SDGs progress in danger of reversal — UN report
(NEWS INVESTIGATORS) A new United Nations report has advocated for a change of approach to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), saying that the current global development model is not sustainable. The More...
Atiku’s Evidence Shows Buhari Academically Qualified To Be President – Tribunal Rules
(NEWS INVESTIGATORS) The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) has dismissed the application of Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against President Muhammadu More...
Xenophobic Attacks: First Batch Of 84 Nigerians Return From S/Africa Today
(NEWS INVESTIGATORS) The First batch of 84 Nigerians evacuated from South Africa is expected to arrive in Nigeria on Wednesday at 2 p.m. local time via the Murtala Mohammed International Lagos in company of officials More...
Minimum Wage: FG, Labour To Meet On Sept. 16
(NEWS INVESTIGATORS) Negotiation between the Federal Government and the Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council (JNPSNC) on the new minimum wage has again rescheduled for Sept. 16. The News Agency More...
India Loses Spacecraft to Moon
India lost contact with a spacecraft it was attempting to land on the moon on Saturday, the Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said. This is considered a setback to the nation’s ambitious More...
Zimbabwe’s Mugabe: From Liberator To Oppressor
(NEWS INVESTIGATORS) Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe was feted as an African liberation hero and champion of racial reconciliation when he first came to power in a nation divided by nearly a century of white colonial More...
Chinese President, Xi Send Special Envoy To Buhari On Bilateral Relations
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s special envoy on Thursday met with President Muhammadu Buhari on mutual exchange and bilateral coopearions. A statement by the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in More...
MTN Nigeria Closes Shops Over Xenophobia
South Africa owned telecommunications giant, MTN has announced the closure of all its shops in Nigeria. This may not be unconnected with the threat by some Nigerians to reciprocate the Xenophobic attacks on More...
Nigeria Pulls Out Of WEF Africa, Recalls Envoy
The Federal Government has concluded arrangements to recall Nigeria High Commissioner to South Africa, Amb. Kabiru Bala for consultation over xenophobic attacks against Nigerians in that country. A source close More...
Update: SA: Nigeria Recalls Ambassador
Nigeria has recalled it Ambassador to South Africa, Ambassador Kabiru Bala and also pulled out of World Economic Summit holding in Cape Town on Wednesday. A presidential source told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) More...
9th Assembly Will Strengthen Manufacturing, Promote Conducive Atmosphere – Lawan
NEWS INVESTIGATORS) The President of the Senate, Dr Ahmad Lawan, on Tuesday assured manufacturers that the Ninth National Assembly would strengthen the sector with enabling laws to boost growth and job creation More...
UN Wants FG To Seek Quick Solution To Violence In North-Central
(NEWS INVESTIGATORS) Agnes Callamard, UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, has called on Nigerian Government and the international community to pay special attention to the lingering More...
Hong Kong Students Boycott Classes After Weekend Of Violence
(NEWS INVESTIGATORS) Thousands of Hong Kong university and school students swapped classes for demonstrations on Monday the latest act of defiance in an anti-government movement that has plunged the Chinese-ruled More...
Just In: Gunmen Kidnap Action Alliance National Party Chairman In Abuja
(NWES INVESTIGATORS) Gunmen have kidnapped the national chairman of Action Alliance (AA), Kenneth Udeze. Genevieve, the victim’s wife, while speaking with Premium Times said her husband was kidnapped early More...
UPDATED: Indian Warship Visits Nigeria
(NEWS INVESTIGATORS) INS Tarkash on her way to Lagos, Nigeria1. Indian Naval Warship, INS Tarkash will be paying a goodwill visit to Lagos, Nigeria from 5 September 2019 to 8 September 2019. The visit of the Indian More...
Gov. Lalong Appoints SSG, CoS
Gov. Simon Lalong of Plateau has approved the appointment of Prof. Danladi Atu as the Secretary to the State Government and Mr Noel Donjur as his Chief of Staff. The appointments were announced in a statement More...
Tribunal Sacks Melaye, Orders Fresh Elections
(NEWS INVESTIGATORS) The National Assembly/State Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Lokoja on Friday sacked Senator Dino Melaye as the Senator for Kogi West. In its judgement, the tribunal ordered More...
