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I Will Not Deny My Letter, Iyabo Obasanjo Tells Family Members

The first daughter of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Iyabo, has refused entreaties by family members, friends and political leaders to…

Okonjo-Iweala Presents 2014 Budget Estimates To National Assembly

Dr. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala, the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy laid the 2014 budget estimates separately…

UK deports Nigerian asylum seeker on hunger strike

A Nigerian failed asylum seeker who has been on hunger strike for around 100 days was removed from Britain on…

My encounter with Iyabo Obasanjo, by Osoba

Chief Olusegun Osoba, former governor of the western Nigerian state of Ogun has confirmed that he met Iyabo Obasanjo, the…

PDP massive losses, APC massive gains

Executive Council members in the northeastern Nigerian state of Adamawa today formally dumped the Peoples Democratic Party, to team up…

APC Chieftain Lambasts Iyabo Over Comments On Obasanjo

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and the Lagos State interim Assistant Publicity Secretary of the party, Chief…

37 PDP Reps Join APC

Thirty-seven members of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP in the House of Representatives, this morning, defected to the All Progressives…

Confab Holds Early Next Year —Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan said on Wednesday that all necessary preparations are being made to ensure that the proposed national conference…

Obasanjo liar, megalomaniac, hypocrite, says daughter

The first daughter of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Iyabo, has ruled out further communication with her father till death, describing…

Nigeria unveils locally made drone

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Nigeria unveiled its own drone on Tuesday, appropriately named “GULMA,” (Hausa word for gossip). The unveiling was done…

Saheed, Fathia Balogun In Fresh Divorce Row

The acrimonious marital feud between top Yoruba movie actor and actress, Saheed and Fathia Balogun, is degenerating to a war…

For Jonathan, a week to forget

Bamidele Johnson Former president Olusegun Obasanjo’s 18-page stinker caps what has been a rotten week for President Jonathan Eminently forgettable.…

EFCC broke

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday in Abuja said it urgently needs capital injection for its continued…

Minority lawmakers plan to impeach Amaechi, alleges APC

The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has alleged a plot by six rebel lawmakers in the…

United Nations: Over 1,200 killed by Boko Haram since May

In an independent tally of fatality figures as a result of Boko Haram attacks, the United Nations said today that…

ASUU ends strike

The National Executive Council of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has called off its five-month old strike. The…

Don’t Impeach Jonathan Yet, Say Nigerians

Following the call by the All Progressives Congress, APC, for the impeachment of President Goodluck Jonathan, some Nigerians are of…

In Pictures: Last rites for Mandela in Qunu

South Africa on Sunday buried Nelson Mandela, closing one chapter in its tortuous history and opening another in which the…
JUST IN: Jonathan confirmed safe, out of Guinea-Bissau

Impeachment: APC, Jonathan in fire-for-fire

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has asked the National Assembly to rise beyond partisanship and save Nigeria from imminent collapse…

China underscores superpower status by rover’s landing on moon

BEIJING (AFP) – China’s Jade Rabbit rover vehicle drove onto the moon’s surface on Sunday after the first lunar soft…

Arik Air unveils new generation Bombardier jet

Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent Nigeria’s largest airline, Arik Air, on Saturday, celebrated its seventh anniversary with a brand…

Mandela completes journey—back where he began 95 years ago

Nelson Mandela’s remains were returned to his beloved rural childhood village ahead of a traditional burial on Sunday, the final…

‘My mother sold my baby for $1,600’

A woman in Cross River state has been arrested by the police after her daughter reported her for selling her…

Private Burial For Mandela

South Africans queued Friday for a final chance to say a personal farewell to Nelson Mandela, with some camping overnight…

Bode George’s conviction quashed by Supreme Court

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Nigeria’s Supreme Court on Friday morning upturned the conviction in 2009 of former Deputy national chairman of the…

Don’t take Nigeria to Abacha days, APC begs Jonathan

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has urged the Jonathan administration not to take Nigeria back to the dreaded and calamitous…

Letter To Jonathan: Nigerians Gun Down Obasanjo

Activists, lawyers and others have likened former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s letter bombing President Goodluck Jonathan as that of a pot…

Police teargas Rivers State lawmakers

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Nigeria’s Rivers State Police Command today freely used teargas to disperse 22 lawmakers, who had come to…

FG, ASUU Sign Agreement

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Hope that the five months old strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU may be called…

Obasanjo Blasts Jonathan, Writes 18-Page Letter To President

A frustrated  Nigerian ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo has written a critical letter to President Goodluck Jonathan, accusing him of ineptitude and…