Mark Mourns Balat, Says He Was A Shinning Light
By Olusegun Emmanuel, Abuja.
President of the Senate, Sen. David Mark has mourned the death his former colleagues Senator Isaiah who died on Tuesday at...
Boko Haram: Army Urges Public For Timely Information On Insurgents
The Nigerian Army has called on Nigerians to provide timely information to security agencies in order to forestall attacks by the Boko Haram Islamic...
National Confab: Why APC States Make U-Turn
Fact emerged yesterday on the All Progressive Congress ((APC) controlled-states latest decision to attend the forthcoming National Confab despite its earlier opposition stance, as...
Oil Marketers Deny Bribing NNPC Officials
The National President of Independent Petroluem Marketers Association of
Nigeria (IPMAN),Alhaji Aminu Abdul kadir has described allegations
that its members bribed officials of the Oil ministry...
Don’t Leave Politics For Evil People – Obasanjo Tells Christians
Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo has urged Christians to participate actively in politics, saying to do otherwise is to allow evil people take charge of...
EFCC Vows To Secure More Convictions This Year
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has said expressed its readiness to improve on its scorecard of 177 convictions it recorded last year,...
FG Upgrades 6 Training Centres Into Tertiary Institutions
The Federal Government has approved the upgrading of six Federal Training Centres to tertiary institutions to offer Monotechnic programmes.
In a statement signed by the Director of...
Sanusi Insists $10.8billion Is Unremitted …He Is Crying Foul Where None Exists -NNPC
By Olusegun Emmanuel, Abuja.
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation(NNPC) has maintained that the alleged missing 10.8 billion dollars was not missing afterall but that the...
Ilaje/Ese-Odo Bye-Election: Group Urges INEC To Revise Voter’s Register
A group known as Progressive Initiative Forum,(PIF), has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to look into allegations of falsification of voter's register...
PDP Denies Bribery Allegations…Says APC Is Suffering From Diminishing Returns
Olusegun Emmanuel, Abuja.
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has denied allegations by opposition All Progressive Congress (APC), that it had induced federal lawmakers with millions...
Customs Arrest Passenger At Lagos Airport For Hiding $1.9 Million
A passenger, Mr. Ani Paulinus Onyeka was on Tuesday arrested by officials of the Nigeria Customs Service at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport for...
Chinese man, Dep. Gov Aide kidnap in Abia
By Victor Udoh, Port Harcourt
A Chinese national, identified as Tang Kalu,his wife and one Achilefu, an aide to the former deputy governor of Abia...
Drama In Senate As Saraki Dares Mark
Leader of the decampee senators Sen. Bukola Saraki, on Tuesday made a futile attempt to announce the controversial defection letters to the public when...
FIFA World Cup 2014: World Travel Signs Deal With Brazil Hospitality Giant
Ahead of the FIFA world Cup fiesta coming up in Brazil in June, World Travel Shop, an indigenous travels and tours company has signed...
Oghiadomhe Resigned, Not Sacked -Abati
The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, has said that former Chief of Staff to the President, Mr....
Breaking News: Jonathan Sacks Chief of Staff ?
Unconfirmed report just reaching us said the Chief of Staff to the President Mr. Mike Oghiadomhe has been relieved of his appointment.
Information on the...
CNPP Calls For Independent Inquiry Into NNPC Accounts
The Conference of Nigerian Political Parties, CNPP, has called for an independent inquiry into the accounts of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, from...
Omisore Flags Off Governorship Campaign In Style, says Aregbesola’s a tyrant
Senator Iyiola Omisore on Saturday at Freedom Park, Oshogbo, Osun State capital flagged off his campaign to contest for the state’s governorship election under...
2015: Yakassai Group Can’t Deliver North To Jonathan – Junaid Mohammed
Second Republic lawmaker, Dr. Junaid Mohammed, yesterday, dismissed as non-existent northern groups parading themselves as the major political platforms whose support President Goodluck Jonathan...
Yakassai’s Northern Elders Council Endorses Jonathan For 2015
The Northern Elders Council (NEC), a new sociopolitical group headed by former presidential adviser, Alhaji Tanko Yakassai, on Thursday pledged to back President Goodluck...
Jonathan Appoints New Advisers, DG’s Others, Agwai, Niboro Make List
By Olusegun Emannuel, Abuja.
The Presidency has announced the appointment two new special advisers and directors general for the Nigerian Television Authority, Federal Radio Corporation...