55 % Of Nigerians Have No Access To Electricity – Clean Tech
(NEWS INVESTIGATORS) Clean Tech Hub, a Non Governmental Organization which focuses on research, policy development and consumer awareness on climate resilience, says 55 per cent of Nigerians lacked access to electricity. Speaking More...
Buhari Inaugurates New Cabinet, Retains Petroleum Minister Position
(NEWS INVESTIGATORS) President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday swore in the 43 appointed ministers at the Federal Executive Council Chambers, Presidential Villa, Abuja. Buhari who announced the portfolio of each More...
LIVE UPDATES: Buhari Assigned Portfolio To Ministers (See Full List)
1.Dr. Ikechukwu Ogah (Abia State) -Minister of State, Mines and Steel Development 2. Mohammed Musa Bello (Adamawa State) -Minister of the Federal Capital Territory 3. Godswill Akpabio (Akwa Ibom State)- Minister More...
Videos: Confusion As EFCC Denies Raiding Ambode’s HOUSE
(NEWS INVESTIGATORS) The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has denied raiding the residence of the immediate past Governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode, in spite a trending video signifying their More...
BREAKING: Supreme Court Strikes Out Atiku, PDP’s Appeal
(NEWS INVESTIGATORS) The Supreme Court has struck out an appeal filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate in the last presidential election. The appeal marked SC/738/2019 was filed against More...
Video: German Govt. Repatriates Nigerians 48 Hrs After Ekweremadu’s Attack
(NEWS INVESTIGATORS) German government has deported a new batch of Nigerian migrants, less than 48 hours after the attack on former Deputy President of the Senate Ike Ekweremadu, by the Indigenous People of Biafra More...
Federal Government Launched Another Youth Empowerment Programme Called P-YES.
(NEWS INVESTIGATORS) The full meaning of P-YES is Presidential Youth Empowerment Scheme. The scheme is structured as a Public Private Partnership (PPP) initiative driven by the Office of the Senior Special Assistant More...
Why Am I Being Investigated By EFCC- HoS, Oyo-Ita
(NEWS INVESTIGATORS) The Head of Service of the Federation, Winifred Oyo-Ita, has confirmed that she was indeed invited by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), to answer to allegations bordering More...
NNPC Targets China To Boost Crude Oil Reserves
(NEWS INVESTIGATORS) The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says strategic partnership and new investments in the Upstream Petroleum Sector are essential to actualise the growth of the nation’s crude More...
6 Dead, Many Injured As Suspected Female Boko Haram Denotes Bomb In Traditional District
(NEWS INVESTIGATORS) A female suicide bomber killed six people after blowing herself up in western Chad on Wednesday, a senior army officer said, in an attack attributed to Nigeria’s Boko Haram jihadists. “Six More...
Court Grants DSS Leave To Detain Sowore For 45 Days
The Federal High Court, on Thursday, granted leave to the Department of State Security Service (DSS), to detain the convener of #RevolutionNow protests, Mr Omoyele Sowore, for 45 days. According to the vacation More...
NUPENG Issues 7-Day Ultimatum Over Broken Agreement
NUPENG By Sadiq Umar – The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), on Wednesday issued a seven-day ultimatum to Chevron Nigeria Limited to honour agreement on workers welfare to avoid More...
Doctor In Cross River Regains Freedom From Kidnappers
CALABAR: Dr Inyama Marcus, a medical consultant with the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, who was kidnapped on July 18 in Akpabuyo Local Government Area of Cross River has regained freedom. Dr Alfred More...
Senate Begins Screening Of Ministerial Nominees
ABUJA: The Senate on Wednesday commenced the screening of the 43 ministerial nominees appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the list of the nominees was sent to the More...
Update: Senate Receives Ministerial Nominees List
President Mohammadu Buhari on Tuesday sent the list of 43 ministerial nominees to the Senate for screening and confirmation. The President of the Senate, Dr Ahmad Lawan, who read the list on the floor of the More...
