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Amosun sends names of 16 commissioners, 20 aides to Ogun Assembly

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Governor Ibikunle Amosun of ogun state, southwest Nigeria, has forwarded a list of 16 Commissioner nominees to the…

Ajimobi to Nigerians: support anti-corruption war

GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has urged Nigerians to keep faith with the anti-corruption war of President…

I only steal in the day time- suspect

Cyriacus Izuekwe A 27-year-old man caught while stealing inside a medical doctor’s house has confessed that he was not a…

Place special tax on luxury goods, NLC tells FG

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Wednesday in Abuja advised the Federal Government to levy special tax on imported luxury…

Why appointment of Ministers was delayed – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday said his delay in the appointment of ministers was partly caused by the manner in…

Impatience is not a virtue, Buhari tells Nigerians

President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria has urged his countrymen to be patient after he submitted his ministerial nominees to the…

Full Text: Buhari delivers moving speech to Nigerians at 55

President Muhammadu Buhari has stated that no problems should stop Nigerians from celebrating October 1, its Independence Day. Buhari who…

Buhari picks Amaechi, Fashola, Fayemi on #TheList

The suspense and drama that trailed the much-anticipated ministerial list of President Muhammadu Buhari seems to have come to a…

Amnesty for Boko Haram, as Nigerian military sets up committee

The Nigeria Defence Headquarters said on Wednesday that in accordance with a presidential directive, it has inaugurated a national committee…

Boko Haram poisoning water sources in villages- Nigerian Army

Nigerian military said information reaching its Theatre Command, Operation Lafiya Dole indicates that Boko Haram terrorists have now resorted to…

Independence: IGP places policemen on red alert

Kazeem Ugbodaga The Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase, says the police have been placed on red alert as the nation…

Audu, Faleke begin guber campaign in Kogi

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has commenced its governorship campaign in Kogi with a call on the electorate to vote…

Lagos businessman faces criminal charge

AKIN KUPONIYI A Federal high court sitting in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, has adjourned till 8 October, 2015, the arraignment of…

Ministerial List: We are still waiting for Buhari, says Melaye

The Senate is yet to receive the list of ministers from the President even as Nigerians were expecting the list…

Tinubu, Adebule, others decry dearth of women in govt

Senator representing Lagos Central Senatorial District in the Senate, Senator Oluremi Tinubu and the Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Dr…

APC greets Nigerians as nation turns 55

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has felicitated with all Nigerians on the occasion of the country’s 55th independence anniversary, to…

Independence Anniversay: Buhari to address Nigerians

President Muhammadu Buhari will on Thursday, October 1, 2015, make a nationwide broadcast as part of the programme of activities…

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…