Civil society groups who monitored Saturday’s governorship elections in Kogi and Bayelsa States have faulted the conduct of the polls and declared that security agencies including...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will interest you this Tuesday morning, November 19, 2019. 1. You ran a good race and won well, Buhari...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Bayelsa State, Duoye Diri, has rejected the declaration of the All Progressive Congress (APC) candidate, David Lyon, as...
Ahmed Raji, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and lead lawyer for detained former National Security Adviser (NSA), Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd), has faulted claims by...
The Senate has quelled insinuations held in some quarters that the bill seeking the prohibition of hate speech is connected with the alleged third term agenda...
Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD), on Monday released its report on the conduct of the elections in Bayelsa and Kogi states. The group described the...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday commended Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State over his victory in Saturday’s governorship election in the state, saying “you ran a...
Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has said he has no knowledge of the reported arrest of his predecessor, Bello Adoke...
Although, the Chinese web service company, Opay, only announced its success in raising a fresh $120 million funding as it looks to expanding its operations to...
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has frowned at reports of electoral violence during the governorship polls held in Bayelsa and Kogi states on Saturday. He warned...
Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has called for the sack of the current Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu. HURIWA urged President...
No fewer than 14 persons have been confirmed dead and 10 others injured in a renewed attack by suspected bandits in some villages in Gummi local...
The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) on Monday revealed that it has taken over two choice properties belonging to a former Supervising Minister for Mines...
The 2007 general election conducted by INEC under the supervision of Maurice Iwu is, perhaps, one of the most fraudulent in Nigeria’s electoral history. Human Rights...
Going by the wisdom of the sage, great leaders are characterized by their ability to create positive impacts on the lives of their subjects. They achieve...
Founder of the Resurrection Praise Ministry Worldwide, Archbishop Samson Benjamin has kicked against a planned witchcraft convention slated to hold in Nigeria this month. The cleric...
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), has declared that the National Assembly lacks the legislative competence to pass the bill for the establishment of Hate Speech...
National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, says the outcome of the Kogi and Bayelsa elections is proof that Nigerians believe in...
Trading on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) closed on a gloomy note Monday, a clear departure from the positive note last week ended....
A forum compromising 16 political parties in the Kogi State governorship elections has opposed calls for the cancellation of the governorship election by some civil society...
Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the recently concluded governorship election in Kogi State, Musa Wada, has attacked the Chairman of the Independent National...
The senator who reintroduced the controversial hate speech bill that seeks tougher punishment for purveyors of hate speech and falsehood, Aliyu Abdullahi, claimed on Monday he...
The National Assembly will begin probe into the N72 billion and $73 million being owed the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) by 17 local and international...
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari on Monday met behind closed- doors with the Bayelsa State Governor-Elect, David Lyon, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Lyon, who was declared winner...
Three commercial motorcycle riders were on Monday killed on the Long Bridge along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway when they hit by a white Hilux van with the...
A former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Timi Frank, has congratulated Bayelsa State Governor-elect, David Lyon, describing his victory as well...
The Senate on Monday distanced itself from the Hate Speech Bill now before the lawmakers, saying it was not the idea emanated from a member of...
The Minister of Water Resources, Suleiman Adamu, said on Monday that an Executive Order to criminalise open defecation in Nigerian would soon be signed into law...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday declared Governor Yahaya Bello as winner of last Saturday governorship election in Kogi State. Bello won in 12...
Naver Corp., South Korea’s No. 1 internet portal, said Monday that its Japanese messaging app provider Line Corp. has reached a basic merger deal with internet...
Despite widespread condemnation by Nigerians, the Police Service Commission (PSC) has scored the Nigeria Police Force and other security agencies high in the handling of the...
The Chinese government China has warned the United States to stop flexing its muscles in the South China Sea to avoid adding “new uncertainties” over Taiwan...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has called on Christians in the country to speak truth to power in any position they found themselves. Obasanjo, who spoke on...
The Bayelsa State governor-elect, David Lyon, has expressed his gratitude to the people of the state. Lyon was declared winner of the election by the Independent...
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the International Criminal Court (ICC) to probe officials of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples...
President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Bayelsa, David Lyon, for winning last Saturday’s election in the state. The Independent...
A raid by Burkina Faso troops on terrorists’ hideouts in the northern part of the country has killed at least 32 armed men – described as...
The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) seems to be finding its footing as the bourse have had 2 weeks closing bullish and depleting the losses. Last week...
The Nigerian Bar Association and the Situation Room, a coalition of 400 civil society organisations, have condemned Saturday’s governorship election in Kogi State. While the NBA...
A Nigerian medical startup, LifeBank, has, over the weekend, been announced winner of $250,000 from a Jack Ma Foundation initiative after impressing a 4-man penal to...
A former media aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri, has denied reports that his former boss voted for the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Saturday’s...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will interest you this Monday morning, November 18, 2019. 1. INEC declares APC’s Lyon winner of Bayelsa election The...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has been urged not to accept results from areas where the governorship elections did not take place in Bayelsa State....
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has reacted to the conduct of the governorship elections in Bayelsa and Kogi States, declaring that Nigerians have lost hope in...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has thumped up the governorship elections in Bayelsa and Kogi States and said the forces of darkness failed. The party also...
The independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in Bayelsa State, Chief David Lyon, as winner of Saturday’s governorship election...
INEC declares APC’s Lyon winner of Bayelsa election The independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in Bayelsa State, Chief...
KOGI 2019: ‘The people voted for PDP but APC changed the result’, Wada laments Governorship candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Musa Wada, and his running...
Following the release of the results for Ekeremor local government area of Bayelsa, the All Progressives Congress (APC) has won the state governorship election after winning...
The Independent National Electoral Commission on Sunday declared as inconclusive the election of the November 16 Kogi West Senatorial District because the margin between the two...