EFCC arraigns woman over possession of 35 countries currencies
(Nigeria) A business woman, Olawumi Olatoro, has, arraigned before a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, over failure to declare 35 different currencies of various countries in her possession. The...
View ArticleOyo workers continues strike, as govt/ labour talk deadlocked
(Nigeria) The Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC in Oyo State on Thursday called on its members to continue with the ongoing strike action as the peace parley between it and government failed to resolve the...
View ArticleDAAR Communication denies sack of entire Benin stations workforce
(Nigeria) The Management of DAAR Communication Plc, owner of Ray Power FM and African Independent Television (AIT), has refuted reports that it laid off the entire workers in its Benin stations.The...
View ArticleLawyers, judges, others frustrating anti-graft war --SGF
(Nigeria) The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr Babachir Lawal, has said that lawyers and judges are frustrating efforts of the Federal Government to fight corruption and impunity....
View ArticleObaseki wins primaries, emerges APC Edo guber candidate
(Nigeria) Mr Godwin Obaseki on Sunday emerged as the All Progressives Congress' APC, governorship candidate for the September 10 election in Edo State.Governor Aminu Masari of Katsina State, leader of...
View ArticleEdo APC guber candidate, Obaseki dedicates primary victory to all aspirants
(Nigeria) Mr Godwin Obaseki, winner of Saturday’s All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship primaries in Edo State, said his victory was a collective one for him, his co-contestants and the...
View ArticleTompolo asks court to refer suit to Appeal Court
(Nigeria) Former militant leader, Chief Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, has asked a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, to refer his case against the Federal Government to the Court of Appeal,...
View ArticleProposal for life pension for Saraki, Dogara self-serving---SERAP
(Nigeria) Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has condemned as “self-serving and despicable the demand by some senators on Saturday for immunity and life pension for presiding...
View ArticleBiafran Day masacre: Court adjourns till July 8
(Nigeria) A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, has adjourned till July 8, 2016, to hear the suit against the masacre by soldiers and other security agencies of Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB,...
View ArticleOyo to conduct council polls in September
L-R: Newly inaugurated Chairman of Oyo State Independent Electoral Commission, Mr. Olajide Ajeigbe; Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, during the inauguration of OYSIEC members, in Ibadan. (Nigeria)...
View ArticleAlleged forgery: My hands are clean ---Ekweremadu
(Nigeria) Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, has exonerated himself from the alleged forgery of the Senate Standing Order 2011.In a statement by his Special Assistant on Media and...
View ArticleMTN fine reduced to encourage foreign investments---Minister
(Nigeria) Minister of Communications, Mr Adebayo Shittu, has said that the $5.2billion fine slammed on telecommunication giant, MTN, was reduced to encourage foreign investments into the country....
View ArticleIPOB aligns with Avengers, says we are brothers
(Nigeria) Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has expressed support for the Niger Delta Avengers, NDA, in its campaign for the control of the resources of the Niger Delta by the people of the...
View ArticleNUJ tackles Justice Umar over call for return of Decree 2
(Nigeria) Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, has condemned the Chairman of Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, Justice Danladi Umar, over recent his call for the return of Decree 2, which saw the detention...
View ArticleFayose to Buhari, stop harassing PDP leaders, associates with EFCC
(Nigeria) Ekiti State governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has told the President Mohammadu Buhari led All Progressives Congress, APC, to stop harassing his government by threatening functionaries of the...
View ArticleBuhari returns, says I’m strong, very energetic’
(Nigeria) President Muhammadu Buhari has said that he is resuming work stronger and more energetic. The president stated this while fielding questions from State House correspondents on Sunday at the...
View ArticleGroup demands investigation of alleged FIRS' recruitment exercise
(Nigeria) A coalition, Civil Society Network Against Corruption, CSNAC, has urged the Head of Service of the Federation to urgently conduct a thorough investigation into a purported recruitment...
View ArticleForgery charge:Presidency wants to scuttle Nigeria’s democracy ---Senate
(Nigeria) The Nigerian Senate has said that the charges of alleged forgery and conspiracy being considered against the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, his Deputy, Senator Ike Ekweremadu and others...
View ArticleArmy re-opens Madagali-Gwoza road
(Nigeria) The Nigerian Army announced on Sunday that it had re-opened the Madagali-Gwoza road linking Borno and Adamawa state, closed several months ago due to the activities of the Boko Haram...
View ArticleN5.1 bn Armsgate: Jonathan's SA, Dudafa, gets bail
(Nigeria) A Federal High Court in Lagos, yesterday, granted bail to a former Special Adviser on Domestic Affairs to ex President Goodluck Jonathan, Warpamo Dudafa, in the sum of N500 million. Justice...
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