Jonathan has no plans to probe Obasanjo- Reuben Abati
The presidency has denied reports in the media that it plans to probe the Obasanjo Administration in reaction to former president, Olusegun Obasanjo‘s “constant criticisms of the Federal Government.”...
View ArticleTambuwal denies presidential bid, as APC leader says party’ll never give...
The Speaker’s presidential ambition may have run into a hitch as APC considers his candidacy a risk. Officials serving with House of Representatives speaker, Aminu Tambuwal, almost seethe at...
View ArticleBus driver returns N380,000 cheque, N49,000 cash to owner
A mini-bus driver, Bisi Oladimeji, 33, on Saturday returned N49,000 cash and a cheque for N380,000 to the owner in Osogbo, the News Agency of Nigeria reports. The owner, Olubunmi Adeleke, a teacher at...
View Article2015: Jonathan must submit self to transparent primary – Atiku
ABUJA – AHEAD of the 2015 Presidential election, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar Saturday, said that the incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan must present himself for the primary election of...
View ArticleGunmen kill district head in Borno
A District Head of Dala Alamderi who is also a protocol officer of the Borno State Government in charge of Maiduguri International Airport, Alhaji Liberty Dala has been killed by gunmen suspected to be...
View ArticleObasanjo advises Nigerians to partner with FG on flood prevention
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Saturday in Abeokuta urged Nigerians and civil society groups to partner with the Federal Government to tackle flood in the country. The former president said this...
View Article20 YEARS AFTER JUNE 12 (1): What transpired inside Aso Rock just before...
Is it not amazing and amusing that 20years after the annulment of the June 12, 1993, presidential election, leaders of Nigeria’s Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, last week, engineered the annulment of...
View ArticleRenewed attacks on Nigerians in South Africa
Ibadan – The Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs, Rep. Nnenna Ukeje, has described the renewed attacks on Nigerians in South Africa as distressing. In a telephone...
View ArticleAnenih’s automatic ticket approach for President, Govs satanic-Ihonvbere
BENIN CITY-THE Secretary to the Edo State Government and political activist, Prof Julius Ihonvbere, described the call for automatic tickets for PDP governors and President Goodluck Jonathan, by the...
View ArticleMove to split Northern Govs’ Forum heightens
LAGOS—Just days after the Nigerian Governors Forum, NGF was split, the same forces alleged to have sponsored the crisis in the forum are alleged to be directing their arsenal at the Northern States...
View ArticleNGF election: Fashola heads to court over Amaechi
…Asks court to stop Jang from parading self as NGF chairman The fight for the control of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum between Rivers Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, and Plateau Governor, Jonah Jang, took a...
View ArticleArmy, NDLEA arrest 47 drug suspects in Lagos
Lagos – A combined team of the Nigerian Army and the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Lagos on Sunday seized 3,166.15kgs of illicit drugs and arrested 47 suspects. This is contained in a...
View ArticlePolicemen killings: report to be made public at appropriate time – I-G
Abuja – Mr Mohammed Abubakar, the Inspector-General of Police, said on Monday that the report of investigation into the killing of 49 policemen in Nasarawa State would be made public at the appropriate...
View ArticleShip captain confesses to 120,000 litres diesel theft
The captain of MV DALAL has confessed that he lifted 120,000 litres of Automated Gas Oil (diesel) from illegal refineries at the Akassa creeks in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area, Bayelsa State. Our...
View ArticleUS places $23m reward for Boko Haram leader, Shekau, 4 others
WASHINGTON – In an unprecedented move, the United States on Monday posted up to $23 million in rewards to help capture five leaders of militant groups which have spread terror in west Africa and...
View ArticleSix killed in fresh violence in Plateau
Jos – Six people have been killed in a fresh outbreak of hostilities between suspected Fulani herdsmen and natives in Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau State. The attackers were said to have...
View ArticleDana air crash: Jonathan pledges to prevent recurrence
ABUJA – PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan Monday assured Nigerians that his administration was working hard to ensure that the aviation sector was safe to avoid a reoccurrence of the Dana air crash which...
View Article2015: Buhari’s posters under APC flood Abuja
ABUJA – COLOURFUL Posters of the 2011 Presidential candidate of Congress for Progressive Change, General Muhammadu Buhari Monday flooded the nation’s capital city, Abuja. The colourful posters which...
View ArticleOritsejafor Calls for Buhari’s Arrest over Boko Haram Comments
The President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, has accused former military Head of State, General Muhammadu Buhari, of being the brain behind Boko Haram....
View ArticleBoko Haram leader, Shekau, may face trial in United States
Wanted Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, could be tried for terrorism in the United States or in courts of partner nations if caught, the U.S. Acting Assistant Director of Diplomatic Security...
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