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In 10 years, $18.34m was paid to kidnappers as ransom in Nigeria
BETWEEN June 2011 and March 2020, at least $18.34 million was paid to kidnappers as ransom in Nigeria, SB Morgen…
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Abuja, Lagos receive Save the Children’s N50m COVID-19 medical equipment
THE Save the Children International (SCI) Nigeria on Tuesday made a donation of Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) and…
In ten years, violence in Northwest claims over 8000 lives, displaces over 200,000 —…
A NEW report on deadly conflicts in Nigeria’s Northwest has revealed that violence is responsible for the death of over…
HORROR: How police officer shot dead 68-year-old man in Abuja
FOR Steven, 28, and Chinonso, 26, both sons of late Eze Solomon, Sunday, May 10 will forever remain a dark, haunting day…
REPORT: How Niger Delta women are realising gender equity, creating opportunities
HOW do you tell when women are beginning to make impacts in their communities? Is it when their standard of living…
REPORT: How a 65-year-old malaria patient was neglected, died at Kaduna Isolation…
MARYAM, a 65-year-old woman (not real name) fell sick on Monday, May 4, but there were little signs that she would die…
Nigeria develops herbal medicine for treatment of COVID-19 cough
THE Federal Ministry of Health is set to unveil a herbal formulation for the treatment of cough associated with…
Activist petitions Delta gov over nomination of judge accused of child trafficking,…
A HUMAN rights activist, Ighorhiohwunu Aghogho, has asked the Delta State governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, not to confirm…
REPORT: Perishable food farmers in Kebbi count losses as lockdown grounds supply…
WAKILI Fatima is overwhelmed with sadness as she watches her farm produce—watermelons rot away. It is more painful…
JAMB makes interim remittance of N7b for 2020 to FG
THE Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board(JAMB) says it has made an interim remittance of N3.5billion to the Federal…
COVID-19 could expose hundreds of thousands of vulnerable Nigerian children serious…
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Recalcitrant COVID-19 patients to be forcefully evacuated to treatment centres —FCTA
THE Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) says it will invoke the relevant laws that enables it to…
FLASHBACK: Twelve –two-third, no agitation for breakaway will succeed, other issues…
RICHARD Akinjide (1931 -2020), Nigeria’s Minister of Education under late Prime Tafawa Balewa, then and Minister of…
Covid-19: Abuja markets now to open Wednesdays and Saturdays, mobile courts to try…
THE Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has directed that markets in the territory would henceforth be…
FACT CHECK: Ayade was wrong saying social distancing not effective control against…
BEN Ayade, Governor of Cross River State and also a professor of Microbiology stirred controversy recently when he said…
This is a difficult decision to take, Buhari says as he extends lock down by 14 days
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has extended the lockdown imposed on Lagos and Ogun states as well as Federal Capital…
REPORT: How hunger, indiscipline, ignorance are defeating social distancing, lock…
HORDES of customers besiege Yusuf Mohammed’s store because they are not allowed in through the main gate, which is…
Chinese Doctors: We support the Federal Government’s acceptance of assistance —…
THE Centre for Social and Inter-Ethnic Cohesion (CENSIC) says it welcomes the approval issued by the Federal Government…
Eight men, five women—Diaspora Commission releases list of Nigerians in Diaspora who…
THE Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) on Thursday released names and pictures of 13 Nigerians who have died of…
Lesotho, Comoros and Sao Tome and Principe—three African countries yet to record…
OUT of the 54 countries on the continent of Africa, three countries— Lesotho, Comoros and Sao Tome and Principe—are the…
Covid-19: FG’s conditional transfer not reaching the targets—RULAAC
A CIVIL Society Organisation, Rule of Law and Accountability Advocacy Centre (RULAAC) has raised the alarm that the…
Kudos to protesters across Africa despite repression, human rights violations—Amnesty…
THE Amnesty International has commended the bravery demonstrated by protesters across Africa in the last one year…
Aid organisation seeks to raise $100m in urgent race to help save millions of lives…
SAVE the Children has launched an appeal to raise $100 million to urgently keep children and their families safe during…
Covid-19: Plan International Nigeria calls for guard against fake news
PLAN International Nigeria, a civil society organisation campaigning to promote children’s rights and equality for girls…
Abuja markets now to open three days a week for eight hours— FCT Minister
MUHAMMAD Bello, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja on Monday directed that markets in the territory…
REPORT: Nigerian inmates live in danger amid Coronavirus pandemic
“AS we walk through the prison yard, a voice keeps coming from a corner I later was told is meant for prisoners on death…
COVID-19: Future of more than 120m children in West and Central Africa in…
SAVE the Children says it fears for the future of millions of children, as more than 120,000,000 children and…
Ondo records first confirmed case of coronavirus
ROTIMI Akeredolu, Governor of Ondo State has announced that the state has recorded the first confirmed case of…
Global anti-corruption: UN appoints Owasanoye into FACTI panel
BOLAJI Owasanoye, Chairman, Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), has been…
Military, paramilitary personnel to enforce lock down in Abuja — Minister
MUHAMMAD Bello, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), says he would ensure that the cessation of movement…
Use the lockdown period to address critical gaps in defences against COVID-19, Group…
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Lockdown: Your ID Card is your pass, minister tells journalists
FOLLOWING the 14-day lock down announced by President Muhammadu Buhari in Lagos, Abuja and Ogun State, the Federal…
COVID-19: Buhari orders lock down in Abuja, Lagos and Ogun for 14 days
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the cessation of all movements in Lagos, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and…
Save the Children raises alarm over safety of African children as COVID-19 cases…
AS the number of Covid-19 cases across Africa rises dramatically this week, healthcare systems that serve the most…
IWD 2020: PIND calls for more advocacy on gender equality in Niger Delta
THE Foundation for Partnership Initiative in the Niger Delta (PIND) says having stakeholders participate in the…
Weak economy, insecurity, bad governance push Nigerians to rush to Canada—API study
NIGERIA’s weak economy and widespread insecurity as well as bad governance have been identified as the key push factors…
Archbishop of Abuja to Buhari: Listen to Nigerians, people are suffering
THE Archbishop of Abuja, Ignatius Kaigama on Sunday called on President Muhammadu Buhari and other political leaders to…
PIND REPORT: With 416 conflicts, 1,013 deaths—violence, fatalities increased in Niger…
THE Foundation for Partnership Initiative in the Niger Delta (PIND) has released its Niger Delta Annual Conflict Report,…
EXPOSED: How FG violated Code of Conduct, appointed retired professor as FUOYE VC
THE Federal Government violated the Code of Conduct provisions of the 1999 Constitution when it appointed Kayode…
170m children are endangered in conflict zones across Africa—Save the Children
AFRICA has highest number of children in conflict globally as a total of 170 million children live in conflict zones…
Two million children in Nigeria could die of pneumonia in the next decade —New…
BOOSTING efforts to fight pneumonia could avert over two million child deaths from this infection and other major…
Nineteen months after ICIR report, NEMA still waits for due process to upgrade ERABs…
THE National Emergency Agency (NEMA) is yet to rehabilitate and upgrade its Emergency Response and Ambulance Bays…
Tutorial centres are initiating innocent Nigerian children into exam…
ISHAQ Oloyede, the Registrar, Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has pleaded with the Nigeria Civil Defence…
Nigeria, 70 nations make commitment to address global food security in Berlin
SEVENTY-one Ministers of Agriculture in Berlin, Germany on Saturday made commitment to promoting the role of agri- food…
FLASHBACK: Seven Nigerian governors brought back by court since 1999
BEFORE Tuesday’s ruling by the Supreme Court which invalidated the victory of Emeka Ihedioha as the elected governor of…
JAMB suspends use of NIN for 2020 UTME registration
THE Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it is suspending the introduction of the use of National…
REPORT: How poverty pushes boys, girls into hawking, menial jobs in Abuja
Despite incessant clampdown on street hawking by the authorities of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, there…
JAMB announces dates for 2020 UTME, deletes 131 CBT centres over exam fraud
REGISTRAR of Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Ishaq Oloyede has announced that the board has fixed the…
Former Sudan president Bashir to spend two years in detention for corruption
FORMER president of Sudan, Omar al-Bashir was on Saturday convicted and sentenced to two years of detention in a reform…
Malami directs DSS to hands off Sowore’s case
THE Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami has ordered the Department of State…
Plastic Wastes: The silent killer Nigerians love
Indiscriminate disposal of plastic waste and its unregulated production and use in Nigeria are fueling a crisis in the…
Osinbajo states reasons he did not attend Wole Soyinka award
CONTRARY to claim by Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) that it postponed the presentation of…
SOWORE: Soyinka writes Buhari, says ‘rein in your wild dogs of…
AFTER Friday morning re-arrest of journalist and convener of #RevolutionNow, Omoyele Sowore by operatives of the…
Amnesty Int’l says ICC investigation over war crimes in Nigeria now inevitable
NETSANET Belay, Amnesty International’s Research and Advocacy Director says an ICC investigation into war crimes…
SOWORE: Soyinka says FG, DSS would have to detain many more Nigerians over revolution
NOBEL Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka has berated the Federal Government and the Department of State Security (DSS)…
BUDGET: $15b unaccounted for in defence sector in 15 years—CISLAC
AN estimated $15billion has been unaccounted for from the defence sector between 2000 and 2015 while billions are spent…
Buhari directs ICPC to probe ministries yet to join govt’s e payment platform
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Independent Corrupt Practices And Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC),…
CONSTITUENCY PROJECTS: ICPC uncovers unspecified N3.9b allocation in 2019 budget
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APC unseats PDP in Bayelsa, wins governorship election
THE candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), David Lyon has won the governorship election in Bayelsa, defeating his…
Vote buying, violence, intimidation of journalists rife in Kogi election—CDD
AS the results of the governorship and senate re-run elections in Kogi State held on Saturday are being collated, the…
ICRC trains 30 Nigerian surgeons on magt of wounded patients
A TOTAL of 30 Nigerian health professionals working in areas affected by armed conflict and violence have been trained…
Pneumonia kills 480 children daily in Nigeria
A leading child rights organisation, Save the Children, says pneumonia is killing one child every three minutes in…
After 25 years in the vine yard, Onayeikan retires as Archbishop of Abuja Diocese
REVERED clergy man Cardinal John Onaiyekan retired as the Archbishop of Abuja Diocese.