Insurgency: Army Confirms Death Of Colonel, Captain, 3 Soldiers
Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff By Ibrahim Imam – Army authorities on Friday, confirmed the killing of a Colonel, a Captain and three soldiers by Boko Haram insurgents in Borno. The Deputy Director, More...
Ninth Assembly: Lawan, Gbajabiamila Emerge Senate President, Speaker
Lawan and Gbajabiamila (News Investigators) /The preferred candidate the All Progressives Congress (APC), for Senate Presidency Ahmad Lawan has emerged winner, just as the House of Representatives, elected Femi More...
Presidency: Oby Ezekwesili Withdraws From Race
ACPN Presidential Candidate, Oby Ezekwesili (News Investigators) /The presidential candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN), Oby Ezekwesili, has withdrawn from the February 16 presidential election. A More...
Shehu Sani Quits APC
By Sadiq Umar – The senator representing Kaduna central, Shehu Sani, has resigned his membership of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The lawmaker who expressed reservation and doubt over party’s More...
Senate, Reps Resume Plenary, Adjourn Over Funke Adedoyin Death
(News Investigators) The National Assembly Tuesday resumed plenary after its 10weeks vacation, even as it adjourned sitting in memory one of its own, Funke Adedoyin, who died early hour of Tuesday Federal lawmakers More...
BREAKING: Former UN Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, Is Dead.
(News Investigators) /Former Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN), Kofi Annan, is dead. Aged 80, Mr. Anna, a Nobel Peace Laureate, died on Saturday after a brief illness. “It is with immense sadness that More...
DEVELOPING: Trump Says U.S. Will Not Tolerate Killing Of Christians, As Buhari Assures Tackling Herdsmen Menace
By News Investigators – Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari says resolving the problem of the rampaging herdsmen would take a longer time to abate, even as he assured that his government is doing its More...
JUST IN: Imam Imam, Spokesman To Gov. Tambuwal Is Dead
By News Investigators – Imam Imam, the Special Adviser to Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, is dead. Mr Imam died in the early hours of Friday in Abuja after a brief illness. A source closed to the deceased More...
Buhari Holds Emergency Meeting With APC Governors
By Sadiq Umar – President Muhammadu Buhari is currently holding an emergency meeting with governors of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The meeting, which began at about 8pm, is taking place behind More...
BREAKING: IGP Monitoring Team Arrests Dino Melaye
By News Investigators – Reports just reaching say controversial Kogi Senator, Dino Melaye, has been arrested. Mr. Melaye was arrested by a crack team of policemen from the Inspector-General of Police, IGP More...
BREAKING: Police Returns Stolen Mace To NASS
By Nuel Suji -The Nigerian Police on Thursday returned the Senate Mace brazenly stolen by hoodlums to the National Assembly complex. The Mace was brought in black patrol van by the Deputy Inspector-General of Police, More...
Police Recovers Senate’s Stolen Mace Under Bridge In Abuja
By Nuel Suji – The Police in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital says it has recovered the stolen Mace by hoodlums who invaded the Nigerian senate Wednesday. The Police, in a statement by the Force Public Relations More...
DEVELOPING: Police Arrests Omo-Agege, May Be Charged For Treason
By Sadiq Umar – Suspended Delta North senator, Ovie Omo-Agege has been arrested and would be charged force treason. Mr. Omo-Agege was arrested Wednesday following his role in the carting away of the senate More...
UPDATE: Thugs Defile Senate Chamber, Cart Away “Mace”
By Sadiq Umar – Fresh facts emerging from the National Assembly revealed the Mace was forcefully taken away by unknown persons led to the Senate chamber by the suspended Senator, Ovie Omo-Agege, as the senate More...
UPDATED: Senate’s Symbol Of Authority, The “Mace” Stolen
By Nuel Suji -Fresh facts emerging from the National Assembly revealed the Mace was forcefully taken away by unknown persons while the senate was preparing to resume plenary. “It was shocking, in a commando More...
BREAKING: 91 Dapchi School Girls Regain Freedom
By Sadiq Umar – The Federal Government has announced the release of 91 of the 110 abducted Dapchi schoolgirls, saying the release was unconditional. The released schoolgirls are currently in the custody of More...
