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Lagos LG reverses sack of council workers

Kazeem Ugbodaga The Executive Secretary, Apapa/Iganmu Local Council Development Area, LCDA, Mrs Olufunmilayo Mohammed has reversed the decision to retrench…

Tribunal upholds Gbajabiamila’s election

The National Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Ikeja on Friday upheld the victory of the Majority Leader of the…
Uche Ekwunife

Tribunal upholds Sen Ekwunife’s election, sacks Rep in Anambra

The Justice Nayai Agabana-led three-man People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Awka on Friday upheld the election of Uche Ekwunife of…

CNN/Multichoice Awards: Digital Media changing the face of journalism

Seun Bisuga/Nairobi Blogs, social media and the internet have revolutionised journalism such that pluralism has become the benchmark for news…

CNN/Multichoice Awards: 20 years of journalism in Africa

Seun Bisuga/Nairobi Joana Mantey, a Ghanian journalist, who currently freelances was the first African journalist to scoop the African Journalist…

Buruji Kashamu sacked from Senate

The Election Tribunal in Ogun State has nullified the election of alleged US wanted drug baron, Buruji Kashamu. The tribunal…

South Sudan’s warring sides violated ceasefire over 50 times — Monitors

South Sudan’s warring sides have violated a ceasefire agreement over 50 times in the last 20 months, mediators said in…

6 die in Lagos auto crash

Report just coming in indicates that there a fatal accident has occurred at Onipanu bus stop, Lagos, western Nigeria. According…

Ogun Update: PDP loses House of Reps seat

Aremo Adekoya Adesegun Abdel-Majid, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic candidate in the 28 March House of Representatives election in…

Council boss decries attacks on villages

Mr Titus Bise, Chairman Mangu Local Government of Plateau has expressed concern over incessant attacks on villages in the area…

Insecurity: Lawyers advocate community policing

Two lawyers have advocated community policing to curb insecurity in the country. The lawyers expressed the view in separate interviews…

Gunmen kill oil worker in Bayelsa

Unidentified gunmen on Friday killed an oil worker at the Kolo Creek Oilfields operated by Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC)…
Nigeria's ex-oil minister Diezani arraigns in UK Court charged with bribery

Diezani Alison-Madueke has cancer, goes for surgery: Family

Nigeria’s former petroleum minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke, has cancer, the family’s lawyer confirmed. In a statement meant to debunk a rash…

Tribunal orders rerun of Ogun Assembly election

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The National and State Houses of Assembly tribunal sitting in Isabo, Abeokuta Friday ordered fresh election to be…

Court issues Bench Warrant on Apugo over N36m fraud

A Federal High Court sitting in Umuahia, Abia State, has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of Prince Benedict…

2 traders land in prison for removing another trader’s teeth

Paul Iyoghojie Two housewives who are traders at Daddy Alaja market, Oke Arin, Lagos Island, western Nigeria, have been arraigned…

Tight security as tribunal rules on case against Kashamu, others

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Security was tightened Friday morning around Magistrates’ Court, Isabo venue of the sitting of the National and State…

Angela Merkel? Pope Francis? Gamblers Bet on Nobel Peace Prize Winner

Five people in Oslo, all appointed by the Norwegian Parliament and all sworn to secrecy, already know who is winning…

Loss to Congo: Nigerians write off Oliseh’s Eagles

Taiwo Adelu Disappointed football loving Nigerians have slammed the senior national team, the Super Eagles for losing 0-2 to DR…
Medical staff attending to Ebola Virus victim

Ebola: 10 quarantined in Nigeria

Reuters – Ten people have been quarantined after coming into contact with a patient with Ebola-like symptoms in the southern…

Akwa Ibom election alien to civilisation, counsel tells tribunal

The Akwa Ibom State governorship tribunal resumed sitting on Thursday for the adoption of final written addresses by parties with…

I did not accuse PENCOM of diverting N3.5trn – Oshiomhole

Jethro Ibileke/Benin Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State Thursday denied accusing Nigerian Pension Commission (PENCOM) of diverting N3.5 trillion pension…

Improving national security my priority, says Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari said on Thursday in Abuja that significant improvements in national security remains the topmost priority of his…

Nigerian army reinforces after Boko Haram attack on troops

The Nigerian Army on Thursday confirmed an attack on Sector 1 of 27 Task Force Brigade located at Gaidam, Yobe…

Osinbajo calls for reduction in electricity tariffs

Vice President of Nigeria, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has stated that until there is stability in the power sector, electricity tariffs…

Oshiomhole canvases more support for Buhari

Jethro Ibileke/Benin Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo state has appealed to Nigerians to support President Muhammadu Buhari’s quest to build…

Defected former commissioners are thieves, debtors – Delta PDP chairman

Jethro Ibileke/Asaba The chairman of Delta state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Edwin Uzor, has described prominent…

2Face advises Kogi youths to shun violence during poll

Popular musician, Innocent Idibia aka 2Face, has advised youths in Kogi not to engage in violence before, during and after…

Mina stampede: 355 Nigerians involved, 99 confirmed dead

The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) on Thursday said 355 Nigerians were involved in the Mina Stampede, out of…

Reps call for activation of CCTV nationwide

The House of Representatives on Thursday urged federal, states and local governments to install and reactivate Close Circuit Television (CCTV)…