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Facebook Scammers Impersonate Fayose

Ekiti State Governor, Dr Ayodele Fayose has once again alerted members of the public on activities of some fraudsters, using…

APC Lawmakers Seek End To N/Assembly Crisis

Honourable Sani Zorro, on Thursday in Abuja said the solution to recent happenings in the National Assembly was for the…

Village Headmaster, Femi Robinson Buried

Ayo Lawal & Daniels Ekugo The late veteran actor, Femi Robinson, popularly known as the Village Headmaster, was buried today…

Declare June 12 Democracy Day, Ambode Tells Buhari

Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, Prof. Akin Oyebode and other activists have challenged President Muhammadu Buhari to declare…

Buhari pays tribute to Vanguard chairman, as he turns 80

President Muhammadu Buhari has paid glowing tribute to the chairman and publisher of Vanguard Media Limited, Chief Sam Amuka-Pemu as…

Buhari must declare June 12 Democracy Day, says Ambode, others

Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos state governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, Prof. Akin Oyebode and other activists have challenged President Muhammadu Buhari to declare…

I’ll take action against high ranking military officers, says Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has once again given assurance that his government will closely study the report released recently by Amnesty…

I will not settle old scores, says Gov. Ugwuanyi

Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has said that his administration will not fight the “old guards to settle old…

Tambuwal dissolves governing boards

Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State has approved the dissolution of the Governing Boards of all government departments and parastatal…

AU Summit: Nigeria, others consider single currency, passport

Anthony Maruping, AU Commissioner for Economic Affairs, said the Union was mooting the idea to adopt a single currency, as…

June 12 challenges us to protect democracy, says Bola Tinubu

Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, a national leader of the All Progressives Congress has stated that the historic June 12 general elections…

Don’t comment, identify with June 12, Afenifere tells Kingibe

Eromosele Ebhomele The Afenifere Renewal Group, ARG, a pan-Yoruba socio-political group, has described the ‘June 12 struggle’ as an albatross…

NASS: APC lawmakers seek solutions, re-strategising

Honourable Sani Zorro, on Thursday in Abuja said the solution to recent happenings in the National Assembly was for the…

Nigeria inflation rises to 2-year high on food prices

LAGOS, (Reuters) – Nigeria’s consumer inflation rose to 9.0 per cent year-on-year in May, the upper end of a central…

Boko Haram kills 43 in Borno raid

Kano (Nigeria) (AFP) – Boko Haram gunmen killed at least 43 people and burnt down three villages in northeast Nigeria,…

N18.3bn Pension Scam: EFCC re-arraigns Teidi, ex-Pension Director, others

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, June 10, 2015 re-arraigned Dr. Sani Shuaibu Teidi, former director of…

Buhari extends G7 requests on Boko Haram to LCBC

President Muhammadu Buhari said on Thursday that he had extended the invitation to submit requests of the needs of the…

Minimah visits troops fighting Boko Haram in Borno, Adamawa

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.- Gen. Kenneth Minimah, had paid an operational and morale boosting visit to troops…

Gbajabiamila pledges loyalty to Speaker Dogara

The former House of Representatives Minority Leader, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila, on Thursday promised to work with the new Speaker, Yakubu…

Ogun, Oyo declares June 12 as public holiday

The Ogun government on Thursday declared Friday work-free day to mark the 22nd anniversary of the annulled June 12, 1993…

Man trekking in honour of Buhari declared missing

The police in Bauchi on Thursday declared missing, a middle-aged man who left on foot to Abuja, to attend the…

Port Harcourt refinery to produce 5m litres of petrol daily – NNPC

The Group Managing Director (GMD), Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr Joseph Dawha, on Thursday said the Port Harcourt Refinery…
Court grants EFCC interim order to freeze 1,146 bank accounts being investigated for unauthorized dealing in forex exchange, others

Lawyer slams EFCC for filing frivolous charges against Sylva, others

A legal practitioner, Abang Odok-Ogar has advised the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to undertake thorough investigation in order…

NDLEA destroys 24 hectares of cannabis in Oyo

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in a combined six hours joint operation on Thursday raided and destroyed 24…

Buhari commits $100m to Lake Chad Basin fight against Boko Haram

Nigeria’s president, Muhammadu Buhari has committed $100 million to Lake Chad Basin fight against Islamist sect, Boko Haram today during…

Hand new Oyingbo Market to us, traders tell Ambode

Alhaja Basira Balogun, the women leader in Oyingbo market, on Thursday appealed to Governor Akinwunmi Ambode to hand over the…

Cholera kills 500 Nigeria – UNICEF

The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) has said that more than 500 people had died as a result of cholera…

Man Rapes His 14-Year Old Daughter

Josephine Odum-John A 14-year-old SS1 student in a secondary school in Ikorodu, Lagos, western Nigeria, has narrated how her 49-year…

Man Locks Wife Inside Room For 7 Months

Cyriacus Izuekwe A 20-year old housewife, Mercy Ekeh, has narrated how her husband, Kelechi Ekeh, 30, forced her to marry…

UPDATE: Ogogoro death toll rises to 68

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The death toll of those who have died after consuming the locally brewed gin popularly known as…