Nigeria’s Second Republic Vice President, Alex Ekwueme Is Dead.
(News Investigators) Nigeria’s former Vice President, Alex Ekwueme is dead. Dr. Ekwueme died in London after unsuccessful battle with a complicated chest infection. The second Republic Vice-President who died More...
APGA Candidate, Willie Obiano, Wins Anambra Guber Election
By Sadiq Umar – The Anambra State governor and candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, Willie Obiano, has won the governorship election. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared More...
Agriculture Revolution In The Niger Delta
By Paul Boroh As an officer in the Army, I took to farming believing that is the future of the country and that on a personal level, I could better sustain my family. Our lands are so fertile that I did not need More...
Saraki Cleared Of False Asset Declaration Charges
By Nuel Suji – The Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) Wednesday dismissed the 18-count charge of false asset declaration levelled against the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki. Chairman of the tribunal, Danladi More...
Presidency Mourns UNFPA Executive Director, Babatunde Osotimehin
By Sadiq Umar – The Presidency has expressed shock and sadness over the sudden death of the Executive Director, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and former Minister of Health, Prof. Babatunde Osotimehin. Acting More...
Another Suicide Attack On UNIMAID, Bomber Killed
By Sadiq Umar – Another suicide bomber on Saturday detonated his improvised Explosive Device (IED) outside the perimeter fencing of the University of Maiduguri, Borno state, killing only himself in the incident. This More...
BREAKING: Another 82 Chibok Girls Regain Freedom
By Nuel Suji – The Islamist terrorist group, Boko Haram, has released a batch of more than 80 of the Chibok high school girls who were abducted in mid-April 2014, Saharareporters, an online news platform has More...
2017 Budget In Jeopardy Over Police Invasion Of Danjuma Goje’s House, IGP In Closed Door Meeting With Ekweremadu
By Sadiq Umar- The 2017 Budget may have suffered serious setback over last week’s Police raid of the House of Chairman Senate Committee on Appropriation, Danjuma Goje, even as senators condemned the action describing More...
Security Operatives Comb Danjuma Goje’s Asokoro House
By Sadiq Umar – The Abuja home of the Chairman Senate Committee on Appropriation, Danjuma Goje has been raided by security operatives. The house located on Haile Selassie street, Asokoro Abuja was besieged More...
BREAKING: Buhari Bears Fang, Suspends SGF Babachir Lawal, DG, NIA, Ayodele Oke
By Sadiq Umar – President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered an investigation into the allegations of violations of law and due process made against the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr David More...
Chanchangi Airline Chairman, Amadu Chachangi Is Dead
By Ibrahim Imam – The Chairman of Chanchangi Airlines, Amadu Chanchangi, is dead. Mr. Chanchangi died Wednesday morning on his way to Abuja for further medical attention morning. Immediate cause of death could More...
EFCC Uncovers Another $38m, N23m Suspicious Cash In Ikoyi
By Sadiq Umar – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it has discovered yet another large sum of money at a location in Ikoyi, Lagos. The agency said its operatives uncovered about $38m, More...
BREAKING: Ahmad Ahmad Defeats Issa Hayatou To Become New CAF President
By Nuel Suji – Confederation of African Football President, Issa Hayatou has been defeated by Ahmad Ahmad in a keenly contest election. Ahmad, a Madagascan born contender polled 34 votes as against Hayatou’s More...
BREAKING: Senate Rejects Magu Again, He Ceases To Be Acting EFCC Boss, Says Saraki
By Dipo Awojobi – The Senate has refused to confirm the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, as the substantive chairman of the anti-graft agency for the second time. Acting More...
BREAKING: Buhari Returns Friday, Says Presidency
By Nuel Suji- President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to return to the country tomorrow, Friday March 10, 2017, the Presidency has announced. Buhari’s planned return was announced in a statement by Presidential More...
BREAKING: Senate Confirms Onnoghen As Substantive CJN
By Nuel Suji – The Senate has confirmed Walter Onnoghen as the substantive Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN). Mr. Onnoghen was confirmed Wednesday after going through the screening exercise during a Committee More...
