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#BayelsaDecides: Voters, observers commend card reader performance

Voters and observers participating in Saturday’s supplementary governorship election in Bayelsa have commended the performance of card readers deployed for…

PDP demands immediate release of Olisa Metuh

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to immediately release its National…

Ex-PDP chairman, senator defect to APC in Akwa Ibom

Former Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party in Akwa Ibom State, Chief Otu Ita Otoyo has defected to the All…
Uche Ekwunife

Anambra Central Senatorial Re-run: PDP’s Ekwunife defects to APC

Senator Uche Ekwunife, the erstwhile senator representing Anambra Central Senatorial District, announced on Friday that she had defected to the…

Lassa fever has killed 35 people in 7 states – Health Minister

Nigeria’s health minister is urging Nigerians not to panic over an outbreak of Lassa fever that has killed 35 people…

Bayelsa deputy governor’s brother escapes death by whiskers

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Bayelsa deputy governor’s brother, Beinmopre Jonah, escaped death by the whiskers on Thursday, as thugs suspected…
Hunters

Allow Borno hunters assist you against Boko Haram, Yoruba group tells DHQ

Eromosele Ebhomele The Egbe Omo Oduduwa, a pan-Yoruba group, said Thursday it has endorsed the recent call by hunters in…

Confusion, anger over fate of Nigerian Shiite cleric Zakzaky

Supporters of a Shiite Muslim cleric in Nigeria are calling for his release, more than three weeks after he was…

Nigeria ready to compete globally in science, technology – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has stated that Nigeria is ready to compete in science, technology and innovation both locally and internationally.…

Arms Deal: Ex-PDP chairman, son get N300m bail

Justice A. R Mohammed of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, January 7, 2016 granted bail to…

US donates sophisticated vehicles to Nigerian army after Boko Haram strikes

The United States on Thursday donated 24 mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicles to Nigeria’s military, to enable the country’s soldiers to combat…

Armsgate: Judge sends ex PDP Chairman, son back to Kuje prison

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered that Abba, the son of Bello Haliru Mohammed, former…

Lagarde to Nigeria: Act with Resolve, Build Resilience, and Exercise Restraint

On Wednesday, 6 January, International Monetary Fund (IMF) managing director addressed the national assembly, speaking on ‘Global economic transitions and…

No petitions against APC leaders yet – EFCC chairman

The acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu has defended what is perceived to be…

Buhari not influencing EFCC’s anti-graft war – Lai Mohammed

Alhaji Lai Mohammed, Nigeria’s minister of information and culture has described as false allegations by Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that…

N82m Dinner: Prof Soyinka replies Wike

Nigeria’s Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka has replied Governor Nyesom Wike and the Rivers Government following revelations that the former…

We inherited a debt of N432b from Fashola, says Lagos govt

By Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government said it inherited a debt of N430 billion from the administration of Babatunde…

Corruption: More influential Nigerians on EFCC radar – Magu

The acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu has said that more influential people will…

El-Rufai sacks council chairmen

Femi Adi/Kaduna Kaduna State Governor, Malam Nadir El-Rufai on Wednesday announced the dissolution of the interim management committees of the…

N82m Dinner: Rivers govt to demand refund from Wole Soyinka

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers State Information Commissioner, Dr Austin Tam-George has declared that the state government will demand a refund…

Ambode appoints Prof. Fagbohun new LASU VC

Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Wednesday approved the appointment of Professor Olanrewaju Adigun Fagbohun as the…

We will not spare bureaux de change involved in $2.1bn arms deal – EFCC boss

The acting Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, has said that no Bureau De Change operator involved…

I never received a kobo from Jonathan, Dasuki – Fani-Kayode

Femi Fani-Kayode, Director of Media and Publicity of the Jonathan/Sambo Campaign organisation, has stated categorically that he never received a…

Days after TB Joshua’s prediction, North Korea test H-bomb

Two days ago, Prophet T.B. Joshua founder of The Synagogue, Church Of All Nations (SCOAN) in Ikotun, Lagos, made what…

Jihadi Junior naturally my grandson but not what God gave me – Nigerian Grandma

The devastated grandmother of the British boy dubbed “Jihadi Junior” after he featured in a sickening ISIS video said she…

EFCC grills Olisa Metuh for 9 hours

Detectives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) grilled Peoples Democratic Party spokesperson, Olisa Metuh, for nine hours after…

Anenih to EFCC: How I shared the N260m Dasuki gave me

Former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees (BOT) chairman, Tony Anenih has explained how he disbursed the N260 million…

Don’t interfere in Bayelsa polls, PDP Governors warn Buhari

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Governors’ Forum, have warned President Muhammadu Buhari and other relevant agencies of…

Jihadi Junior: ISIS using my 4-year grandson as pawn – Henry Sunday Dare

A Nigerian heartbroken granddad of the six year-old boy now dubbed Jihadi Junior by British media, revealed today that boy…

PDP condemns Olisa Metuh’s arrest

Kazeem Ugbodaga The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has condemned the arrest of its spokesman, Chief Olisa Metuh by officials of…