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Oil Subsidy Scam: Nigeria sacks 2 Auditing Firms

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja In a surprise, but suspicious move, the Federal Government has announced the termination of its contract with Akintola…

Nigeria: Kidnapped Spanish doctor freed

A Spanish doctor kidnapped in the south-eastern Nigerian city of Enugu on April 4 has been freed and is in…

Remi Tinubu Floors Labour Party

The Court of Appeal, Lagos Division, Friday morning dismissed the appeal filed by Labour Party, LP, against the election of…

Supreme Court Upholds Dickson’s Election

Former governor of Bayelsa state, Chief Timipre Sylva on Friday lost his bid to unseat the recently elected Governor Seriake…

Senate Did Not Stop Probe of Pension Scam -EFCC

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has said contrary to recent media reports, the Senate committee or the Senate…

Jonathan: Nigeria safe for investors

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan said on a visit to Germany Thursday that Western investors had nothing to fear in his…

Nigeria’s oil subsidy budget will run out, Sanusi Warns

Nigeria’s 2012 budget allocation to pay fuel subsidies will run out before the end of the year, risking Africa’s second…

Nollywood star, Omotola wants Shell to clean up Niger Delta

Omotola Jalade Ekeinde has joined Amnesty International’s campaign calling on oil company Shell to Own Up, Pay Up and Clean…

Ibori Deserves His Fate —Sagay, Aturu, Falana

Human rights activists and lawyers in the country have hailed the conviction and sentencing of former Governor of Delta State,…

Bomb Scare At Abuja Big Hotels, US Warns Citizens To Steer Clear

The US Embassy in Nigeria warned on Wednesday that Islamist group Boko Haram may be planning attacks in the capital…

No British Mercy as Ibori Bags 13 year jail term

Justice Anthony Pitts of the Southwark Crown Court in London has sentenced former governor of Nigeria’s oil-rich Delta State, Chief…

EFCC Reboots Case Against Gbenga Daniel

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Monday at the Ogun State High Court, Isabo, Abeokuta, re-arraigned the former governor…

Kim gets World Bank Job, Okonjo Iweala Loses out

The World Bank’s directors met Monday to decide who will be the powerful institution’s next chief. Just as has been…

UK Court Drama: London Police Eject Ibori’s Supporters

The sentencing proceedings of former Delta State governor, James Ibori in a UK court room started with drama this morning…

Jonathan: I am eligible for 2nd term presidency

Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Following attempts by a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to scuttle President Goodluck Jonathan’s…

Erelu Adams: I Have Waited So Long for a baby

Erelu Mojisola Adams, wife of National Co-ordinator of Oodua Peoples Congress, OPC, spoke with AYODELE LAWAL about the joy of…

Jonathan signs the N4.7 trillion 2012 Budget

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday morning signed the N4.697 trillion 2012 Appropriation Bill into law. The President had…

Lagos Calls Striking Doctors Blackmailers

The Lagos State Government has lashed out at striking doctors, describing them as a bunch of blackmailers trying to protect…

Adamant Lagos Doctors On Strike

Patients who visited various public health facilities in Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria today for medical attention were not attended to…

Nigeria Crashes On FIFA Ranking Again

Nigeria’s football continues with its steady decline, as the country dropped by three spots in the monthly FIFA ranking released…

Jonathan opens school for Nigeria’s Street kids

Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan said Tuesday in Sokoto that his administration was committed to providing quality education for the 9.5…

Sex-change women can contest Miss Universe

The Miss Universe contest on Tuesday threw open its doors to transgender models, allowing men who have had a sex…

Official: 41 Dead In Kaduna Blasts

Three more persons have died from the injuries they sustained during the Easter Sunday car bomb blast in Kaduna. This…

Nigeria Will Not Break Up —Kumuyi

General Superintendent, Deeper Christian Life Ministry, Pastor William Kumuyi says Nigeria will not break up as being speculated in some…

Cruise Ship Retraces Route of Ill-Fated Titanic 100 Years After

Reports monitored on Voice of America, VOA, early Monday say a cruise ship steamed out of the British city of…

Mali Tuareg Rebels Declare Independence

Mali’s Tuareg rebels declared independence Friday in the north, splitting the coup-wracked country in two, as warnings rang out of…

EFCC To Re-Arraign Ex-Gov. Daniel 16 April

The coast is now clear for the re-arraignment of former governor of Ogun state, southwest Nigeria, Otunba Gbenga Daniel after…

Abubakar Cautions Nigeria Police Against Molestation

Any policeman who harasses, mistreats or molests members of the public henceforth risks severe sanction from the police high command.…