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ILO affirms support to FG job creation drive

The massive employment creation initiative of President Muhamadu Buhari received yet another boost following the commitment of the International Labour…

Education standard in Kogi is unacceptable – Yahaya Bello

Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, has reiterated his determination to prioritize educational development in the state, noting that, the…
Petrol price jumps to N520 per liter in Edo, Delta

Fuel scarcity: DPR seals four petrol stations in Abuja

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has sealed four petrol stations in Abuja for hoarding, under dispensing and other sharp…

Osun govt. suspends slaughtering of animals

The Government of Osun on Saturday ordered the suspension of slaughtering of animal in all abattoirs and meat shops across…

NNPC distributes 1,082 trucks of PMS nationwide

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) said a total of 1,082 truck of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) were loaded and…

FG re-inaugurates 46km Escravos-Warri Pipeline

The Federal Government has re-inaugurated the 46 kilometres Escravos-Warri-Kaduna pipeline for easy supply of crude to the refineries. This is…

Spend your resources wisely, Buhari tells universities

President Muhammadu Buhari has urged university administrators to ensure prudent management of scarce resource at their disposal. The president made…

All OAU lecturers embark on leave

Dr Caleb Aborisade, the Chairman of Academic Staff Union of Universities, Obafemi Awolowo University branch, said the institution’s lecturers have…

Fire destroys more than 150 makeshift structures in Lagos

No less than 150 makeshift structures were gutted by fire that started late Friday night at Kano Street, Ebute-Meta area…

NSCDC orders sale of diverted petrol

The Taraba Command of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) said it ordered the sale of 27,000 litres…

FG needs $700m to upgrade refineries – Kachikwu

The Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, said on Saturday that the Federal Government needed 700 million dollars…

Nigerian troops foil suicide attack

Troops of 7 Division Garrison Forward Operation Base (FOB) of Nigerian Army on Saturday averted yet another suicide bombing catastrophe…

Fayose’s letter to Chinese govt a display of foolishness – Ekiti Youths

Kazeem Ugbodaga Youths in Ekiti state have described Governor Ayodele Fayose’s letter to the Chinese Government as a display of…

Man arrested for defrauding blind man

Cyriacus Izuekwe A 49-year old man, Prince Cornell Demola has been arrested and charged before Isolo Magistrate court for allegedly…

I’ll resign if Panama revelations reveal wrongdoing – Pakistan PM

Pakistan’s embattled Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday announced he would resign if found guilty of having committed any wrongdoing…

Come clean on Shiite killings, Amnesty tells Nigeria

Satellite images and witness accounts offer damning new evidence that Nigeria’s military killed hundreds of minority Shiite Muslims late last…

Saraki: Why I am jumping from court to court

Senate president, Bukola Saraki, has decided to explain to Nigerians why he has been “jumping” from one courtroom to another…

PENDULUM: A Candid Response from the Senate President

My dear brother Dele, let me thank you most sincerely for your article last weekend, “My Candid Letter to Saraki.”…

I’m prosecuted for objecting a Muslim-Muslim ticket – Saraki

Nigeria’s senate president, Bukola Saraki has opened the lid on why he is being prosecuted by some persons in the…

I never struck a deal with PDP to be senate president, says Saraki

Bukola Saraki has explained how he emerged the senate president of the 8th assembly dismissing talks that he struck a…

Boko Haram: US to mobilise more aid for Nigeria

The United States on Friday pledged to mobilise more aid and support for Nigeria and other countries affected by the…

Why I fell out with President Jonathan – Saraki

Nigeria’s senate president, Bukola Saraki has explained why he had problems with the country’s immediate past president, Goodluck Jonathan. Saraki…

Nigerian troops arrest four Boko Haram kingpins

Nigerian Army troops of 3 Battalion, of 22 Task Force Brigade on Friday made an unprecedented catch with the arrest…

Man, 31, sent to prison for raping his sister-in-law

Paul Iyoghojie The Police at Lion Building Division, Lagos Island, Lagos, southwest Nigeria have arraigned a thirty-five year old man,…
Nigeria Joins Global Community in Commitment to Defeat Meningitis by 2030

Meningitis outbreak kills 76 in Niger Rep.

An outbreak of meningitis epidemic in Niger Republic has killed 76 people out of a total of 1,049 cases reported,…

Army parades fake colonel, three serving soldiers

The Nigerian Army on Friday paraded a fake colonel, Mr Prince Onyemauche and three serving soldiers who until their arrest…

Joint military force warns `militants’ against attacks on oil facilities

The joint military force deployed to protect oil infrastructure in the Niger Delta on Friday reiterated its resolve to crackdown…
Goodluck Jonathan, former president of Nigeria

$40m Fraud: Court remands Jonathan’s Cousin in EFCC custody

Henry Ojelu A Lagos Magistrate Court sitting in Ikeja has ordered that Robert Azibaola, a cousin of former President Goodluck…

Rickey Tarfa’s trial will go on – Justice Akintoye

Justice A. A. Akintoye of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Igbosere on Friday, dismissed an application filed before…

Wike sacks 23 LG caretaker chairmen, members

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has dissolved all the 23 Local Government caretaker committees with immediate…