A letter by the Catholic…
Fake news poses threat to Bayelsa governorship election—CDD
THE Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) has raised alarm over the activities of media hubs of All Progressives…
EXCLUSIVE: EFCC investigates alleged financial fraud at FUOYE
THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has commenced investigation into the alleged financial…
Appeal Court sacks Abdulmumin Jibrin, orders fresh election
THE Court of Appeal sitting in Kaduna has ordered fresh election into Kiru/Bebeji Constituency Federal Constituency…
Africans do not need aid—our young people need investments, says Elumelu
TONY Elumelu, Founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) and Chairman, United Bank for Africa (UBA) and Heirs Holdings…
Governorship Elections: INEC raises alarm over influx of thugs into Kogi and Bayelsa…
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Corruption is a taxation of the people—that’s why we support independent media in…
KOLE Shettima, Nigeria Country Director of Mac Arthur Foundation, says the Foundation is supporting independent media…
8th Assembly introduced 2,166 bills, only 515 were passed—Report
FOR four years, between 2015 and 2019, the 8th National Assembly introduced a total of 2,166 bills but only 515 of the…
How Maina was arrested in Abuja, as son attempted to escape
DETAILS of the arrest of former Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT), Abdulraheed Maina, on Wednesday have…
One day after it took off, Reps ask CBN to suspend charges on deposits
THE House of Representatives on Thursday directed the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to put on hold the charges imposed…
Alleged N6.2bn fraud:Witness narrates how aide conveyed cash to former governor Jang
A prosecution witness, Musa Sunday, who is testifying against a former governor of Plateau State, Jonah Jang, in an…
NAF jet destroys two ISWAP gun trucks in Garunda
THE Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation LAFIYA DOLE has destroyed two gun trucks belonging to the terrorists group Islamic…
Ban on procession only applicable to IMN members —IGP
THE Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mohammed Adamu has clarified that the ban on procession placed by the Force is…
Another suspect on FBI list now in EFCC net
THE Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) has revealed that its collaboration with the US Federal Bureau of…
South African businesses you are attacking are owned by Nigerians—NLC
THE Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Wednesday asked Nigerians attacking businesses perceived to be owned by…
ICPC moves to recover N840m from ex-president of Customary Court of Appeal
THE Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has requested a Federal High Court,…
APC will retain Kogi, says Tinubu—it’s a walkover for us, PDP boasts
NATIONAL Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu says the party will win the November 16…
SERAP, BudgIT, others tackle NASS over N5.5bn cars for senate principal officials— go…
THE Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), BudgIT, Enough is Enough (EiE) and 6,721 concerned…
Sierra Leone investigates president’s aide for displaying wealth at Synagogue
SIERRA Leone anti-corruption agency is investigating a top aide to the country's president, Fatmata Edna Kargbo after…
EXCLUSIVE: ICPC sacks four officials for compromising investigation, insubordination,…
AT least four officials of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) have been…
ICPC proposes Electoral Offences Commission to handle vote buying and selling
THE Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) says there is a need for the Electoral…
NECO releases SSCE results, blacklists 18 supervisors
THE National Examination Council (NECO) says it has blacklisted 18 supervisors who took part in the conduct of 2019…
INSECURITY: NLC plans National Security Summit, nationwide rallies
THE Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) says it would convene a National Security Summit to dispassionately engage the…
Cameroon’s military court sentences Ambazonia leader, nine others to life…
A MILITARY court in Yaounde, capital city of Cameroon, has sentenced the detained leader of the Southern Cameroonian,…
Save FUOYE now, set up visitation panel, ASUU urges Buhari
THE Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to set up a visitation panel to…
Ambode, other former governors under investigation—EFCC
THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it is currently investigating former governors in the country…
JUST IN: EFCC operatives raid Ambode’s house in Epe
THE home of former governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode in Epe area of Lagos was Tuesday morning raided by…
MEDRIVE trains journalists on Sensitive and Conflict Reporting
JOURNALISTS from broadcast, print and online media on Thursday 15th August were trained in Lagos on Sensitive and…
INVESTIGATION: Nigeria’s Industrial Development Centres in its ‘death…
The twenty-three Industrial Development Centres (IDCs) spread across Nigeria are derelict and abandoned despite the…
INVESTIGATION: Nigeria’s Industrial Development Centres in its ‘death…
The 23 Industrial Development Centres (IDCs) designed and built to service small and medium scale enterprises (SMES) in…
Violation of court orders, arrest of journalists, other anti-democratic actions of…
DESPITE constitutional provisions that guarantee Nigerians' freedom of expression, association, and assembly, the…
This is Buhari’s WAEC certificate: Keyamo flaunts president’s Cambridge result
FESTUS Keyamo, spokesperson of President Muhammadu Buhari’s presidential campaign team, has made public the West…
BREAKING: Convener of RevolutionNow protest, Sowore Omoyele arrested
THE Convener of #RevolutionNow protest, publisher of SaharaReporters, Sowore Omoyele has been arrested by security…
At least 371 people killed since January and dozens of villages sacked in Zamfara—…
THE Amnesty International says insecurity is escalating in northwest Nigeria’s Zamfara State, with daily killings and…
FACT: In three consecutive budgets, Ondo made no provision for renovation of state…
AVAILABLE evidence has shown that Ondo State Government under the leadership of Governor Rotimi Akeredolu has actually…
I can never undermine a journalist, I believe in freedom of the press—Tony Nwulu
A FORMER member of House of Representatives, Tony Nwulu who has been at the centre of a threat allegation involving the…
EFCC stops suspect from flushing away phone, arrests 15 ‘Yahoo Boys’ in Ibadan
THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says its operatives at the Ibadan zonal office on Tuesday botched an…
MNJTF kills 10 terrorists, loses one soldier in early morning gun battle with ISWAP…
AT least 10 members of Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), a splinter group of the Boko Haram terrorists…
Journalists raise alarm over threats from ‘sponsor of not-too-young-to-run…
...They are out to blackmail me — Tony Nwulu
THE publisher of OrderPaper Nigeria, Oke Epia, has raised an alarm…
BBOG says FG should confirm or deny claim of death of Leah Sharibu and Alice Loksha
THE BringBacKOurGirls (BBOG) movement has asked the Federal Government to confirm or deny the claim of death of Leah…
At least 20 of our members have been killed—IMN
THE Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) says at least 20 of its members have been killed this week, after their…
Don: Why children’s communication disorder persists in Nigeria
A professor of Linguistics in Child Language and Communication Disorder at the National Open University of Nigeria…
EFCC wants DPR’s support to dispose forfeited petroleum products, trucks
THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has sought the support and technical expertise of the Department of…
Action Against Hunger asks for release of aid workers sighted in released video
INTERNATIONAL aid organisation, Action Against Hunger has asked for the release of its members of staff shown in a video…
JUST IN: Why we marked and sealed Okorocha’s properties —EFCC
THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC),says it has traced and marked some properties traced to the former…
Buhari picks seven women as ministerial nominees, widens gender imbalance in cabinet
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari though may appear to have surpassed the number of women he appointed into his cabinet in his…
In 19 years, Nigeria spent N2trn on constituency projects without results— ICPC
CHAIRMAN of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Bolaji Owasanoye has…
Buhari not responsible for Zakzaky’s continued detention- Presidency
THE Presidency on Friday absolved President Muhammadu Buhari of any blame about the continued detention of the leader…
Immigration officer, 14 others arrested in Lagos for alleged passport racketeering
THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it has arrested a Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS)…
Poor accountability has turned Northeast humanitarian crisis to profiteering industry…
A FORMER senator, Shehu Sani says some Nigerian agencies in charge of emergencies and individuals in the presidency have…
Oyo governor, Makinde declares N48b worth of assets
IN fulfillment of his campaign promise to make public his asset, Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde on Monday has…
Court jails ex-DG Shamonda over diversion of N603m rehabilitation fund
A FOMER Director General of the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA), John Ayoade Shamonda, has been convicted…
Anger as Nigerians demand probe into death of deputy DG of CIIN killed in South…
ALMOST one month after Elizabeth Obianuju Ndubisi, a deputy Director General of Chartered Insurance Institute of…
UTME candidate in trouble over falsification of result to attend NDA
A candidate who took part in the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) organised by Joint Admission and…
Everyone agrees children are the future, but no one wants to invest in them – Ben…
Ben Foot is the Country Director of Save the Children in Nigeria. The humanitarian organisation is currently…
Debt profile of six states where incumbents and predecessors trade accusations
SHORTLY after their inauguration on May 29, 2019, governors of Oyo, Ogun, Bauchi, Imo, Gombe and Zamfara have cried out…
JAMB withdraws, invalidates results of four candidates over manipulation
THE Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it has withdrawn and invalidated results of four candidates…
Paradigm Initiative wants NCC to provide information on Nigeria’s surveillance regime
THE Paradigm Initiative has asked the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to provide it with information on the…
Over 35m people suffer from drug abuse globally – UN
THE United Nations (UN) has raised alarm over the increasing abuse of drugs globally as well as the rising number of…
Over 2million children, caregivers in need of psycho-social services in North East-…
MORE than two million girls, boys and caregivers are in need of psycho-social support services due to severe distress,…
EFCC arraigns Albert Bassey, Akwa Ibom senator, for money laundering
ALBERT Bassey, senator representing Akwa Ibom northeast district, was on Monday arraigned by the Economic and Financial…
Will Buhari take six months again to name his cabinet?
MORE than any of his elected predecessors, President Muhammadu Buhari is taking more time to name his cabinet for his…
SERAP sues CCB for keeping asset declaration documents secret
THE Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has gone to court to challenge claim by the Code of…
AFRICMIL commends ICPC on NBET probe report, asks SGF to take action
THE African Centre for Media and Information Literacy (AFRICMIL) has commended the Independent Corrupt Practices and…
Court convicts REA directors over N5.2bn fraud, discharges perm sec.
JUSTICE Adebukola Banjoko of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), High Court, sitting in Gudu, Abuja, has convicted and…
After five months in Boko Haram’s captivity, abducted corps member gains…
AFTER spending about five months in captivity of Boko Haram terrorists, a serving corps member, Halima Uwani Umar,…
SC-LANE wants Nigeria, Cameroon to respect rights of Southern Cameroonian refugees
THE Southern Cameroon Legal Assistance Network (SC-LANE) has asked the governments of Nigeria and Cameroon to respect…
Omo-Agege appoints Igbuzor, Odunuga and Lara Wise as aides
THE Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege, has approved the appointments of Otive Igbuzor as his Chief of Staff, Yomi…
JUST IN: One month after, alleged killer of naval officer arrested
ABOUT one month and three days after the lifeless body of a naval officer, Solomon Derikoma, was found in his room at…
Stop lamenting terrorists’ attacks, arrest and prosecute their sponsors , NLC…
THE leadership of Nigeria Labour Congress says the Federal Government should stop lamenting the recent various…
EU targets over 52,000 households in Yobe with €26m intervention
OVER 52,000 households will directly benefit from two new European Union (EU)-funded projects aimed at strengthening the…
EFCC secures interim forfeiture of N60m cash traced to ex-Zamfara SSG
THE Economic and Financial crimes Commission, (EFCC) says it has secured an interim forfeiture of N60 million cash…
Kaduna, Katsina top list of states with highest kidnap suspects arrested in four…
KADUNA and Katsina are the states with highest number of kidnap suspects arrested in the last four weeks, the Inspector…
Konduga attacks: Amnesty International says FG must do more to protect civilians
FOLLOWING insurgents’ attacks in Konduga, Borno State on Sunday evening by suspected members of Boko Haram, the Amnesty…
EFCC to clampdown on illegal use of POS machines
THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it would start a clampdown on the fraudulent use of…
Nine journalists killed in Nigeria between 2006 and 2019-UNESCO Report
AT least nine journalists were killed in Nigeria between 2006 and 2019, a report, UNESCO observatory of killed…
After death of staff, union gives NIMC two-week ultimatum over welfare package
THE Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN), National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) chapter has…
NAF helicopter crash lands in Katsina, but no casualty
A NIGERIAN Air Force (NAF) Helicopter has crash landed while returning from an anti-armed banditry combat mission in the…
Former ministers’ photos still appear on ministries’ websites as heads weeks…
IT is more than two weeks since the tenure of ministers who served in the President Muhammadu Buhari first term ended,…
JAMB releases 15,490 withheld UTME results, de-lists four more CBT centres
THE Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Monday announced that it has released 15,490 results of…
You have no moral right to talk about restructuring, Ango Abdullahi fires at IBB
ANGO Abdullahi, Secretary of the Northern Elders Forum’s (NEF) says the former military president; Ibrahim Babangida has…
AFRICMIL urges ICPC to investigate alleged corruption in YABATECH
THE African Centre for Media and Information Literacy (AFRICMIL) has called on the Independent Corrupt Practices and…
Nearly 30,000 teachers to take TRCN’s professional qualifying examination
THE Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) says about 30,000 Nigerian teachers are going to write its …
Identity theft: NECO procures 8000 biometric machines for May/June exam
THE National Examination Council (NECO) says it has procured a total of 8000 biometric machines to verify the…
FUOYE: Governing Council election cancelled over alleged rigging
THE election of Congregation Representatives into the Governing Council of Federal University, Oye (FUOYE), Ekiti,…
