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APC USA lauds Council of State for resolving national puzzle

The United State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has lauded the Council of State for insisting that the general…

Audio: Secret Meeting Of How Fayose, Obanikoro, Omisore, Army General rigged Ekiti election

This is a secret recording of how a Nigerian minister colluded with an army Brigadier General to rig the 2014…

PVC: Lagos declares Friday work free day

The Lagos State Government Thursday declared Friday a work-free day for its workers just as state governor, Babatunde Fashola SAN,…

Chimamanda, Beyonce collaboration nominated for Grammy Award

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, critically acclaimed Nigerian novelist has been nominated for the 57th Grammy Award for her feminist-inspired collaboration with…

Edo commissioner joins to PDP from APC after fraud findings

Jethro Ibileke/Benin Edo state government has explained the reason for the sudden exit of Mr. Dennis Idahosa from the State…

NBC ‎warns media against taking money to air news reports‎

Jethro Ibileke/Benin The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Benin Zone, has warned all broadcasting stations under the zone against collecting money…

Council of State concludes meeting, says election will hold

The Council of State has concluded its meeting in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital and it agreed that the general elections slated…

Lagos Women Drill Ambode, Agbaje, Adeniji

Eromosele Ebhomele Three governorship candidates in the February elections in Lagos state, western Nigeria were on Thursday placed on the…

Jega Charged With Contempt of Court

Jethro Ibileke/Asaba A Federal High Court sitting in Warri, has fixed 10 February, 2015, for the commencement of contempt of…

Dokubo invited severally over inflammatory statements, says DSS

The Department of State Services (DSS), said on Thursday that it had invited Asari Dokubo, an ex-Niger Delta militant, several…

FG uncovers plans to give female suicide bombers PVCs during election

The Federal Government said it had uncovered plans by some unscrupulous Nigerians to hijack and hand over Permanent Voter Cards…

Kano declares Friday public holiday for PVCs collection

The Kano State Government has declared Friday, Feb. 6 public holiday to allow civil servants who have not collected their…

Tambuwal promises quality education, potable water

The All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Sokoto state, Hon. Aminu Tambuwal said that his administration would provide quality…

Jonathan, PDP not trying to postpone elections – Fani Kayode

Femi Fani-Kayode, Director, Directorate of Media and Publicity, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Organisation has said that neither the…

Gunmen kidnap four oil workers in Bayelsa

Gunmen riding in a speedboat kidnapped four Nigerian oil workers in the crude-producing Niger Delta, the military said Wednesday, as…

Obasanjo says no further comments on Nigeria

Former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, may have adopted a ‘siddon look’ attitude on Nigerian affairs, at least for now. The…

APC’s clamour for change is mere hypocrisy, says Jonathan

Jethro Ibileke/Benin ‎ As campaigns for the 14 February, 2015 Presidential election hots up, President Goodluck Jonathan has described the…

Council of State has no power to postpone elections, says Falana

Nigeria’s human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has said the the Council of State has no powers to postpone the general…

PDP accuses Amaechi of seizing federal allocations to councils

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Rivers state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused Governor Rotimi Amaechi of not…

Nigerians want continuity and change, says Obanikoro

Senator Musiliu Obanikoro has stated that Nigerians want continuity at the federal level in Nigeria but change in Lagos state.…

EFCC declares Nyako, son wanted over money laundering

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has declared Murtala Nyako, the former governor of Adamawa and his son, AbdulAziz…

70 civilians, six troops ‘killed in Boko Haram rampage in Cameroon’

Boko Haram fighters killed nearly 70 civilians and six soldiers in an onslaught on the Cameroonian border town of Fotokol…

Supreme Court set for judgment in suit to nullify Gov. Akpabio’s election

The Supreme Court on Wednesday fixed March 27, 2015, for judgment in an appeal brought by Mr Frank Okon, seeking…

PDP Using Police, FG Agencies To Terrorise APC Members

Kazeem Ugbodaga The All Progressives Congress, APC, has accused the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, of using the Nigeria Police Force…

NUC abolishes Pass Degree

The National Universities Commission (NUC) has abolished the award of Pass Degree in Nigerian Universities with effect from the 2013/…

Plot To Shift Elections Thickens

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The plot to get the Independent National Electoral Commission shift the presidential election slated for Saturday, 14 February…

Lagos Now Has 5.9m  Registered Voters –INEC

Kazeem Ugbodaga The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, says Lagos State now has 5.9 million registered voters ahead of next…

Boko Haram slits civilians’ throats in fresh attack

Boko Haram fighters slit civilians’ throats and torched the main mosque in the Cameroon border town of Fotokol during an…

Truck Driver Faces Trial For Crushing Pregnant Woman To Death

Cyriacus Izuekwe A 40-year truck driver, Muyideen Oladosu, has been arrested and charged before Magistrate’s Court, Ejigbo for causing the…

Afenifere, A Disgrace To Yoruba Race —Akinrinade

The endorsement of President Goodluck Jonathan by the pan social-cultural Yoruba group, Afenifere, has been described as disgraceful, self-serving and…