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Chimamanda, Beyonce collaboration nominated for Grammy Award

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, critically acclaimed Nigerian novelist has been nominated for the 57th Grammy Award for her feminist-inspired collaboration with…

Edo commissioner joins to PDP from APC after fraud findings

Jethro Ibileke/Benin Edo state government has explained the reason for the sudden exit of Mr. Dennis Idahosa from the State…

NBC ‎warns media against taking money to air news reports‎

Jethro Ibileke/Benin The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Benin Zone, has warned all broadcasting stations under the zone against collecting money…

Council of State concludes meeting, says election will hold

The Council of State has concluded its meeting in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital and it agreed that the general elections slated…

Lagos Women Drill Ambode, Agbaje, Adeniji

Eromosele Ebhomele Three governorship candidates in the February elections in Lagos state, western Nigeria were on Thursday placed on the…

Jega Charged With Contempt of Court

Jethro Ibileke/Asaba A Federal High Court sitting in Warri, has fixed 10 February, 2015, for the commencement of contempt of…

South Africa’s national news agency SAPA shutting down

South Africa’s national news agency SAPA Thursday announced it will shut down at the end of next month because of…

INEC to engage over 33, 860 ad-hoc staff in Lagos

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday said that it would engage no fewer than 33, 860 ad-hoc staff…

Police guarantee safety of materials, electoral officers

Alhaji Bala Hassan, the Assistant Inspector General of Police ( AIG) for Zone 10, said on Thursday that measures have…

Dokubo invited severally over inflammatory statements, says DSS

The Department of State Services (DSS), said on Thursday that it had invited Asari Dokubo, an ex-Niger Delta militant, several…

FG uncovers plans to give female suicide bombers PVCs during election

The Federal Government said it had uncovered plans by some unscrupulous Nigerians to hijack and hand over Permanent Voter Cards…

In Pictures: Black Heritage 2015

Black Heritage 2015 theme: Road To Sambisa. Photos: Idowu Ogunleye

Elections: Council Of State In Crucial Talks

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja A crucial meeting of Nigeria National Council of State presided over by President Goodluck Jonathan was going on…

Don’t Vote For Jonathan, Soyinka Lists Reasons

Simon Ateba Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, declared on Thursday that no one should vote for the continuation of President…

Man Jailed 7 Yrs For Stealing TV

Cyriacus Izuekwe A 25-year-old man, Robert Abariko, has been sentenced to seven years imprisonment with hard labour for stealing three…

King Of Jordan May Lead Airstrikes On ISIS

Jordan’s King Abdullah, a trained pilot, could lead revenge airstrikes on Islamic State himself, it has been revealed. DailyMailOnline reports…

Lagos APC Accuses PDP Of Terrorising Members With Police

Kazeem Ugbodaga The All Progressives Congress, APC, has accused the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, of using the Nigeria Police Force…

Kano declares Friday public holiday for PVCs collection

The Kano State Government has declared Friday, Feb. 6 public holiday to allow civil servants who have not collected their…

Lagos State Students’ Union Endorses Ambode

Damilare Okunola The National Union of Lagos State Students, NULASS, said that it has endorsed Akinwunmi Ambode, gubernatorial candidate of…

NANS Divided Over Jonathan Endorsement

The national leadership of the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, is not in agreement over the endorsement of President…

Knocks For FG Over Plans To Keep Students In School

Harrison Iyoha Nigerian students and their parents have reportedly slammed the Federal Government following comments by the Minister of Education,…

Tambuwal promises quality education, potable water

The All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Sokoto state, Hon. Aminu Tambuwal said that his administration would provide quality…

Sokoto PDP guber aspirant joins APC

By Haladu Abubakar/Sokoto Alhaji Ibrahim Magaji Gusau, former PDP gubernatorial aspirant on Wednesday renounced his membership of the party and…

Jonathan, PDP not trying to postpone elections – Fani Kayode

Femi Fani-Kayode, Director, Directorate of Media and Publicity, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Organisation has said that neither the…

Gunmen kidnap four oil workers in Bayelsa

Gunmen riding in a speedboat kidnapped four Nigerian oil workers in the crude-producing Niger Delta, the military said Wednesday, as…

Jonathan has implemented people-oriented programmes, re-elect him – Bafarawa

Former Sokoto State Governor, Attahiru Bafarawa, on Wednesday, urged Nigerians to massively vote for President Goodluck Jonathan in the February…

Obasanjo says no further comments on Nigeria

Former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, may have adopted a ‘siddon look’ attitude on Nigerian affairs, at least for now. The…

Ebola not over yet, new cases soar in Guinea, LIberia, Sierra Leone

The weekly number of new Ebola cases registered across Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone rose in the last week of…

APC’s clamour for change is mere hypocrisy, says Jonathan

Jethro Ibileke/Benin ‎ As campaigns for the 14 February, 2015 Presidential election hots up, President Goodluck Jonathan has described the…

Council of State has no power to postpone elections, says Falana

Nigeria’s human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has said the the Council of State has no powers to postpone the general…