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How States shared N243.796 billion Paris Club Refund

The Federal Government has released the details of the second round of Paris Club refunds to the 36 states and…
MACBAN alleges that killings of innocent herders by a vigilance group is going on in Sokoto State with 16 lives lost so far.

Herdsmen, farmer clash leave 37 dead in Kaduna

Tragedy struck again in Kaduna State on Tuesday as 37 people were reported killed in Kajuru Local Government Area of…

Lagos Assembly lawmaker, Alimi Kazeem is dead

A member of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Kazeem Ademola Alimi is dead.

PDP holds non-elective convention 12 August

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Executive Committee (NEC) has fixed the party’s non-elective national convention for Aug. 12, in…

EFCC probes 18 senators for alleged N367.5b fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is currently investigating 18 senators for alleged N367.5 billion fraud, it has been…

Ex-Jigawa Gov., Turaki remanded at Kuje Prison

A Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday ordered that a former Governor of Jigawa State, Saminu Turaki be remanded…

‘Banire must go’, thousands of APC members protest in Alausa

Thousands of members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Mushin area of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria on Tuesday stormed the…
Ali Modu Sheriff

Disgraced Modu-Sheriff shuns PDP caucus meeting

Senator Ali Modu-Sheriff, the sacked National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), was absent at the party’s expanded national…

Nigerians still believe in PDP – Jonathan

Former President Goodluck Jonathan said Nigerians still believed in the capacity of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to lead the…
WAEC

WAEC releases SSCE results, withholds that of 214, 952 candidates

Some 214,952 candidates cheated in the May-June West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) and their results have been seized…

How prayers at my grandfather’s grave gave me victory at poll – Obaseki

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has said that prayers and supplications made at his late grandfather's grave led to…

Floods kill 18 in China, 18 missing

Eighteen people have died and another 18 remain missing after floods in China's northeastern city of Jilin, local authorities said…
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Eight killed in Maiduguri mosque suicide attack

A female suicide bomber has killed eight people in Maiduguri, Borno State after she detonated her explosives at a mosque…

Osinbajo seeks help from Supreme Court over Magu

The Presidency has reiterated its stance that certain federal appointments should not require the Senate's confirmation.

Court documents: How Kola Aluko, Omokore spent $1.76b stolen from NNPC

Court documents filed at the Federal High Court in Lagos Nigeria have revealed how oil businessmen, Kolawole Akanni Aluko and…

SERAP to FG: Sue ex-govs, ministers over N40bn double pay, life pensions

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an open letter to the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister…

Fake kidnapping: Ambode sacks Baale of Shangisha

Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode on Sunday sacked the suspended Baale of Shangisha in Magodo, Chief Yusuf Ogundare for…

Federal Govt moves to recover $1.7m from Alison Madueke associates, Aluko, Omokore

A Federal high court in Ikoyi, Lagos State, south west Nigeria has adjourned till 29 September, 2017 to decide whether…

9 killed in Calabar tank farm explosion

The Cross River Police Command has confirmed that nine people died in a fire outbreak that occurred at Linc Oil…
Nigeria's ex-oil minister Diezani arraigns in UK Court charged with bribery

How Alison-Madueke, Aluko, Omokore swindled Nigeria of $1.6b

The EFCCommission has confirmed that it is ready to testify against a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, and…

Senator Dino Melaye’s Recall: INEC seeks intervention of Chief Justice of Nigeria

INEC) has sought the intervention of the Chief Justice of Nigeria over a court order truncating the recall process of…

Call me Matthew and see my eyes red, Obasanjo warns

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has warned Nigerians to stop addressing him as Matthew or see his eyes red.

Acting President Osinbajo celebrates wife’s birthday

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has described his wife, Oludolapo, as his wings and gift from God.

We have to renegotiate Nigeria – Wole Soyinka

Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, on Friday in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State faulted arguments by some people that Nigeria should not…

U.S. to recover $144 million in Nigeria oil industry bribery case

The U.S. Justice Department on Friday filed a lawsuit seeking to recover assets that include a $50 million Manhattan apartment…

NHIS Executive Secretary rejects suspension

The Executive Secretary of The Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme(NHIS), Prof. Usman Yusuf has rejected the recent…
House of Representatives hits back at Senate, ignore bills for concurrence

Member House of Reps, Wamakko is dead

A member of the House of Representatives from Sokoto State, Mr. Abdullahi Wamakko, is dead.

Gunmen kill Osun State permanent secretary along highway

Unknown gunmen on Thursday murdered the Permanent Secretary, Bureau of General Service, Office of the Governor, Osun State, Mrs Olufunke…
Ali-Modu Sheriff

PDP chairmanship loss: I’m still in shock – Senator Ali Modu-Sheriff

Former chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ali Modu-Sheriff says he's still in shock over Wednesday's Supreme Court…

Buhari’s illness: Fayose is a liar. I challenge him to release pictures – Arewa Youth Leader

National President, Arewa Youth Forum, (AYF) Alhaji Gambo Ibrahim Gujungu has described Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State as a…