVanguardLagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode on Sunday commissioned three newly acquired executive boats by the State Government, with a pledge to fully explore the tourism and economic poten...

Daily Post NigeriaPDP sweeps Enugu Council polls , as APC kicksDaily Post NigeriaThe Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has swept the election conducted on Saturday in the entire 17 local government areas in Enugu State. DAILY POST reports that the party ...

SaharaReporters.comNigeria Has Got Heroes By Charly BoySaharaReporters.comI have always said that the present and future of Nigeria can only be salvaged by the few exceptional Nigerian youths who are defiantly willing to bell the cat for the freedom of...

SaharaReporters.comPolice Arraign Former President Jonathan's Nephew Over Shooting At FestivalSaharaReporters.comAkpufu was arraigned for shooting and injuring a 42-year-old man, Mr. Yusuf Bala, during the celebration of Odumimom (masquerade) festi...