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INEC urged to start preparing for 2019 elections

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has been urged to start preparations for 2019 electoral process to avoid recurrence of challenges…

Court orders Police Affairs Ministry to regularise teachers salaries

The National Industrial Court of Nigeria, has ordered the Ministry of Police Affairs to regularise the salaries of teachers in…

LASG calls for creation of data bank for churches, mosques

The Lagos State Government on Monday called for the creation of a data bank for churches and mosques in the…

7,436 Nigerians crossed European borders illegally in 2015 – EU

The European Union on Monday said 7,436 Nigerians crossed into Europe from Nigeria illegally in the second quarter of 2015.…

We will hold you by the oath, Buhari tells INEC chairman, commissioners

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday told the newly inaugurated INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, and five national commissioners of the…

EX-NSA Dasuki sues FG over threat to his life

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Former National Security Adviser (NSA) Colonel Sambo Mohammed Dasuki (rtd) has dragged the Federal Government to a Federal…

Suspected Boko Haram terrorist arrested – Army

The Nigerian Army says it has arrested one Ishaku Wardifen, a suspected Boko Haram terrorist it recently declared wanted. In…

U.S. envoy urges unfettered access to information to grow Nigeria’s democracy

The U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr James Entwistle on Monday called for open and unfettered access to information to promote…

Ugwuanyi promises to provide facilities for accreditation of College of Education

Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, has promised to provide necessary facilities for the accreditation of Enugu State Colleges of…

Gbajabiamila’s loyalists boycott inauguration of House of Reps committees

Some loyalists of the Leader of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila on Monday boycotted the inauguration of Standing Committees…

Kosovo fails in UNESCO membership bid

Kosovo on Monday failed to secure enough support to join UN culture agency UNESCO, in a victory for Serbia. A…

Be committed to Buhari’s anti-corruption campaign, Dogara tells Reps

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, on Monday urged members of the house’s standing committees to be committed…

Rivers Assembly confirms 22 LG caretaker chairmen-nominees

The Rivers State House of Assembly has screened and confirmed the 22 nominees as Chairmen of Caretaker Committees of the…

Protest as Lagos Speaker names committee chairmen

Eromosele Ebhomele There were protests on Monday afternoon at the Lagos State House of Assembly as a ranking member of…

Former Senate leader, Ndoma-Egba, seeks APC platform to further political career

Former Senate Leader Victor Ndoma-Egba visited the State Secretariat of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Calabar on Monday for consultation…

Buhari confirms Lamorde’s sack, appoints Magu as acting EFCC chairman

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Mr. Ibrahim Mustafa Magu as the acting Chairman of the Economic and…

Man arrested for defrauding dead friend

Cyriacus Izuekwe A 46-year old man, Dayo Akala has been arrested and charged before Isolo magistrate’s court for allegedly defrauding…

State of emergency declared at Lake Chad amid rising militant attacks

Chad’s government on Monday declared state of emergency in the Lake Chad region on the ground that the area has…

Buhari sacks EFCC boss, Lamorde

The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in Nigeria, Ibrahim Lamorde, has been sacked by President Muhammadu Buhari…

Hilarious: Fayose caught buying goat meat

Hilarious: Fayose caught buying goat meat Governor Ayodele Fayose was on Monday at the Awedele Market, Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti…

Wife seeks divorce of 20-year-old marriage over alleged desertion

A 42-year-old housewife, Mrs Rasheed Taiwo, on Monday asked an Ado-Ekiti Customary Court to dissolve her 20-year-old marriage to her…
Scene of a bomb attack in Jos

Boko Haram suicide bombers attack Cameroon mosque

Two female suicide bombers suspected of belonging to the Boko Haram militant group blew themselves on Monday near a mosque…

Synagogue engineers to face the law – Court

…Indicted Persons To Face Trial Immediately, Says LASG Justice Ibrahim Buba of the Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday…

Ohanaeze Ndigbo outlines problem of South Eastern states

Members of Ohanaeze Ndigbo in Niger have identified lack of unity as a major impediment to socio-political development of most…

Ex-LG chairman to sue 32 Imams over N114 embezzlement allegaton

A former chairman of Isa Local Government in Sokoto State, Alhaji Umar Wali, on Monday said he would sue 32…

Action Governor: Ambode arrests one-way bus driver

In a typical case of “if you want the job done, do it yourself”, Lagos state governor, Akinwunmi Ambode personally…

Ambode pledges support to bone marrow transplant centre

Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Monday pledged the support of the state government to see to the completion of…

Ambode congratulates triumphant Golden Eaglets

Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Monday congratulated the Golden Eaglets for their feat at the just concluded…

Electoral offenders must be punished, says Buhari

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari said on Monday that adequate punishments must be meted out for all forms of electoral…
Godsday Orubebe

CCT adjourns Orubebe’s bribery trial till Nov 26

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja orubebe The Code of Conduct Tribunal has adjourned the trial of Elder Godsday Orubebe, a former minister of…