PDP Vows To ‘Unearth’ Buhari’s Election Flaws In Court

PDP National Chairman By Sadiq Umar - The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says its decision to challenge...

Stop Killing Innocent Nigerians, Abatemi-Usman Appeals To Terrorists

Vice Chairman, Senate Committee on Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Nurudeen Abatemi-Usman has appealed to terrorists in the country to have a change of heart...

Military Imposes Curfew On Maiduguri, Repels Attacks On Monguno

By Ibrahim Imam, Kaduna. The military authorities said it has repelled simultaneous attacks on Monguno and Maiduguri by the Boko Haram insurgents in on Sunday,...

Elections Must Hold On Schedule, Says Council Of State, As APC Hails Decision

The Council of State on Thursday resolved that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), should proceed with the Presidential elections slated for February 14,...

No Crisis In Rivers APC, Amaechi Making Changes In Political Caucus, Says Ikanya

By Nuel Suji - The All Progressive Congress (APC) in Rivers State has dismissed reports that there was a rift within the party in...

Pregnant Woman Hits, Seven Killed In MASSOB, Securitymen Clashes

By Sadiq Umar - The Police on Monday confirmed the death of seven persons following clashes between security personnel and members of the Movement...

11 Soldiers, 8 Armed Bandits Killed In Ambush, Near FCT

By Sadiq Umar - The Nigerian military said 11 of its soldiers have been killed in an ambush by armed bandits operating in Bosso...

Senate Summons FCT Minister, Julius Berger Over Abuja Airport Road Project

By Olusegun Emmanuel, Abuja. Senate has summoned the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Senator Bala Mohammed and the firm handling lots one and two...

Medical Tribunal Convicts Lagos Doctor For Negligence

(News Investigators)/ A tribunal set up by the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) on Tuesday...

Fuel Scarcity: Kachikwu To Appear Before Senate On Tuesday

By Dipo Awojobi - The Senate on Monday summoned the Minister of State for Petroleum, Mr Ibe Kachikwu, to appear before its Committee on...

Ibeju-Lekki Residents Protest To Lagos Assembly Over Imposition Of Baale

By Dipo Awojobi - Scores of residents of Ibeju-Lekki Area of Lagos State on Friday staged a peaceful protest to the Lagos State House of...

Dogara Advises UNILAG Record-Breaker Against Social Vices, As Reps Honour Him

By Dipo Awojobi -  Ayodele Dada, who recently graduated with a 5.0 CGPA, from the University of Lagos was honored by members of the...

National Conference: CSO Delegates Protest Decision On Appointment Of C’ttee Chairmen

Delegates representing the Civil Society  at the ongoing National Conference yesterday expressed dissatisfaction  with the recommendation of the 50man Consensus Group that reversed conference...

Presidency Debunks Report Of Buhari Missing Scheduled Meeting At UN

... Says President Remains Committed To National Security, Succor For IDPs By Sadiq Umar, Abuja - The Presidency on Weekend restated President Muhammadu Buhari ‘s...

Kastina Senator, Bukar Mustapha, Is Dead

By Nuel Suji - A senator representing Katsina North senatorial district at the National Assembly, Bukar Mustapha, is dead. Mr. Mustapha died at a private...

Lucky Chibok Girls Mark Third Anniversary At AUN

By Tom Garba, Yola The Chibok Girls Education Initiative at the American University of Nigeria (AUN) celebrated its third anniversary on August 25 with an...

Shettima, Northern Elders Meet Arewa Youth Leaders To Prevent Attack Against Igbo

By Sadiq Umar - The governor of Borno State and Chairman, Northern Governors Forum, Kashim Shettima on Wednesday met with some Northern elders and...

NLC Suspends Strike, Says Negotiation Continues With FG

By Dipo Awojobi - The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has called off its nationwide industrial action embarked upon last Wednesday to kick against the increase...

Troops Arrest Boko Haram Cameraman, 3 Others

The military authorities on Monday said it arrested a Boko Haram sect photographer in a community in Adamawa state. The man, whose full identity is...

Buhari Sends Names of 47 Ambassadorial Nominees To Senate

By Dipo Awojobi - President Muhammadu Buhari has forwarded the list of Ambassadorial nominees to the Senate for consideration and approval as Ambassadors to different...

CBN Governor Urges Youths To Emulate Dangote’s Entrepreneurial Spirit

By Dipo Awojobi - Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefele, has enjoined Nigerian Youths to emulate the entrepreneurial spirit of Nigeria’s...

