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Journalists wait impatiently for Diezani at Charing Police Station

Journalists Blogger, social commentator, activist Kayode Ogundamisi was among the hordes of newsmen waiting at the Charing Cross Police Station…

NEMA receives 197 Nigerian from Central African Republic

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) at the weekend received 197 Nigerians that were displaced by the crises in Central…

No progress in Nigerian, African governance – IIAG

There’s been no progress in Nigerian governance despite a change in the leadership of the most populous Black nation, the…

PICTURES: The new faces of Boko Haram

On Friday, 2 October, two explosions went off in the suburbs of Abuja, Nigeria’s capital killing at least 15 persons.…

Boko Haram fighters loyal to IS claim responsibility for Abuja bombings

Reuters – Militants claiming loyalty to Islamic State said they were behind suicide bombings near the Nigerian capital Abuja which…

Bishop Kukah And His Brand of Politics: Towards Nigeria Finding Its Soul By Fr Enwerem

By Rev. Fr. Iheanyi Enwerem, O.P. Who in the Nigerian political and ecclesiastical circles would not know the then Fr.…

Shittu is electable and will make a worthy minister, says Adekunle

Adeniyi Ishaq Adekunle, a member of the All Progressives Congress in Oyo State has dismissed claims by Oke-Ogun APC Youth…
Goodluck Jonathan, former president of Nigeria

El-Rufai lied, Jonathan didn’t spend billions on Independence Day, say Ex-Minister

Former President of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan spent N332.6 million for Nigeria’s independence anniversary celebrations in three years and not billions…

Buhari shows soft side, visits young girl, survivors of Abuja blasts

President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday put aside his tern looking facade to visit survivors of Friday night bomb attacks on…

NNPC Retail sues CAC, NNPG over trademark infringement

Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Retail Limited has dragged the Natural Network Petroleum and Gas Company Limited and two others to…

Nigeria to ease foreign currency restrictions – Osinbajo

Nigeria’s vice president, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, has stated that Nigeria will keep foreign currency restrictions for now to preserve the…

Boko Haram will be no more by December, says Nigerian Army

The Nigerian Army said on Sunday that no amount of distractions would deter it from ending terrorism in Nigeria by…
Nigeria's ex-oil minister Diezani arraigns in UK Court charged with bribery

We’ve been monitoring Diezani since 2013 for money laundering, bribery – UK Crime Agency

United Kingdom’s National Crime Agency has provided more information on Friday’s arrest of Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke, former petroleum minister, under Goodluck Jonathan,…

Multiple explosions rip through Maiduguri

Maiduguri (Nigeria) (AFP) – Multiple explosions were heard Sunday on the outskirts of Maiduguri, a city in northeastern Nigeria that…

Israel bars Palestinians from entering Jerusalem after attacks

Jerusalem (AFP) – Israel took the rare and drastic step of barring Palestinians from Jerusalem’s Old City on Sunday as…

Bomb blasts: Buhari receives briefing, vows to end Boko Haram

President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday in Abuja reaffirmed the determination of his administration to rid the country of extremism as…

Oke Ogun APC kicks against Buhari’s choice of Shittu as ministerial nominee

The All Progressives Congress youth assembly in Oke Ogun, Oyo State has kicked against the choice of Barrister Adebayo Shittu…

Buhari condemns latest terror attacks in Abuja, Borno, Adamawa

President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned in the strongest terms the latest terror attacks in Abuja, Borno and Adamawa. This was…

Buhari’s team visit bomb blast sites, as death toll rises to 18

Malam Abba Kyari, Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari and David Babachir Lawal, the Secretary to the Government of…

We will use EFCC, ICPC to recover stolen funds – Niger State Govt

Niger State Government says it will use the services of the anti-graft agencies, Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offenses…

Don’t cave in to terror, Dogara tells Nigerians

Speaker of the House of Representatives Yakubu Dogara has condemned Friday`s bomb attacks in Kuje and Nyanya areas of the…

I am gay, says senior Vatican priest

A high-ranking Polish priest from the Vatican revealed he was gay on Saturday, saying he wanted to challenge the Church’s…

UPDATE: Bomb blast in Nyanya, kills 2, injures 19‏

A bomb blast on Friday evening in Nyanya, a suburb of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has killed two persons…
Scene of a bomb attack in Jos

Twin explosions rock Abuja, many dead

Two bombs went off in the outskirts of the Nigerian capital Abuja late on Friday, an official said. There was…

Diezani gets bail in UK, passport seized

Former Nigeria Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke has been released on bail after she was arrested on allegations of money laundering…

Obama suffers backlash for sending soldiers to Nigeria, other countries

By Jo Becker Advocacy/ Director Children’s Rights Division This week, President Barack Obama announced that four countries that use child…

Series of explosions rock Maiduguri, 14 dead, 39 injured

AFP – A series of explosions rocked the city of Maiduguri in northeast Nigeria on Thursday, with casualties feared, witnesses…

Go after the masterminds of Boko Haram, TMC urges Buhari

An Islamic group called The Muslim Congress (TMC) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to use intelligence to engage captured Boko…

We shot down US C-130 plane, killed 11, Taliban says

AFP – The Taliban on Friday claimed to have shot down a C-130 military transport plane in eastern Afghanistan, with…

244 Nigerian pilgrims yet to be accounted for – Tambuwal

Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State on Thursday said all Nigerians who went to Saudi Arabia for this year’s pilgrimage…