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Service Chiefs: Obasanjo lauds Buhari over Boko Haram ultimatum

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for given ultimatum to the service chiefs to end the Boko…

Regional military chiefs finalise plans to end Boko Haram

Reuters – Military chiefs from the Lake Chad region have finalised details of the deployment of a joint force to…

I’ll work for the success of this current dispensation, says Obasanjo

Former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo, has stated that he will work for the success of the current dispensation in…

14,000 ad hoc staff for LG polls in Niger

The Niger Independent Electoral Commission on Saturday said it would recruit 14,000 ad hoc staff for the November Local Government…

N4billion: Rivers judicial panel invites Agric commissioner under Amaechi

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Judicial Commission of Inquiry set up by governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike to probe the…

I’m not married to Buhari’s son, says INEC chairman Amina Zakari

The acting INEC Chairman, Mrs. Amina Bala Zakari speaks on her new responsibilities, the preparations for the governorship elections in…

Help Buhari fight against corruption, Tinubu tells media

Former Lagos State Governor Bola Tinubu on Saturday urged editors in the country to support the Presidency and the president’s…

Akwa-Ibom: Umana takes stand as star witness

Governorship candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC) for Akwa Ibom state, Umana Okon Umana, took the stand at the…

Arewa Defence League challenge Northern governors on development

Northern Youths under the auspices of Arewa Defence League has urged Northern Governors to revamp the New Nigerian Development Company…

IGP asks Nigerians, medical personnel to assist accident victims

The Inspector-General of Police Solomon Arase has enjoined members of the public including medical personnel to attend to accident victims…

Boko Haram: Nigerian Army loses soldiers, Armed Personnel Carrier to landmines

Two soldiers lost their lives while two others were critically injured when troops of 5 Brigade Explosive Ordinance Devices (EOD)…

Why FG suspended Comptroller General of Immigration – Femi Adesina

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Femi Adesina, the special adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria has disclosed that the Comptroller General of…

Recruitment of 10,000 police yet to begin

Kazeem Ugbodaga Following the approval for the recruitment of 10,000 police officers by President Muhammadu Buhari, the Nigeria Police has…

FG suspends Comptroller-General of Immigration

David Paradang, the Comptroller General of Nigeria Immigration Service has been suspended from office by the Federal Government with immediate…

Agency seals 148 medicine shops in Cross River

The Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN) on Friday sealed 148 medicine shops in Cross River for unauthorised sale of drugs.…

NASS not answerable to anybody – ex-RMAFC Chairman

Eromosele Ebhomele Former Chairman of Nigeria’s Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission, Hamman Tukur, is not happy with the way…

Group decries cases of child kidnapping in Cross River

A non-governmental organisation, Prevent Abuse of Children Today (PACT) Coalition in Cross River, says at least 20 children are kidnapped…

Teenager killed over land dispute

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta & Yusuf Mohammed One person was allegedly killed when suspected land grabbers stormed Oke-Ore community in Atan, Ado-Odo/Ota…

Fidson Healthcare declares N477m profit

Fidson Healthcare Plc has released its results for the half year ended June 30, 2​01​5, declaring a profit before tax…

Excess Crude Account now at $2.207billion

The National Economic Council (NEC) has been told by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance, that the Excess Crude Account…

Police in need of 20,000 personnel, says Okiro

Mike Okiro, the Chairman, Police Service Commission, says the Nigeria Police Force have a shortfall of 20,000 personnel as at…
Court dismisses Sen. Ndume’s plea, seeking order to discharge him as Maina’s surety

We are on six weeks working leave, Senators tell Nigerians

Some senators on Thursday said in spite of the current six-week recess by the National Assembly, the lawmakers were engage…

Boko Haram will be defeated soon, Buhari reiterates

President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja on Thursday reaffirmed his conviction that the end of the Boko Haram insurgency is in…

Police recruitment: Buhari warns against extortion of applicants

President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja on Thursday warned that he will not tolerate any irregularities or extortion of money from…

Go ahead and probe Amaechi, Court tells Wike

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt today dismissed a suit instituted by former Rivers governor,…

Shut up and lick your wounds, APC tells Bode George

Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressive Congress (APC) has asked Chief Bode George to keep quiet…

Ambode pays N2.2billion to 658 retirees

Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode today presented bond certificates worth N2.2 billion to 658 retirees in the state.…

Buhari appoints Babatunde Fowler as FIRS chairman

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Dr. William Babatunde Fowler as the Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS).…

BREAKING: Tunde Fowler set to be named FIRS chairman

By Seun Bisuga Babatunde Fowler, the Executive Chairman Lagos State Board of Internal Revenue and Chief Executive Officer Lagos State…

Buhari appoints Gusau new DG of Budget Office

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Aliyu Yahaya Gusau as the new Director General of Budget office of the Federation, Nigeria…