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NEWS IN PICTURES: SSS Clears Ihejirika And Sheriff, Arrests Seven...
According to recently released information from Nigeria’s State Security Service (SSS), a number of associates of Australian hostage negotiator Stephen Davis are frauds, part of an alleged political...
View ArticleProbe Obasanjo now — Owie tells EFCC
By Simon Ebegbulem BENIN CITY — FORMER Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Rowland Owie, has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to investigate the administration of former...
View ArticleFAAC: FG, States, LGs share N628.8bn for November
The Minister of State for Finance, Mr Bashir Yuguda, on Tuesday said that the Federal, states and local government shared N628.8 billion as revenue for the month of November. Yuguda made this known...
View ArticleLagos too big to be governed by beginners – Fashola
Ahead of next year’s governorship election, Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola yesterday warned that the state was too big for beginners to experiment with, stressing that “The state needed...
View Article10 killed, 2 abducted in Borno attack
BY NDAHI MARAMA, MAIDUGURI Gunmen suspected to be members of dreaded Boko Haram terrorists Wednesday waylaid motorists in Madari village of Kukawa local government area of Borno state, killing 10...
View ArticleBuhari Calls Pastor Adeboye To Seek His Blessing Before Announcing Osinbajo...
Presidential candidate of the All progressive Congress (APC), General Muhammad Buhari today called the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye a few...
View ArticlePresident Jonathan condemns terrorist attack in Pakistan
President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday in Abuja flayed the deadly terrorist attack on Peshawar in Pakistan that left 140 people, most of them students dead. Jonathan, in a statement by his Special...
View ArticleBuhari’s Presidency won’t invent new bureaucracy or end almajiri in the north...
Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Bishop Mathew Hassan Kukah, Wednesday said the region where the President comes from would not make any difference, adding that Gen. Muhammad Buhari’s presidency...
View ArticleSaraki congratulates Osinbajo, lauds Tinubu’s gesture
Senator Bukola Saraki has welcomed the choice of Prof. Yemi Osinbajo as the running mate of All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari in next years election in...
View Article54 soldiers sentenced to death for mutiny
By Kingsley Omonobi ABUJA—The General Court Martial sitting at the Army Headquarters Garrison in Abuja Wednesday sentenced 54 soldiers to death after finding them guilty of mutiny. 59 soldiers were on...
View ArticleTompolo purchased war ships on behalf of NIMASA —DG
The Director General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Mr. Patrick Akpobolokemi, has said that the five war ships allegedly acquired by Tompolo’s company, Global West...
View ArticleTough times ahead for erring Prison Officers – Abba Morro
The Federal Government has promised to henceforth deal decisively with prison officials who are found wanting in the diligent discharge of their duties. Minister of Interior, Comrade Abba Morro gave...
View ArticleTinubu to inaugurate road, hospital in Edo
As part of activities commemorating the sixth anniversary of Comrade Adams Oshiomhole as governor of Edo State, former governor of Lagos State and national leader of All Progressives Congress (APC),...
View ArticleFire Outbreak At OAU Female Hostel
Mayhem in Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, as one of the female Hotels, Moremi Hall, was gutted by fire on Thursday 18 December. It was reported that the fire outbreak began at Block A,...
View ArticleFG again vows to rescue Chibok girls, tasks Nigerians on vigilance
The Federal Government has reiterated its commitment to rescuing the over 200 girls kidnapped in Chibok, Borno State. The students have been in captivity since April 14, 2014. Coordinator of the...
View ArticleAbsence of judge stalls trial of 12 Biafra activists
Hearing on the treason case against 12 members of the Biafra Zionists Federation, BZF, before a Federal High Court in Enugu, was stalled yesterday owing to the absence of the presiding judge, Justice...
View ArticleBuhari and Osinbajo will turn Nigeria’s misfortune – Ikuforiji
Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji, on Thursday described the choice of Professor Yemi Osinbajo as running mate to General Muhammadu Buhari, the Presidential candidate of...
View ArticleImporters and agents lament congestion at Lagos airport
Importers and clearing agents are unhappy about the congestion of goods at the cargo section of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. It was gathered that two weeks after the re-opening of...
View ArticleUPDATE: Buhari takes 2015 contest to Facebook
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, has deployed the use of major social networking sites, to worm his way into the hearts of the electorate. Checks...
View ArticleDeath sentence on 54 soldiers, miscarriage of justice —Falana
By Kingsley Omonobi ABUJA — FIFTY-FOUR soldiers, who were sentenced to death on Wednesday by the General Court-Martial following their conviction on a two-count charge of conspiracy to mutiny and...
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