BREAKING: 3 Dead, 48 Rescued As Luxury Bus Plunged Into River Early Morning In Lagos
By Nuel Suji – The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said Friday that nine survivors are being attended to at Lagos State Emergency Trauma at Toll Gate, Lagos-Ibadan expressway. The Agency said More...
BREAKING: Buhari Extends Vacation Indefinitely, Writes National Assembly
By Sadiq Umar – President Muhammadu Buhari has extended his vacation indefinitely to enable him receive the results of medical tests. A statement by Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, said More...
BREAKING: Two White Men, Five Others Killed By Unknown Gunmen In Adamawa
ADAMAWA/By Tom Garba, Yola – Two white men who are believed to be contractors and five officials of the Adamawa state Ministry of Land and Survey were reportedly killed in a village of Toungo Local government More...
BREAKING: Rivers State Police Commissioner Is Dead
By Dipo Awojobi – The Rivers State Police Commissioner, Mr. Francis Bolaji Odesanya, is dead. Odesanya was said to have died this morning in an undisclosed hospital in Dubai after a brief illness. He was More...
Suicide Bomber, One Person Killed In Aborted Mosque Attack
By Sadiq Umar – Less than a month after suicide bomber’s attack in a mosque inside the University of Maiduguri, another suicide bomber attempted an attack on another mosque this morning at Dalori quarters. Dalori More...
Yahya Jammeh Caves In, Agrees To Exile
The new President of The Gambia, Adama Barrow has confirmed that his predecessor Yahya Jammeh has agreed to step down and leave the country. Barrow made the announcement on his Twitter handle after hours of talks More...
BREAKING: Police Arrest PREMIUM TIMES Publisher, Dapo Olorunyomi
The Publisher of PREMIUM TIMES newspaper, Dapo Olorunyomi has been arrested. Mr. Olorunyomi was arrested alongside with a Reporter, Evelyn Okakwu this evening at the Wuse Zone 2, Abuja, Head office of the newspaper More...
IDP Accidental Bombing: NAF Constitutes 6-Man Investigative Panel
By Nuel Suji – The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has constituted a board of senior officers to investigate the accidental air strike at Rann, Borno State, in which over 50 persons were killed and several scores More...
Adama Barrow To Be Sworn-in As President At Gambia Embassy In Dakar
By Sadiq Umar – The swearing-in ceremony for Gambia’s President-elect of Gambia, Adama Barrow would take place at the country’s embassy located in Banjul, News Investigators learnt. Arrangements have been More...
Nigerian Breweries, Kara Market On Fire
By Dipo Awojobi – There was a fire outbreak today at the empty bottle compound of the Lagos plant of Nigerian Breweries Plc in Iganmu, Lagos. According to the Corporate Affairs Adviser, Nigerian breweries, More...
Fayose Gives 22 “Predictions” For 2017, Says A Former Head Of State May Die
By Dipo Awojobi – Just as he did in 2015, when he predicted 20 things that will be experienced in 2016, Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State, has once again predicted about 22 things that would happen in More...
BREAKING: Scores Feared Dead As Twin Blasts Hit Adamawa
By Dipo Awojobi – Twin explosions have hit Madagali in Adamawa State, with scores feared dead, witnesses said Friday. The attack occurred at a busy market early Friday. Details of casualties are still expected. Madagali More...
40 Passengers Feared Dead In Pakistan Plane Crash
By Dipo Awojobi – A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight with more than 40 people on board has crashed in the north of the country. Flight PK-661 “lost contact with the control tower on its way from More...
Breaking News: INEC Formally Declares Akeredolu Ondo-Governor Elect
By Dipo Awojobi – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has formally declared Mr Rotimi Akeredolu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) winner of last Saturday’s governorship election in More...
BREAKING: Akeredolu Wins Ondo Election
By Alaba Ajibade – The Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Rotimi Akeredolu has won majority votes in the last Saturday governorship election in Ondo State. APC governorship candidate The results More...
