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Jonathan didn’t give Coop Societies, others N10bn – Abati

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The Presidency has said there is no iota of truth in the claims that President Goodluck Jonathan gave…

Vote Against Corruption, US Tells Africans

By Simon Ateba/Lagos The United States Assistant Secretary for African Affairs, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the most senior American official on African…

I’ll set up social media guidelines for FG – Obi Asika

Obi Asika, the newly appointed Special Assistant to the President on Social Media, said he would facilitate the setting up…

Nigeria student set to claim $1m Warwick MBA prize

Lola Apampa, a Nigerian student from Warwick Business School is part of a team competing for the chance to win…

Senate stalls Obanikoro’s ministerial confirmation

The Nigerian Senate stepped down the ministerial confirmation hearing for Senator Musiliu Obanikoro today. The Senate did not give any…

Lagos APC Condemns Jonathan’s Cash For Votes Trip To Lagos

The Lagos State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has condemned in the strongest terms President Jonathan’s open display…

Oshodi Boils Again, 3 Killed By Thugs

Cyriacus Izuekwe There was mayhem on Wednesday at Oshodi, a bustling suburb of Lagos, southwest Nigeria, as hoodlums went on…

Jonathan Gave S/West Coops N10b For Votes

Kazeem Ugbodaga It has emerged that Nigeria’s President, Goodluck Jonathan in a desperate move to win the forthcoming elections has…

Jonathan deliberately created opposition movement, says Anyim

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Sen. Anyim Pius Anyim, has said that the Jonathan administration created the…

Don’t judge Buhari based on his past – Rasheed Raji

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Nigerians have been told not to judge the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari by…

Blasts hit two Nigeria bus stations, at least 27 dead

Two blasts rocked bus stations in embattled northern Nigeria on Tuesday, killing at least 27 people, as relentless attacks persist…

I betrayed G7 colleagues, says Gov Lamido

Governor Sule Lamido of Jigawa, on Tuesday admitted that he betrayed his “G-7” governors in their face-off against Peoples Democratic…

The tide has turned against Boko Haram, says Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday said the military was gaining the upper hand against Boko Haram, despite two bombings in…

Ekiti Rigging Tape Should Be Investigated, Probed, says Soyinka

Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka has called for a proper investigation and probe of the alleged Ekiti rigging tape that…

Obasanjo’s torn party card has expired – PDP

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Secretary, Prof. Wale Oladipo, on Tuesday said former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s party membership card which…

APC says Boko Haram was Jonathan’s re-election trump card

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said President Goodluck Jonathan bears a huge moral responsibility that will hunt him for…

Fayose like a cancer to Ekiti, says Opeyemi Bamidele

Hon Opeyemi Bamidele popularly referred to has MOB as called on Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti state to stop wishing…

Obasanjo never commissioned Olorunsogo II – NDPHC

The management of the Niger Delta Power Holding Company Ltd (NDPHC) says the newly-commissioned 750MW National Integrated Power Project (NIPP)…

Explosion rocks busy Kano bus stop

An explosion hit a busy bus station in northern Nigeria’s largest city Kano on Tuesday, witnesses said, just hours after…

Money Laundering: Court orders EFCC to release Fani-Kayode’s passport

Akin Kuponiyi A Federal High Court in Lagos, has ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to release the…

Masked gunmen kidnap American woman in Kogi

Masked gunmen in central Nigeria kidnapped an American woman doing missionary work, with ransom the suspected motive for the attack,…

2 Killed As Customs, Smugglers In Bloody Clash

Yusuf Muhammed Men of the Nigeria Customs Service attached to Federal Operation Unit, FOU, on Monday clashed with rice smugglers…

Lagos Lawmakers To Honour Honest Cleaner

Eromsele Ebhomele This may be the beginning of better life for Josephine Agwu, a cleaner with one of the cleaning…

UPDATE: At least 17 dead in Potiskum bus blast

At least 17 people were killed on Tuesday when a blast ripped through a bus in Potiskum, northeast Nigeria, witnesses…

Couple Wanted Over N800m Fraud, Operated Fake Coop Society

Eromosele Ebhomele The 39-year old Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Megarice Co-operative Society Nigeria Limited, Mr. Harry Agbenu…

Blast rips through bus in Potiskum

A blast ripped through a bus in Potiskum, northeast Nigeria, on Tuesday, witnesses said, in the latest explosion to hit…

Synagogue: Coroner To Conclude Investigation In March

Henry Ojelu The Coroner investigating the September 12, 2014 building collapse within the premises of the Synagogue Church of All…

Buhari is stronger than Fayose, declares Amosun

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun state, southwest, Nigeria has come hard on his Ekiti counterpart, Ayodele Fayose over…

I don’t have Facebook, Twitter account, says Obasanjo

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Contrary to speculations from several quarters that the former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has social media accounts, especially…

Those against Buhari’s candidature are Nigeria’s enemies, says Amosun

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun state, Southwest, Nigeria has called for prayers from all Nigerians against those he…