Amnesty International launches 8-point human rights agenda for Nigeria
FORTY-EIGHT hours after the inauguration of President Muhammadu Buhari for his second-term of four years in office, the…
Nigeria listed among10 worst conflict-affected countries to be a child – Report
NIGERIA is among the top 10 worst conflict-affected countries to be a child and it is currently ranked behind…
Internet fraud: Proprietor, students of ‘Yahoo Yahoo’ school arrested in…
THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says its operatives have arrested the proprietor of a Yahoo Yahoo…
May 27: UNICEF unveils awareness campaign on children’s rights in Nigeria
THE United Nations Children Education Fund (UNICEF) on Monday launched a campaign to draw awareness to…
Future of Nigerian cocoa production lies in Niger Delta – Report
BASED on the volume of cocoa output from the Niger Delta region and the number of cocoa farmers there, a new report says…
Investigation: Oyo, Ogun, Ondo —states where pupils eat ‘unbalanced balanced diet’…
The Federal Government boasts regularly that it feeds primary school pupils with 594 cattle, 138,000 chickens, 6.8…
FG slashes Unity Schools’ tuition fee to N49, 500
THE Federal Government on Tuesday announced it has reviewed downward the charges paid at Unity Colleges from N83,000 to…
Multiple registration: FG declares war on examination syndicates
FOLLOWING the mind-boggling examination malpractice uncovered in the conduct of the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation…
ASUU chairman sues FUOYE management over indefinite suspension without pay
The Chairman, Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Federal University Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE) branch, Gabriel…
JAMB releases 2019 UTME results, withholds scores of 34,120 candidates
THE Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced the release of the result of 2019 Unified Tertiary…
We are ready to be killed; no Kokori, no NSTIF board, NLC insists
THE Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) says it would not rest on its agitation until the board of National Social Insurance…
ASUU wants Buhari to investigate attacks on Labour leaders at Ngige’s residence
THE leadership of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), says President Muhammadu Buhari needs to institute a…
INVESTIGATION: Many crises tearing apart Federal University Oye-Ekiti (PART II)
IN the first part of this report, Yekeen AKINWALE who has been following the crises at Federal University…
390 blind candidates wrote 2019 matriculation exam, JAMB says
THE Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says a total of 390 blind candidates took part in the 2019 Unified…
Save the Children says violations of children’s rights must be investigated and…
SAVE the Children has called for an independent body to investigate and analyse all violations of international…
Cross Rivers, Delta, Edo, Rivers—four most violent Niger Delta states in 2018
WITH a total of 546 deaths resulting from 351 conflicts, Cross River, Delta, Edo and Rivers emerged as the most violent…
Over 58,000 female teachers needed in Northern Nigerian rural schools – UNICEF
THE United Nations Children and Education(UNICEF), says a total of 58,121 female teachers are needed to bridge the…
CAN to Elders Forum: Your stand on our visit to Buhari baseless
FOLLOWING the outburst by the National Christian Elders Forum (NCEF) over the visit of the leadership of the Christian…
REPORT: From drums to bricks—how Niger Delta’s women embrace new fish smoking…
OMOWUNMI Omoyele, 26, is getting ready to prepare her fresh fish for smoking — some packed in a bowl, others spread out…
UTME 2019: 157,000 candidates take mock exam nationwide
AHEAD of the April 11 date of 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), a total of 157,000 candidates on…
INVESTIGATION: Many crises tearing apart Federal University Oye-Ekiti ( Part I)
EIGHT years after it was established, the Federal University, Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE) in Ekiti State is still struggling with…
Polls: Onaiyekan says Nigerians have lost confidence in electoral system
THE immediate past Archbishop of Abuja, John Cardinal Onaiyekan says the voters' apathy and boycott that almost marred…
Pope Francis appoints Kaigama to replace Onaiyekan as Bishop of Abuja
POPE Francis has appointed the former President of Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) Ignatius Kaigama as…
IWD 2019: PIND promotes fish smoking technologies among Niger Delta women
AS the world celebrates the International Day of the Women (IWD), the Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the…
Kukah to Nigerians: After elections, don’t leave your future in the hands of…
THE Bishop of Sokoto, Mathew Kukah says Nigerians must ensure that they don't leave their future entirely in the hands…
ANALYSIS: 2019 and 2015 elections — what has changed, what has not
NIGERIA had hoped to have a better record with the conduct of the 2019 general elections. It was the sixth quadrennial…
DSS dismisses operative who collected bribe in Ekiti
THE Department of State Servies (DSS) has dismissed one of its operatives who was caught on camera insisting on taking a…
Polls: NLC urges politicians to refrain from inflammatory statements
THE Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has appealed to politicians in the country to refrain from frivolous allegations,…
2019 Elections: Many times INEC gave assurances before postponement
IF the number of times that the Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu gave…
2019 UTME: JAMB registers 1.6m candidates in one month
THE Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it has so far registered a total of 1,681,130 candidates for the…
REPORT: Nigeria among top 10 countries where 550,000 babies die in five years
AT least 550,000 babies are thought to have died as a result of armed conflict between 2013 and 2017 in the 10…
Echoes from Kano- days before and after election shift
FROM morning till the evening of Thursday, February 14, 2019, Kano, Nigeria’s northern biggest commercial hub was…
ANALYSIS: Fears, calculations and uncertainties —the moments before Feb. 16
LIKE in 2015, Nigerians are approaching another critical moment in the life of their country — they will in less…
12,084 candidates arrested for examination malpractice in 2018 Nov/Dec NECO GCE
THE National Examination Council (NECO) says a total of 12,084 candidates were arrested for their involvement in…
Feb 16: Nigeria’s future lies with electoral success, says Catholic Bishops
THE Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) says Nigeria’s future depends on the success or otherwise of the…
NLC designates Kaduna, Kogi, Ogun workers-unfriendly states
THE Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has identified Kaduna, Kogi and Ogun states as states that are most unfriendly to…
JUST IN: Osinbajo survives helicopter crash in Kabba
REPORTS just filter in that Vice President Yemi Osinbajo was involved in a helicopter crash in Kabba town, Kogi State…
Nigeria to rake in NGN67.7b in one year from tobacco taxation- Report
THE Federal Government of Nigeria will rake in as much as N67.7 billion (US$187 million) over a one year period from the…
Group tasks INEC on credible election
AS general election draws closer, the Interfaith Dialogue Forum for Peace (IDFP) has called on the Independent…
JAMB to UNIBEN: We will be asking you to apologise to Nigerians over extortion
THE Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it would be demanding an apology from the authorities of…
Corruption level remains same, despite Buhari’s anti-graft war, says…
DESPITE President Muhammadu Buhari's administration's claim to be fighting corruption, the country's Corruption…
2019 UTME: JAMB suspends nine CBT centres for extorting candidates
FOR charging more than the authorized amount, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it has suspended…
Onnoghen and Umar: Sacrificial lamb and the sacred cow
SINCE January 25, 2019, no Nigerian public office holder has gained more media prominence than the suspended…
Six key things you must know about Disability Act, 2018
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday signed to law, the Discrimination Against Persons with Disabilities…
Judge’s absence stalls hearing on detained Southern Cameroonian leaders’…
AN Abuja Federal High Court Judge, Hon. Justice A.I.Chikere has rescheduled hearing in the case brought by Sisiku Julius…
Saturday’s presidential debate was a discredited event- Sowore
THE presidential candidate of African Action Congrss (AAC) ,Sowore Omoyele says the presidential debate held Saturday…
2019: Should Buhari be re-elected on mantra of war against Boko Haram, corruption?
WITH less than 30 days to the general elections, President Muhammadu Buhari is pleading with Nigerians to re-elect him…
Three things Buhari admits he was clueless about
The disclosure that President Muhammadu Buhari was unaware of the allegations of non-disclosure of assets brought…
Despite ‘persecution’, Onnoghen joins Buhari, others at Armed Forces…
DESPITE what critics have described as persecution, embattled Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Walter Onnoghen on Tuesday…
2019 Election: Buhari and his ex-PDP ‘corrupt’ friends
Buhari blames PDP for bad governance but appoints those he accused to sell his candidacy to Nigerians
PRESIDENT…
Buhari appoints Rewane as head technical committee on minimum wage
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has inaugurated the Technical Committee that will advise the government on smooth…
FG bows to labour, to send minimum wage bill to NASS Jan 23
THE Federal Government on Tuesday bowed to pressure from the organised labour by setting the date it would transmit a…
Minimum wage: NLC embarks on nationwide mass protest, mobilization
THE leadership of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has declared Tuesday, January 8, as the day for mass protest and…
Uncompleted projects: TETFund says UI’s performance not a good story
FIVE months after seven out of 42 projects for which allocations were made by the Tertiary Education Trust Fund…
BREAKING: Armed soldiers invade Daily Trust headquarters, seize computers
HOURS after armed officers of the Nigerian Army invaded the Daily Trust regional office in Maiduguri, the Borno State…
SERAP to Fashola: Publish name of contractors who escaped with power projects money
THE Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the Babatunde Fashola, Minister of Power, Works…
2018 was a traumatic year for Nigerian workers- NLC
THE Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) says the out-going year 2018 remains one of the most traumatic years for Nigerian…
Seven times Shagari was federal minister before becoming Nigerian president
NIGERIA's first executive president, late Shehu Usman Aliyu Shagari remains probably, the only Nigerian who had held…
Employees’ compensation scheme: Did Olejeme rob Nigerian workers?
THE former Chairman of Board of Nigerian Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), Ngozi Olejeme is in the eye of the storm.…
SERAP, EiE, BudgIT ask Buratai to account for 3 years army budgets
THE Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), Enough is Enough (EiE), and BudgIT have asked the Chief of…
104,289 applications received for 10,000 police jobs- Police Service Commission
JUST 12 days after the Police Service Commission (PSC) opened its recruitment portal for police applicants; the…
Amnesty International wants ICC to investigate war crimes, violation of human rights…
THE Amnesty International says there are critical evidences for the Office of the Prosecutor of the International…
After ICIR report, UBEC pulls down error-ridden 2018 National Personnel Audit result…
THE management of Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) has pulled down from its official site, the 2018 National…
State govts failed to access N86b UBEC grants
DESPITE complaints of paucity of funds to manage the nation’s education sector, a whopping N86billion matching…
Nigeria needs 250,000 teachers annually to address teachers’ deficit- TRCN
THE Registrar, Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN), Josiah Ajiboye says Nigeria needs as much as…
College of Education Academic Union suspends two-month old strike
THE Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU) has suspended over two months old strike its members embarked…
ASUU strike: Stop threatening us with no-work, no-pay rule, NLC warns FG
THE leadership of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has warned the Federal Government to stop threatening striking workers…
FG applies no-work, no-payment rule to ASUU over strike
THE Federal Government has directed Vice Chancellors of Federal Universities in the country to ensure that members of…
First DraftNews, ICIR unveil CrossCheck Nigeria to fight fake news
AS the 2019 general elections draw closer, the International Centre for Investigative Reporting (ICIR) and the…
Forensic auditors accuse ICAN of moves to scuttle CIFIAN bill
MEMBERS of the proposed Chartered Institute of Forensic and Investigative Auditors of Nigeria (CIFIAN) has accused the…
Since 1960 Nigerian ran counselling in schools without national policy- Minister
MINISTER of Education, Adamu Adamu, says Nigeria has not had any national policy guiding counselling services for almost…
FACT CHECK: Buhari lists uncompleted project as achievement in campaign manual
President Muhammadu Buhari has again listed as one of his achievements the N2.5 billion Northern Ishan Regional Water…
2015 election: Saraki confirms bribing electorate in leaked audio tape
PRESIDENT of the Senate, Bukola Saraki has revealed how in 2015 he bribed electorate to win votes for President…
African governments using laws to stifle internet freedom – Report
MANY African governments have rolled out legislation and policies which enforce privacy violations, infringements to…
INVESTIGATION: Plastic recycling plants— Project where Nigeria can generate N504b a…
In June 2018, Nigeria celebrated World Environment Day alongside other countries of the world. The celebration was…
903 foreign trained graduates take medical exam
A total of 903 foreign-trained Medical and Dental graduates on Wednesday sat for an assessment examination organized by…
Minimum wage: We won’t accept anything below N30, 000- NLC replies Governors’…
THE leadership of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) says it would not accept the N22, 500 minimum wage proposed by the…
Volume, language complexity are reasons Nigerians don’t comprehend constitution-…
PARTICIPANTS at the just concluded New Media, Citizens and Governance (NMCG) conference held in Abuja said volume and…
2019 Poll: Buhari again promises free and fair election
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari says he is more concerned about the conduct of free and fair elections in the country at all…
Shiite, soldiers clash in Abuja
NOT fewer than three members of Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) also known as Shiites have died in a clash between…
Army discovers shallow grave ‘at no man’s land’ where missing general was buried
THE Nigerian Army says it has discovered a shallow grave where a missing retired Major General, Idris Alkali,…
Odinkalu: Social media fuels violence, yet deepens democracy
SOCIAL media is driving up violence and other vices in the country, and one of its major problem is "influence without…
Minimum wage: Labour says another round of strike underway, if FG fails to act
THE Organised Labour that includes the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Trade Union Congress (TUC) and United…
FACT CHECK: Did Fayose leave N170b or N120b debt profile in Ekiti?