Another Chibok Girl Rescued With Baby
By Dipo Awojobi – Barely three weeks after 21 Chibok girls were released by Boko Haram, one more girl has been set free. The girls were part of 200 female students abducted from Chibok, Borno State in 2014. An More...
Twin Bomb Hit Maiduguri, Borno State
By Dipo Awojobi – Not less than five persons were reportedly killed early Saturday as two suicide bombers struck in Maiduguri, capital of Borno State and the heart of a seven-year-old insurgency by Islamist More...
BREAKING: PDP Suspends Convention, Extends Makarfi’s Tenure For One Year
By Dipo Awojobi – Following the sealing off of Sharks Stadium venue of its National Convention by the Police, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday afternoon held a meeting inside the Government More...
BREAKING: Court Grants Femi Fani-Kayode Bail
By Dipo Awojobi – Former minister of Aviation and Spokesman of the Goodluck Jonathan Campaign Organisation in the last Presidential election, Femi Fani-Kayode, has been granted bail by a Federal High court More...
BREAKING: Gunmen Kill Oyo Lawmaker
By Dipo Awojobi – Hon. Gideon Aremu, the Chairman of the Oyo State House of Assembly Committee on Information and Security, has been shot to death by gunmen at his residence. Reports said that Aremu (Orelope-Labour More...
BREAKING: AMCON Seals Murray-Bruce’s Silverbird Group
By Dipo Awojobi – The Assets Management Company of Nigeria has sealed several companies in which Senator Ben Murray-Bruce has interests. Mr. Murray-Bruce is Senator representing Bayelsa East Senatorial District More...
BREAKING: EFCC Freezes Fayose’s Account, “It’s Illegal, Criminal,” Says Governor
By Nuel Suji – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has frozen the personal account of the Governor of Ekiti State, Mr Ayodele Fayose alongside some of his associates. Leading opposition More...
BREAKING: Amodu Shuaibu, ex-Super Eagles Coach Dies
By Dipo Awojobi – The Nigerian Football Federation has announced the death of its technical director, Amodu Shuaibu. Former Super Eagles Coach Shuaib was a former coach of Nigeria’s Super Eagles. The More...
BREAKING: Former Super Eagles Coach Stephen Keshi Is Dead
By Dipo Awojobi – Stephen Okechukwu Keshi, a former coach of the Nigerian national football team, the Super Eagles, is dead. He died at the age of 54. According to a family source who confirmed the news More...
FG Appoints Onanuga, Kawu, Okechukwu, Others Heads Of Media Agencies
By Dipo Awojobi – The Federal Government has appointed the Chief Executives of six information-related parastatals under the Ministry of Information and Culture. The appointments were announced in Abuja More...
BREAKING: Alleged Wife Killer, Lekan Shonde Arrested In Lagos
By Dipo Awojobi – The Police in Lagos has arrested Lekan Shonde, who allegedly killed his wife last Thursday in Lagos. When the going was good The Police spokesman, Dolapo Badmos who confirmed the arrest, disclosed that More...
BREAKING: Buhari Finally Signs 2016 Budget Into Law
By Dipo Awojobi – President Muhammadu Buhari has finally signed the 2016 budget into law months after its passage by the National Assembly. Laying the 2016 budget proposal on the table at a joint session More...
BREAKING: Ex-Lagos Sports Commissioner, Ademola Adeniji-Adele, Is Dead
By Dipo Awojobi – Reports reaching us indicate that a former Commissioner for Sports in Lagos State, Prince Ademola Adeniji-Adele, is dead. Ademola Adeniji-Adele was from the royal family in Lagos and was More...
FG Declares Monday, May 2 As Public Holiday
By Dipo Awojobi – The Federal Government has declared Monday, May 2, 2016 as a Public Holiday in celebration of 2016 Workers’ Day. This was contained in a statement by the Interior Minister, Abdulrahman More...
Ex-Lagos Deputy Governor, Rafiu Jafojo, Dies At 80
By Sadiq Umar – Second Republic deputy governor of Lagos, Rafiu Jafojo has died at the age in Lagos. Late Jofojo who was the deputy to governor Lateef Jakande died at the age of 80. The remains of Jafojo will More...
