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INEC yet to decide on election postponement

Independent National Electoral Commission says it is yet to make an announcement or decide on whether the February 14 presidential…

Nigeria postpones general elections for six weeks – AP

Nigeria’s electoral commission will postpone February 14 presidential and legislative elections for six weeks to give a new multinational force…

Doubt, fear persist ahead of presidential election

Campaigning in Nigeria’s knife-edge presidential election entered its final week on Saturday, with mounting questions about whether the vote will…

Kano agog as Sanusi coronation holds today

Kano State government said it had concluded arrangements for the coronation and presentation of staff of office to the Emir…

Cameroon, Chad, Niger real test for Boko Haram, says US

Boko Haram is flush with cash and weapons after a string of battlefield advances, but the militants could face a…

US wants no delay in Nigeria elections

The United States called Friday for Nigeria’s presidential elections to be held on time, as the nation’s electoral commission weighs…

Fayose, Obanikoro, Omisore cannot deny recording, says US firm

The New York-based security firm that helped analyse the voices of the characters in the leaked recording on plans to…

‘The Economist’ assessment of Jonathan baseless, jaundiced – Presidency

The Presidency on Friday expressed displeasure over The Economist magazine’s assessment of President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration in an opinion piece,…

Why I leaked Ekiti election rigging tape – Nigerian Army Captian

Captain Sagir Koli who leaked the #EkitiGate audio and documentary which had Governor Ayo Fayose, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, Iyiola Omisore,…

I’ll win presidential election by landslide, says Buhari

Nigeria’s main opposition candidate Muhammadu Buhari on Friday told AFP he was expecting to win next week’s presidential election by…

Jonathan’s N1.2bn campaign money divides Edo PDP, youths seal secretariat

Jethro Ibileke/Benin Edo state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), is currently embroiled in fresh crisis over alleged non-disbursement…

INEC meets with political parties to decide on election postponement

Nigeria’s election commission will on Saturday announce whether or not it will postpone national polls set for February 14, a…

First Boko Haram attack in Niger beaten back by troops

Islamist group Boko Haram for the first time launched an attack in Niger on Friday, striking at the town of…

Timipre Sylva invited, questioned by DSS

Former Bayelsa state governor and a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Timipre Sylva appeared before the Department of…

Sexually Abused Celebrities Open Up

Eromosele Ebhomele Many Nigerians may not have known that beyond the smile and happy mien of some celebrities in the…

Southerners Flee Northern Nigeria

Maduabuchi Nmeribeh/Kano Ahead of Nigeria’s 14 February presidential poll, southerners resident in the North are fleeing the region in droves,…

Election Splits Nollywood

Funsho Arogundade As the forthcoming 2015 general elections in Nigeria inch closer, a deep wedge has been driven into the…

Reasons Polls May Go Violent

Nigerian elections are just ten days away, and things are getting tense, reports Reuters. The country has a couple of…

#EkitiGate: Obanikoro denies rigging in leaked audio, sues SaharaReporters

Senator Musiliu Obanikoro has cleared the air on the audio released by online news medium SaharaReporters in the early hours…

#EkitiGate: The full transcript of the rigging conversation

In the early hours of Friday 6 February, a recording leaked on the internet and it was one that went…

Aregbesola Wins At Election Tribunal

The election tribunal sitting in Osun on Friday dismissed the petition filed by the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party…

APC USA lauds Council of State for resolving national puzzle

The United State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has lauded the Council of State for insisting that the general…

Audio: Secret Meeting Of How Fayose, Obanikoro, Omisore, Army General rigged Ekiti election

This is a secret recording of how a Nigerian minister colluded with an army Brigadier General to rig the 2014…

PVC: Lagos declares Friday work free day

The Lagos State Government Thursday declared Friday a work-free day for its workers just as state governor, Babatunde Fashola SAN,…

Chimamanda, Beyonce collaboration nominated for Grammy Award

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, critically acclaimed Nigerian novelist has been nominated for the 57th Grammy Award for her feminist-inspired collaboration with…

Edo commissioner joins to PDP from APC after fraud findings

Jethro Ibileke/Benin Edo state government has explained the reason for the sudden exit of Mr. Dennis Idahosa from the State…

NBC ‎warns media against taking money to air news reports‎

Jethro Ibileke/Benin The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Benin Zone, has warned all broadcasting stations under the zone against collecting money…

Council of State concludes meeting, says election will hold

The Council of State has concluded its meeting in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital and it agreed that the general elections slated…

Lagos Women Drill Ambode, Agbaje, Adeniji

Eromosele Ebhomele Three governorship candidates in the February elections in Lagos state, western Nigeria were on Thursday placed on the…

Jega Charged With Contempt of Court

Jethro Ibileke/Asaba A Federal High Court sitting in Warri, has fixed 10 February, 2015, for the commencement of contempt of…