Jonathan, Danjuma hold closed-door meeting
President Goodluck Jonathan and and Gen. Theophilus Danjuma, on Wednesday met behind closed doors for about 10 minutes ...
View ArticleCount me out of plan for interim govt, says IBB
Former military president, General Ibrahim Babangida, has dissociated himself from the alleged plan to establish an interim government in the country. He also denied having a tweeter account,...
View ArticlePDP alleges deal by Buhari, Western countries to legalise same sex marriage
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned an alleged deal between the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari ...
View ArticleBuhari grants amnesty to corrupt past leaders, to probe only new offenders
In what looked like amnesty, the presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, declared in Kaduna yesterday that he will not probe leaders ...
View ArticleIgbos in Lagos relive 2013 deportation by Fashola, vow to protest against APC...
With the deportation of about 70 people of Igbo extraction by Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State still fresh in their minds, Igbo people resident in the state have expressed great reservations...
View ArticleENSG faults report on concession of Enugu water supply
The Enugu State Government has described media reports that it has concessioned water supply in Enugu State to a private firm for a period of 25 years as false and misleading. The Government...
View ArticleAPC asks Jonathan to clarify Nigeria-Morocco diplomatic, phone row
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has asked the President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration to tell Nigerians the cause of the ongoing diplomatic row between Nigeria and Morocco that has forced the...
View ArticleNDLEA arrests woman with heroin in private part
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it has arrested a 31-year-old single mother for concealing 430 grammes of heroin in her vagina at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport,...
View ArticleENSG faults report on concession of Enugu water supply
The Enugu State Government has described media reports that it has concessioned water supply in Enugu State to a private firm for a period of 25 years as false and misleading. The Government position...
View ArticleBank robbers kill 3 Policemen, teenager in Lagos
Daredevil robbers, yesterday, stormed two new generation banks in the Lekki area of Lagos State, killing three policemen and a teenager. The robbers reportedly carted away an unspecified amount of...
View ArticleJonathan spent N7bn on National Conference – Buhari
About N7billion was spent on the National Conference, the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate Gen. Muhammadu Buhari disclosed yesterday. In the view of Gen. Buhari, the money was a...
View ArticleISIS accepts Boko Haram’s allegiance
In an audio message purportedly from an ISIS spokesman, the group announced that a pledge of allegiance from Nigerian-based Boko Haram has been accepted by ISIS leader ...
View ArticleI rejected Jonathan’s VP offer in interim govt, says Tinubu
A national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, said on Thursday that the recent attacks on his person were because he rejected ...
View Article2015: Enugu traders endorse Ugwuanyi
Market traders in Enugu yesterday declared their total support for the gubernatorial bid of the PDP Candidate in Enugu State, Hon. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, saying he is poised to continue the good legacies...
View Article81% voters now with PVCs, says INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission says it has achieved 81.22 per cent in the distribution of Permanent Voter Cards. The figure, which was released by the commission in Abuja on Friday,...
View ArticleAbducted Chinese workers freed in Kogi – police
Three Chinese workers kidnapped by gunmen in Kogi state were released unhurt on Saturday, police said. “I can confirm to you that the abducted Chinese workers have been released. They were freed today...
View ArticleVC charges Nigerians to preserve cultural heritage
Vice Chancellor of the University of Ibadan, Professor Isaac Adewole, has tasked Nigerians to revitalise and preserve the black cultural for posterity. Adewole stated this when the Director General of...
View ArticlePolice arrest men with 500 PVCs in Oyo
Some men with over 500 Permanent Voter Cards were apprehended by the residents of Orita Sekoni, Ogbomoso, Oyo State on Saturday. The men were, however, saved from being lynched by an angry mob which...
View ArticleSuspected stowaway dies in Arik Air plane
A suspected stowaway has reportedly died in the undercarriage compartment of an Arik Air plane. The body was evacuated by men of the Airport Police Command on Saturday. A statement by the Federal...
View ArticlePatience Jonathan’s failure to visit Nasarawa causes panic in PDP
The much advertised visit of the first lady, Dame Patience Jonathan to Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital, to garner support for the re-election bid of her husband ...
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