Alleged Age Falsification: Court Dismisses Suit Against Cross River Governor
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday dismissed a suit filed by Mr Joe Agi (SAN), a Cross River People’s Democratic Party (PDP) governorship…
Breaking News
- Buhari Arrives Nigeria From London, Orders Evacuation of Nigerians in Dominican Island — President Muhammadu Buhari arrived Nigeria on Monday evening from London.…
- Gov. Ajimobi Directs Security Agencies to Fish Out Those Behind Attack on Olubadan Palace — The Oyo State Governor, Abiola Ajimobi, on Monday directed security…
- How Gunmen Slaughtered 3 Policemen in Edo After Buying Them Drinks as FG Condemns Killing — A staff of the Ogba Zoological Garden and Natural Park…
- N5m Parting Gift: Edo NUJ, Correspondents Chapel Suspends 9 Journalists — The Correspondents Chapel in Edo State on Monday upheld the…
- APC to Sagay: You’re Arrogant, Rogue Elephant — The war of words between the the national leadership of…
- CJN Stresses Discipline of Judicial Officers in Success of Ongoing Reforms — The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Samuel Onnoghen,…
- Police Arraign 60 IPOB Members in Abia — A Magistrate Court sitting in Umuahia, Abia State, on Monday…
- Oil Gains as Experts Say Market Re-balancing — Oil prices kept most of their gains from the previous…
- Illegal Arms Importation: 2 Defendants Enter Plea Bargain — A Federal High Court in Lagos, has adjourned till September…
- Housewife Sets 10-year-old Ablaze for Misplacing Trousers — A house wife in Lagos, Gift Igwe, has been accused…
- Oyo Ex-Local Govt. Caretaker Chairmen in Trouble Over N363m Fraud — The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has beamed its…
- Airforce Has Wiped Out Top Boko Haram Commanders – CAS — Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Vice Marshal Sadique Abubakar,…
- Bloody Sunday: Gunmen Kill 3 Policemen, Abduct Ogba Zoo Director in Edo — It was a bloody Sunday for the Edo State Police…
- US Doesn’t See IPOB as Terrorist Group – US Govt — The United States Government has told the Nigerian government that…
- Niger State Police Catch 15-year-old Boy Making Love to Goat — A15-year-old boy has been caught having sex with a goat…
- Declare Emergency on Okene-Auchi-Benin Expressway, Motorists, Commuters Plead With FG — Motorists plying the Benin-Auchi-Okene Highway have agreed that driving on…
- Bayelsa Governor, Dickson Rallies Support For Buhari’s War Against Terrorism — The Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson, dropped political differences with…
- Militants Kill 3 in Bayelsa — Suspected militants have attacked a tugboat and killed three crew…
- Court Awards N50m Against IG, Rivers State Commissioner of Police for Extra Judicial Killing — A Port Harcourt High Court has awarded a N50m against…
- House of Reps. Group Carpets Saraki, Ekweremadu Over IPOB Comments — A group within the House of Representatives, known as Progressive…
- Army Denies Boko Haram Occupying any Territory in North East — The Nigerian Army has said there was no iota of…
- FCT Police Arrest Arms Dealers in Abuja — The FCT Police Command said on Friday that its men…
Monthly: July 2015
Boko Haram: Buhari Orders Release Of N5bn Victims Support Fund
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the immediate release of the N5 billion pledged by the Federal Government since August 2014 for the Victims Support Fund…
Appeal Court Orders Retrial Of Sen. Adeyemi’s Petition At Tribunal
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja on Friday ordered that a petition filed by Sen. Smart Adeyemi against the decision of the Kogi State…
Suicide Bomber Kills 10 At Maiduguri Market
A suicide bomber killed about 10 people at a crowded market early Friday in a blast that thundered across the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri,…
Saboteurs, Poor Equipment, Others Hampered War Against Boko Haram –Badeh
Former Chief of Defence Staff, retired Air Chief Marshall Alex Badeh, has said that fifth columnists within the military who leaked sensitive information and operational…
Fuel Scarcity: DPR Warns Defaulting Marketers, Depot Owners Of Stiff Sanctions
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has said that it would sanction depot owners and major marketers who engaged in selling petrol and kerosene above…
We Are Handicapped By Under-Funding, Legal Aid Council D-G cries Out
Mrs. Joy Bob-Manuel, the Director-General of the Legal Aid Council of Nigeria, has said that the council is suffering from inadequate funding which has had…
Change of Baton At Defence Information As Commodore Aliyu Replaces Major-General Olukolade
There was a change of baton at the Directorate of Defence Information on Thursday as Major-General Chris Olukolade, Chairman of Forum of Spokespersons of Security…
Breaking News: Governor Wike Appoints New VC For Rivers State University
Rivers State Governor, Mr Nyesom Wike, has approved the appointment of Prof. Blessing Didia as the acting Vice Chancellor of the state University of Science…
We Have Cut Off Boko Haram’s Supply Routes, Says NAF
The Nigerian Air Force says it has successfully blocked the routes through which the terrorist group, Boko Haram, has been getting its supplies of petroleum…
Plateau Crises: Governor Lalong Seeks Truce Between Berom, Fulani Groups
Plateau State Governor, Rt. Hon.Simon Lalong, on Wednesday in Jos met with leaders of Berom and Fulani ethnic groups with a view to finding lasting…
NNPC Commences Refining Of Petroleum Products In Port Harcourt, Warri Refineries
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has said that the Port Harcourt (PHRC) and Warri (WRPC) refineries have commenced preliminary production of petroleum products. The…
Breaking News: DPR Seals 22 Filling Stations Over Profiteering
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has sealed 22 filling stations in Abuja and environs over alleged profiteering. DPR in a statement issued in Abuja…
Ooni Of Ife Not Dead, Say Traditional Council Officials, Others
High Chief Adetoye Odewole, the Secretary of the Royal Traditional Council of the Palace of the Ooni of Ife, has debunked media reports that Oba…
Breaking News: Senate Screens New Service Chiefs on Thursday
Nigeria’s newly appointed Service Chiefs are to be screened by the Senate during plenary on Thursday. Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki, announced this on the…
Certificate Theft: Police Arraign Alleged Fake Medical Doctor
The Police on Tuesday arraigned a 44-year-old man, Martins Okpe, before a Federal High Court in Abuja for allegedly impersonating his friend, Dr George Davidson,…
Taraba Governorship: APC Says INEC’s Challenge Of Tribunal’s Jurisdiction Misconceived
The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday said that the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) application challenging Taraba Governorship Election Petition Tribunal’s territorial jurisdiction was…
EFCC Quizzes Saraki’s Wife Over Alleged Money Laundering
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday quizzed the wife of the Senate President, Mrs Toyin Saraki, over alleged money laundering. It would…
Alleged Senate Rules Forgery: Court Refuses Application To Stop Saraki
A Federal High Court in Abuja has refused the application seeking to stop the Senate President Dr. Bukola Saraki from performing his constitutional legislative duties…
Bailout Funds: States Have Shared NLNG’s $2.1bn Dividends, To Collect CBN’s N300bn Intervention
The 36 states of the federation and FCT have already shared a total of 2.1 billion dollars being money released to them from the Nigeria…
Defamation: El-Rufai Sues Union Newspaper Over Alleged N90 Billion Assets
Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, Kaduna State Governor, on Monday sued a Lagos-based newspaper, The Union, over a publication in which the newspaper allegedly defamed the governor…
Breaking News: DSP Patricia Amadin Is New PPRO Lagos State Police Command
The Lagos State Police Command has announced the appointment of Patricia Amadin, a Deputy Superintendent of Police, as the new Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of…