2014 budget: APC Reps Are Blocking Economic Oxygen -Maku
Urges Nigerians To Hold Them Accountable For Their Action
By Olusegun Emmanuel, Abuja.
The Minister of Information, Mr. Labaran Maku, has said that the move by...
Defection Saga: Decampee Senators Await Mark’s Verdict Next Tuesday
By Olusegun Emmanuel, Abuja.
The 11 Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senators who have indicated their intention to quit their party for the All Progressive Congress...
Unpaid Pension Arrears: Edo Pensioner Gives Feb. 14 Deadline To Commit Suicide
Mr. Denis Amayo, a 57-year old man, has vowed to committ suicide on 14 February this year, should Edo state Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, fails...
2014 Budget Passes Second Reading At Senate
By Olusegun Emmanuel, Abuja.
The 2014 Appropriation Bill has scaled second reading in the Senate after a week of heated debate on its general principles...
Sanusi Recants, Insists $20 Billion Dollar Is Missing
By Olusegun Emmanuel, Abuja
The Governor of the Central Bank Mr. Sanusi Lamido, has offered fresh insight into the allegedly missing oil money, insisting that...
US, France Earmark N11bn For Women And Children Hospital In Abuja
The American Hospital Limited, Abuja, General Electric (GE) Health-care (USA) and Edifice Capital of France have earmarked a sum of $73 million (N11 billion)...
House Demands Clarifications On 50 Probing Questions, Summons Okonjo Iweala Again
By Olusegun Emmanuel, Abuja.
The House of Representatives has summoned the Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala for further questioning on her responses to the...
Mark Vows To Canvass Constitutional Role For Traditional Rulers
By Olusegun Emmanuel, Abuja
President of the Senate, Senator David Mark, yesterday vowed to continue to advocate for the inclusion of constitutional roles for the...
Mark Commends Super Eagles’s Victory Over Zimbabwe
The President of the Nigerian Senate, Sen. David Mark has commended the Super Eagles of Nigeria for the superlative performance at the CHAN 2014...
Baby Delivered Aboard Keke NAPEP In Aba
A woman pregnant woman in Aba, capital of Abia state in Nigeria has been delivered of a bouncing baby boy aboard a tricycle, popularly...
PDP Crisis Is Coming To An End -Mark
President of the Senate, Senator David Mark, has said that the crisis plaguing the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is abating even as he called...
Rumble In The Senate Over Unread Defection Notice
There was pandemonium on the floor of the senate yesterday as the 11 aggrieved Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) senators attempted to compel the Deputy Senate...
Jonathan Denies Reported Reasons On Sacking of Service Chiefs, Says It’s Mischevious
The presidency has denied media reports credited to President Goodluck Jonathan that the former service chiefs were relieved of their appointments because of “unhealthy...
DP commends Senate for Confirming New Service Chiefs, Says It’s A Triumph Of Nationalism
The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has commended the
Senate for going ahead to thoroughly screen and clear the new Service
Chiefs in spite...
INEC Timetable: APC Senators Kick, Say It Favours Jonathan
Senators of All Progressive Congress (APC) yesterday kicked against election time table release last weekend by Independent Electoral Commission saying the time table only...
11 Senators Defect To APC
Eleven Senators of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP in the Senate have defected to the opposition All Progressive Congress APC.
The defection happened less than...
UBA Lifts Power Sector Privatization With US$700 Million Funding
The United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) has extended US$700 million (N113 billion) in funding to different investors towards the acquisition of power assets...
Boko Haram kills 74 in Borno and Adamawa
By Ibrahim Imam
Barely a week after the assurance by the newly appointed Chief of Defence Staff, Air Marshal Alex Badeh to eradicate the Boko...
Southern Kaduna, Zazzau Youth Unite Ahead Of 2015 Polls
By Ibrahim Imam
Youth groups from the Zazzau emirate and Southern part of Kaduna State have resolved to bury their differences and work for peaceful...
Angry Reps Group Vows to Checkmate APC Over Directives
A Pro-Jonathan group, National Unity Group on Monday emerged in the House of Representatives to checkmate what it considered the excesses of the All...
2015: Youth Group Give Jonathan 45-Days Ultimatum
The National Coalition for Jonathan/Sambo Presidency, NACOJP, youth wing have urged President Goodluck Jonathan to indicate interest in the 2015 presidential election within the...
Borno: Boko Haram Invaded Kawuri Again, Killed 52
By Ibrahim Imam, Kano
Armed men suspected to be members of the Boko Haram Sect on Sunday night invaded Kawuri District of Konduga Local Government...
