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Buhari meets with Obama, World Bank, Bill Gates Foundation

President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday arrived Washington DC on four-day official visit to United States where he would discuss bilateral…

Aregbesola denies plan to sack 10,000 workers

Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun on Monday denied speculations that that his administration was planning to sack 10,000 workers. Aregbesola…

Beware! Fraudsters use COAS’ Name on Facebook

The Nigerian Army said it has come to its knowledge that some unscrupulous and criminal elements have started using the…
Court adjourns to hear applications by different factions of Shareholders of First bank Holdings over the controlling shares of the bank

First Bank Plc faces money laundering charge

Akin Kuponiyi A federal high court sitting in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria has adjourned till after vacation hearing in a three…

Legal education dwindling in Nigeria, says Osinbajo

The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo on Sunday urged legal professionals to reform and renovate the law profession in the…

PICTURES: Buhari painting US Green-White-Green

President Muhammadu Buhari has hit the ground running in the United States. Buhari who is on a four-day visit to…

Real president Florentino Perez ‘doesn’t like black players’ – Casillas’ agent

Florentino Perez has sensationally been accused of disliking black players by Iker Casillas’ agent. Santos Marquez, who insists the Real…

Buhari blacklists 113 vessels from lifting Nigeria’s crude

President Muhammadu Buhari has authorised the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to blacklist 113 vessels from lifting crude oil from…

Boko Haram: Army chief launches “Operation Lafiya Dole”

Maj.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, the Acting Chief of Army Staff, on Sunday launched “Operation Lafiya Dole” as a new code name…

Halliburton Bribery: The Timeline of a Scandal

By Remi Oyeyemi “A mediocre with adequate information is at a better advantage compared to a genius without information.” –…

OPC to sue NNPC over pipeline security contract

The Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) on Sunday said that it might sue the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) over failure…

Abimbola Silva, Nigeria’s foremost female doctor dies at 89

Dr Marienne Abimbola Silva has died peacefully on Sunday morning in Lagos. She was 89. Silva is the third female…

Eid El Fitr: Emir Sanusi weeps for Nigeria

Maduabuchi Nmeribeh/Kano Tears freely rolled down the cheeks of Emir of Kano, northwest Nigeria, Muhammad Sanusi II on Sunday at…

Obua, detained ex-CSO to Jonathan denied drugs, food, water – Lawyer

Gordon Obua, the Chief Security Officer to former President Goodluck Jonathan who was arrested on Thursday afternoon by the Department…

Defectors to APC are traitors to Ijaw nation – Bayelsa PDP

…says they lack electoral value and were never with us Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Peoples Democratic Party in Bayelsa state…

Police arrest 4 kidnappers in Kwara

Four members of a suspected kidnap gang that had been terrorising residents of Omu-Aran, Kwara, and its environs have been…

Damaturu-Biu road now free of mines, says Army

The Nigerian Army on Sunday said the Damaturu-Bui road which insurgents littered with mines had been cleared and now safe…

Osun still on path of peace, development, APC

The All Progressive Party (APC) in Osun on Sunday said the state was still on the path of peace, stability…

Don’t listen to Obama on gay issues- Group urges Buhari

Project for Human Development (PHD), a Civil Society Organisation, on Sunday urged President Mohammadu Buhari not to listen to the…

US visit: Beware of Greek Gift, Islamic cleric cautions Buhari

Jethro Ibileke/Benin As President Muhammadu Buhari departs for Washington DC tonight on a four-day official visit to the United States…

Appointments: Buhari has northern agenda, yet to appoint an Ijaw – VND

Vanguards of Nigeria’s Democracy (VND) has drawn the attention of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the appointments made by…

Buhari secretly plotting to jail Jonathan, says Niger-Delta Group

A coalition of Niger-Delta activists under the aegis of Vanguards of Nigeria’s Democracy (VND) on Saturday said it has uncovered…

FG committed to welfare, protection of children – Aisha Buhari

Wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari, said on Saturday that the federal government would continue to attach importance to…

5 bullet proof cars, destructive weapons found in Dasuki’s home – DSS

Nigeria’s Department of State Services (DSS) has stated that it found five bullet proof cars and destructive weapons in the…

House of Reps postpones resumption

The House of Representatives on Saturday, postponed its resumption date, which was earlier scheduled for July 21, 2015, tol Tuesday,…

Anti-Islam rallies, counter-protests flare in Australia

Sydney (AFP) – Rival anti-Islam and anti-racism rallies saw hundreds protest across Australia at the weekend with violent clashes in…

Islamic State kidnaps Nigerian, two others in Libya

Libya, (Reuters) – Islamic State has kidnapped three African Christians in eastern Libya, the group said, publishing their passport pictures.…

Nigeria is the most important country in Africa, says US Official

Ahead of President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit to the United States, a former assistant secretary of state, Johnnie Carson, has stated…

US to trace Nigeria’s stolen assets, boost military

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The United States will offer to help Nigeria’s new leader track down billions of dollars in stolen…
DSS raises alarm over plan to disrupt peace in Nigeria

SSS arrest ex-Chief Security Officer to Jonathan

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja In what seemed a continuation of the crackdown on officials of the immediate past administration by Nigeria’s secret…