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Kano declares Friday public holiday for PVCs collection

The Kano State Government has declared Friday, Feb. 6 public holiday to allow civil servants who have not collected their…

Lagos State Students’ Union Endorses Ambode

Damilare Okunola The National Union of Lagos State Students, NULASS, said that it has endorsed Akinwunmi Ambode, gubernatorial candidate of…

NANS Divided Over Jonathan Endorsement

The national leadership of the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, is not in agreement over the endorsement of President…

Knocks For FG Over Plans To Keep Students In School

Harrison Iyoha Nigerian students and their parents have reportedly slammed the Federal Government following comments by the Minister of Education,…

Tambuwal promises quality education, potable water

The All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Sokoto state, Hon. Aminu Tambuwal said that his administration would provide quality…

Sokoto PDP guber aspirant joins APC

By Haladu Abubakar/Sokoto Alhaji Ibrahim Magaji Gusau, former PDP gubernatorial aspirant on Wednesday renounced his membership of the party and…

Jonathan, PDP not trying to postpone elections – Fani Kayode

Femi Fani-Kayode, Director, Directorate of Media and Publicity, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Organisation has said that neither the…

Gunmen kidnap four oil workers in Bayelsa

Gunmen riding in a speedboat kidnapped four Nigerian oil workers in the crude-producing Niger Delta, the military said Wednesday, as…

Jonathan has implemented people-oriented programmes, re-elect him – Bafarawa

Former Sokoto State Governor, Attahiru Bafarawa, on Wednesday, urged Nigerians to massively vote for President Goodluck Jonathan in the February…

Obasanjo says no further comments on Nigeria

Former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, may have adopted a ‘siddon look’ attitude on Nigerian affairs, at least for now. The…

Ebola not over yet, new cases soar in Guinea, LIberia, Sierra Leone

The weekly number of new Ebola cases registered across Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone rose in the last week of…

APC’s clamour for change is mere hypocrisy, says Jonathan

Jethro Ibileke/Benin ‎ As campaigns for the 14 February, 2015 Presidential election hots up, President Goodluck Jonathan has described the…

Council of State has no power to postpone elections, says Falana

Nigeria’s human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has said the the Council of State has no powers to postpone the general…

Army top brass, NSA mount pressure on Jega to postpone the election

Ahead of the Council of State meeting on Thursday, top military officers and the National Security Adviser, Colonel Sambo Dasuki…

PDP accuses Amaechi of seizing federal allocations to councils

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Rivers state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused Governor Rotimi Amaechi of not…

Bayelsa raises alarm over INEC’s refusal to release 147,802 PVCs

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Bayelsa State Government has raised an alarm that, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC is on…

Nigerians want continuity and change, says Obanikoro

Senator Musiliu Obanikoro has stated that Nigerians want continuity at the federal level in Nigeria but change in Lagos state.…

Jonathan assured 98% victory in Anambra, says Ezenwa

The Coordinator of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Organisation in Anambra, Chief Okey Ezenwa, said the party would…

EFCC declares Nyako, son wanted over money laundering

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has declared Murtala Nyako, the former governor of Adamawa and his son, AbdulAziz…

70 civilians, six troops ‘killed in Boko Haram rampage in Cameroon’

Boko Haram fighters killed nearly 70 civilians and six soldiers in an onslaught on the Cameroonian border town of Fotokol…

Supreme Court set for judgment in suit to nullify Gov. Akpabio’s election

The Supreme Court on Wednesday fixed March 27, 2015, for judgment in an appeal brought by Mr Frank Okon, seeking…

PDP Using Police, FG Agencies To Terrorise APC Members

Kazeem Ugbodaga The All Progressives Congress, APC, has accused the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, of using the Nigeria Police Force…

Robert Mugabe, 90, falls down the stairs

Zimbabwe’s 90-year-old President Robert Mugabe fell down a staircase on Wednesday as he walked off a podium after addressing supporters…

NUC abolishes Pass Degree

The National Universities Commission (NUC) has abolished the award of Pass Degree in Nigerian Universities with effect from the 2013/…

Plot To Shift Elections Thickens

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The plot to get the Independent National Electoral Commission shift the presidential election slated for Saturday, 14 February…

2015 Elections: Jega Cancels Media Briefing

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja As preparations for the general elections gather momentum, the  Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC,  Prof…

Lagos Now Has 5.9m  Registered Voters –INEC

Kazeem Ugbodaga The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, says Lagos State now has 5.9 million registered voters ahead of next…

Boko Haram slits civilians’ throats in fresh attack

Boko Haram fighters slit civilians’ throats and torched the main mosque in the Cameroon border town of Fotokol during an…

LASU Re-Issues PhDs To 9 Lecturers

Kazeem Ugbodaga The authorities of the Lagos State University, LASU, have re-issued PhDs to nine lecturers whose certificates were earlier…

Truck Driver Faces Trial For Crushing Pregnant Woman To Death

Cyriacus Izuekwe A 40-year truck driver, Muyideen Oladosu, has been arrested and charged before Magistrate’s Court, Ejigbo for causing the…