Don’t Get Involved In 2015 Elections -Military Personnel Warned
By Ibrahim Imam
Nigerian Army personnel have been warned to resist the temptation of being used for illegal political activities during the forthcoming 2015 elections.
The...
El-Rufai Surrenders To SSS, In Company Of APC Chieftains
Former minister of the Federal Capital Territory and Interim Deputy National Secretary of the All Progressive Congress APC , Mr. Nasir El-Rufai, has finally...
Kwara: PDP Stakeholders Plot To Whittle Saraki’s Grip On Power
Politicians under the auspices of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, stakeholders in Kwara State, have commenced plans to challenge the Saraki political dynasty in...
Group Condemn APC’s Call For Budget Boycott
A group known as the Ominira Yoruba Apapo OYA has condemned condemn the call by the leadership of the All Progressive Congress APC for...
PDP Aspirant Canvasses Support For Adamu Muazu
A member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ibadan, Mr. Olayinka Oladimeji has urged, members of the party in Oyo State and the...
APC Directs Lawmakers To Block 2014 budget, Nominee Lists…They Are Anarchists Says PDP
The opposition All Progressives Congress has asked its members in the National Assembly to block all executive bills including the 2014 Appropriation Bill...
Davos: Jonathan Calls For Inclusive Economic Growth, Intra-Africa Trade
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday urged African governments to accord the greater priority to promotion of inclusive economic growth on the continent through wealth creation...
New Defence Chief Vows to Wipe Out Boko Haram By April
The new Chief of Defence Staff in Nigeria, Air Marshall Alex Badeh, has promised to end the Boko Haram insurgency in the northern part...
Ministerial List: Jonathan Submits Gusau, Obanikoro, Wali And 9 Others Senate Screening
President Goodluck Jonathan has forwarded the names of the 12 ministerial nominees to the Nigerian Senate for screening and possible confirmation.
The senate President, Sen....
Decampee Senators: Mark Makes Pre-emptive Move,May Declare Boroffice Seat Vacant
Plots by some senators to defect this week may have suffered some setbacks as strong indications emerged that the President of the Senate, Sen....
Adamu Muazu Emerged As PDP National Chairman
Former Governor of Bauchi State, Mr. Adamu Muazu has emerged as the new national chairman of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party PDP
Muazu's candidacy was...
Gov. Obi Is Now APGA National Leader, BOT Chairman
The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) has appointed Gov. Peter Obi of Anambra as its national leader and Chairman of its Board of Trustees (BOT).
The Obi who...
Gay Pastor, Members Relocate To UK
A couple of years back,there was a report on the activities of Reverend Rowland who was running a gay Church underground in Lagos, Nigeria....
Amaechi’s Governors Forum Urges NASS To Probe Jonathan
The Governor Chubuike Amaechi led faction of the Nigeria Governors Forum has called for the immediate probe of the allegedly $48 billion dollar unremitted...
Military Service Chiefs’ Sack: I’m Vindicated -Keyamo
Lagos lawyer Mr. Festus Keyamo has said that the sacking of the military service chiefs by President Goodluck Jonathan was a vindication of his...
Anambra Mistakes Will Not Repeat Itself In 2015 -INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has reiterated its commitment to conduct free and fair elections next year, saying the commission has learnt from...
Jonathan Signs Bill Banning Same Sex Marriage, US Cries Foul
President Goodluck Jonathan has signed into law a bill banning gay marriage and same-sex partnerships in Nigeria, just as the United States expressed concern...
Jonathan Applauds Outgoing Chinese Ambassador, Says Nigeria/China Relations Is Fast Increasing
President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday applauded the growing bilateral relations between Nigeria and China, saying it had resulted in a phenomenal increase in trade...
Sen. Abe Hits By Police Bullet, Amaechi Was the Target, Says Rivers Govt
Police Denies Charges
The political crisis in River State took a new turn on Sunday as a Senator representing Rivers South East senatorial district in...
Mali Beats Nigeria 2-1 At CHAN 2014
The Nigerian national team, the Super Eagle today lost their first match 2-1 to their Malian counterparts at the on-going CHAN 2014 tournament in...
Nigerian Diplomats, Officials Get Free Entry To China
Diplomatic relations between Nigeria and China has taken a deeper dimension with China offering visa exception to Nigerian diplomats and senior government officials with...
Rep Says Ihedioha Will Not Be Removed
The House of Representatives has dispelled rumours that the Deputy Speaker, Hon. Emeka Ihedioha may lose his position following the recent defection of members...
