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N1bn libel suit: Lagos court refuses Obanikoro’s request to restrain Punch, Sahara Reporters

The libel suit filed by a former Minister of State for Defence, Mr Musiliu Obanikoro, against some media organisations on…

Nigerian Navy restates ban on 200 horse power engines

The Nigerian Navy (NN) has restated its ban on the use of 200 Horse Power out- board engines in the…

Lagos detects ghost workers, recovers millions of naira

Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government has recovered N25 million being paid to ghost and dead workers at the Local…

NDDC to terminate Ambrose Ali University hostel contract

The acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Mrs. Ibim Semenitari, has ordered the commencement of legal…

The Senate, CCT and the politics of Saraki’s trial by Reuben Abati

By Reuben Abati The present Senate serving the Nigerian people runs the risk of being remembered as the worst since…

Lagos local government bill passed, awaiting assent

Eromosele Ebhomele Members of the Lagos state House of Assembly on Thursday passed a bill to amend the Lagos state…
The Senate invokes provisions of Section 157 (1) of the 1999 Constitution to sack Chairman of Code of Conduct Tribunal(CCT) Danladi Umar.

Saraki’s lawyer would have been jailed – CCT Chairman

But for the intervention of other lawyers in court, Mr Danladi Umar, the Chairman of Code of Conduct Tribunal affirmed…

More trouble for Saraki as new charges are filed against him

The romance between Nigeria’s senate president, Bukola Saraki and the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) does not look like one…

‘My Nigeria’ wins at New York festivals

Al Jazeera is celebrating winning eleven Gold World Medals, six Silver and two Bronze medals at the prestigious New York…

Class of 1988: Command Ipaja old students elect exco, give back to school

Twenty-eight years after leaving Command Secondary School, Ipaja, Lagos state, Nigeria the Class of 1988 still share one thing in…

A walk with Aregbesola in Osun by Owei Lakemfa

By Owei Lakemfa Old friends, like old wine, are usually better than new ones. The Governor of the State of…

Amnesty insists Nigerian Army killed hundreds of Shiite Muslims

Amnesty International said on Friday that Nigeria’s army killed hundreds of men, women and children from a minority Shi’ite Muslim…
Nigerian governors lose to Federal Govt. in court

Buhari stops deductions from state allocations

President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the suspension of deductions from state allocations on the N689.5 billion salary assistance loans given…

Fans pay glowing tribute to Prince

The influential musician Prince has died at his home in Minnesota at the age of 57. Police were called to…

FAAC: FG, States, LGs share N299.7bn in March as revenue drops by N39bn

The Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, on Thursday in Abuja said that N299.7 billion was shared among the federal,…
NERC approves increase in cost of pre-paid meters

AEDC to spend $200m on mass metering project

The Managing Director of Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC), Mr Neil Croucher, on Thursday, said that the company would spend…
Petrol price jumps to N520 per liter in Edo, Delta

Fuel scarcity: U.S pledges to offer technical assistance

The U.S. Ambassador to the UN, Ms Samantha Power, on Thursday promised that the U.S Embassy in Nigeria would offer…

I have solutions to Edo problems, says Peter Esele

Jethro Ibileke/Benin Ahead of the September 10 governorship election in Edo State, a former National President of Petroleum and Natural…
MACBAN alleges that killings of innocent herders by a vigilance group is going on in Sokoto State with 16 lives lost so far.

Fulani herdsmen abduct varsity worker in Delta

Jethro Ibileke/Asaba The Delta State Police Command have confirmed the abduction of a non-academic staff of the Delta State University,…

Dickson writes Buhari, accuses Shell, Chevron, Aiteo of evading tax

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The face-off between Bayelsa State government and multinational oil companies deepened on Thursday with Governor Henry Seriake…

Phone thief batters RRS operative in Lagos

Kazeem Ugbodaga A 32-year old suspected phone thief, Idowu Nojeem, has battered a policeman attached to the Rapid Response Squad…

Parents protest in Alausa over plan to take over school’s playing field

Kazeem Ugbodaga Hundreds of parents of students from three public schools in Ifako Ijaiye area of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria stormed…

Lebanese man docked over alleged falsification of Nigerian Citizenship

A Lebanese National Rami El Masri 42 who allegedly forged a letter of confirmation of Nigeria Citizenship with Ref. No…

Female witness abducted in court by gunmen

Cyriacus Izuekwe A female witness in a criminal matter before the Ejigbo magistrate court has been abducted in the court…
The Senate invokes provisions of Section 157 (1) of the 1999 Constitution to sack Chairman of Code of Conduct Tribunal(CCT) Danladi Umar.

Tension at CCT as Justice Umar threatens to jail Saraki’s lawyer

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Tempers flared at the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CTC on Thursday morning as the Chairman of the Tribunal,…

Host communities appeal to NASS to retain 10% equity in PIB

The Edo chapter of Oil and Gas Host Communities of Nigeria on Wednesday appealed to the National Assembly to shun…

Don’t celebrate our victory against Boko Haram yet – Army

The Nigerian Army on Thursday cautioned individuals and groups organizing rallies to celebrate its successes against Boko Haram terrorists in…

Man stabs twin brothers, one dies, other critically ill

Cyriacus Izuekwe The police at Ikotun division have intensified efforts to arrest one Alex Onuora who stabbed two brothers who…

Ambode compensates two police officers with N250k each

The Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode on Wednesday compensated two police officers with commendation letters and N250, 000 cash…

Bizman lands in prison over N5.7m fraud

Paul Iyoghojie Operatives of the Zone 2 Command, Onikan, Lagos Island, southwest Nigeria have arrested a businessman, Michael Agono, 40,…