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Analysis: Tested by dissent, PDP in unfamiliar territory

The party that has controlled Nigeria’s presidency since a return to civilian rule in 1999 has found itself in unfamiliar…

Nigeria’s radio-TV stations go digital 2014

The Director-General of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Mr Emeka Mba, said on Tuesday that broadcasting houses in Abuja, Lagos…

Reports: Circumcision lowers AIDs/HIV infection

A follow-up probe into the use of circumcision to thwart the AIDS virus has confirmed that foreskin removal greatly reduces…

Kidnappers of lawmaker’s wife killed in Delta

JETHRO IBILEKE/Asaba Freeborn Okwundu and Monday Ekpeki, suspected to be members of a dare-devil kidnap gang, have been killed by…

Atiku denies campaign billboards

Nigeria’s former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has dissociated himself from the dramatic appearance of campaign billboards and posters being mounted…

Nigerian Stowaway boy handed over to Edo state officials

JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Stowaway 13-year-old Master Daniel Ricky Oikhena was Tuesday handed over to the Edo state Ministry of Women Affairs…

PDP Senate Caucus Asks Suntai To Go For Further Treament

A Senate team sent to Taraba State to assess the health of the State Governor, Danbaba Suntai, arrived Jalingo, the…

PDP Peace Talks Fail, Caucus Disowns Oyinlola, Others

As several peace talks held by the leadership of the Peoples Democratic party, PDP, to resolve the crisis in the…

Oil Pollution: Fashola Orders OPD To Sue Civil Defence

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has ordered the Office of the Public Defender, OPD, to take legal action against…

Conduct Of Census In 14 LGs: Lagos Plans Legal Action

The Lagos State Government says it is considering seeking redress in court to compel the National Population Commission, NPC, to…

Housewife Commits Suicide

A 25 year-old housewife, Sakirat Abdullai, allegedly committed suicide in Ijebu-Ode, after allegedly taking a meal of pap, mixed with…

Dissent In PDP Worsens

The party that has controlled Nigeria’s presidency since a return to civilian rule in 1999 has found itself in unfamiliar…

Declare State Of Emergency In Varsities —Aturu

The Federal Government should shut all universities in Nigeria and declare a state of emergency to avoid a total collapse…

Suntai Is In Control Of His Mental Faculties

Mr. John Dara is former Nigeria presidential candidate and one of the few friends of Governor Danbaba Suntai who were…

The Sick Governor Of Taraba

Although he is still sick, a group of individuals claims that Governor Danbaba Suntai is fit to rule. But a…

PDP launches fence-mending, says Metuh

Nigeria’s PDP National Working Committee (NWC) on Monday said it was making consultations to resolve the issue of the parallel…

Ngige picks APC’s ticket for Anambra race

Senator Chris Ngige, representing Central Senatorial District of the eastern Nigerian state of Anambra, has emerged the flag bearer of…

PDP Crisis: Baraje salutes supporters

The faction of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) under the leadership of Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje has said that it is…

Police declare Amaechi’s ADC a deserter

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Barely 72 hours after Governor Chibuike Amaechi and other Governors joined a breakaway faction of the Peoples…

Another stowaway arrested in Benin

Simon Ateba A 25-year old man has been arrested at the Benin airport for attempting to gain access into the…

Jonathan’s adviser uncovers PDP moles

Special Adviser to Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan on Political Affairs, Ahmed Gulak, said on Monday in Abuja that the ruling…

Police charge man for taking ‘offensive photograph’

The Nigerian Police in Lagos on Monday charged Abraham Oshoko, 33, before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court for allegedly taking “offensive“…

APGA faction picks torchbearer for Anambra poll

The Maxi Okwu-led faction of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) on Monday in Awka, capital of the eastern Nigerian…

Taraba Assembly empowers acting governor

The House Assembly in the northern Nigerian state of Taraba on Monday passed a resolution adopting the decision of its…

How My Dad Died —Peter Obe’s Son

Eldest son of ace photojournalist, Peter Oyeyemi Obe, who died Sunday, 1 September, Femi Obe, has recounted his father’s last…

Butcher Arraigned For Armed Robbery

A 27-year old butcher, Ahmed Musa, has been remanded in prison custody on the order of a magistrate’s court sitting…

2 Men Fight Over Woman, 5 Children

Two men, Anyaso Udeh from Abia State, southeast Nigeria, and another man identified simple as Gabriel  from Delta State, southsouth…

PDP Will Overcome Its Present Predicament —Lagos PDP

The Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has expressed optimism that the party will surmount its present…

ICC Wants Kenyan Arrested For Trying To Bribe Witnesses

The International Criminal Court based in The Hague said Wednesday it had issued a warrant against a Kenyan accused of…

I Wish PDP Will Not Survive This Crisis

Dr. Tunji Braithwaite, who became a lawyer in 1961, marked his 80th birthday on Tuesday 17 September 2013. The founder…