Brigadier-General Laleye Resumes As New Army Spokesman
The newly appointed spokesman of the Nigerian Army, Brigadier General Olajide Laleye, has resumed his duty post at the Army Headquarters, Abuja.
Laleye took over...
Special Task Force, Police Confirm 16 Dead In Plateau Attack
The Special Task Force (STF) in Plateau on Tuesday confirmed 16 persons dead in yesterday a violent attack on Shonong Village in Riyom Local...
“The Luck Was That We Were Not On Speed” -Oshiomhole Narrates Accident Experience
Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has said that the accident involving his convoy and a commercial on December 28, 2013 would have been...
PDP Aspirant Grades Community Roads At Christmas
A member of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ibadan, Mr. Olayinka Oladimeji Segelu has embarked on the grading of 18 kilometres road in order...
Ajimobi Commends Police For Low Crime Rate At Christmas
The Governor of Oyo State Mr. Abiola Ajimobi has attributed the low crime rate in the state during the yuletide season to the efforts...
Fashola Calls For Better Understanding Among Ethnic, Religious Groups
Governor of Lagos State, Mr.Babatunde Fashola has called for better understanding among Nigerians irrespective of creed, religion or ethnic differences, saying in doing so...
Lagos Speaker Mobilises For APC, Hosts South-West Speakers
Speaker Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. Adeyemi Ikuforiji yesterday played host the speakers of the All Progressive Party (APC), charging them to key...
“Don’t Be Deceived, We Are Fighting Religious War” -Shekau
The leader of the outlawed Boko Haram sect and perhaps the most wanted in Nigeria history, Abubakar Shekau yesterday said they are in total submission...
Boko Haram: Group Press For Release of Kogi Varsity Lecturer
The Old Students of Al-bayan Islamic Secondary School, Jos, former school of Dr. Muhammad Nazeef, a Boko Haram suspect and lecturer with Kogi State...
Deposed Deji of Akure Writes Mimiko, Seeks Reinstatement
The deposed Deji of Akure, Mr. Oluwadare Adesina, has urged the Ondo State government drop the deposition and banishment orders placed on him in...
2011 Christmas Day Bombing: Kabiru Sokoto Bags Life Imprisonment
Kabiru Umar (a.k.a.) Kabiru Sokoto, the mastermind of the 2011 Christmas Day Bombing of St. Theresa’s Catholic Church, Madalla, Niger State, has been sentenced to life imprisonment.
A Federal High...
Shun Bribe-For-Promotion, Jonathan Warns Civil Servants
...Swear In New Perm Secs
President Goodluck Jonathan has warned that the Federal Civil Service would be breeding corrupt officers if it engages in bribe...
Apo Shooting: Eye Witness Recounts How Bullet Hits Neighbour’s Stomach
An eye-witness Mr. Gambo Idris on Thursday gave a horrific picture of the controversial shooting by security operatives in Apo area Abuja in which 8...
Atiku, APC Leaders In Crucial Meeting
The National Leadership of the opposition All Peoples Congress (APC) and former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, are in crucial meeting in Abuja.
National Chairman of...
Developing Story: 37 PDP Reps Decamp To APC
...leadership change imminent
Thirty seven members of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP in the House of Representatives have announced their defection to the All Progressive...
Jonathan Unveils First Nigeria’s Indigenous Drone
Nigeria has unveiled it first homemade Nigeria Air Force (NAF) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) as part of the government efforts to reposition its air...
Breaking News: Explosion Hits Rivers Deputy Governor’s Office
There was pandemonium in and around the Rivers State Government Office, Port Harcourt Tuesday as the Deputy Governor's wing was hit by explosion from...
Ogori Mangogo Water Scheme Contract Awarded – Sen. Abatemi-Usman Tells Constituents
The Senator representing Kogi Central Senatorial District, Nurudeen Abatemi-Usman, has disclosed that the contract for the water treatment scheme in Ogori/Mangogo Local Government Area...
Inflation Rate Up By 0.1% In November -Statistic Bureau
The National Bureau of Statistics NBS, has said that the nation's inflation rate stood at 7.9 per cent in November, 0.1 per cent higher...
Medical Doctors Begin Nationwide Strike Wednesday
The Nigerian Medical Association has warned that it will commence a nationwide strike on Wednesday, saying its ultimatum to the federal government has ended.
The...
Presidency Denies Training Snipers, Denounces Call For Impeachment
The Presidency has denied allegations that the Jonathan administration is training about 1,000 snipers ahead of 2015 elections, just as it described the opposition's...