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Fani-Kayode: Nnamdi Kanu will work with us to vote out Buhari
FORMER Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode says the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu has…
Ogwezzy: CSOs, media must work together to promote good governance and accountability
THE Head of Department of Mass Communication, University of Lagos, Abigail Ogwezzy says Civil Society…
‘EFCC I’m here,’ Fayose wears customised shirt to EFCC office
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Budget and contract information missing on Ecological Fund Office’s website…
THE Ecological Fund Office (EFO) receives three per cent of the monthly allocation from the Federation Account which…
Amnesty International: Execution of Hauwa must not go unpunished
THE Amnesty International says Boko Haram's brazen disregard for the sanctity of life which resulted into the…
Fayose: I’ll hand over to Head of Service on Sunday
THE outgoing Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, says he will hand over the affairs of the state to the Head of…
Atiku: My cabinet will be ready before May 29, 2019
FORMER Vice President and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says his cabinet will be ready…
Death penalty: 993 executions recorded in 23 countries in 2017, says Amnesty…
THE Amnesty International (AI) has revealed that a total of 993 executions were carried out in 23 countries around the…
FG can only afford N24,000 minimum wage, Ngige insists
THE Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige says contrary to report that the federal government had agreed to pay…
Buhari bombards Senate with letters, requests approval of $2.78 billion Eurobonds
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday requested for National Assembly resolution to raise $2.78 billion from the…
REPORT CARD: Despite Buhari’s 8000MW claim, Nigerians still live in darkness
AFTER about eight months of blackout resulted to losing all his customers, Abdurahman Ilyas, owner and operator of a…
Buhari picks APC ticket, asks PDP to present 16 years score card
AFTER his endorsement by 14,842,072 members of the All Progressives Congress across the 36 states and the Federal…
Nigeria out-of-school children population increases to 13.2m- UBEC
THE population of out-of-school children in Nigeria has increased from 10.5million to 13.2million, the Universal Basic…
We will make North East safe for all…seven keypoints of Buhari’s…
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Muhammadu Buhari in his nationwide broadcast on Monday to celebrate the nation's 58 independence…
FOCUS: In two years, Buhari budgets N340m to celebrate ‘low key’ independence,…
AS President Muhammadu Buhari is wrapping up his final year in office, his administration has budgeted a total…
NLC suspends strike to continue negotiation with govt
AFTER a five-day indefinite strike, the Nigerian Labour Congress(NLC) has suspended strike and asked all its members…
UPDATE: Airforce confirms death of pilot in Abuja jet crash
AFTER initial denial that there was no casualty in the incident of the air crash that involved two fighter jets of the…
BREAKING: Military jet fighter crashes in Abuja
A fighter jet belonging to the Nigerian Airforce has been reported to have crashed in Mpape, a rocky suburb of…
Osun Decides 2018: Omisore makes U-turn, supports APC for rerun election
LESS than 24 hours to the re-run of Osun State governorship election, the candidate of Social Democratic Party (SDP),…
Osun Decides 2018: Is Oyetola leaving APC before re-run election?
FOUR days to the scheduled re-run governorship election in Osun State, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in…
FRSC Academy now affiliated to FUTO, to award PGD, Masters in road safety
THE Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Academy in Udi, Enugu State, has been affiliated to the Federal University of…
Nigerian government uses enforced disappearance to silence critics- Amnesty…
THE Amnesty International (AI) has accused the Federal Government of using enforced disappearance as ‘a longstanding…
Five months after UTME, 24,142 candidates so far given admission-JAMB
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PIND announces N3.4m media grant for development reporting in Niger Delta
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INVESTIGATION: Filth, dilapidation, drug abuse… how Area Council has neglected…
IT has been a busy day for Aliyu Ibrahim, a butcher at Bwari abattoir. He is at work on the Sallah day that Muslims…
REPORT: In 10 years, 49 people died in building collapse in Abuja
AVAILABLE records on building collapse in Abuja, have shown that not fewer than 49 deaths have been recorded in Abuja,…
FOUR YEARS AFTER: Adadevoh yet to receive post-humous national award?
SHE would have been 62 year -old in October, but Stella Ameyo Adadevoh's life came to a sudden end−she died on August…
WHAT HAS CHANGED? Aregbesola pays workers full salary a month to election
ALMOST a month to the governorship election in Osun State, Governor Rauf Aregbesola has commenced the payment of full…
Despite N6.5b TETfund allocation, UI completes seven out of 42 projects in seven…
The University of Ibadan has received a total of N6.5 billion between 2011 and 2014 from the Tertiary Education Trust…
Abuja US Embassy suspends operations for ‘reasons beyond control’
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Nigerian, Togolese journalists win Paradigm Initiative media fellowship
TWO journalists, Victor Ekwealor, a Nigerian and Emmanuel Agbenonwossi, a Togolese have been announced as the…
REPORT- With 46 casualties, Akwa Ibom, most violent state in Niger Delta
IN three months, a total of 46 people were reportedly killed in Akwa Ibom State, making the state the most with high…
50,159 Nigerians languish in prisons, awaiting trial despite ACJ Act 2015
FOR the past five years, Chris Okafor (not real name) has been languishing in one of Nigeria’s prisons in the Federal…
BLOODY JULY: Boko Haram, herdsmen, bandits killed 403 people in six states
AS many as 403 Nigerians were killed in July by suspected Boko Haram terrorists, herdsmen and bandits across the…
FG plans to introduce compulsory N1500 devpt levy to public schools
IF resolutions reached at the just concluded National Council on Education (NCE) meeting held in Abuja are anything to…
ERROR: UBEC records Enugu data for Ondo in 2018 National Personnel Audit result
EFFORTS by the Federal Government to get the actual number of Nigerian children in public and private basic schools…
Budget underspending: Presidency, others return N118b to treasury
The inability of the Federal Government to meet its targets in the delivery of projects is highlighted by the…
Aliyu, dead appointees, Adeosun…four times DSS failed to do security checks on…
IT is increasingly becoming embarrassing how the Federal Government and some of its agencies are failing to perform…
Vote me, I will end Boko Haram immediately, Atiku tells Maiduguri people
ATIKU Abubakar, former Vice President says he will end Boko Haram insurgency and other insecurity challenges facing the…
SERAP to INEC: You have 14 days to investigate vote buying in Ekiti election
THE Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has given the Independent National Electoral…
Imposing tax on blogging, social media is dangerous, says digital rights expert
GBENGA Sesan, Executive Director of Paradigm Initiative, has called for an end to attempts by governments in Africa to…
At Hague, Buhari promises free, fair and peaceful 2019 elections
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari says his administration will do everything possible to ensure that Nigeria conducts free,…
Gunmen attack Gidan Goga village in Zamfara
Unknown gunmen are currently attacking Malikawa village in Gidan Goga district in Maradun local government of Zamfara…
Before it kills us, let’s kill fake news
IF we are not careful, fake news will kill us. Already, it has sent some to their early graves. Fake news is creating…
Ortom: I have been given red card by APC, I’m standing outside
SAMUEL Ortom, Governor of Benue State, has dropped a hint of his defection from the All Progressives Congress (APC)…
Ebola survivors suffer severe mental and neurological problems – New study found
SURVIVORS of the deadly Ebola virus can continue to suffer severe psychiatric and neurological problems, including…
Senate rejects Melaye’s request for names, service numbers of 30, 000 police officers…
A request by Dino Melaye, senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District at the National Assembly, for background…
MTN violates workers’ rights, says NLC after picketing telecom giant’s offices
THE Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) says it picketed the telecommunication company, MTN offices across the country,…
FOCUS: One year after, NSCDC ignores directive on HND, BSc dichotomy
THERE is a growing disquiet among officers of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) over the failure of…
Group presents report on observation of ACJL in Lagos, Ondo, Abuja
…says courts should ensure speedy trial of criminal and civil cases
THE Rule of Law and Empowerment Initiative (RLEI),…
Buhari’s impeachment: Court grants lawyer leave to commence suit
A Federal High Court in Osogbo, Osun State capital, has granted leave to a suit seeking to compel the National…
ASUU says FG must take responsibility for failure to prevent Plateau crisis
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), says the Federal Government should take responsibility for…
INVESTIGATION: Ministry of Water Resources listed N3.85b uncompleted Ugboha water…
Favour, Benice, and Francis –all siblings – were delighted when the news broke that they would soon stop racing down…
REPORT: How women farmers In Ondo are getting involved in governance
AS far as Olayinka Oladapo, President of Women in Farming Association of Nigeria (WOFAN), in Ondo State and her members…
Let there be a graveyard of victims of mindless killings near Aso Rock− Shehu Sani
SHEHU Sani, senator representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District at the National Assembly says only when a graveyard…
NLC says Plateau killings capable of fragmenting Nigeria
THE Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) says the recent killing of 86 people in two local governments in Plateau State…
PICA records four convictions, 1,983 whistle-blowing tips since Dec. 2016
THE Presidential Initiative on Continuous Audit (PICA), says about 1,983 tips have been submitted by whistle-blowers…
FOCUS: Why Eagles may not fly in Russia
AFTER last Saturday’s 2-0 defeat in the hands of Vatreni (The Fiery Ones) of Croatia, it is becoming clearer that the…
CAN cautions against execution of five Christian youths in Adamawa
THE Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has asked the Federal Government to restrain the Adamawa State…
You are not welcome in Labour Party, factional chairman tells Mimiko
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SERAP gives 14-Day ultimatum to CCB, ICPC to investigate deputy speaker over N1.7b…
THE Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) and…
SHOCKING: In Sokoto, more girls are going to school – but under poor conditions
EACH morning, from Monday to Friday, eight- year- old Farida Sanusi is filled with enthusiasm while going to school. …
Wrong diagnosis, poor treatment killing many cancer patients – Cancer activist
RUNCIE Chidebe, a cancer control advocate, says many patients of cancer in Nigeria have died due to problem of wrong…
Environment Day: UN chief says oceans will be filled with more plastics in 2050 than…
Antonio Guterres, Secretary General of United Nations, says oceans in the world would have more plastics than fish by…
CSOs condemn suspension of school teacher who criticized Buhari
PARADIGM Initiative and Enough is Enough (EiE) Nigeria have condemned the suspension of Baba Mohammed Wanigi, a…
Offa robbery: Police invite Saraki for interrogation
THE Police have invited the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, for questioning over his alleged connection with…
Police recruitment: 5,253 shortlisted − Kano, Katsina top the list
KANO and Katsina states have emerged as the states with the highest number of police recruits among the 5,253 candidates…
NLC to Ngige: You cannot make U-turn on September deadline for new minimum wage
THE leadership of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has cautioned Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour and Employment…
25 Nigerians among 30 robbery suspects arrested in Ghana
Police in Ghana have arrested 30 robbery suspects, including five women and 25 Nigerians, Graphic Online, a…
Melaye ‘joins’ PDP, asks Saraki to give him seat at opposition wing
IN what appeared like his return to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dino Melaye, senator representing Kogi…
BREAKING: Fayemi resigns as Minister of Mines and Steel Development
KAYODE Fayemi, governorship candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC) in the forthcoming July 14 election in Ekiti…
CAN demands cancellation of police recruits exam, says use of Arabic language…
THE Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has asked for the cancelation of the the computer based test (CBT) aptitude…
I will sign “not too young to run” bill −seven key things Buhari said in…
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has marked three years in office as a democratically elected President. In his…
Has Buhari delivered on security promise?