Jonathan In Emergency Meeting With Governors

President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday evening summoned an emergency meeting with governors of his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The agenda of the meeting which is...

Niger Delta: Militants Strike Again, Blow Shell Pipeline In Imo

By Dipo Awojobi -The new Militant group known as the ‘ Red Scorpion’ early hours of yesterday blew up another gas pipe line owned...

As Ese Oruru Gives Evidence, Court Bars Her Parents, Journalists From Proceeding

By Dipo Awojobi - A Federal High Court sitting in Yenagoa on Wednesday barred journalists and parents of Ese Oruru, the minor who was allegedly...

Revealed: How Babangida Looted N2.9billion On Eve Of Departure

By Our Correspondent. Fact emerged on Wednesday on how former governor of Niger state, Babangida Aliyu allegedly siphoned N2.9 billion on the eve of his...

Court Removes Ghandi As Soun, Orders Fresh Selection Process

News Investigators/ An Oyo High Court sitting in Ogbomoso on Wednesday nullified the selection and installation of Oba Ghandi Olaoye as the...

Buhari Appoints New Registrar For JAMB, Others

By Dipo Awojobi - President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointments of new Chief Executive Officers of parastatals under the Ministry of Education. Some of the...

BREAKING: Oba of Benin Is Dead

The Oba of Benin, Omo n’Oba Erediauwa Akpolokpolo I, is dead. His death was announced few minutes ago by the Iyase of Benin Kingdom, Chief Sam...

Uncertainty, Confusion Trail Kemi Adeosun’s Purported Resignation

(News Investigators) /Uncertainty and confusion have continued to trail the reported resignation of Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, as the Presidency kept mute over...

Justice Oputa Defined The Roadmap For Our Judiciary -Mark

By Olusegun Emmanuel, Abuja. Nigerian Senate President Senator David Mark has described erudite Justice Chukwudifu Oputa as the pathfinder who charted the road map for...

Obasanjo Slams Nnamdi Kanu, Says No Sane Person ‘ll Ask For Nigeria Break Up

By Sadiq Umar - Nigeria’s former President, Olusegun Obasanjo has dismissed the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu as insane, saying...

Constitutional Amendment: Group Urges State Lawmaker’s Support For L.G Autonomy

The Project Nigeria, a Non Governmental Organisation, has urged the State Houses of Assembly to support the National Assembly's amendment for local government autonomy,...

Jonathan Is Paying Lip-Service To Steel Development –Sen. Abatemi-Usman

  Vice Chairman, Senate Committee on Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Nurudeen Abatemi-Usman, has said that President Goodluck Jonathan has not shown enough commitment to steel...

INEC Declares PDP Winner In V.P Sambo’s Kabala Polling Unit

By Doyin Adebayo, Abuja. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), winner over All Progressive Congress (APC) in Vice President...

Nigerian Army Institute Seeks To Award Degrees

By Nuel Suji, Abuja. The National Assembly is to fast track the passage of a bill into law that would upgrade the Nigerian Army Institute...

Makarfi, PDP Governors, Others Summon Meeting To Tackle Modu-Sheriff

By Sadiq Umar - The Ahmed Makarfi faction of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has summoned a meeting to discuss “crucial party matters” concerning...

Adamawa Customs Command Destroys Expired Foreign Rice, Vows To Block All Leakages

ADAMAWA/By Tom Garba - The Nigeria Customs Service Area Command of Adamawa and Taraba has vowed to remain resolute in blocking all areas of...

Ondo 2016: Appeal Court Suspends Ruling Indefinitely

By Sadiq Umar - The Appeal Court has suspended indefinitely all pending matters in the ongoing legal battle to determine the authentic governorship candidate...

Group Tasks Committees On Nutrients For Children

Gov. Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State By Ibrahim Imam - Civil Society Scaling Up Nutrition in Nigeria...

Publicly Calm Your Supporters Now, NDI Observers Tell Jonathan, Buhari

By Sadiq Umar, Abuja. The National Democratic Institute (NDI) has urged political parties and candidates in the March 28 Presidential and National Assembly elections to...

Northern Senators Reject Extension Of Emergency Rule …Set Up C’ttee To Meet Affected Governors

By Olusegun Emmanuel, Abuja. Northern Senators Forum Wedneseday vowed to vote against extension of state of emergency rule imposed on three North East states by...

EXCLUSIVE: Presidential Elections May Now Hold March 14

Ahead of its meeting with political parties and Resident Electoral Commissioners scheduled for Saturday, there are strong indications that Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC),...