Nigeria Records 104.4bpd Decrease In Crude Production In November
Nigeria's crude oil production slide from 1,925 million barrels per day (bpd) it recorded in October to 1,821 million bpd in November this year,...
Obasanjo’s Letter Is Provocative, Mischievous -Presidency
The Presidency last night reacted to former President Olusegun Obasanjo's letter to President Goodluck Jonathan, describing it as highly provocative and mischievious.
A statement by...
Bury Your 2015 Ambition: Obasanjo Writes Jonathan
...says corruption stinks around him
warns that nation is going adrift
accuses him of backing non-PDP governors
cations against confab
FORMER President Olusegun Obasanjo has written a letter...
Presidency Fires Back At Tambuwal, Says Comment Is Unfortunate
The Presidency has denied allegations that President Goodluck Jonathan is encouraging corruption by turning blind eyes to cases of corruption in his government.
Presidential Spokesman...
Group F World Cup Draw: FIFA Dismisses Rigging Allegation
Federation of International Football Association FIFA has denied acussation that the world cup draw for Brazil 2014 which places Argentina in group f was...
Mandela Burial: Jonathan’s Name Not In The List Of Speakers
Nigeria President Goodluck Jonathan may not be among the dignitaries to speak at the occasion lined for the burial of the late South African...
N1.8b Subsidy Scam: EFCC Re-arraigns Tukur, Alao, Others
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday re-arraigned two oil marketers, Mahmud Tukur and Abdullahi Alao, who are standing over an alleged...
Iyayi Burial: Priest Booed Over Comment On Strike
Officiating minister at the lying-in-state held for late ASUU President Prof, Festus Iyayi , Reverend Fr. Andrew Obiyan got more than what he bargained for yesterday...
France To Train 20,000 African Soldiers Yearly
French President, Francois Hollande has announced its government resolve to train over 20,000 African soldiers on annually basis.
Hollande said the gesture was the French...
Jonathan Condoles Lar’s Family
Vice president Namadi Sambo yesterday led a federal government delegation to condoled with the family of late Solomon Lar, describing him as a father,...
Nelson Mandela is dead
South Africa's anti-aparthied hero and one of the world's most revered political icon of the 20th century Dr. Nelson Mandela is dead.
South Afrca President,...
U.K. Introduces New Visa Payment Method
The British High Commission in Nigeria on Wednesday announced a new system of visa application whereby U.K. visa would be paid for online in...
FIFA Unveils 2014 World Cup Ball
The Federation of International Football Association FIFA has unveiled the official match ball for the 2014 World Cup game coming up in Brazil.
The ball named...
Chinese RMB Overtakes Euro As Second Most Used Currency
The Chinese national currency -Yuan, has overtaken the Euro in October, becoming the second-most used currency in trade finance, global transaction services organization- SWIFT,...
ASUU Strike: FG Extends Ultimatum For Varsity Lecturers
The Federal Government on Tuesday extended its deadline for striking university lecturers to resume work. The deadline was moved from December 4 to December 9.
The government had last...
I-G Orders Adequate Security In Varsity Campuses
The Inspector-General of Police, Mr Mohammed Abubakar, has ordered immediate provision of adequate security in and around university campuses nationwide.
In a statement issued by...
FG Orders Immediate Re-opening Of Varsities
The federal government has taken a hard stance on the protracted strike action embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities ASUU as...
S’East, S’South Govs To Hold Southern Leadership Summit
The Governors from the South-South and South-East geo-political zones of the country have resolved to hold a Southern leaders’ summit aimed at boosting economic...
Amaechi To Speak UK House of Commons Tomorrow
The Governor of Rivers State Hon. Chubuike Amaechi has been invited to speak at a Special High Level Panel on Security and Human Rights...
N5.6bn Pension Fraud: Ex-Oyo HoS, Others Denied Bail
The Oyo State High Court, sitting at Ring Road area has refused the bail applications filed by the former Head of Service of the...
Air Force Promotes 15 Air Vice Marshals, 92 others
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Wednesday announced the promotion of 107 senior officers, including 15 Air Vice Marshals.
A statement signed by Air Commodore...
FEC Approves N42 Billion For Road Rehabilitation In Kwara, Others
The Federal Executive Council, FEC, has approved contracts worth over N42 billion for the rehabilitation of roads across different states of the federation.
The Minister...
Anambra Supplementary Poll: INEC May Pick Date Today
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has scheduled a meeting for today where the commission would arrive at a new date for the conduct...
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