There are some campaign promises that President Muhammadu Buhari, his party, All Progressives Congress (APC) and…
Nigerian democracy has not served ordinary Nigerians, says NLC
THE leadership of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) says Nigerian democracy, after 18 years of civilian government,…
124,000 active military personnel, 291,685 policemen – are Nigerian security agencies…
SINCE 2009, Nigerian security agencies− Nigerian Army, State Security Services and the Police have been fighting…
37,000 police recruits take JAMB aptitude test nationwide – but only 6000 will be…
AT least 37,000 Nigerians who applied to be enlisted into the Nigeria Police on Friday sat for a computer based…
‘This is just a wild goose chase report’, Presidency dismisses Amnesty International…
The Presidency on Thursday reacts to the report by the Amnesty International alleging abuse of Boko Haram…
Allow your girls to finish secondary school, Shettima warns Borno parents against…
KASHIM Shettima, Governor of Borno State says underage marriage of female children in the state has become a…
Where was the power after $16b project?−Buhari in disguised attack against OBJ
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday launched a veiled attack against one of his predecessors, Olusegun…
N23b Diezani bribe: Court remands ex-Minister, Shagari, four others
THE Federal High Court, Sokoto on Tuesday remanded Mukhtar Shehu Shagari, a former Minister of Water Resources…
NLC to Northern governors: Don’t sack teachers, don’t copy El-Rufai’s failed…
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EMBARRASSING: Nigerians as rejects of the world
The spate of deportation of Nigerians from abroad and the massive exodus of Nigerians yet from home through…
We all disregard court orders − Nigerian democracy is on crutches, says Shehu Sani
Shehu Sani, senator representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District in the National Assembly says Nigerian…
SERAP petitions Buhari before UN over disregard for court rulings
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent a petition to the United Nations (UN) to…
Me? Called Amaechi, Fashola, names? That’s not true− Okonjo-Iweala replies…
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, former Minister of Finance says there is no place in her book ‘Fighting Corruption is…
What is Nigeria’s real population figure – 195m or 198m?
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Nigerian Diplomat found dead at his home in Sudan
A Nigerian diplomat has been found dead at his home in Khartoum, the capital city of Sudan, on Thursday
No…
Nigerian-American registered nurse sues US Govt over unlawful seizure of $40,000
Anthonia Nwaorie, a 59-year-old Nigerian and registered nurse based in Houston suburb of Katy, Texas, is suing…
ANALYSIS: Trump’s U-turn from nuclear deal – Iran’s pains, Nigeria’s gains
“This decision was an act of psychological warfare against Iran,” those were the words of Hassan Rouhani,…
Our university system has collapsed− industries are rejecting our graduates, Minister…
Anthony Anwukah, Minister of State for Education says industries are rejecting graduates from Nigerian…
President Buhari beats Yar’Adua’s record − makes 172-day medical trips in two years
When on June 6, 2016, President Muhammadu Buhari embarked on a 10-day vacation to attend to a ‘persistent ear…
Soyode, BEN TV boss, declares for 2019, promises to create more jobs
Ali Soyode, Chairman of Europe’s first ethnic media and satellite television, known as BEN TV says he will…
Birnin- Gwari massacre: 84 killed in seven weeks − What do the killers want?
Recently, Birnin- Gwari local government area of Kaduna State has been in the news for a wrong reason.…
Ekiti has 72 percent cases of female genital mutilation – UNICEF
The United Nations Children Education Fund (UNICEF) says female genital mutilation (FGM) is on the increase in…
Police order new recruits to take JAMB exams before enlistment
The Nigerian Police say all new recruits must write an aptitude test to be conducted by the Joint Admissions and…
12 years after failed third term bid – Na’abba says what Obasanjo wanted was…
Ghali Na’abba, one-time Speaker of the House of Representatives and one of those who were against the third term…
24 hours after the world celebrated press freedom day, Burundi bans VOA, BBC
Twenty four hours after the celebration of World Press Freedom day, Burundi slammed a six-month ban on…
N100m, not N50b spent on Melaye’s recall, says INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it spent only N100million on the failed attempt to…
Change your passwords, Twitter urges 330m users after glitch
Twitter, microblogging website has urged its more than 330 million users to change their passwords after a…
150m Nigerians don’t have food security, says activist
Gbolagade Ayoola, Chairman of Voices for Food Security (VFS), says 150million Nigerians are currently suffering…
Journalists should not be targeted for doing their jobs – Paradigm Initiative
Tope Ogundipe, Director of Programs at Paradigm Initiative, says the focus of arrests and prosecution for…
Over 2,295 teachers killed by Boko Haram in nine years, says Minister of Education
Adamu Adamu, Minister of Education, says over 2,295 teachers have been killed and 19,000 others displaced in…
I’d rather owe workers than sack them – Fayose
Ayodele Fayose, Governor of Ekiti State says it is better to owe workers and be making efforts to pay…
2019: Media crucial to free and fair elections – INEC Chairman
Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says the Commission is…
Nigerians are suffering, NLC laments on workers’ day
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Principals, invigilators, candidates collaborate to cheat during exams, WAEC alleges
The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has claimed that secondary school principals and…
States can pay higher salaries despite national minimum wage, says Labour Minister
Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour and Employment, says the idea behind the national minimum wage is not “about…
Press freedom index: Nigeria not among African countries in the top 30
Nigeria, African largest democracy failed to make the list of African countries in the top 30 of…
10.5m out-of-school children data no longer reliable – UBEC
The Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) says the popular ’10.5 million’ out-of- school pupils data is no…
If Buhari signs Digital Rights Bill, he will set good example for Africa- Experts
Digital rights experts across Africa say the possibility of President Muhammadu Buhari signing the just…
CJN rejects call for judges’ association, says role is adjudication, not…
Walter Onnoghen, Chief Justice of Nigeria, says the mandate of judicial officers in the country is…
Nigerian cyber crime law is targeted at journalists–Lawyer
Babalola Olumide, a Lagos based lawyer says the Nigerian cybercrime law was designed to cripple freedom…
SERAP sues Saraki, 108 senators over illegal N13.5 running cost allowance
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sued Bukola Saraki, President of the Senate and…
“I could have become Nigeria’s president in 2003,”Atiku says not…
Atiku Abubakar, Former Vice President, says he could have become Nigerian president in 2003 when majority of the…
Facebook: Report fake accounts to us, we can’t monitor active 24m users
Akua Gyekye, Public Policy Manager for Africa, Facebook says there are 24 million people in Nigeria who are…
SHOCKING: Abuja not ready for emergency – NEMA ambulance bays in tatters
It was a Monday morning, Chris Steven was waiting at the popular Car Wash bus stop at Lugbe, along Nnamdi Azikwe…
SERAP takes Akeredolu, AAUA management to court over ‘unfair and arbitrary tuition…
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sued Rotimi Akeredolu, Governor of Ondo State and the…
Same sex marriage− satanic, ungodly and unacceptable in Nigeria−CAN reacts to…
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) says same sex marriage being promoted by Theresa May, British Prime…
‘This is a positive, long sought-after step’ −EU praises North Korea…
Federica Mogherini , European Union’s foreign affairs chief says that North Korea’s…
Olorunyomi, Osori, others to speak at Abuja Internet Freedom Forum
Between April 24 and 26, 2018, Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) will play host to the annual Internet…
You have done well, Police Commission promotes Magu, EFCC Chairman,17 others
Ibrahim Magu, acting Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has been promoted by the…
EXCLUSIVE: NEMA can’t help during air disasters… ambulance, rescue…
Nigeria’s readiness for air emergency is suspect — the air ambulance, and search and rescue (SAR) helicopter belonging…
Buhari said a lot of — not all — Nigerian youth are lazy, Adesina clarifies
The Presidency says President Muhammadu did not refer to all Nigerian youth as lazy in a statement he made on…
ASUU laments: A senator’ running cost is N13.5m/month while UI has N66m for…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) says the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari is only…
INVESTIGATION: Empty govt promises, environmental hazards… bitumen already a…
From Shehu Shagari to Ibrahim Babangida and Olusegun Obasanjo, and now President Muhammadu Buhari, exploring…
The average northerner is poorer under Buhari than under Jonathan, says Kukah
Matthew Kukah, Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, says the average northerner has become far more impoverished…
Salkida: Boko Haram didn’t plan to abduct Chibok girls… it was an…
Ahmad Salkida, a Nigerian journalist who has a close relationship with Boko Haram, says Boko Haram's abduction…
REVEALED: ‘Only 15’ of the 133 Chibok girls with Boko Haram are still…
Ahmad Salkida, the Nigerian journalist with the deepest knowledge of the workings of Boko Haram, says…
Osuntokun: Anyone who thinks Buhari will change if re-elected is deceiving himself
Akin Osuntokun, Director of Media and Public Communications, Coalition for Nigeria Movement, says…
Akeredolu bows to pressure, slashes Adekunle Ajasin University’s tuition fees
Rotimi Akeredolu, Governor of Ondo State, has finally bowed to pressure from students and parents by…
Police ‘arrest’ Deji Adeyanju, ‘Our Mumu Don Do’ leader at…
Deji Adeyanju, co-convener of Concerned Nigerians, also known as the 'Our Mumu Don Do' group, has been…
INVESTIGATION: How rural women are feeding the nation despite unfriendly land tenure,…
According to the British Council Report 2012, about 60-79 percent Nigerian women live and work in the rural…
Reps ‘unearth’ how Maihaja, NEMA DG, ‘blew’ N1.6bn flood…
Mustapha Maihaja, Director-General of National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), is in the eye of the…
I’d resign if any politician told me to do something wrong, says JAMB registrar
Ishaq Oloyede, Registrar, Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), says he would resign his…
Eight Cameroonian athletes vanish from Commonwealth Games in Australia
Eight days after the kick off of 21 Commonwealth Games in Australia, tagged Gold Coast 2018, eight…
Ghana, Togo, Benin, flooding Nigeria with flawed graduates, says FG
The Federal Government says some private tertiary institutions in the Republic of Benin, Togo, Ghana,…
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How ‘sophisticated weapons’ of Offa robbers rendered vigilantes helpless
Thursday's high-casualty robbery attack on five banks in Offa, Kwara State, was a success for the…
Dokpesi demands N500m compensation from Lai for featuring on ‘looters’…
Raymond Dokpesi, Chairman of Daar Communications, says Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Communication,…
Shehu: Boko Haram technically defeated but Nigeria still at war with them
Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant, Media and Publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari, says those…
‘No space for promoting terrorism’ — Twitter suspends over 274,000…
Twitter says it is no longer a desirable platform for call for violence, and has announced the…
Business owners in Ebonyi cry out over ‘brutality’ of state govt, tax…
Business owners in Abakaliki, capital city of Ebonyi State, are currently groaning under excessive taxes and…
Shehu Sani: $1bn for arms won’t make sense without better welfare of soldiers
Shehu Sani, the senator representing Kaduna Central at the National Assembly, says a "billion dollars to…
Lai names 23 PDP-era public officials who ‘looted’ the treasury
Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information, has released more names of alleged looters of the treasury during the…
‘Many journalists not literate about budgets and procurement processes’
Tajudeen Suleiman, Director of Projects at the International Centre for Investigative Reporting (ICIR), says corruption…
We made a lot of mistakes and we’re sorry, PDP begs Nigerians
After 16 years of governance, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Nigerian's main opposition party, has apologized…
‘PDP’s registration should be withdrawn’ — Lai angered by claims…
Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture, says the registration of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)…
Toyin Saraki recalls how the north shot down women equality bill in 2016
Toyin Saraki, wife of Senate President Bukola Saraki, says Nigeria will not prosper if it leaves women, who…
NUC: In 1949, there were only 210 university students… now there’re 2million
Abubakar Rasheed, Executive Secretary of National Universities Commission (NUC), says the population of students…
Prophetess ‘confesses’ to telling son to impersonate brother during UTME
A woman who claims to be a 'prophetess' has admitted to asking her son to impersonate his brother in the ongoing…
‘This commander-in-chief is always not knowing’ — PDP senator mocks…
Enyinnaya Abaribe, the senator representing Abia South Senatorial District at the National Assembly, wants…
Omokri accuses Buhari of ‘looking the other way’ after Dapchi abduction
Reno Omokri, a former aide of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, says President Muhammadu Buhari "looked the other…
New head for amnesty programme as Buhari launches probe into ‘financial…
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Charles Quaker Dokubo as the new Coordinator of the…
Female UTME candidate arrested for ‘concealing phone in underpants’
Officials of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) on Tuesday apprehended Udoh Akpabio, a female…
EXCLUSIVE: TSA violation, N85m revenue fraud exposed at ministry of trade
Of the N1, 482,199,390.87 generated by the Federal Ministry of Trade and Investment between 2012 and 2015 as…
Lawyer petitions IGP, seeks justice for three-year-old rape victim
Wilson Iorshe, a lawyer at Noble Crest law firm, has written to Ibrahim Idris, Inspector General of Police, to issue a…
We take so many punches from the media every day, laments Lai
Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture, says the Federal Government is committed to the freedom of…
‘Our moral level is so low’ — Sultan decries profiling of Fulani as…
Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, Sultan of Sokoto, says Nigeria may not know peace if people do not stop to…
Five scares in four weeks — are these the signs of imminent plane crash?