Breaking News: Senate Drops Amendment Of CCB, CCT Act
By Dipo Awojobi – News reaching us now confirms that the Nigerian Senate has finally bowed to pressure and has suspended debate on the amendment of the Code of Conduct Bureau, CCB, and the Code of Conduct More...
Breaking News: Abducted Lagos Female Students Freed
By Dipo Awojobi – The three female students who were abducted from the Babington Macaulay Junior Seminary in Ikorodu, Lagos State have been released. Lagos governor The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, More...
DSS Releases Alleged Biafra Sponsor, Victor Umeh
By Dipo Awojobi – The former chairman of the All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA, Victor Umeh, who was arrested on March 4, Thursday by the State Security Service, has been released. Mr. Umeh was arrested More...
BREAKING: Rioters, Hoodlums Invade Mile 12, Vandalise Vehicles
(LAGOS) Dipo Awojobi – There is a riot going on in Mile 12 with hoodlums vandalising vehicles. A school was said to have been raised in the area with unconfirmed reports indicating that up to six people have More...
Breaking: Buhari Vows To “Severely Punish” Those Who Distorted Budget 2016
By Nuel Suji – President Muhammadu Buhari vowed late Tuesday in Riyadh that all those involved in the “padding” of the 2016 National Budget will face the most severe punishment. Addressing the Nigerian More...
Buhari Meets Adeboye In Aso Rock
By Sadiq Umar – The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, Tuesday held a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo at the Presidential More...
Ali Modu-Sheriff Is Now PDP’s National Chairman, Says Metuh
By Sadiq Umar – A former governor of Borno State, Ali Modu-Sheriff, has been named the new chairman of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Modu-Sheriff emerged as chairman after the internal wrangling More...
BREAKING: Thugs Invade General Hospital In Lagos, Stab Staff, Patients
By Dipo Awojobi – Hell was let loose around 11 pm on Sunday 14, February, when thugs invaded the General Hospital Orile-Agege, Lagos with cutlasses, knives, and other dangerous weapons attacking and stabbing More...
BREAKING: F.G Fires NTA D.G, Sola Omole, Five Others
By Sadiq Umar – The Federal Government has fired the Director-General of the Nigerian Television Authourity, Sola Omole, and five others under the Ministry of Information and Culture. Minister of Information More...
Yahaya Bello Sworn In As Kogi Governor, Without Deputy
By Sadiq Umar – Winner of the Kogi’s governorship elections, Yahaya Bello has been sworn in as the Executive Governor of Kogi State, but without a deputy. Sworn in without deputy Bello who was declared More...
BREAKING: Metuh Gets Bail Of N300Million
By Sadiq Umar – The Abuja High Court presided over by Justice Ishaq Bello, has granted bail to Olisa Metuh, spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who was yesterday arraigned on a separate charge More...
Wanted List: 15th Boko Haram Prime Suspect Arrested In Yola
By Tom Garba, Yola – The Adamawa Immigration command has arrested a man identified as the “15th person” on the wanted list of Boko Haram published by the Federal Government. The State Commandant, More...
Olubadan of Ibadan Dies At 101
By Dipo Awojobi – The Olubadan of Ibadan land, Oba Samuel Odulana Odugade 1, is dead. The monarch, who died at age 101 passed away Tuesday evening after he reportedly was unconscious. It was gathered that More...
BREAKING: Olisa Metuh Gets Bail
…With N400Million Bail Bond By Dipo Awojobi – The federal high court sitting in Abuja has granted bail to the embattled National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Olisa Metuh. Brought More...
Jimoh Ibrahim Sacks MD On Live TV Program Over Workers’ Protest
By Dipo Awojobi – The Group Managing Director of Energy Group, Jimoh Ibrahim, sprang a surprise on Monday, when he sacked Bolu Afolayan, the Managing Director of one of his companies, Newswatch Media Ltd. More...
Messy Arms Deal: Buhari Directs EFCC To Probe Past Service Chiefs
By Dipo Awojobi – President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to carry out further investigation into the misconduct established against some officers of the More...
