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Jonathan Appoints SA On Social Media

Eromosele Ebhomele President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday appointed Obi Asika as Senior Special Assistant on Social Media. He replaces Reno…

Don’t  Go On Strike  Again, Fashola Begs Health Workers

Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola has appealed to the state’s health workers never to embark on strike again…

2015 Polls: Group Urges Nigerians To Stand Against Rigging

A group known as Take A Stand has urged Nigerians to stand against rigging in the forthcoming elections by being…

APC Decries Obanikoro’s Nomination As Minister

The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has described as laughable the inclusion of Senator Musiliu Obanikoro…

Nigeria Recaptures 11 Towns, Kills 300 Boko Haram Fighters

Nigerian forces backed by air strikes have killed more than 300 Boko Haram fighters during an operation to recapture 11…

Poll Shift: Jega Quizzed By Senate

Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Attahiru Jega, on Wednesday appeared before the Senate to clear the…

FG Uncovers 63,000 Ghost Workers

The Federal Government has disclosed that about 62,893 ghost workers have beeen weeded out of the payroll system, as it hoped…

New York Times editorial is inexcusably biased, ignorant – FG

Nigeria’s Ambassador to the United States, Prof. Ade Adefuye, on Tuesday described an editorial published by the New York Times…

Reduced Allocation: Delta To Sell ‎Shares To Generate Revenue

Jethro Ibileke/Asaba Delta state governor, Emmanuel Uduaghan, has given approval for the sale of its shares in Transcorp Ughelli Power…

Poll Shift: Over 52m voters have collected PVCs now, says INEC

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday said it had distributed 52,233,396 Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) nationwide, representing 75.88…

Benin Kingdom at War Over Jonathan, Buhari

Jethro Ibileke/Benin The Esogban of Benin kingdom, Chief David Edebiri, has come under severe criticism over a statement that the…

4 Tunisian police killed in ‘terrorist’ attack

Four Tunisian police were killed on Tuesday in what the government labelled a “terrorist attack” in a region known as…

Please stop strike actions, Fashola tells health workers

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos state on Tuesday appealed to health workers in the country to stop embarking on frequent…

Singapore PM discharged after prostate cancer surgery

Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong was discharged from hospital Wednesday after undergoing surgery for prostate cancer and his doctor…

Christian militia storm Iraq to fight IS

Decked out in his US army-issued fatigues and a lip stud shining from his mouth, the young American fighter cuts…

Boko Haram leader vows to disrupt Nigeria election

Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau vowed to disrupt Nigeria’s general election in a new video released Tuesday, after two suicide…

Interim national government is unconstitutional, it won’t happen – David Mark

President of the Senate, David Mark, has described the call for an interim national government by some Nigerians as “imprecise,…

Patience Jonathan responsible for Okrika bombings, says Amaechi

Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers state has blamed the violence in Okrika, Rivers state on the wife of the president,…

Mass burial for 11 Bayelsa PDP women

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The 11 female Bayelsa politicians who died in an auto crash on Saturday near the Old Ahoada…

Boko Haram suicide attack thwarted in Niger

A would-be suicide bomber was shot dead in southeastern Niger, on the border with Nigeria, as he attempted to blow…

House of Reps Defection: APC now has 181 members, PDP 156

Six Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members of the House of Representatives on Tuesday defected to other political parties particularly that…

Nigeria lacks institutions, processes to prevent corruption, says Okonjo-Iweala

The Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, said on Tuesday that corruption persisted in the country because Nigeria lacked the…

Death toll from Biu checkpoint blast, climbs to 38

wo suicide attacks in northeast Nigeria killed at least 38 people Tuesday, after Boko Haram razed a town and as…

Two dead in suicide blast at restaurant in Yobe

Two people were killed in a suicide blast at a restaurant in the northeast Nigerian city of Potiskum on Tuesday,…

Police officer killed, Channels reporter injured in Okrika blast

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt One policeman is feared dead and about 50 All Progressive Congress (APC) including Charles Eruka, reporter of…

Jonathan Sidelines Omokri, Appoints Asika As New Social Media Strategist

President Goodluck Jonathan has retooled his social media team, sidelining his increasingly controversial point man, Reno Omokri by appointing Obi…

Ex-APC scribe drags party, INEC to court over substitution

Akin Kuponiyi Former secretary of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Lagos state, Hon. Wasiu Eshilokun Sanni has dragged his…

APC Decries Obanikoro’s Nomination As Minister

The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has described as laughable the inclusion of Senator Musiliu Obanikoro…

Nigerian bloggers can’t investigate stories, Basketmouth laments

A renowned comedian, Bright Okpocha, popularly known as Basketmouth, has slammed bloggers for rushing to off load new materials on…

Malawi moves to ban child marriages

Malawi is poised to adopt a law banning child marriages in a country which has one of the world’s highest…