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Rivers APC leaders meet Oyegun, seek audience with Buhari

Leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers state on Wednesday requested a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari to…

Begin fresh probe on Ekiti guber election, Group tells FG

The Committee for the Protection of Peoples Mandate (CPPM), on Wednesday, urged the Federal Government to commence a new probe…

EFCC boss meets UAE envoy over stolen funds

Barely two weeks after President Muhammadu Buhari signed a Mutual Legal Assistance agreement with the United Arab Emirate on the…

Benin multiple explosions not caused by bomb – Army

Jethro Ibileke/Benin Military authorities in Benin have clarified that the multiple explosions that occurred on Tuesday were caused by improvised…

Work resumes on rehabilitation of Ajasa-Command, Abesan roads

Barely two weeks after Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode inspected the state of Ajasa-Command and Abesan roads, work has…

RRS choppers located crashed Bristow helicopter

The efficacy of the three helicopters of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) purchased by the present administration of Governor Akinwunmi…
Godwin Emefiele, CBN Governo

Airline operators appeal to FG on Forex restriction

The Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) on Wednesday appealed to the Federal Government to rescind its decision to restrict supply…

How RRS choppers located crashed Lagos-bound Bristow helicopter

Kazeem Ugbodaga The efficient deployment of three helicopters of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) purchased by the present administration of…

Masses will not suffer in our administration— Osinbajo

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Nigeria’s Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has promised that the Federal Government will not allow any citizen to…

Deployment of policemen to North-East underway – Arase

The Inspector-General of Police, Mr Solomon Arase has said that the deployment of policemen to liberated communities to re-establish civil…
Court grants EFCC interim order to freeze 1,146 bank accounts being investigated for unauthorized dealing in forex exchange, others

EFCC docks two suspected fraudsters for N17m fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday February 2, 2016 arraigned the duo of Festus Ozemoya and Isaac…

BREAKING: James Ibori released from UK prison, re-arrested

Former governor of Delta State, James Onanefe Ibori has completed his prison terms in the United Kingdom. But he is…

Nigerian troops kill Boko Haram fighters, rescue hostages

Nigerian army has stated that its troops have killed Boko Haram terrorists and have rescued hostages, recovered arms and destroyed…

UPDATE: No casualty as Bristow helicopter crashes

A Bristow helicopter coming from Port Harcourt to Lagos has crashed into the Lagos lagoon, but with all the 11…

Why I can’t stop wearing khaki, red beret — Dalung

Eromosele Ebhomele Following a barrage of inquiries into why the Nigerian Sports Minister, Solomon Dalung, has made the red beret…

Akwa Ibom: Supreme Court set for verdict

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The Supreme Court is set to rule on the case filed by Udom Emmanuel, the governor of Akwa…

Ogun at 40: Osinbajo continues project commissioning

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Nigeria’s Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, will be in Ogun State on Wednesday to commission more projects in…

Bristow helicopter carrying 11 passengers crashes in Lagos

A Bristow Helicopter has crashed into the Atlantic Ocean around Lagos. The helicopter with registration No. 5NBJQ, is believed to…

See cyber fraudster posing as Nigerian governor

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, February 3, 2016 arraigned one Sabo Sani Labaran before Justice Abubakar…

2 arrested for battering Police Inspector

Cyriacus Izuekwe A Police Inspector serving at Igando Division, Balogun Johnson, was battered recently while he was performing his official…

NOA slams critics, says will not succumb to blackmail

The National Orientation Agency (NOA) has warned people with sinister motive against the agency to desist from secret efforts to…

Supreme Court rules on Akwa Ibom, Abia election today

Nigeria’s Supreme Court will hear the Akwa Ibom and Abia state governorship appeals today and as they had done with…

Sule Lamido’s son suspended as district head

The Dutse emirate in Jigawa on Tuesday suspended Alhaji Mustapha Lamido, the District Head of Bamaina in Birninkudu Local Government,…

2 community leaders arraigned over alleged damage to N100m property

Paul Iyoghojie Two Community leaders at Ibeju Lekki area of Lagos State, western Nigeria, Mojeed Babtunde, 70, and Tajudeen Ajenifuja,…

3 Ecobank employees docked for stealing N2.8m from customers’ accounts

Three Ecobank employees were arraigned in Lagos on Tuesday for allegedly stealing N2.8 million from customers’ accounts. The accused persons…

Funding constrains MNJTF in fight against Boko Haram

Funding for a multinational force to combat Boko Haram’s deadly Islamist insurgency in West and Central Africa remains well short…

NIMASA paid me N905m for unexecuted jobs – Witness

A prosecution witness, Uche Obilor in the ongoing trial of former Director-General of NIMASA, Patrick Akpobolokemi and six others today…

Apologize now, Okowa tells APC, LP guber candidate

Jethro Ibileke/Asaba Following his victory at the Supreme Court which declared him winner of the 11 April, 2015 governorship election…

ICC considering Falana’s petition against Okonjo-Iweala

The International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague has confirmed that it is considering the petition submitted to it by…

Anxiety, tension grip Benin as multiple explosions rip 4 buildings apart

Jethro Ibileke/Benin There was palpable fear, anxiety and tension in Benin City, capital of Edo state on Tuesday afternoon, as…