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2015 Budget: FG earmarks N145.2bn for oil subsidy – Okonjo-Iweala

Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Minister of Finance, said that N145.2 billion had been set aside for payment of subsidy on petroleum…

Tribunal: Agbaje to inspect Lagos election material

Henry Ojelu The Lagos State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Ikeja today granted leave to Mr Jimi Agbaje of…

Rep Speaker: South-South canvasses support for Pally Iriase

Jethro Ibileke/Benin As senior members of House of Representatives from different zones continue to lobby for the position of Speaker,…

Scrap Amnesty Programme, Senator-Elect Tells Buhari

Adi Femi/Kaduna Kaduna senator-elect and President Civil Rights Congress, Comrade Shehu Sani, has urged president-elect Muhammadu Buhari to scrap the…

March 28, A Turning Point In Nigeria’s History – Saraki

The re-elected Senator for Kwara Central and leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the State, Dr. Bukola Saraki,…

I cannot be impeached, says Chime

Governor Sullivan Chime of Enugu State in eastern Nigeria has described the threat of impeachment against him by the state…
Goodluck Jonathan, former president of Nigeria

Jonathan sacks PEF, NCMDB Fund boss, appoints replacement

President Goodluck Jonathan continued his last gale of appointment and sack of public office holders on Tuesday with the removal…

Ejigbo Torture Saga: 10 Suspects Arraigned

Henry Ojelu Ten persons were Tuesday arraigned before a Lagos High Court in connection with the torture of three women…

Amputee joins Buhari trekkers, set out to Abuja from Kaduna

Femi Adi/Kaduna A double Amputee, Musa Ibrahim said has embarked on a 200km walk from Kaduna to Abuja in solidarity…

Police IG, Arase set to crackdown on cultists

The Inspector-General of Police, Ag. IGP Solomon E. Arase has expressed concern about the activity of cult groups in Benue,…

Lagos Election Petition Tribunal Begins Hearing

Henry Ojelu The Lagos State National and State Assembly Election Tribunal on Tuesday officially began hearing of petitions brought before…

LASG To Buhari: Declare June 12 Democracy Day

Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government has charged the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari to declare June 12 Democracy Day in honour…

Woman Bites Off Employee’s Ear Over Salary

Cyriacus Izuekwe A Magistrates’ court on Monday ordered the arrest of a hotel director, 38-year-old Mrs Mary Joan Adeiekwe who allegedly…

Dangote Set To Buy Arsenal

Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, has said he still wants to buy Arsenal despite failing in a 2010 bid to…
EFCC alleges foul play, approaches Court of Appeal to quash no-case ruling ex-governor Babangida Aliyu and Tanko Beji in N4bn fraud trial

Niger State govt sacks all political appointees, dissolves State Boards

The Niger State government has announced the termination of the appointment of political appointees and dissolution of State Boards with…
"N3.1bn fraud": Abubakar Umar tenders damning testimony against ex-governor Suswam

Chief Judge stops Suswam from appointing more chiefs

The Benue State Chief Judge, Justice Iorhemen Hwande, has restrained Governor Gabriel Suswam from appointing first class chiefs in the…

NNPC pipeline vandalised in Gov. Amosun’s village

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta An NNPC pipeline has been vandalised early Tuesday morning around Ajura-Ogere Remo axis of Ogun state, Southwest,Nigeria. The…

Kogi has no reason to be a poor state – gubernatorial aspirant

A governorship aspirant in Kogi, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, said the state had no reason to be listed among poor states…

Kano Govt trains 200 aspiring managers

The Kano State Government has organised a two-week training workshop for 200 senior officers aspiring for managerial positions in the…

Ugolor holding to my husband’s property, Oyerinde’s widow cries out

Jethro Ibileke/Benin Mrs. Funke Olaitan, wife of Olaitan Oyerinde, slain Principal Private Secretary to Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo state,…

FG paid oil marketers N154bn not N156bn – Okonjo-Iweala

Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has stated that the Federal Government paid oil marketers N154 billion and not N156…

PDP NWC blames Patience Jonathan, Fayose, others for party’s presidential election loss

The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has blamed the party’s loss at the March 28…

Assembly staff lock out lawmakers in Delta

The Delta chapter of Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN) on Monday prevented the staff and members of the House…

Rivers: Abducted LG boss, Ikegbidi released, hospitalised

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt After spending about two weeks in the kidnappers’ den, Chief Cassidy Ikegbidi,the Caretaker Committee Chairman of Ahoada…

Female banker, others charged with defrauding Emir of Kano’s account

Three former employees of a Nigerian top bank: Amina Magaji, Haruna Bulama Namadi and Muhammed Abdullahi (at large) were today…

140 convicted rapists make Lagos register of sex offenders

The Lagos State Government on Monday said that 140 convicted sex offenders had been recorded in a Sex Offenders’ Register…

Extradite ex-MINT boss, Okoyomon to UK, courts orders

Justice E. S Chukwu of the Federal High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja on Monday, May 4, 2015 ordered the…

Republican, Ben Carson to run for president

Miami (AFP) – US neurosurgeon Ben Carson announced that he is seeking the Republican Party’s presidential nomination. Carson, an African…
Senator Rasheed Ladoja

Ladoja challenges Ajimobi’s victory, heads to tribunal

Gbenro Adesina/Ibadan Senator Rasheed Ladoja, former governor of Oyo state and gubernatorial candidate of Accord Party in the last governorship…

Ondo gets Federal Polytechnic Ile-Oluji

The Minister of Education, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau, on Monday in Akure, presented letter of approval for Federal Polytechnic, Ile-Oluji, to…