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Jonathan shuts Abuja for WEF

Nigeria’s Federal Government on Friday directed that all government offices and schools in Abuja should be closed down for the…

Kidnapped School Girls: Jonathan sets up fact-finding committee

President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday set up a fact-finding committee to unravel the inconsistent and contradictory information on the abducted…

GDP rebasing was not done for optimism or pessimism – Okonjo-Iweala

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the Minister of Finance on Friday said the of rebasing Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) was neither for…

US offers to help Nigeria over Boko Haram terror

The United States Government has pledged to support Nigeria in the fight against terrorism and insurgency within the coming days,…

Abuja Bomb Blast: Death toll rises to 19

Labour Day car bombing at the bus station in Nyanya, on the outskirts of Nigeria’s capital of Abuja killed at…

Only Borno government will comment on missing school girls – DHQ

The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) said it has streamlined the dissemination of information on the abducted schoolgirls in Chibok, Borno, stating…

Abuja bomb latest: 12 dead, 19 injured

The Nigerian police said 12 persons died following an explosion that rocked Nyanya, on the outskirt of Abuja, on Thursday.…

Fresh bomb blast in Abuja, 9 feared killed

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Another bomb explosion has rocked Nyanya, a suburb of Abuja, scene of the 14 April bombing that left…

Jonathan: Rescue plan in place for abducted schoolgirls

.President gives assurance to visiting Senators that the girls will be saved Jamiu Yisa President Goodluck Jonathan has stated that…

Chibok School Girls: I was quoted out of context – Kema Chikwe

Former Minister of Aviation and present National Women Leader of the Peoples Democratic Party, Kema Chikwe, has said that she…

Former Kwara State Governor, Adamu Attah, dies at 83

The first civilian governor of Kwara, Alhaji Adamu Attah, is dead. Attah, aged 83, died on Thursday in his Abuja…

May Day: Jonathan allocates housing schemes to workers

President Goodluck Jonathan has directed that three districts be allocated for housing schemes for workers in the Federal Capital Territory…

Nigerian runs drug supply ring from Aussie detention centre

A Nigerian detainee at Sydney, Australia’s Villawood Detention Centre has been arrested by New South Wales police for allegedly running…

Why the abducted girls have not been freed— CDS Badeh

Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh said on Wednesday that though the military know the location…

Terrorism: US warns on Shebab, Boko Haram threats

The worldwide terror threat is evolving as Al-Qaeda linked groups and other militants become increasingly violent and Syria spawns a…

‘Bring back our daughters’, chant protesters in Abuja

Nigerian protesters marched on the National Assembly Wednesday to demand the government and military do more to rescue scores of…

Abduction of school girls: Mark leads 21 senators to meet Jonathan

The Senate President, Senator David Mark, would lead 21 other senators to meet with President Goodluck Jonathan on the recent…

Amaechi abolishes discriminatory policy in Rivers State

Rivers State Governor, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has abolished the concept of non-indigenes, a policy that discriminates against Nigerians from other…

Jonathan cancels FEC to mourn VP Sambo’s brother

President Goodluck Jonathan has directed that the weekly meeting of the Executive Council of the Federation, FEC, scheduled for Wednesday…

Abducted school girls sold for $12 each to Boko Haram fighters

Nigerian parents lashed out on Tuesday at the government’s failure to rescue scores of schoolgirls kidnapped two weeks ago by…

Jonathan sacks Gulak, the garrulous political adviser

Nigeria’s President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has terminated the appointment of his Special Adviser (Political), Alhaji Ahmed Gulak with immediate effect.…

N5.6b pension theft: Accused collapses in court

A Nigerian High court sitting in Ibadan, capital of the western state of Oyo today postponed the re-arraignment of a…

Diezani’s aircraft charter: House of Reps lied over court order

Nnamdi Felix / Abuja A visibly angry Justice Ramat Mohammed of Federal High Court in Abuja, Tuesday berated Nigeria’s House…

Insurgents are cowards of the highest order – Oritsejafor

The President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, on Tuesday described insurgents operating in the country…

200 Abducted Schoolgirls Sighted

There are reports that 200 of the schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram insurgents have been sighted in southern Borno in…

I helped Nigeria reach 2010 World Cup – claims match-fixer

A Singaporean match-fixer has claimed the he helped Nigeria and Honduras qualify for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.…

Confab committee guns down state police

Arguments upon arguments; motions upon motions is what can best describe the process that led to another adjournment on Monday…

‘I am Sorry’, says South Korean president over boat tragedy

SEOUL (AFP) – Two days after South Korea’s prime minister resigned over the boat tragedy that claimed about 300 lives…

Nyako, Gaidam hammer Edwin Clark on emergency rule

Governors Murtala Nyako and Ibrahim Gaidam have condemned the recent call for their replacement with military administrators as part of…