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Ologunde Appointed DG Of Ambode Campaign Organisation

An experienced political tactician, public administrator and vice-chairman of the Lagos West Senatorial district of the All Progressives Congress, Chief…

Army restricts vehicular movement in Maiduguri

The 7 Division of the Nigerian Army, Maiduguri, on Wednesday announced a two-day restriction of vehicular movements in Maiduguri and…

Boko Haram: Army explains delay in recapturing seized towns

The Nigerian Army said on Wednesday that the need to reduce collateral damage had delayed the recapture of some towns…

2015: Nigeria political rhetoric rising six weeks from polls

Nigeria’s main opposition lashed out at the government on Wednesday in a series of New Year’s messages as political rhetoric…

Two Germans killed in Nigeria

Two German men have been killed in Nigeria, the foreign ministry in Berlin said Wednesday, as media reported they were…

TB Joshua to host relatives of building collapse victims

Nigerian pastor TB Joshua will host a New Year’s memorial service for the South African relatives of those killed in…

Buhari assures Nigerians of a better 2015

General Muhammadu Buhari, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has declared that 2015 will be a better year…

Noise Pollution: Church Detains LASG Officials

Kazeem Ugbodaga Two environmental officers of the Lagos State Government were detained on the order of the pastor of Sunrise…

Group Mobilises Against New Oyo REC

Eromosele Ebhomele A seven-day mass protest is being planned across Oyo State, western Nigeria, to reject Ambassador Rufus Akeju as…

Agbaje Can’t Govern Lagos, Says Fashola

Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola says Lagos State is too big to be handed over to the Peoples…

Kidnappers Kill Monarch’s Wife After Collecting Ransom

The wife of Oba Ayelomi, the traditional ruler of Lumure Ayeka-Okitipupa in Ondo State, Dupe, who was kidnapped from her residence…

Buhari Listed Among World’s Top Army Generals

General Muhammadu Buhari, the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, has been ranked among the top 25 war generals by…

Jonathan Links Modu Sheriff With Boko Haram

President Goodluck Jonathan has linked former Governor of Borno State, Ali Modu Sheriff, with the extremist Boko Haram sect. According to PREMIUM…

Essebsi, 88, sworn in as Tunisia president

Anti-Islamist Beji Caid Essebsi, 88, was sworn in as Tunisia’s first freely elected president at a ceremony in parliament on…

Battle For Ikuforiji’s Job Hots Up

Eromosele Ebhomele With the easing out of some members of the Lagos State House of Assembly through the recent primary…

Jonathan laments use of social media for negative criticism

President Goodluck Jonathan has decried the use of the social media worldwide to create social discontent and anarchy in the…

My running mate, a woman of integrity, says Wike

Nyesom Wike, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Rivers has picked Dr Ipalibo Banigo as his running mate…

I’ll perform so well, Nigerians will ask for another Bayelsan, says Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan has told leaders from his home state, Bayelsa that he will perform creditably well as president of…

Boko Haram raid town near Chibok

Suspected Boko Haram gunmen launched a deadly raid Tuesday on a village near the town of Chibok where more than…

Bankole to be named Ogun SDP governorship candidate

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Indication has emerged Wednesday morning that the former Speaker of the Federal House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Dimeji…

Kogi moves to stop Fulani herdsmen, communities clash

Kogi State Government said on Tuesday that steps were being taken to address the incessant clashes between Fulani herdsmen and…

Jonathan’s South South got lion share of N1.6trillion capital vote

It has emerged that nearly half of Nigeria’s federal government’s N1. 6 trillion 2014 capital votes went to the South-…

Nigerian graduates can compete globally, says UNILAG VC

The Vice-Chancellor, University of Lagos, Prof. Rahamon Bello, says Nigeria’s education sector has not done badly in its quest to…

Nigeria declares Thursday, Friday public holiday

The Federal Government of Nigeria has declared both Thursday 1 January and Friday, 2 January 2015 as public holiday. Friday…

Aborted Coup: Yahya Jammeh hurries back to Gambia

Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh said he was returning home from Chad late on Tuesday, after gunfire erupted around the presidential…

China to give parents of wrongfully executed man $330,000

A Chinese court will give the parents of a teenager wrongfully executed for murder and rape 18 years ago more…

Eight killed in Canada ‘senseless mass murder’

MONTREAL (AFP) – Police investigated Tuesday the “senseless mass murder” of six adults and two children in western Canada who…

Two-year-old in US accidentally kills mother

A two-year-old boy on Tuesday accidentally shot and killed his mother in a Walmart store after taking a gun from…

UN Security Council defeats Palestine Statehood resolution

The UN Security Council failed Tuesday to adopt a resolution on Palestinian statehood by a vote of eight to two,…

Jonathan ill? Concern over Nigerian leader’s visit to London

*A News Commentary on Jonathan’s private visit abroad Nigerians have expressed concerns over the reason for President Goodluck Jonathan’s private…