Budget Padding Latest: Dogara Shuns Police Invitation

By Dipo Awojobi - The embattled Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has shunned the invitation of the police Special Investigating Panel over...

Worker’s Day: Tell Us When You’ll Pay Four Months Salary Arrears, Adamawa NLC Urges...

By Tom Garba, Yola - The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Adamawa on Monday urged the state Governor, Muhammadu Bindow to make definite pronouncement...

NULGE Storms Confab, Demands Local Govt Autonomy

By Olusegun Emmanuel, Abuja. The National leadership of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employers (NULGE)  has canvassed for full autonomy for  Local Government as...

BREAKING: Troops Capture Gwoza, Several Terrorists Killed

By Ibrahim Imam, Kaduna. ...some terrorists fleeing towards border areas, says Defence Hqrts. ...no news abducted Chibok girls. The defence headquarters Friday afternoon said it has liberated...

FG Recovers $64.63m Electricity Debts From Benin, Niger Republic

By Nuel Suji - Minister of Works, Power and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola, said Nigeria has recovered $64.63million debts from its international customers...

Adamawa LG Allocates 250 Hectares For Rice Production

ADAMAWA/By Tom Garba, Yola - The Chairman of Fufore Local Government of Adamawa, Wakili Boya, says the Council has allocated 250 hectares of land for...

Senate President, Bukola Saraki Loses Appeal Bid To Stop His CCT Trial

By Dipo Awojobi - The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has dismissed an application filed by Senate President, Bukola Saraki, challenging the jurisdiction...

Air Force Commences Investigation Into Kaduna Crash

By Sadiq Umar, Abuja. The Nigerian Air Force has commenced investigation into the recent crash of its aircraft in which seven persons were...

Gov.Bindow Advocates Constructive Online Journalism

By Tom Garba, Yola - The Governor of Adamawa states, Senator Muhammadu Jibrilla Bindow has called for a constructive online journalism that would promote...

Rivers APC Hails Buhari Over Niger Delta Peace Moves, Coastal Rail Line Project

By Nuel Suji - The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has hailed President Muhammadu Buhari over his efforts to restore...

Why We Are Using Entertainment To Engage Lagos Youths -Lawmaker

By Dipo Awojobi - The Nigerian youths have been described as a vulnerable set of people that should be properly engaged so that they...

Senate C’ttee Report Urges FCTA To Kick Start Centenary City Project

By Sadiq Umar - There are strong indications that the Senate may have directed the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) to take steps to...

Buhari Appoints Gusau As New D.G Budget Office

By Nuel Suji, Abuja. President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Mr Aliyu Yahaya Gusau as Director-General Budget Office of the Federation. A statement by the Director of...

Group Hails Postponement Of Rivers Re-run Elections

By Sadiq Umar - The Centre for Public Accountability has hailed the decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to suspend the Rivers...

Financial Mess: Governors Meet To Push For Federal Bailout, Elect New Chairman

By Sadiq Umar The Nigeria Governor's Forum (NGF) is currently meeting in Abuja to discuss sundry issues chiefly of which is the need to seek...

UN Security Council Approves Sanctions Against Boko Haram

UNITED NATIONS – The United States says the U.N. Security Council has approved sanctions against the Al Qaeda-linked terrorist group Boko Haram which has...

Elections: FG Announces Visa Fee Waiver For Foreign Observers

EU Elections monitors By Sadiq Umar - The Federal Government has approved visa fee waiver for accredited observers...

BREAKING: Saraki Elected Senate President “Unopposed”

By Nuel Suji, Abuja. Senator Bukola Saraki has been elected as the President of the Senate of the 8th National Assembly. Saraki was elected unopposed even...

PDP Chairmanship Is Open To All Southerners, Makarfi Insists

By Nuel Suji - Chairman of National Caretaker Committee of Peoples Democratic Party, Ahmed Markafi has reaffirmed his earlier position that the seat of...

Saraki Summons Emergency Meeting Of NASS’ Principal Officers

By Sadiq Umar - The President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, has summoned an emergency meeting of the National Assembly leadership. The meeting, scheduled for...

Senate Adopts C’ttee Report On Disability Bill

The Senate on Wednesday adopted the report of the conference committee constituted to harmonize the two versions of the disability bill passed by the...

Sallah: Police Deploy Special Team To Ensure Peaceful Celebration

By Sadiq Umar - The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris has ordered massive deployment of special Police team across the federation to...

Lagos Bans Land Grabbing

LAGOS/By Dipo Awojobi - Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode on Monday fulfilled his pledge of making the menace of land grabbing in Lagos...