In less than one month — between January 25 and February 21, 2018 — Nigeria has been lucky not to have recorded…
STUDY: Niger Delta farmers profited from naira devaluation in 2017
A study by Chevron-funded Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND) and Market…
Oxfam says Haiti director ‘admitted to using prostitutes at his…
Roland Van Hauwermeiren, Oxfam’s Country Director in Haiti, admitted to using prostitutes at his residence…
Balarabe Musa: Buhari has failed, but show me one person who can perform better in…
Balarabe Musa, former Governor of Kaduna State, says the performance of President Muhammadu Buhari has so far…
People who don’t share our values have infiltrated us, says Oxfam ED
Winnie Byanyima, Executive Director of Oxfam International, has reached out to the victims of sexual scandals…
Be careful what you post — 10 Nigerians arrested in 2017 for their social-media…
There is a rising trend of arrests and harassment of journalists and bloggers, often on the orders of politicians.…
UK appeal court rejects N’Delta communities’ bid to sue shell abroad
The Court of Appeal in London has upheld an earlier ruling that two Niger Delta communities cannot have their…
Shekau now ‘disguises as a woman, dresses in hijab’ to evade arrest
The Nigerian Army says Abubakar Shekau, leader of Boko Haram, is now on the run ‘disguising in blue and black…
UK, European Commission threaten to stop funding Oxfam over sex scandals
The British government says it will withdraw public funding from Oxfam unless the charity organisation reveals…
‘Crippled’ abductor of Chibok girls sent to 15 years in jail
Haruna Yahaya, a 35-year-old member of Boko Haram arrested for taking part in the abduction of over 200 Chibok…
REVEALED: The four most violent Niger Delta states of 2017
Cross River, Akwa Ibom, Delta and Rivers states were the most violent states in the Niger Delta region in…
SERAP wants Ambode to reverse ‘unfair’ Lekki toll gate charges
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has pleaded with Akinwunmi Ambode, Governor of…
Boko Haram frees three UNIMAID lecturers, 10 policewomen abducted in October
One hundred and ninety seven days after they were kidnapped by Boko Haram, three lecturers of University of…
Canada offers $94.4m ‘humanitarian assistance’ to Nigeria, three others
Marie-Claude Bibeau, the Canadian Minister of International Development and La Francophonie, says the government…
Shekau has groomed men and women in their thousands to take over, says Salkida
Ahmad Salkida, Nigerian journalist with deep knowledge of the Boko Haram insurgency, says Abubakar Shekau,…
You must hail from Daura to get a federal appointment, says Secondus
Uche Secondus, National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has accused President Muhammadu of…
Afegbua, IBB’s spokesman, sues police, NTA, Channels TV for N1bn
Kassim Afegbua, Spokesperson of Ibrahim Babangida, former Military President, who was declared wanted by the…
Take $3,500 and leave our country or go to jail, Israel tells 20,000 African migrants
Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Prime Minister, says Israel is no longer home to 20,000 male African migrants, as…
Buhari and Obasanjo birds of a feather, says Falana
Femi Falana, lawyer and human rights activist, has described former President Olusegun Obasanjo and President…
INVESTIGATION: The real reasons Itakpe and Ajaokuta steel companies are lying fallow
For eight years, the National Iron Ore Mining Company (NIOCOM) and Ajaokuta Steel Complex were under lock and keys. No…
Journalists in danger as Kenyatta shuts TV stations for covering Odinga’s…
President Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya has clamped down on independent television stations that covered the…
Emirates Airlines crew ‘beat’ 71-year-old Nigerian, ‘deny him…
David Ukesone, a 71-year- old Nigerian, has narrated how Emirates Airline flight crew punched and…
Amnesty International slams FG’s ‘totally inadequate’ response to…
A total of 168 Nigerians were killed in clashes between herdsmen and farmers in Adamawa, Benue, Taraba, Ondo and…
INVESTIGATION: Delta Steel Company is dead, its former staff are dying
Two years after the Federal Government handed over Delta Steel Company (DSC) to Premium Steel and Mines Company Limited …
One ship, two captains… Odinga declares self president of Kenya
Raila Odinga, Kenya’s opposition candidate in the last year presidential election, says he is answering a higher…
SURE-P vehicles, UBEC funds, uncompleted buildings… the N30bn assets recovered…
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) says it has recovered a total of…
Journalists parley with CSOs on good governance — courtesy of the ICIR
Members of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and media practitioners have agreed to improve collaborations with…
Oxfam reveals how US women poultry workers wear diapers because they’re not…
A new report by Oxfam has documented how "women working in the US poultry industry are forced to wear nappies…
EXCLUSIVE: Police release man, 42, who ‘raped’ three-year-old niece
The Nasarawa State Police Command has released Austin Idoko, a 42-year old who allegedly raped his…
Tinubu tells Nigerians what to look out for in 2019
Bola Tinubu, national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has urged Nigerians not to allow politics…
Buhari can end herdsmen attacks if he really wants to, says SERAP
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), a civil society organisation, believes that President…
CAN asks FG to declare Miyetti Allah terrorists over Benue genocide
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has asked the Federal Government to declare the Miyetti Allah Cattle…
Lagos bans cart pushers and wheelbarrow operators
The Lagos State Government has banned cart pushers and wheel barrow operators from the streets of the state.…
Fayose encourages local hunters to ‘defend’ Ekiti people against herdsmen
Ayodele Fayose, Governor of Ekiti State, has directed hunters in the state to defend Ekiti and its people…
Time for Nigeria to scrap polytechnics and colleges of education, says Adeyeye
Sola Adeyeye, senator representing Osun Central Senatorial District in the National Assembly, says the nation…
Oloyode: UTME is a ‘one-chance exam’… its validity cannot be extended
Ishaq Oloyede, Registrar, Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), says the board cannot extend the…
No more ’empathy’… 150 Borno doctors issue 21-day strike ultimatum
A total of 150 medical doctors in Borno State have issued a 21-day ultimatum to embark on an indefinite strike…
Ezekwesili: My political agenda in 2018 is to work against APC and PDP
Oby Ezekwesili, former Minister of Education, says her political agenda for 2018 is clear and it is to work…
Army ‘rescues’ one more Chibok girl from Boko Haram
One of the Chibok Secondary School girls abducted by Boko Haram in April 2014 has been rescued, the Nigerian…
In ‘despair’, Muric asks FG for Jan 1 holiday like…
Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), a Muslims’ human right group, has asked the Federal Government to consider declaring the…
‘God will bless Wike’ — Amaechi’s reaction to New Year’s Day…
Rotimi Amaechi, Minister of Transportation, is distraught over the killing of 21 people who were returning from…
‘Rice importation will stop in 2018’ — 7 things we learnt from…
President Muhammadu Buhari kicked off the New Year with an address Nigerians, which is already eliciting mixed reactions…
We’re not asleep, Oyegun says in APC’s New Year message to Nigerians
John Odigie-Oyegun, National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says the Federal…
We shall hold government accountable in 2018, says Wabba
Ayuba Wabba, President of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has said that the Congress would not fail to hold…
EFCC traces 38 houses to Ngozi Olojeme, ex-NSITF chairman
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it has identified 38 houses allegedly belonging…
7.9m Nigerians lost their jobs from 2015 till date, says NBS
Between January 2016 and September 30, 2017, a total of 7.956 million Nigerians lost their jobs, the…
When will our airports stop embarrassing us?
Anytime Nigeria is portrayed negatively by the western media, some of us — die-hard pro-Nigeria citizens who are…
How far can Wike, Fayose go as new PDP kingmakers?
After 2015 elections, series of significant changes took place – there was (is) recession, which sent many…
Court ignores ‘killer wife’ Maryam Sanda’s pleas, sends her back to prison
A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court sitting in Jabi, Abuja, has ordered that Maryam Sanda, who…
UniAbuja started inside a primary school, recalls VC Adikwu
Michael Adikwu, Vice Chancellor, University of Abuja, says the university faced a lot of difficulties in getting…
2,778 Nigerians are in Libyan detention camps but only 250 can come home per week
The Federal Government says it has a record of 2,778 Nigerian migrants registered in “accessible”…
SERAP gives Buhari 14 days to investigate privatization under three ex-presidents
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to…
Yusuf Datti quits APC, says Buhari’s govt ‘corrupt and incompetent’
Exactly one week after Atiku Abubakar, former Vice President, left the All Progressives Congress (APC), another…
Oh no! In seven months, 54 mothers in Nasarawa infect their babies with HIV
Fifty-four babies delivered in Nasarawa State between January and September 2017 have tested positive to the Human…
NLC to el-Rufai on mass sack of teachers: We’ll use every means to stop you
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has kicked against the mass sacking of about 5000 local government…
Maimuna Aliyu temporarily escapes arraignment due to judges’ conference
The trial of Maimuna Aliyu, the rejected nominee to the board of Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related…
Magu asks journalists: What are you doing to fight corruption?
Ibrahim Magu, Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), wants Nigerian…
Olu Falae: Nigeria out of recession? It’s pure statistical deception!
