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Monarch to Governors: Promote fishing festivals, to boost revenue

Oba Rafiu Salami, the Onibeju of Ibejuland, Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos on Sunday urged government at all levels to invest in fishing…

NGO calls for probe of Nigeria’s oil sales

An NGO, Natural Resources Governance Institute (NRGI), on Sunday urged the Federal Government to critically look into the nation’s oil…

Ambode approves single account for all govt transactions

In an effort to efficiently improve on the processes of revenue generation and collection in the state and also to…

No N2bn contract to renovate Plateau Govt. House – Spokesperson

Emmanuel Nanle, the Director of Press and Public Affairs to Plateau Governor Simon Lalong, has said that the governor is…

Agip pipeline eruption: Bayelsa Govt. seeks FG’s intervention

The Bayelsa Government has called for Federal Government’s intervention, to check frequent oil pipeline explosions in the Niger Delta. Bayelsa’s…

Pakistan provincial minister among 10 killed in suicide attack

A suicide bomber on Sunday killed a Pakistani provincial minister and at least nine other people at a building where…

South Sudan president to attend peace talks

Juba (AFP) – South Sudanese President Salva Kiir will attend peace talks aimed at brokering an end to civil war,…

70 dead in Syria regime raids near Damascus

At least 70 people were killed Sunday in a string of Syrian government air strikes on a marketplace in Douma,…
RMAFC on Tuesday reacts to ongoing controversies over the salaries and allowances being paid to members of the National Assembly.

NASS Largesse: Senators receive N23.4m, Reps N17m each

The 8th National Assembly is yet to pass a bill but has spent N12, 967, 600,000 in two months to…

‘Why Buhari can’t forgive corrupt Nigerians’ – APC

Eromosele Ebhomele The All Progressives Congress, APC, on Sunday described as spine-chilling and mind-boggling the massive looting of the nation’s…

‘Offensive exam question’: SERAP drags Amosun to UN

A civil society group, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an urgent appeal to two UN special rapporteurs…

Part-time legislature the solution to NASS allowances, says Lateef Raji

Lateef Raji, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Special Adviser on Information and Strategy to Lagos State…

“Keep Off Nigeria!”- Workers Tell Walmart

The Federation of Informal Workers’ Organizations of Nigeria (FIWON), representing millions of working people in the informal sectors of the…
President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud of Somalia

Somali lawmakers seek to remove president over corruption claims

Mogadishu (Reuters) – Somali lawmakers have a filed a motion to parliament to dismiss President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, accusing him…

Southern African leaders meet as region faces food crisis

Johannesburg (AFP) – Leaders of 15 southern African countries will gather for an annual summit on Monday as the region…

Why official release of manifest is delayed – Bristow official

The delay in the official release of the names contained in the manifest of the ill-fated helicopter that crashed into…

Female suicide bomber kills 3 in Borno attack

Maiduguri, (Reuters) – A suicide bomber detonated an explosive device strapped on her body near a market in the northeastern…

Arase promotes three policemen who died in suicide attack, nine others

Ayorinde Oluokun It was promotion galore as nine members of the police rank and file got promoted to their next…

Nigeria Air force commences air strike over Sambisa forest

The Nigerian Military in its resolution to incapacitate and further degrade the fighting spirit of Boko Haram Terrorist Group (BHT),…

Customs destroy N5.8m frozen poultry products in Edo

The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operation Unit Zone C, on Saturday destroyed 600 cartons of smuggled frozen turkey and…

Kingmakers flout court order, crown new Ikorodu king

Despite a subsisting court order, kingmakers in Ikorodu, Lagos State, western Nigeria, on Saturday, enthroned Oba Kabiru Shotobi, as the…
Ex- President Boni Yayi

Kebbi Govt. to establish dry port on Nigeria, Benin Rep. border

Gov. Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi and officials of the Republic of Benin have commenced discussion on the establishment of a…

APC harvests defectors from PDP as Alaibe, others decamp

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt All Progressive Congress, APC, had a big harvest in Bayelsa state today as the Peoples Democratic Party,…

Town Union to construct N250m cultural centre in Anambra

The National President, Anambra State Association of Town Unions, Dr Jude Okolo, on Saturday said the body would spend N250…

El-Rufa’i saves over N221m from Hajj stoppage

The Kaduna State Government said it has appointed the Emir of Birnin Gwari, Alhaji Zubairu Jibril, as the 2015 Amirul-Hajj…

Alaibe, Lokpobiri, 1,500 others dump PDP for APC

The All Progressive Congress (APC) on Saturday received 1,150 new members in Bayelsa ahead of the governorship election in the…

Nigerian Man, Freeman Osonuga Shortlisted To Fly To Space

Funsho Arogundade Nigerian Man, Freeman Osonuga Shortlisted To Fly To Space A Nigerian man Freeman Osonuga has been shortlisted as…

Helicopter Crash: Why release of manifest is delayed – Airline official

The delay in the official release of the names contained in the manifest of the ill-fated helicopter that crashed into…

Akpabio seeks leave to call additional 1,106 witnesses

Former Governor of Akwa Ibom State and now senator, Godswill Akpabio has applied to the state’s national and state Houses…

Former Okitipupa LG Chairman dies at 40

A former Chairman of Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo State, Mr Femi Aju is dead. NAN learnt that the…