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Corruption allegation: Amaechi has been vindicated, says APC

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Former governor of Rivers state, Chibuike Amaechi, has been vindicated in the corruption allegation levelled against him…

NAF pilots smoke out Boko Haram terrorists from Sambisa

Nigerian Air Force pilots have over the weekend being raining explosives to smoke out Boko haram elements from their fortified…

We’re not behind demand for Fashola’s probe – PDP

Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has denied rumours that the party is behind…

Boko Haram: 112 IDP’s children re-united with their parents in Edo

Jethro Ibileke/Benin No fewer than 112 internally displaced children from the Boko Haram onslaught living at the International Christian Centre…

Fayose to Buhari: I can’t be intimidated

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to tread cautiously and be mindful of the body…

FCT police arrest 38 suspects

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command on Sunday said that it had arrested 38 suspects in connection with various…

Ambode approves single account for all govt transactions

In an effort to efficiently improve on the processes of revenue generation and collection in the state and also to…

No N2bn contract to renovate Plateau Govt. House – Spokesperson

Emmanuel Nanle, the Director of Press and Public Affairs to Plateau Governor Simon Lalong, has said that the governor is…

Agip pipeline eruption: Bayelsa Govt. seeks FG’s intervention

The Bayelsa Government has called for Federal Government’s intervention, to check frequent oil pipeline explosions in the Niger Delta. Bayelsa’s…
RMAFC on Tuesday reacts to ongoing controversies over the salaries and allowances being paid to members of the National Assembly.

NASS Largesse: Senators receive N23.4m, Reps N17m each

The 8th National Assembly is yet to pass a bill but has spent N12, 967, 600,000 in two months to…

‘Why Buhari can’t forgive corrupt Nigerians’ – APC

Eromosele Ebhomele The All Progressives Congress, APC, on Sunday described as spine-chilling and mind-boggling the massive looting of the nation’s…

‘Offensive exam question’: SERAP drags Amosun to UN

A civil society group, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an urgent appeal to two UN special rapporteurs…

Part-time legislature the solution to NASS allowances, says Lateef Raji

Lateef Raji, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Special Adviser on Information and Strategy to Lagos State…

“Keep Off Nigeria!”- Workers Tell Walmart

The Federation of Informal Workers’ Organizations of Nigeria (FIWON), representing millions of working people in the informal sectors of the…

Why official release of manifest is delayed – Bristow official

The delay in the official release of the names contained in the manifest of the ill-fated helicopter that crashed into…

Female suicide bomber kills 3 in Borno attack

Maiduguri, (Reuters) – A suicide bomber detonated an explosive device strapped on her body near a market in the northeastern…

Arase promotes three policemen who died in suicide attack, nine others

Ayorinde Oluokun It was promotion galore as nine members of the police rank and file got promoted to their next…

Kingmakers flout court order, crown new Ikorodu king

Despite a subsisting court order, kingmakers in Ikorodu, Lagos State, western Nigeria, on Saturday, enthroned Oba Kabiru Shotobi, as the…

APC harvests defectors from PDP as Alaibe, others decamp

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt All Progressive Congress, APC, had a big harvest in Bayelsa state today as the Peoples Democratic Party,…

Town Union to construct N250m cultural centre in Anambra

The National President, Anambra State Association of Town Unions, Dr Jude Okolo, on Saturday said the body would spend N250…

El-Rufa’i saves over N221m from Hajj stoppage

The Kaduna State Government said it has appointed the Emir of Birnin Gwari, Alhaji Zubairu Jibril, as the 2015 Amirul-Hajj…

Helicopter Crash: Why release of manifest is delayed – Airline official

The delay in the official release of the names contained in the manifest of the ill-fated helicopter that crashed into…

Former Okitipupa LG Chairman dies at 40

A former Chairman of Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo State, Mr Femi Aju is dead. NAN learnt that the…

Ambode: death of Borno Dep. Gov tragic loss

Kazeem Ugbodaga Governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode on Saturday said the death of the Borno State Deputy Governor, Alhaji…

Wike pledges new shipping vessels for Navy

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers has asserted that there cannot be any governance if there is no…

APC mourns death of Borno Deputy Governor

The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Saturday expressed deep shock and sadness at the sudden death of the Borno State…

Buhari not ‘BabaGoSlow’, says Yuguda’s aide

Alhaji Shehu Gabam, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), said President Muhammadu Buhari has good intentions for the…

Power outage stalls INEC taskforce from sorting election materials in Rivers

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The special taskforce set up by the acting chairman of the Independent National Election Commission, INEC, Mrs.…

Borno State Deputy Governor, Zannah Umar, is dead

Ayorinde Oluokun Zannah Umar Mustapha, the Deputy Governor of Borno State is dead. It was gathered the deputy governor died…

Cameroon pledges 2,450 troops to fight Boko Haram

Cameroon (AP) — Cameroon’s president says his country will contribute 2,450 troops to a five-nation army to fight the Nigeria-based…