Olu Falae, former Finance Minister, says the performance of the President Muhammadu…
Alhassan, Garba Shehu… four people who could follow Atiku out of APC
To many political observers and analysts, the resignation of Atiku Abubakar, former Vice President, from…
Adamu worried by Nigeria’s world-highest population of out-of-school children
Adamu Adamu, Minister of Education, says the high population of out-of-school children is the strongest…
15 institutions get TETFund’s N75m research grant but only four are…
The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) says it has released the sum of N75,206,387.13 as research grant to 15…
GIJN 2017: When the world’s biggest gathering of troublemakers held in…
For five days – between November 15 and 20, 2017 – 1,200 investigative journalists from 130 countries…
Why women may not become military chiefs in Nigeria
President Muhammadu Buhari has ratified the National Defence Policy 2017 (Revised); Harmonised Terms and…
Wike, Amaechi’s security details clash in Port Harcourt
Security operatives attached to Nyesom Wike, Governor of Rivers State and those of Rotimi Amaechi,…
Probe Okorocha’s ‘N1b erections’, SERAP tells anti-graft agencies
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, (SERAP) has asked Muhammad Isah, acting Chairman of the Code of…
Jonathan: Nigerians want me back…but I have moved on
Goodluck Jonathan, former President of Nigeria says he has been under pressure from Nigerians who are asking him to…
Rats now out of Aso Rock, Buhari returns to office after 81 days
President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to his office in Aso Rock Villa, Abuja, 81days after the office was…
JUST IN: Pro-Zakzaky protest in Abuja turns violent
A protest march by members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) demanding the release of their leader, Ibrahim…
INVESTIGATION: Ghost hospitals, expired drugs, leaking roofs, waterlogged drug…
Editor's Note: This is the first report of a special four-part investigative series on Primary Health Centres…
My father named me Lai…it makes it easy for them to call me a liar-Lai Mohammed
Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture, said though his father named him Lai, he has never told…
Recall sacked teachers now, or be ready for showdown, NLC tells El-Rufai
Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) says Nasir El-Rufai, Governor of Kaduna State must rescind his decision to disengage…
CAN insists Nigeria must withdraw membership of all religious organisations
Nigeria cannot continue to be members of Organisation of Islamic Countries (OIC) and other religious organisations,…
Nigerian students afraid to leave school due to unemployment, Saraki tells Buhari
Bukola Saraki, Senate President has told President Muhammadu Buhari that Nigerian students are afraid of graduating…
EXPOSED: Police demand money for bail in Lagos, Rivers and Abuja more than other…
Again, Lagos State, Rivers and Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja have topped the list of places where police…
I’ll present myself if Buhari doesn’t contest in 2019, says Yerima
Sani Yerima, former Governor of Zamfara State, has stated his support for President Muhammadu Buhari if he decides…
‘You’re desperate to please Buhari’ — CAN blasts Osinbajo
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) on Wednesday lashed out at Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, accusing him of…
Buhari: We must make sure Nigeria doesn’t experience another civil war
President Muhammadu Buhari says all Nigerians must decide not to allow the country witness another civil war by their…
It’s sometimes easier to manage failure than success, says Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari says it is easier to manage failure than it is to manage success "especially with…
The integrity of those working with Buhari must be checked, says NCP chairman
Yunusa Tanko, National Chairman, National Conscience Party (NCP), says the integrity of those working with President…
How Lagos politician, others swindled businessman of N360m — and made him attempt…
Austin Ugochukwu
When Austin Ugochukwu, Managing Director of Circleflow Management Nigeria Ltd, was approached by…
A corrupt ex-governor was tasked with seeking Ribadu’s successor at EFCC, says…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says the nation’s anti-corruption institutions, Economic and Financial Crimes…
I didn’t release huge sums before 2015 elections, Jonathan replies Osinbajo
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has accused Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo of lying against his government by…
It’s ’embarrassing’! More than 100,000 ‘Nigerians have been…
Lucy George, a development economist and former staff of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, is…
SHOCKER: The model school in Kebbi State where pupils learn in the sun
By all standards, Tarasa Model Primary School, Tarasa Village in Birnin-Kebbi Local Government, Kebbi State,…
ALERT: Only 30 percent of 1.7m UTME candidates are eligible for admission
The National Universities Commission (NUC) says only 30 per cent of the 1.7 million candidates who wrote the 2017…
Some prisoners will vote in 2019 elections, says INEC
Certain categories of prison inmates whose crimes did not disenfranchise them will be allowed to vote in the 2019…
UCH resident doctors give 10-days ultimatum strike notice
Resident doctors at the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan have issued a 10-day strike notice to the hospital…
Let my mother rest in peace, Patience Jonathan tells Magu
Patience Jonathan, wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan has asked Ibrahim Magu, Chairman of Economic and…
Borno IDPS: We don’t want to go home now…it’s too soon
Picture courtesy of NRC
Eighty-six percent of the 1.8 million Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the North East are…
Hit and run driver kills FRSC official in Abuja
A hit and run driver has knocked down and killed an official of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), in Abuja.…
Nigeria makes more, promises less funding on agriculture, says Oxfam
The international humanitarian organization, Oxfam, says funding levels for agriculture and climate change…
Ekweremadu: Our government too powerful, not responsive
Ike Ekweremadu, Deputy Senate President,says the Federal Government at the central under President…
Agbakoba sues FG over exclusion of South East from NNPC Board
Olisa Agbakoba, a former President of Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has sued the Federal Government over…
Osinbajo: Running for presidency not on the cards now
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, says running for presidency in the 2019 general elections is not on his cards now.…
Falana to Buhari: Resign now, you have neglected your duty as Petroleum Minister
Femi Falana, lawyer and human rights activist, has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to resign as Minister of…
Hunger, sickness, death … ex-NITEL workers ask Buhari to pay their pension
Former workers of defunct national telecom carrier, Nigerian Telecommunications Limited (NITEL) and Mobile…
Six years after, only two Nigerian security institutions obey FOI Act
Despite the passage of Freedom of Information (FOI) Act by the National Assembly six years ago, Nigerian security…
UPDATE: After meeting with Buhari, Kachikwu keeps silent
The meeting between the President Muhammadu Buhari and Ibe Kachikwu, Minister of State for Petroleum, at the State…
Buhari, Kachickwu in closed-door meeting
President Muhammadu Buhari and Ibe Kachikwu , Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, are currently in a closed…
Insubordination, humiliation, disrespect… Kachikwu reports Baru to Buhari
Ibe Kachiukwu, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to save the Nigerian…
NJC sets panels to probe two chief justices, 13 others over misconduct
The National Judicial Council (NJC) has constituted 15 panels to probe two state chief justices and 13 other judges…
INVESTIGATION: In Kebbi, farmers — men and women — are stiff competitors in the rice…
Abubakar Hakimi, sweating it out on his rice farm, awaiting bumper harvest
The sun is hot and harsh,…
Lion kills zoo keeper in Ibadan
Hamzat Oyekunle, one of the zoo attendants at Agodi Garden, Ibadan, Oyo State has died from injuries he sustained…
Nigeria won’t break up under my watch… Five key things Buhari said in his…
President Muhammadu Buhari traditionally addressed the nation in a nationwide broadcast to celebrate Nigeria’s 57…
I created more states to weaken agitations for secession, says IBB
Ibrahim Babangida, a former military president has revealed that he deliberately formulated policies and projects…
JOHESU suspends strike after eight hours meeting with Ngige
The Joint Health Sector Unions and Assembly of Healthcare Professionals, JOHESU, has suspended its nine-day-old…
Ibadan family-heads to Ajimobi: We will remove you if you depose Olubadan
The Authentic Mogajis (family heads) in Ibadanland have cautioned Abiola Ajimobi, the Governor of Oyo State against…
Nigerians are frustrated, impoverished and angry, says DPC
Democratic People’s Congress (DPC) an opposition party, says Nigerians are frustrated, impoverished and angry and…
Court orders Dasuki appearance in Olisa Metuh’s trial
An Abuja Division of the Appeal Court has ordered that Sambo Dasuki, former National Security Adviser to former…
N362 million Diezani bribe lands INEC officials in court
For allegedly receiving the sum of N362 million which was part of the N23 billion bribe allegedly distributed by…
We have to fight corruption before it kills Nigeria, says Akin Oyebode
Akin Oyebode, a professor of International Law and Jurisprudence, at the University of Lagos, says there are many…
NLC to Bello: Stop using soldiers against our members
The leadership of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has warned Yahaya Bello, the Governor of Kogi State to stop the use…
QUESTION: Are herdsmen criminals or terrorists?
Garba Shehu, presidential spokesman, last week stirred another public debate when he said herdsmen, who…
Pregnant woman ‘dies’ at National Hospital due to health workers’…
The strike embarked upon by health workers under the umbrella of Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) and…
Want to become a lecturer? NUC says you don’t need a PGDE
The National Universities Commission (NUC) has said that the acquisition of Postgraduate Diploma in Education (PGDE)…
Falana: Buhari was flown to the UK because his life was in danger here
Femi Falana, lawyer and human rights activist, says President Muhammadu Buhari received medical treatment…
We must listen to cries for separation, says Tinubu
Bola Ahmed Tinubu, former governor of Lagos State and National Leader of All Progressives Congress (APC), has urged…
After meeting with Saraki, SERAP still confused about legislators’ earnings
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) commended Bukola Saraki, the Senate President, for…
‘You can’t leave’… Abia NYSC denies ordering corps members to…
The management of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Abia State Secretariat, says it did not issued any…
Oloyede: I know the shameful secrets of the VCs criticising new JAMB cut-off marks…
Ishaq Oloyede, the Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), says he knows the secrets…
SERAP tells Saraki: The sky won’t fall if you tell us exactly what senators…
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked Bukola Sakari, the Senate President, to…
FEC orders probe of ‘grand-scale looting’ at JAMB, NIMASA
After Wednesday’s weekly meeting, the Federal Executive Council (FEC) ordered the investigation of past…
Health workers declare strike action ‘worse than Operation Python Dance’
As the Federal Government struggles to negotiate with members of National Association Resident Doctors…
I inherited an ICPC without identity, says Nta as he bows out
Ekpo Nta, immediate past Chairman of Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC),…
Relics of a N76bn project… Seven spots in Abuja where CCTV cameras are not…
For first-time visitors, the sight of Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras on major roads suggests that Abuja, the…
PDP hasn’t learnt from its past mistakes, says Stella Oduah
Stella Oduah, the senator representing Anambra North at the National Assembly, says the Peoples Democratic Party(…
Olanrewaju Adepoju: Blinded by 10 percent of N100m coronation fee
That Olanrewaju Adepoju, the Aare Alaasa of Ile Ibadan, also known as golden ewi exponent is blind, was…
Lankesh, ‘courageous’ Indian journalist, gunned down outside home
The Indian journalism society has been thrown into mourning session following the murder of Gauri Lankesh, Indian…
Shell complicit in Abacha’s killing of ‘Ogoni Nine’, says Amnesty…
Amnesty International (AI) says multi-national oil company Shell is hoarding evidence that are crucial to a legal…
SPOTTED: Senator Misau was three years old when he graduated from ABU in 1977!
