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2015: Jonathan meets with political party representatives

President Goodluck Jonathan in Abuja held a closed-door meeting with the executive members of the Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) over…

2015: We’ve not endorsed anyone as governor – Bode George

Jamiu Yisa Former Southwest Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olabode George, has said that anybody…

2015: Jonathan promises FCT indigenes ministerial, PS slots

President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday in Abuja promised indigenes of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) a ministerial slot in the…

Man charged over fake Obama assassination plot

A 30-year-old US man was arrested Wednesday and released on bail accused of lying to the Secret Service about a…

Keyamo says warlord Tompolo wants to kill him

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Lagos-based lawyer and human rights activist, Barrister Festus Keyamo has alleged that leading Niger Delta ex-militant, Government Ekpemupolo,…

Edo Immortalizes Admiral Akhigbe

Jethro Ibileke/Benin Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State unveiled the statue of the former Chief of General Staff, late Vice…

Protesting Workers Shut Edo Govt House Over Unpaid Salaries

Jethro Ibileke/Benin Activities at the Edo State Government House were put on hold on Wednesday by protesting workers of the…

Boko Haram attacks commercial hub in Adamawa

Boko Haram fighters on Wednesday clashed with Nigerian troops in the country’s remote northeast, forcing thousands to flee, after two…

Conductor Slumps, Dies At Bus Stop

Daniels Ekugo There was confusion around Aguda bus stop, Ogba, Lagos, when a middle aged conductor plying Ogba –Ojota route,…

Lagos Council Chairmen Quit As Tenure Expires

Many of the chairmen in the 20 local governments and the 37 local council development areas vacated their offices yesterday…

2015: Amosun’s 2nd Term Bid May Fail – Deputy

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Ogun State Deputy Governor, Prince Segun Adesegun, has warned his boss, Governor Ibikunle Amosun, that he may not…

Truck Driver Diverts N14m Goods

Cyriacus Izuekwe A company truck driver, Wasiu Bello, has been remanded in Kirikiri Prisons in Lagos State, western Nigeria, for…

Tambuwal present as APC unveils manifesto

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The All Progressives Congress, APC, has flagged off the party’s extraordinary national convention at the Old Parade Ground,…

NURTW Members Sue Police

Akin Kuponiyi Three members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) Lagos State Chapter, Mustapha Adekunle, Fatai Ali…

Jonathan to pick nomination, gets N100mn from donors

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan will on Thursday 30 October obtain the PDP nomination form for the 2015 Presidential elections. Unilke…

Businessman gets 10 years jail term for drug offences

Akin Kuponiyi A Federal High Court, sitting in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, has sentenced a 31 year-old businessman, Onyemaechi Remignus Chibuzor,…

Osun PDP endorses 4 candidates, others to face primaries

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun said it had endorsed one senatorial candidate, three House of Representatives candidates and…

French man dies after drinking game

A man in the central French city of Clermont-Ferrand has died of alcohol poisoning after knocking back 56 shooters in…

US soldiers under Ebola quarantine in Italy sent packing

Veneto President Luca Zaia on Wednesday said Italy should not allow US soldiers returning from Ebola-stricken Liberia to be quarantined…

Spain court summons 17 suspects in corruption scandal

A Madrid court summoned 17 suspects including five mayors and a French energy executive for questioning in a corruption scandal…

Russia proposes marriage for men caught with prostitutes

A fine, prison… or a shotgun wedding: one Russian lawmaker has come up with a novel proposal to punish men…

Norway donates $2.7m to AU Ebola programme

The Government of Norway on Wednesday announced a grant of 2.7 million dollars assistance to the African Union Support to…

Several killed in Boko Haram attack in Borno

Suspected Boko Haram gunmen killed several people in a village in Nigeria’s far northeast, a local administrator said on Wednesday,…

2015: Ikorodu Must Produce The Next Governor – Benson

Damilare Okunola The Asiwaju of Ikorodu Land, Chief Babatunde O. Benson, has categorically stated that the next governor of Lagos…

Senate worried over non-completion of East-West Road

The Chairman, Senate Committee on SURE-P, Sen. Abdul Ningi (PDP-Bauchi), has expressed concern over the non-completion of the East-West Road…

ECOWAS advises INEC on 2015 elections

The ECOWAS Pre-Election Fact Finding Mission has advised the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) not to be complacent about its…

Chibok girls: Negotiations ongoing with Boko Haram, says FG

The Federal Government on Tuesday said negotiations were still ongoing between it and the Boko Haram sect on the abducted…

Gunmen kill four police, kidnap six in Bayelsa

Gunmen on a speedboat in Nigeria’s oil-producing south killed four policemen and kidnapped six Nigerian employees of the Agip energy…

Tambuwal’s defection, a welcome development – Amosun

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Governor Ibikunle Amosun has joined other Nigerians to react to the defection of the Speaker of the Federal…

Only APC can save Nigeria in 2015 – Kwankwaso

Eromosele Ebhomele Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso of Kano state, Nigeria on Tuesday swelled the rank of aspirants for the 2015 presidential…