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Explosion rocks Jimeta Police Division

An explosion has occurred at the Jimeta Divional Police Headquarters in Yola, Adamawa State, Northeast Nigeria. Witnesses confirmed the powerful…
Ali-Modu Sheriff

APC, FG plan to arrest Ekweremadu, Akpabio, says PDP

The main opposition party party in Nigeria, the Peoples Democratic Party has claimed that the ruling political party, the All…

Boko Haram defeated, Chibok girls rescue underway, says Buratai

Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai says military has entered mop up phase in fight against Boko Haram that…

APC top guns meet to resolve national, party matters

Some top officials of the ruling APC met in Abuja on Wednesday to dialogue on certain matters concerning the party.…

EFFC arrests ex-PDP national chairman, Uche Secondus

secondus The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday arrested and detained the deputy national chairman of the Peoples…

NCC Fine: MTN to settle out of court, pays $250m

South African mobile phone operator MTN Group withdrew its lawsuit against Nigeria’s regulator over a $3.9 billion fine and paid…

IMF calls on Buhari to lift forex restrictions

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) called on Wednesday for Nigeria to lift foreign exchange curbs and let the naira reflect…

Budget Padding: Buhari vows to punish culprits

President Muhammadu Buhari vowed late Tuesday in Riyadh that all those involved in the “padding” of the 2016 National Budget…

Troops kill 20 Boko Haram terrorists, capture their gun truck

Nigerian troops in conjunction with Cameroonian troops have killed 20 Boko Haram fighters and have captured a gun truck belonging…

FLASH: Ecobank sacks 50 top managers

Kazeem Ugbodaga Ecobank Nigeria Plc has sacked 50 top managers of the bank as it struggles to stay afloat in…

Why NTA, other govt-owned media will be restructured —Minister

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said that government-owned media organizations will be restructured and reinvented…

Senator Abe’s liaison office bombed in Ogoni

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The liaison office built by Senator Magnus Abe for the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers South…
Benue South Senator Patrick Abba Moro confirms that he is bidding for the position of minority leader in the 10th Senate.

Ex-Interior minister, Abba Moro arrested, quizzed by EFCC

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Nigeria anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday arrested former Minister of Interior, Comrade…
Ali-Modu Sheriff

Nobody can force me out as PDP national chairman – Sheriff

The national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Ali Modu-Sheriff vowed on Monday that he will not resign…

Fayose begs PDP members to support Sheriff

Eromosele Ebhomele As anger grows in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, over the appointment of Ali Modu Sheriff as National…

Niger president talks to Al Jazeera on Boko Haram, Democracy

Yesterday, polls closed in Niger, where, in the second election after the 2010 military coup, sitting president, Mahamadou Issoufou is…

Zaria massacre: Shiite members shun panel of inquiry

Femi Adi/Kaduna Shiite members on Monday refused to appear before the Judicial Commission of Inquiry, which hearing in Kaduna on…
Aisha Alhassan also known as Mama Taraba

Taraba: Why we dismissed Alhassan’s appeal – Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Monday said the All Progressive Congress (APC) and its governorship candidate in Taraba, Aisha Alhassan, had…
Ali-Modu Sheriff

PDP stakeholders want Ali Modu-Sheriff to resign now

A group of concerned Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) stakeholders and elders has called on the new National Chairman of the…

Boroffice to FG: Mimiko’s N11bn demand on federal roads conflicting, deceitful

The senator representing Ondo North senatorial district, Prof. Ajayi Boroffice has called on the Federal Government to undertake thorough and…

Buhari heads to Saudi Arabia, Qatar

Eromosele Ebhomele President Muhammadu Buhari is to begin a week-long official visit to Saudi Arabia and Qatar from 22 February,…

Fayose lectures Buhari on the naira, economy

Eromosele Ebhomele Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti state on Sunday joined those who have called for the devaluation of the…

N225,000 Bribe: SERAP drags NJC, NBA before UN

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent a petition to Ms. Monica Pinto UN Special Rapporteur on the independence…

David Mark wins 5th term to the senate

Senator David Mark has won his fifth term back to the Nigerian Senate. The Independent National Electoral Commission declared this…

INEC collates results in Benue South senatorial re-run election

Collation of results by INEC officials across the 3000 polling units in the rescheduled Benue South Senatorial election between David…

Wike alleges plot to arrest PDP leaders on eve of rerun polls

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike has alerted Nigerians that the Rivers APC chairman has written a letter…

I prefer to die fighting corruption – EFCC Chairman

The acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu has stated his unalloyed commitment to the…

Osinbajo commends Northeasterners for supporting IDPs

Nigerians in the North-East have been commended for their neighborliness and accommodating nature towards Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in their…
Government Ekpemupolo, aka Tompolo, Chairman, Tantita Security Services Nig. Ltd (TSSNL), alleges sabotage in fight against crude oil theft

Court empowers EFCC to seize Tompolo’s houses, companies

Justice Ibrahim Buba of the Federal High Court, Lagos, today February 19, 2016 granted the request of the Economic and…

Governor Dickson’s wife not dead – Aide

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Governor Seriake Dickson’s aide has dismissed rumours of the demise of Bayelsa governor’s wife, Dr Mrs Rachael…