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Ajimobi orders LGs to recruit workers

Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has directed the Caretaker Committee Chairmen in all the 33 local government councils in…

Delegates want confab subjected to referendum

Senator Femi Okunrounmu, representing South West at the National Conference, has supported suggestions that the outcome of the conference should…

Derivation: Yoruba delegates kick against Gambari Committee recommendation

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Delegates from the South west part of the country to the ongoing National Conference have disassociated themselves from…

EFCC arraigns Taraba Accountant General for N1.6bn fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Wednesday, arraigned the Taraba State Accountant–General, Joel Joseph Lenbang, before Justice Donatus Nwabueze…

Balmo Forest raid: FG Investigating politicians sponsoring Boko Haram

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The Federal Government said on Wednesday that it is investigating some unnamed politicians with alleged links to the…

Bamidele Aturu is dead

Kazeem Ugbodaga & Eromosele Ebhomele Bamidele Aturu, one of Nigeria’s foremost human rights lawyer is dead. Close friends to Aturu,…

S.Africa intel reveals ‘abuses’ in battle against Boko Haram

Nigeria faces a prolonged battle to quash the bloody Boko Haram insurgency despite a “hardline” campaign that has witnessed rights…

FIFA suspends Nigeria with immediate effect

The FIFA Emergency Committee has decided Wednesday to suspend the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) with immediate effect, on account of…

Nigeria has no territorial ambition – Dasuki

The National Security Adviser (NSA), Colonel Sambo Dasuki (retd), said on Wednesday 9 July that Nigeria respects the sovereignty of…

‘I Won’t Mind Being A Second Wife’

With ceaseless tales surrounding her relationship status, controversial Nollywood actress, Nkiru Sylvanus, has expressed her wish to be a second…

Genevieve Needs A Day Partner

Funsho Arogundade It is not what many are thinking of. But have you got great acting skills? Well here’s your…

Flood Renders 50 Families Homeless

Flood waters that overflowed a drainage system have displaced more than 50 families in Orihionmwon Local Government Area of Edo…

Pro-Amaechi Lawmaker Kidnapped

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Golden Chioma, a lawyer and Chairman of Judiciary committee of Rivers State House of Assembly representing Etche…

Women, children among 38 killed, as Israel pounds Gaza

Eleven women and children were among 17 Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza Wednesday, hiking the overall death toll…

Malaysian MP’s Hitler World Cup remark ‘unacceptable’

The German ambassador to Malaysia Holger Michael on Wednesday described a lawmaker’s tweet praising Adolf Hitler after Germany crushed Brazil…

Snowden applies to extend Russia stay

Fugitive United States intelligence contractor Edward Snowden has formally requested to stay in Russia past July 31, when his one-year…

Jonathan swears in Shekarau as Education Minister

President Goodluck Jonathan has sworn-in the four new ministers whose nomination was approved by the National Assembly last week just…

China’s first-half auto sales up 8.4%

Auto sales in China, the world’s biggest car market, reached 11.68 million vehicles in the first half of 2014, an…

‘We’ve Not Started Jonathan’s Re-Election Campaign’

Supporters of President Goodluck Jonathan under the aegis of GEJites Volunteers have disproved the statement issued on Thursday by the…
Ebenezer Alabi, a former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo State, dump party over alleged extortion

Lagos 2015: ‘Nothing Can Save APC From Defeat’

The Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has said that the All Progressives Congress, APC, is already…

Omisore accepts open debate with Aregbesola

Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate in Osun, Senator Iyiola Omisore has accepted the challenge to an open debate with Governor…

Ex-minister, others back 50-year jail term for corrupt judges

Former Minister of Sports , Prof. Taoheed Adedoja, on Tuesday expressed support for the 50-year jail term recommended for corrupt…

Tinubu will not return to Senate – PDP

The Lagos State chapter of the People Democratic Party on Tuesday 8 July vowed to stop Senator Oluremi Tinubu from…

In Pictures: Rauf Aregbesola Campaign Rally in Ede

Governor of the State of Osun, Rauf Aregbesola on 8 July had a mammoth political campaign rally at Ede Federal…

Oyo opens Apete bridge

The new pedestrian bridge constructed on Apete River in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, has been opened for public use.…

Asylum-seeker mothers ‘attempt suicide’ to give kids chance

A dozen mothers in an asylum-seeker camp have reportedly attempted suicide so their children can be settled in Australia, but…

Militants blast Somalia presidential palace

Islamist Shebab rebels carried out a major bomb and armed attack on Somalia’s presidential palace late Tuesday, penetrating the heavily…

PDP plotting to destabilise Edo for 2015 elections- Oshiomhole

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, governor of Edo State has accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of attempting to intimidate…

Court remands homosexual in prison custody

Jethro Ibileke/Benin A 27-year old man, Saturday Aigbedion, has been remanded in prison custody by an Oredo Magistrates’ Court in…

Confab to vote on devolution of power, resource control

In a bid to calm the already heightened emotions, proceedings at the plenary session of the National Conference was on…