Jonathan Cancels Visit To Chibok …No Such Trip -Abati

  Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan has cancelled his first visit to the village from which more than 200 schoolgirls were abducted by Islamist rebel group...

APC Crisis: Lagos Lawmakers Declare Support For Tinubu

By Dipo Awojobi - Lawmakers in the Lagos State House of Assembly have thrown their weights behind the embattled National Leader of the All...

You’re Intolerant, Despicable, Barbaric -APC Tells Gov. Dankwambo

By Ibrahim Imam, Kaduna. The All Progressives Congress (APC) has condemned what is called "the acts of intolerance by Gombe State Governor Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo,...

Nigerian Cannot Survive Without Christians, Muslims, Says Gowon

By Tom Garba, Yola - Former military Head of State Gen. Yakubu Gowon (Rtd.) says Nigeria cannot survive without the corporate support and help...

N4million Allowances: Delegates Spoil For Showdown Over Cut In Payment

  The N4million monthly allowance announced for members at the ongoing National Conference in Abuja has been marred by fresh controversy as delegates are poised...

Maryland Riot: BRT Did Not Kill Hawker, Says Lagos Govt

By Dipo Awojobi - The Lagos State Government has clarified the misconception surrounding the unfortunate incident where a street hawker was knocked down by an...

Boko Haram: Shekau, Al-Barnawi Factions In Bloody Clashes

By Sadiq Umar - There are strong indications that the bickering between the two factional leaders of the Boko Haram terrorist have degenerated into...

Metuh Vows Not To Contest For Any Position At PDP Convention

By Dipo Awojobi - National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olisa Metuh, says he will not vie for any position at the...

Buhari Re-Constitutes NPA, NIMASA Boards

By Sadiq Umar - President Muhammadu Buhari, has approved the composition of the governing boards of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) and the Nigerian...

BREAKING: Speaker Bankole Loses Daughter

Daughter of the former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Dimeji Bankole, Yetunde is dead. The young Yetunde died at about 5:55 a.m Thursday...

NASS Sends Detailed 2016 Appropriation Bill To Buhari

By Dipo Awojobi - The National Assembly may have transmitted detail of the 2016 Budget to President Muhammadu Buhari, even as it commended Nigerians...

Bill To Provide Education Loan To Tertiary School Students Scales Second Reading

By Sadiq Umar - A bill seeking to provide for a Federal Government loan assistance to students to pursue tertiary education has passed second reading at...

Inuwa Appoints Acting Surveyor- General, Acting Statistician- General For Gombe State

News Investigators/ Gombe State Governor, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya ( Dan Majen Gombe) has approved the appointments of Zakari Isa Kwami as Acting...

Tinubu Appoints Alake, Ribadu, Uwajumogu, 5Others As Special Advisers

News Investigators/ President Bola Tinubu Thursday approved the appointment of eight Special Advisers that would assist in government. A...

Dakuku Condemns Attack On Oyorokoto Settlement By Gunmen

By Jackson Udeani, Port Harcourt - The All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in the April general elections in Rivers state, Dr. Dakuku Adol...

Buhari Probes Military Weapon Procurements From 2007

By Sadiq Umar, Abuja. President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the National Security Adviser, Babagana Monguno to commence investigation into the purchase of weapons by the...

Former Police IG Docked For Alleged Fraud

By Nuel Suji - Former Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Sunday Ehindero, has been re-arraigned over allegation of fraud involving the management of N578 million...

Return Fayemi’s N1.5billion Donation To Your Campaign, Ekiti PDP Tells Buhari

By Sadiq Umar - The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti State has challenged President Mohammadu Buhari, asking him to return the N1.5 billion...

Senate’s Rejection Of Ibrahim Magu Is Official, Says Senate Spokesman

By Nuel Suji - The Senate on Tuesday reaffirmed its decision rejecting the nomination of the acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes...

Buhari Congratulates Trump, Says ‘We Can Work Together’

By Dipo Awojobi - Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari has joined other world leaders in congratulating the United States President-elect Donald Trump on his victory...

Tinubu Returns To Nigeria In Style

News Investigators/ The President-elect, Bola Tinubu, on Monday arrived Abuja, the nation’s capital after spending a month abroad. Mr....

36 Military Officers Killed In Niger State – DHQ

(News investigators) Director Defence Media Operations, Major General Edward Buba, made this known when he gave a breakdown of casualties in the...

We Are Yet To Call Off Our Strike – COEASU

Unlike the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnic (ASUP) that is expected to resume work onTuesday after suspending its ten months strike, the Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU)...