How old exactly is Hamman Isah Misau, the senator representing Bauchi Central Senatorial District in the eighth …
Boko Haram, other terrorists profiting from Sahel’s porous borders, says UNDP
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) says weakness in management of border areas and laxity in…
FLASHBACK: How, as a policeman, Senator Isah Misau prevented FCT minister’s ADC from…
Isah Misau, the senator representing Bauchi Central at the National Assembly, has been receiving a little more…
Igbo can’t live peacefully in isolation from Nigeria, says Igbo Union leader
Mishack Nnanta, World Igbo Union leader, says south-easterners cannot live peacefully in isolation from Nigeria…
My first wife hails from Calabar, says man who gave Igbo quit notice
Shetima Yerima, President of Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF), who issued a quit notice to south-easterners…
Nepotism and ethnicity have taken over ‘the entire police force’, says…
Abubakar Tsav, a retired former Commissioner of Police, has lamented that nepotism and ethnicity have taken over the…
Police forced ‘innocent’ Evans to plead guilty, says lawyer
Hours after Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, the suspected kidnapper better known as Evans, pleaded guilty to charges of…
Dangote’s tomato paste factory, the biggest in Nigeria, grounded by lack of…
One year and five months after it was launched, Africa’s biggest tomato plant in the commercial city of Kano owned…
UPDATED: Evans pleads guilty in court, says ‘I’m a kidnapper’
Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, the suspected millionaire kidnapper better known as Evans, has pleaded guilty to the…
ASUU shuns meeting with FG, says ‘we already communicated our views’
Leaders of the Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU) on Tuesday stayed away from a meeting called by Chris…
Obasanjo: I incurred the wrath of ethnic chauvinists for supporting Yar’Adua to…
Olusegun Obasanjo, former President, has revealed that he worked for Shehu Shagari and late Umaru Musa Yar’Adua to…
Boko Haram originally wanted to rob the school, not abduct us, say freed Chibok girls
A diary written by abducted Chibok Secondary School girls who were among the 82 recently released by Boko…
ASUU cries out: We are frustrated, distracted and disenchanted
Biodun Ogunyemi, President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), says lecturers are…
UPDATED: The five sins of FG that drove ASUU to nationwide industrial action
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has formally directed all its members in public and private…
Over 1,500 migrants have died in Mediterranean in 2017 — and many are Nigerians
More than 1500 African migrants who were seeking better opportunities in Europe through illegal routes have died in…
Charly Boy: Buhari’s government is evil… it lies, steals and cheats
Charly Boy, a musician and leader of #OurMumuDonDo protesters demanding for the return or resignation of ailing…
WANTED: US-based Nigerian who fleeced two firms of $712,000
Jim-Daniels Nnah, a United States-based Nigerian accused of defrauding two companies of the sum of…
How ‘many men’ gang-raped 13-year-old girl ‘like they were in a…
A total of 17 men and a woman have been convicted of rape, sexual assault, human trafficking and inciting…
90% of lecturers’ research proposals very poor and unfundable, says TETFund
Eight years after the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND) instituted the N3billion National Research…
SERAP: Nigeria in darkness because Obasanjo, Yar’Adua, Jonathan squandered N11trn
Between 1999 and 2015, more than N11 trillion meant to provide regular electricity supply for the country…
REVEALED: The three states where the people are most unhappy with the police
Lagos State, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja and Rivers State top the list of states with highest cases of…
EXCLUSIVE: The police report nailing Maimuna Aliyu for ‘embezzling’ Aso…
Contrary to her claims that she was being persecuted for exposing corruption in the past, police documents show that…
Charly Boy cries, collapses as police fire tear gas, high-velocity water at…
Police on Tuesday in Abuja fired tear-gas canisters and high-velocity stream of water at protesters asking…
DARKNESS IN SUNSHINE STATE: Hunger, anger, frustration in Ondo LGs lacking…
Ondo is popularly known by the slogan 'The Sunshine State'. But for between three and eight years, four local…
UN imposes ‘single largest economic sanction’ on North Korea over nuclear…
The United Nations Security Council has approved tough new sanctions to punish North Korea for its escalating…
FBI arrests Nigerian who ‘specialises’ in fraud and identity theft
A Nigerian, Daniel Adekunle Ojo, has been arrested by the FBI in Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, and…
16,000 Nigerian women entered Italy in two years — as commercial sex workers
Italian and European authorities estimate that as many as 16,000 Nigerian women have entered Italy the past two…
ALERT: 2,500 doctors WILL leave Nigeria between August and September
Between August and September, a total of 2,500 Nigerian medical doctors are going to leave the country in…
Ezimoha the ‘hero’, Tochi the ‘herb carrier’… nine…
The recent admittance of error by the government of Indonesia in the execution of Humphrey Jefferson Ejike…
FRSC asks police to arrest Abia speaker, wife over shooting of two officials
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has called for the arrest and prosecution of those involved in the…
British-Nigerian councillor suspended for criticising gay marchers
For daring to call Toronto gay pride marchers "paedophiles", Chika Amadi, a North London Labour councillor of…
Reps want to cripple civil society for generations to come, SERAP tells UN
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the UN Special Rapporteurs to urgently "put…
Indonesia admits error in 2016 execution of Nigerian drug convict
A year after Humphrey Jefferson Ejike Eleweke, a Nigerian, was executed for drug trafficking, the…
For proscribing ASUU, NLC threatens Yahaya Bello with ‘national action’
The leadership of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) says Yahaya Bello, Governor of Kogi State, is risking a "national…
Boko Haram attacks have made life precarious, says Amnesty International
Amnesty International (AI) has said that Boko Haram terrorists group must end its campaign of vicious and unlawful…
Independent candidature the ‘handiwork of senators who won’t get their…
An opposition party, Democratic People’s Congress (DPC), has described the Senate's support for independent…
6,199 soldiers fighting Boko Haram gain ‘special promotion’
The Nigerian Army has promoted 6,199 soldiers currently involved in the fight against Boko Haram.
Tukur Buratai,…
Con men ‘trying to rope Sagay committee in $850m scandal’
The Federal Government says it has uncovered plans by some unscrupulous elements to discredit the Presidential…
Three policemen lose their jobs because of N200, 000 bribe
Three police officers attached to Area ‘N’ Command Ijede-Ikorodu under the Lagos State Command have been…
OBITUARY: Adebayo Faleti… Herbalist’s son, former houseboy, ‘rejected…
Adebayo Akande Faleti was not the type of man that should die soon. Lovers of Yoruba tradition and culture, younger…
Adesina: Let’s take Buhari the way he is… we elected him willingly
Femi Adesina, Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, has urged Nigerians…
‘We’ve realised our folly’… nine Boko Haram members beg army…
Nine Boko Haram insurgents ravaged by hardship and hunger have surrender to Operation Lafiya Dole,…
The campaign to discredit Buhari’s govt is a multi-million-naira project, says Lai
Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture, says there is an ongoing campaign to discredit the government of…
‘We can’t mix oil with water’… Adamu asks NERDC to separate…
Adamu Adamu, Minister of Education, has directed the Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC)…
INEC tells court Melaye suppressed ‘material facts’ to halt recall
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday asked the Federal High Court in Abuja to…
Cameroon torturing innocent civilians with the help of US soldiers, says Amnesty…
A new report by Amnesty International says hundreds of people in Cameroon accused of supporting Boko Haram…
Looters will no longer be arrested… 11 things to know about the ‘amnesty…
Linus Okorie, member House of Representatives representing Ohaukwu/Ebonyi Federal Constituency of Ebonyi…
Kanu: Biafra not just for Ndigbo… it’s a fight for the survival of…
Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), says the agitation for Biafra is not just…
Okupe joins Accord Party, says ‘I don’t want to be anything…
Doyin Okupe, former Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, has joined Accord party.…
15 quotes to remember Mandela on his posthumous birthday
For 67 years, Nelson Mandela, former President of South Africa and freedom fighter devoted his life to the…
Aliyu Doma brands Al-Makura ‘total failure and stain on Nasarawa state’
Aliyu Akwe Doma, a former governor of Nasarawa State, has chastised his successor, Tanko Al-Makura, for failing to…
We’ll deal decisively with anyone who obstructs Anambra gov poll, police tell…
The Police in Anambra State say they would would not fold theirs arms and allow some disgruntled elements disrupt…
Irate Borno youths chase SEMA officials with clubs after bomb attack
Following an early-morning suicide bomb attack at Londonciki-Simari area of Maiduguri, Borno State, which left eight…
Amnesty International offers support to Nigerians arrested for Facebook posts
The Amnesty International (AI) Nigeria has lamented the increasing arrests of Nigerians over Facebook…
SERAP asks Malami to sue 21 ex-governors for ‘dubiously earning N40bn’
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked, Abubakar Malami, Attorney-General of the…
10-year-old boy set up by Boko Haram dies of bomb explosion
A 10-year-old boy has been killed in Borno State after the explosion of an Improvised Explosive Device (IED)…
It’s time to review age limit on public offices, says Dogara
Yakubu Dogara, Speaker of the House of Representatives, says the time has come to review the age limit for political…
Falana to Oyegun: APC promised us restructuring… Read your election manifesto…
Femi Falana, lawyer and human rights activist, has advised John Odigie-Oyegun, National Chairman of All Progressives…
Fashola: Nigeria’ll be in blackout if we don’t sell power to Benin, Niger
Babatunde Fashola, Minister of Power, Works and Housing, says the Kainji Dam will run dry and the whole…
‘I have no hand in it’… Evans disowns lawyer, father over…
Suspected billionaire kidnapper Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, popularly known as Evans, says he has no hand in the…
EFCC files fresh charges against Justice Fishim over ‘N4.8m corrupt…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has filed a criminal charge against Justice Agbadu James Fishim…
Despite ‘losing 680 members’, civilian JTF vows to continue hunting Boko…
Junril Gunda, Legal Officer of Civilian Joint Task Force (JTF) in Maiduguri, Borno State, says 680 members of the…
Those talking about restructuring are political opportunists, says el-Rufai
Nasir el-Rufai, Governor of Kaduna State, says the people canvassing political restructuring of Nigeria are…
EFCC arrests Ogbadu, DG of NABDA, over N23m scam
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested Lucy Jumeyi Ogbadu,…
Seven times Nnamdi Kanu has violated his bail conditions
Many Nigerians are already wondering if Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has forgotten…
Holidays likely as Sultan announces Eid-l-fitri for Sunday
Muhammad Sa'ad Abubakar III, the Sultan of Sokoto and President-General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic…
QUESTION: How much in total will the sacked Hembe return to FG?
Herman Hembe's removal from the House of Representatives by the Supreme Court comes with added baggage: he…
Nobody is above ICPC investigation, court rules
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has the powers to investigate…
CAN: With satanic topic like ‘Is Jesus the son of God’, this new…
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has described the secondary school curriculum introduced in…
The man who wants Igbo to leave the north lives in Lagos, says Falana
Femi Falana, lawyer and human rights activist, says it is wrong for Shettima Yerima, President of Arewa Youth…
CONFIRMED: INEC receives signed petition for Melaye’s recall
The independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has a signed petition from voters in Kogi West Senatorial District…
Atiku: Corruption not Nigeria’s biggest problem — it’s disunity
Atiku Abubakar, former Vice President, says Nigeria's most pressing problem isn't corruption or inadequate power…
Before we break Nigeria up
Many people are warming up for the breakup of Nigeria. Yes, let’s break up the country and go our separate ways; it’s…
N15,000 bribe costs two traffic wardens their job
Musa Muktari and Shuaibu Suleman, two traffic wardens attached to Wuse Police Division, Abuja Command, have been…
‘52% of Kogi West voters’ endorse Melaye’s recall — but this is…
Dino Melaye, senator representing Kogi West at the senate national assembly, is facing a tough time to retain his place…
Soon, you won’t be able to watch Shekau’s videos on YouTube
As the wave of terrorist attacks sweep across Europe and America in recent times, American multinational…
THE LIST: All 72 CBT centres blacklisted by JAMB
To find out where your centre belongs, check the full list of the centres below.
Within 72 hours, 240,393 Nigerians apply for FG’s N-Power jobs
Barely 72 hours after the Federal Government reopened the application portal of its job creation and empowerment…
US congressmen to Trump: It’s penny wise and pound foolish to cut aid to…
Two United States of America Congressmen John McCain and Tim Kaine say the decision of President Donald…
JAMB shuts down 48 CBT centres over examination malpractice
Forty-eight of the CBT centres were blacklisted for serious technical deficiency, extortion, organised examination…
‘Nobody to teach Chibok pupils — all the teachers have joined the civilian…
Teachers and students in Chibok village have resorted to self-defence against the insurgents by joining the civilian…
Five ‘killed’ during Melaye’s anti-Bello protest in Kogi
At least five persons were "shot dead" on Monday morning at the gate of Kogi State Polytechnic, where Dino Melaye,…
‘Melaye to impregnate Remi Tinubu’ and other dramas from the senate’s…
For Saraki, it has been “two years of productive lawmaking period" for the senate. But for the public, it's been two…
UPDATED: Northern youths dare el-Rufai, insist Igbo must go
Despite the order of arrest by Nasir el-Rufai, leaders of the coalition of northern groups that gave the Igbo a…
Osinbajo visits Maiduguri despite Boko Haram attacks
Yemi Osinbajo, Acting President, has arrived Maiduguri, Borno State, a day after Boko Haram killed at least 10 and…
IN COURT: Three ‘ghost workers’ who made N9.7m from FG
Three siblings — Onukaogu Onyinyechi Esther, Onukaogu Joshua and Ebenuwa Chinazo Jennifer — have been arraigned by EFCC…
El-Rufai orders arrest of northern youths seeking to evict Igbo
Nasir el-Rufai, Governor of Kaduna State, has ordered the arrest, investigation and prosecution of the northern youths…
It’s official! South Africa, Africa’s most developed economy, now in recession
Weak manufacturing and trade sectors have forced Africa’s most developed economy, South Africa, into recession,…