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BREAKING: Governor Danbaba Danfulani Suntai, Is Missing

The acting governor of Taraba State, Alhaji Garba Umar, has disclosed that his principal, Governor Danbaba Danfulani Suntai, is missing. Umar, who stated this yesterday in Jalingo during a media chat...

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Imo Christians Absolve Oritsejafor Over $9.3m Cash For Arms Scandal

By Stanley Uzoaru The Imo State chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has warned Christians and other Nigerians to desist from a campaign of calumny against the association’s...

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Ojude Oba 2014: Awujale renews call for Ijebu State

The Awujale and Paramount ruler of Ijebuland, Oba (Dr.) Sikiru Kayode Adetona,Ogbagba II has renewed his call for the creation of Ijebu State, urging the National Assembly to expedite efforts in the...

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Hundreds of Boko Haram terrorists killed in Adamawa

A fierce gun duel is taking place between members of the dreaded Boko Haram insurgents and Nigerian troops who have been intensifying efforts to reclaim territories captured by the insurgents in...

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Securitymen bar ex-gov Daniel from entering Obasanjo’s home

As PDP reconciles Daniel, Kashamu By Daud Olatunji ABEOKUTA—Securitymen attached to former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s Hilltop residence in Abeokuta, yesterday, prevented a former governor of Ogun...

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Lt. Col, 15 others to face trial over Chibok girls

The Nigerian Army has concluded arrangements to arraign 16 soldiers over the April 14, 2014, abduction of over 200 students of the Government Secondary School, Chibok in Borno State. Three of the...

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Ekiti indigenes’ll go on exile for Fayose –Falana

LAGOS lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana, SAN, has said that some indigenes of Ekiti State are planning to go on exile as soon as the governor-elect of the state, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, assumes office. Fayose, who...

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Boko Haram: Jonathan attends security summit in Niamey today

President Goodluck  Jonathan will today attend a one-day Extraordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Lake Chad Basin Commission, holding in Niamey, capital of Niger Republic. The...

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EFCC, SSS probe N2bn SURE-P Lagos LGs’ fund

THE disbursement of last October SURE-P N2 billion allocation to the 57 local government areas and local council development areas in Lagos State is being probed by the Economic and Financial Crimes...

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Bakassi does not belong to Nigeria —Surveyor-General

THE Surveyor-General of the Federation, Professor Peter Nwilo, has said Bakassi Peninsula does not belong to Nigeria but Cameroon. Nwilo made the clarification when he featured as a guest on the News...

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You and your cohorts are not better than those who voted for me – Fayose...

Ekiti State Governor-Elect, Mr Ayodele Fayose, today replied the opinion of the Lagos-based legal practitioner, Mr Femi Falana (SAN) that some people are planning to relocate from the state after the...

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Riot: Rivers State House of Assembly promises to support RIVPOLY authorities

The Rivers State House of Assembly has promised to offer Legislative support to the authorities of the Rivers State Polythechnic, Bori. Students of RIVPOLY had destroyed many school properties when...

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Seized $5.7million: APC accuses Jonathan of embarrassing Nigeria

The All Progressives Congress, APC, has asked President Goodluck Jonathan to urgently address Nigerians on the serial embarrassments to which his administration is subjecting the country in the comity...

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String Of Scandals: Questions Nigerians Need Pres. Jonathan To Answer...

The All Progressives Congress has asked President Goodluck Jonathan to address Nigerians on the seizure of some funds in South Africa reportedly meant to procure arms to fight the menace posed by the...

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Ex-Head of State, Abdulsalami Abubakar, to commission five projects in Ekiti

A former Head of State General Abdulsalami Abubakar, will on Wednesday commission five major projects in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti state capital, as part of activities marking the fourth anniversary of the...

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IBB from German hospital: I will be back soon

FORMER military president, General Ibrahim Babangida (IBB), on Tuesday, broke speculations over the state of his health, saying he will be back to the country soon. General Babangida, who spoke with...

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Delta 2015: Ibori Dumps Urhobo Aspirants, Insists On Obuh

Kola Eke Ogiugo Former governor of Delta State currently serving a jail term, Chief James Ibori, ahead of the 2015 governorship election in the state, has endorsed Mr Tony Obuh and directed all Oghara...

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FG begs Boko Haram sponsors to stop funding them

The Federal Government has appealed to financiers of the Boko Haram insurgents to desist from sponsoring the terrorists and surrender to security forces as some members of the sect had done recently....

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Badeh To Troops: Flush Out Boko Haram Before Saturday Poll

As the people of Adamawa State fret over Saturday’s by-election for the state governorship, the chief of defence staff (CDS) Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh has ordered the troops to flush out the...

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Adamawa: Senior advocate lauds sacking of acting governor

Abuja –  A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mr Chris Uche, has lauded the decision of an Abuja Federal High Court which ordered Adamawa Acting Gov. Umaru Fintiri to vacate his seat. Uche told said on...

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