The political atmosphere in Bayelsa State is about to get heated up ahead of the November 16 election, going by comments made by the incumbent Governor...
Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State has denied ordering security agents attached to him to shoot anyone who blocks his convoy. The governor, in a statement...
The Nigerian Army was on Monday ordered by a Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt to pay the sum of N20 million as damages...
The Edo Police Command on Monday insisted that there was no attack on the person or residence of a former Governor of the state, Comrade Adams...
Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, on Monday, sacked all political appointees in all the eight local government areas of the state in what is believed...
The Jos Division of the Appeal Court has set aside the judgement of the Bauchi State National Assembly election petition tribunal which nullified the election of...
The Nigerian Consulate in New York has denied reports that it charges an extra 200 dollars for same-day E-passport service. Consul-General, Benaoyagha Okoyen, dismissed such claims...
After a meeting of representatives of the federal government with the leadership of organised labour held on Monday, it has been announced that there would be...
The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court Monday fixed December 4 for ruling on the consolidated suits challenging the continued stay of Mr. Ibrahim Magu...
The Supreme Court on Monday blasted the Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) for alleging that the Federal Government was mounting pressure on the Chief Justice...
Workers in Osun Monday pledged their readiness to join the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in the proposed nationwide strike on October 16 if the Federal Government...
A former Senator representing Kaduna Central Senatorial district, Shehu Sani, has reacted to the abduction of nine children in Kano State by suspected kidnappers. Sani in...
A former deputy governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Prof. Kingsley Moghalu, on Monday quit the Young Progressives Party, (YPP). The YPP presidential candidate in...
The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, has cried out over fraudsters’ use of his name to open different social media accounts to defraud unsuspecting members of...
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad, on Monday, threatened to deal with propagators of false information across the country. The CJN issued the warning...
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, confessed on Monday that unemployment in Nigeria was growing into a “very vicious disease condition” and that...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday alleged that the violent attack on the All Progressives Congress (APC) national chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, by members of the...
A former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has condemned the reported abduction of nine children in Kano State, describing it as act of wickedness. The vocal...
A clash between the Federal Government and state governors may be in the offing after a report emerged at the weekend that governors of the 36...
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), on Sunday advised President Muhammadu Buhari to cut down expenses on his frequent travels in order to save money to...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will make your Monday morning. 1. Oshiomhole’s life under threat —APC The All Progressives Congress (APC) has confirmed reports...
Nigerian playwright and Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, on Sunday described education in Nigeria as horrifying. Soyinka, who spoke at the University of Lagos, Akoka, during...
The political landscape of Nigeria has been hijacked by selfish politicians, so says a former governor of old Kaduna state, Alhaji Balarabe Musa. According to him,...
A former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode has frowned at the comment by a northern leader and a Second Republic lawmaker, Junaid Mohammed on the South-East part...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has rejected supposed moves by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led All Progressives Congress (APC) government to “gag the media, subjugate Nigerians and...
Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State has praised the qualities of former President of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan. The state governor who made the comments on Sunday...
The Nigerian Army on Sunday said that no less than 141 officers would be promoted to the rank of Major soon, that is, if they are...
Who blinks first? This is the question on the lips of many observers as the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Nigerian government brace for a nationwide...
The Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), Kayode Fayemi, on Sunday said the Nigerian Constitution does not recognize local governments in the country as the...
The National Judicial Council (NJC) has thrown out a petition against Justice Akon Ikpeme, of allegations of collecting bribe to deliver judgement in favour of Senator...
The Bayelsa Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has downplayed the effect of lastinute defections from the party, boasting that it would win the November 16 governorship election...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has confirmed reports of an attack on the party’s National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole by political thugs. Some youths had stormed Oshiomhole’s...
The South East Revival Group (SERG) has condemned the plan by the Nigerian government to re-introduce toll gates to federal roads across the country. SERG said...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has declared that it remained vibrant as a major opposition party in the country. This was in reaction to the statement...
Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, has been reported to have turned down the advice to embrace peace, stating that the war was just beginning. The new...
The Presidency Sunday expressed confidence that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) would lose woefully at the Supreme Court. The party and its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku...
The Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, Sunday carpeted the Chairman of Northern Elders Forum (NEF), Anglo Abdullahi, for claiming that the North would rule Nigeria for long....
Ekiti state governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi on Sunday granted parole to eighteen prisoners serving various jail terms in the Nigerian Correctional Centre, Ado-Ekiti and Kirikiri Maximum...
Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State is of the opinion that only diabolic governors would resort to stealing public funds. The governor who stated this on...
South East youth group under the umbrella of the Coalition of South-East Youth Leaders (COSEYL) has insisted that the region should be supported to produce the...
Wife of the President, Aisha Buhari, said on Sunday she stayed abroad for too long because of “doctor’s instruction.” She disclosed this during a chat with...
A group has urged the government of Lagos State, under Babajide Sanwo-Olu to probe all loans and funding for existing water system and infrastructure in the...
Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi 11, has reportedly sacked the Maja Siddin Sarkin Kano, Alhaji Auwalu for participating in the grand reception organised in honour of...
A former Attorney -General and Commissioner for Justice in Bayelsa State, Anthony George-Ikoli said on Saturday he would never swap certainty for uncertainty in his political...
At least $1.7 million has been found in the Niger Republic home of a former chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina. The Nigerien...
The wife of President Muhammadu Buhari, Aisha, returned to Nigeria on midnight of Saturday, after spending about three months abroad. Aisha had left Nigeria in August...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will make your Sunday morning, October 13, 2019. 1. PDP TO SAGAY: At your age, be bold enough to...
The proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has kicked against Operation Python Dance 4 planned by the Nigerian Army in the Southeast geopolitical zone, insisting that...
A former chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) Ifueko Omoigui-Okauru, has said that Nigerians would be willing to pay more tax if they can...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, on Saturday threw his weight behind increased participation of women in politics, calling for a special fund...
