BREAKING: Breaking: IRGC Intelligence Chief Khademi assassinated in US-Israeli strikes

Follow Us: Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube
LATEST SCORES:
Loading live scores...

News

The Senate invokes provisions of Section 157 (1) of the 1999 Constitution to sack Chairman of Code of Conduct Tribunal(CCT) Danladi Umar.

We will probe you, Reps tell CCT Chairman

The House of Representatives Committee on Public Petitions on Wednesday rejected a request by Justice Danladi Umar, Chairman, Code of…

Biafra idea cannot be destroyed, says Soyinka

Nigeria’s Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka warned the government against any harsh crackdown on pro-Biafran activists in an interview broadcast Wednesday…

Sultan directs Muslims to lookout for new moon

Sultan Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar on Wednesday called on Muslims to lookout for the moon of Rabi’ul Awwal. This is contained…
RMAFC on Tuesday reacts to ongoing controversies over the salaries and allowances being paid to members of the National Assembly.

Reps to investigate petrol crisis

The House of Representatives on Wednesday mandated its Committees on Petroleum Resources, Upstream, and Downstream, to investigate the lingering crisis…

Return of IDPs to their homes will begin in 2016 – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari says persons displaced by Boko Haram insurgency will earnestly begin to return to their home communities in…

Some politicians, groups strategizing to destabilize Bayelsa – PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa on Wednesday raised the alarm, alleging that some politicians and groups planned to…

Reps to investigate operations of NDLEA

The House of Representatives says it will investigate how the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), deals with seizures, disposal…

APC will replace Faleke if need be, says Oyegun

Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, says James Faleke will be replaced as deputy governor-elect should the…

We’ll recover funds stolen in arms procurement – EFCC boss

Acting Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, has said that the Commission will leave no stone…

FG, UNAIDS to partner on domestic HIV/AIDS drugs manufacture, others

The United Nations AIDS (UNAIDS) programme in Nigeria said it would partner the Federal Government in domestically sourcing funds and…

Displaced Nigerians will return home next year, says Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari said on Wednesday in Abuja that the return of persons displaced by the Boko Haram insurgency to…

Lagos bans open procession, fireworks during yuletide

…counsels residents against false alarm The Lagos State Government on Wednesday warned residents to desist from holding open processions during…

Nigeria beats Senegal 1-0, qualifies for Olympics

Nigeria has reached the finals of the U-23 African Nations Cup, after beating Senegal with a penalty scored in the…
LIRS

Entertainment company issues N3.32m dud cheque to LIRS

Mrs Ajibike Oshodi-Sholola, the Head, Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS), on Wednesday said a company in the entertainment industry…

FG will rehabilitate, reconstruct, recover losses in north-east – Osinbajo

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo said on Tuesday that the Federal Government was committed to the rehabilitation, reconstruction and recovery of…

Lawmaker condemns senate’s bid to cripple social media

Eromosele Ebhomele The representative of Epe Constituency 2 at the Lagos State House of Assembly, Segun Olulade, on Wednesday described…

Okowa inaugurates 6 Governing Councils, 5 Boards

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta state has inaugurated six Governing Councils, five boards and charged chairmen and…

Money laundering: Court orders Dokpesi remanded in EFCC custody

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Media mogul and founder of DAAR Communications, owner of popular Africa Independent Television and Raypower radio stations was…

Man jailed for life for selling marijuana, another bags 25 years for cocaine

Akin Kuponiyi A Federal high court sitting in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, Wednesday sentenced a 32-year-old man Aluagwu Lawrence to life…

Angela Merkel named Time Magazine’s Person of the Year

Angela Merkel, the German Chancellor has been named the 2015 TIME magazine person of the year. The prestigious title was…

Boko Haram’s safe havens, weapons flow, recruitment must be disrupted – US

The United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Amb. Samantha Power, on Wednesday said that Nigeria urgently needs to…

How we uncovered fraud in pensions payment —Oshiomhole

Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has revealed how the state government uncovered fraud in pension administration in the state,…

Muslim Comments: 35,000 Britons petition to ban Donald Trump from UK

More than 35,000 Britons have signed an online petition to ban United States Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump from the…

Muslim Ban: Somebody ‘Has to Say What’s Right’ – Donald Trump

In an exclusive interview with ABC News’ Barbara Walters today, Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump, currently at the center of…

100 protesters freed in Burundi

No fewer than 100 Burundian protesters who opposed President Pierre Nkurunziza during months of violence have been released from prison,…

Nigeria accounts for 10% of global maternal deaths — Consultant

A Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Dr Sylvanus Okogbenin, on Wednesday said Nigeria accounted for 10 per cent of global maternal…

Police probe death of women found in Ikorodu canal

The Lagos State Police Command says it is investigating the circumstances leading to the death of six women whose corpses…

Dokpesi to remain in EFCC custody

Justice Gabriel Kolawole has ordered that Raymond Dokpesi be remanded in EFCC custody pending the hearing of his bail application…