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Pay Ecobank N3.1bn, court orders Zamfara Govt

Justice Okon Abang of a Federal High Court, Lagos, on Wednesday ordered Zamfara Government to pay Ecobank Nigeria N3.1 billion…

Bayelsa: Coast clear for Sylva as Alaibe pulls out of APC guber primary

Timi Alaibe, former Managing Director of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDCC, has withdrawn from the gubernatorial primary of the All…

Adeyeye emerges Senate chief whip

Senator Olusola Adeyeye (APC-Osun Central) has been made the new chief whip of the Nigerian senate. Adeyeye was nominated for…

Man batters wife, throws her out for rejecting custody of love child

Cyriacus Izuekwe A housewife, Mrs Sinmiat Omowumi Ogunbanjo, has been battered by her husband, Jimmy Omotalabo Ogunbanjo, after she reportedly…

Husband, wife sent to prison for human trafficking

Cyriacus Izuekwe The police at Ikotun division have rescued a 20-year-old youth, Godspower Otache, allegedly kept in captivity for several…

Tension in Ibadan Poly as student dies at Medical Centre

Taiwo Okanlawon Uneasy calm pervades the Polytechnic Ibadan following the death of a student on Tuesday morning due to alleged…

Man who accused Amosun’s wife of money laundering arraigned

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Emmanuel Adediran, the man that went on the social media to defame the wife of the state governor,…

Tinubu commiserates with Onosode’s family

Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, a national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has commiserated with the family of Gamaliel Onosode…

Ministerial List: Buhari appoints self as Petroleum Minister

A glimpse into the cabinet list of President Muhammadu Buhari has been revealed by the President himself. He will head…

Abducted professor’s whereabouts unknown, 3 months after

Jethro Ibileke/Benin Three months and two weeks after he was abducted by unknown gunmen from his Igbanke community in Orhionmwon…

Ambode mourns passage of Onosode

Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday expressed sadness over the death of foremost technocrat and industrialist, Gamaliel…

Falae Kidnap Saga: We were not privy to ransom arrangement – IGP

Kazeem Ugbodaga The Inspector General of Police, IGP, Solomon Arase says the police force is not privy to any arrangement…
RMAFC on Tuesday reacts to ongoing controversies over the salaries and allowances being paid to members of the National Assembly.

Senate to investigate hajj stampede

The Senate on Tuesday resolved to set up a committee to investigate the causes of the Hajj stampede which claimed…

Lagos Assembly dashes Ambode’s hope over cabinet list

Eromosele Ebhomele Hopes by the Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, to swear in members of his cabinet on…

Buhari to Senate: Approve $200m loan for Lagos

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday wrote the two chambers of the Nigeria National Assembly asking for the approval of 200…

Buhari mourns Gamaliel Onosode

President Muhammadu Buhari has extended his heartfelt condolences to the family of the foremost administrator and technocrat, Gamaliel Onosode, who…

How to counter ISIL, extremism by Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has proffered solutions to countering the activities of violent Islamist group, the Islamic State of Iraq and…
A Nigerian pilgrim on 2024 Hajj from Niger State, Hajiya Adeshetu Abubakar, dies reportedly of heat stroke in Makkah, Saudi Arabia.

Hajj stampede: Nasarawa loses 1 pilgrim, 2 missing

The Nasarawa state Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board on Tuesday confirmed that one pilgrim from the state died while two others…

First batch of Ogun pilgrims arrive from Saudi

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta First batch of pilgrims from Ogun State arrived from the holy land of Mecca and Medina Monday afternoon.…

Onosode was an icon of best of Nigeria’s national values – Anyaoku

Former Commonwealth Secretary-General Emeka Anyaoku has described the late Gamaliel Onosode as a true symbol of integrity, an outstanding patriot…

For now, Nigerians give Buhari benefit of doubt

Reuters – Nigerian beautician Rasheedat Lawal has seen sales at her cosmetics salon plunge since President Muhammadu Buhari came to…

Drama as Senators pass vote of confidence on Saraki

There was drama in the senate as Nigerian Senators passed a vote of confidence on embattled Senate President, Bukola Saraki,…

Lagos sends off 30 retired Perm Secs

Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government has sent off 30 retired Permanent Secretaries who served the state meritoriously for over…

Timipre Sylva sure of winning re-run APC primary

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The campaign team of Timipre Sylva, has boasted that Sylva will win the governorship primary of the…

Gamaliel Onosode dies at 82

Gamaliel Onosode, frontline industrialist, technocrat and administrator, has died at the age of 82. He died at 8:15 a.m. on…

I will soon die— Grandpa taunts N30m land fraud victim

Cyriacus Izuekwe An 88-year old man, Pa Adeola Ajidahun, has taunted his victim, Kehinde Ola whom he allegedly defrauded to…

Woman sent to prison a week to her wedding

Cyriacus Izuekwe A 33-year-old woman Olawunmi Oyebode has been arrested and remanded in prison custody at Kirikiri for assault. This…
UNDEDSS Executive Secretary, Tony Uranta: warns secessionist agitators against including Niger Delta states in their maps

Uranta lists Nigeria’s problems at 55

Eromosele Ebhomele Nigeria will be 55 years old on Thursday, but Tony Uranta, a former member of the National Dialogue…

“My major aim is to rescue Chibok girls alive and unharmed”, Buhari tells UNGA

President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria promised at the United Nations on Monday to rescue the schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram…

Deputy Senate President calls for collective efforts to develop Nigeria

The Deputy Senate President, Chief Ike Ekweremadu, on Monday called for collective efforts from all sectors to develop and grow…