Information Minister To Parley Newspaper Columnists, Musicians, OAPs

By Dipo Awojobi - The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has slated a series of meetings for this week in continuation of...

Senate Suspends Ndume For Six Months, Clears Saraki, Melaye

By Nuel Suji - The Senate on Wednesday suspended former leader Muhammed Ali Ndume for six months for what it termed his failure to...

We Are Suspicious Of Yari’s Governor’s Forum -Mimiko

By Nuel Suji The Governor of Ondo state, Olusegun Mimiko, has said that the Jonah Jang faction of the Nigeria Governor's Forum (NGF) were not...

Ekiti Lawmakers Insist On Impeaching Fayose,  Direct Chief Judge To Setup 7-man Panel

By Omololu Adebayo To further the impeachment plans of the Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose, the 19 APC lawmakers of the state's House of...

Elections Updates: INEC Extends Voting Till Sunday, Permits Manual Accreditation

By Omololu Adebayo, Abuja. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has extended the Presidential election till Sunday, following reports of logistics problems experienced by voters...

Boko Haram: 50 Dead, 100 Injured In Juma’at Mosque Bombing

By Tom Garba, Yola - The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has confirmed 27 death in the bomb blast that rocked a Mosque during...

APC Accuses Jonathan Of Plot To Rig Lagos Guber Poll

By Nuel Suji, Abuja. The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Friday accused President Goodluck Jonathan of being on vengeance mission to personally supervise rigging of...

Prime Boko Haram Commander, Khalid Al-Barnawi, Recruits For Al-Qaeda -DSS

By Sadiq Umar - The Department of State Services (DSS) has disclosed that, Khalid Al-Barnawi, a founding member and prime Boko Haram commander arrested...

1000 Young Nigerians To Receive N500million Grant For Start Ups

..YESGrant will provide business training for up to 600 aspiring young entrepreneurs ABUJA, Nigeria, March 26, 2016/ -- Over 1000 Nigerians will this year be...

Unknown Gunmen Storm Catholic Church, Kill Dozens

By Jackson Udeani - The entire Ozubulu community in Ekwusigo Local Government Council area of Anambra state, South-East Nigeria, has been thrown into mourning,...

Supreme Court Dismisses Atiku, Obi’s Appeal For Lack Of Merit

News Investigators/ The Supreme Court has dismissed the Appeal filed by the candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar and...

Abiodun Mourns Ekundayo Opaleye Ex-Military Governor

…says he was a patriotic News Investigators/ The governor of Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun has described the death of...

Dankwambo, Ambode, Tambuwal Others Win, Yero, Ribadu loss

Governor Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo of Gombe state has been declared the winner of the Saturday’s governorship election in the state. Declaring the results Sunday, the...

CAN Expresses Worry Over Anti-Christian Sermons By Muslim Clerics On Adamawa TV

By Tom Garba Yola - The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) Adamawa state chapter has expressed grave concern over anti-Christianity sermons (Tafsir) by some Muslim...

Wike Blasts Oshiomhole, Says He Is Afraid Of Defeat

By Dipo Awojobi - Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike of Rivers State has berated the Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole for what he called his...

Okorocha Sacks Information Commissioner, Two Others

By Jackson Udeani - The Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, has announced the sacking of his Commissioner for Information, Vitais Ajumbe. Mr. Ajumbe was...

Senate Condemns Alleged Rape, Killings By Herdsmen In Edo

By Nuel Suji - The Senate on Wednesday condemned the recent alleged rape and killings of two women,on a farmland located in Ewu...

‘I Will Be The Last Man Standing For PDP, Says Mark

By Nuel Suji, Abuja. President of the Senate, Senator David Mark on Wednesday put paid to speculations making the rounds that he was contemplating joining...

APC Embarks On ‘One Million Man March In Lagos

The opposition All Progressives Congress (APC), Saturday embarked on what it called “a Million – Man March For Change” in Lagos State, South West...

Controversy Trails ANLCA Board Dissolution As Henry Njoku Debunks Claims

News Investigators/ The Patron of the Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA), Henry Njoku says the purported dissolution of the National...

50 Graduating Medical Doctors Get Automatic Employment

EKSU Students ADO-EKITI/(News Investigators)/ Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State has granted all the 50 medical students of...

Ogun PDP Says Nigeria Has No Future Under Buhari’s Government

By Sadiq Umar - The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun state has faulted President Muhammadu Buhari's one year performance record, describing the All Progressives...
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News Investigators/ Ogun State Government has urged residents on wetland areas to relocate to safer ground before the rain commences fully this...

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