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Lagos Govt opposes Sexual Offences bill

Henry Ojelu Lagos state government yesterday added it’s voice to the growing opposition to the controversial Sexual Offences Bill 2014…

Bribery allegation: Edo APC defends Oyegun

Jethro Ibileke/Benin The Edo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has dismissed allegation of bribery allegedly levelled against…

APC suspends ex-SSG, 17 others

Stephen Oni/Ilorin The leadership of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Kwara state, Northcentral, Nigeria, has suspended a former Secretary…

APC To PDP: Enough Of Your Childish Rants

The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, has said that with the way Lagos Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,…

Ebola Surfaces Again

Two new cases of Ebola have been recorded in the Sierra Leone capital Freetown, weeks after the city was thought…

Robbers Raid Banks In Lagos

Harrison Iyoha Residents of Ebute and Ogolonto areas of Ikorodu, Lagos, Western Nigeria, woke up Wednesday morning to be confronted…

Boko Haram militants kill 40 in Borno

About 40 people have been killed by Boko Haram militants who torched houses and shot people as they fled in…

NLNG pays $1.6bn dividend to Buhari government

Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas Company Limited (NLNG), a joint venture between the government and foreign oil majors, has paid a…
Vice President Kashim Shettima

Borno Assembly reduces Shettima’s aides from 40 to 20

The Borno State House of Assembly on Wednesday slashed the number of Special Advisers to the Governor from 40 to…

Our agenda is to improve living condition of Nigerians – House of Reps

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara on Tuesday said it would implement a legislative agenda aimed at improving…

VIDEO: Benue APC, PDP lawmakers exchange blows

The fight between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao was dubbed the biggest fight of the century but both fighters would…

Police, armed robbers exchange heavy fire in Ikorodu

HARRISON IYOHA Residents of Ebute and Ogolonto areas of Ikorodu Western Nigeria woke up Wednesday morning to be confronted by…

APC should ‘wield big stick’ on Saraki, others, says Sen Ibrahim

Senator Abu Ibrahim (APC-Katsina South), wants the All Progressives Congress to punish anybody who decides to go against the directives…

Court bars Wike from sacking 23 LG chairmen in Rivers

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The National Industrial Court of Nigeria presided over by Hon. Justice J.T. Agbadu-Fishim in Yenagoa, Bayelsa state…

Why Lagos Judiciary Should Enjoy Autonomy – CJ

Eromosele Ebhomele The Chief Judge of Lagos State, western Nigeria, Justice Olufunmilayo Atilade, on Tuesday appealed to the Speaker of…

Oyegun tells Saraki, Dogara to approve Lawan, Gbajabiamila as principal officers

The national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Chief John Odigie-Oyegun has written a letter to the Senate President,…

Ogun Govt. not owing salaries, says HOS

The Ogun Head of Service, Mrs Modupe Adekunle, on Tuesday, said that the state government was not owing its civil…

Wike to Tribunal: Don’t allow Peterside, APC inspect election materials

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers on Tuesday prayed the state’s Governorship Election Petition Tribunal to set aside its order on…

N658bn is the debt Nigerian states owe but the profit one man made in a day

Nigeria’s 36 states have estimated their total indebtedness, including salaries owed workers at N658 billion, about $3.3 billion. The money…

I’ll stop kidnapping, other crimes in Imo, says Okorocha

Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo has vowed to keep kidnappers out of business as the government will continue to demolish…

Northern monarchs promise to support Buhari on security, economy

Traditional rulers from the 19 Northern states on Tuesday visited President Muhammadu Buhari at the State House, Abuja, to pledge…

FAAC: FG, States, LGs share N409.3bn for May

The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Mrs Anastasia Nwaobia, on Tuesday said that N409.3 billion was shared among the Federal,…

Kashamu afraid of death, aborts flight over minor problem

Prince Buruji Kashamu, the Ogun east senator, wanted in the United States, may appear to be a tough guy, mounting…

Disunited APC: Senate yet to fill remaining leadership positions

The disagreement among Senators on the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC), continued on Tuesday following their inability to fill…

US, others will help us recover stolen funds, says Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari said Tuesday in Abuja that his administration has received firm assurances of cooperation from the United States…

Governors to Buhari: Pay us money FG owes us

Governor Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara, said on Tuesday that state governments were not asking for financial bailout from the Federal…

Unpaid Salaries: Bayelsa LG workers to begin strike on Wednesday

Local government workers in Bayelsa on Tuesday resolved to embark on a three-day warning strike on Wednesday over non-payment of…

I’ll not slash salaries, down-size workforce, says Okorocha

Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo on Tuesday said his administration had no intention to down-size its workforce or slashing workers’…

House of Reps to adopt e-voting, says Dogara

The Speaker, House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara, said on Tuesday that electronic voting would be a regular feature in…

Buhari reaffirms Nigeria’s support for peace in Middle East

President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday in Abuja pledged that Nigeria will continue to support all efforts aimed at the peaceful resolution…