A tricyclist, who allegedly caused the death of a retired custom officer, Ibukun Oniremi, was on Thursday charged before an…
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Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan is facing a crisis within his party centered around his assumed intention to run for another term in the 2015 election. His critics say it would violate an unwritten rule that power should rotate between the largely…
At least 22 people were killed in a raid in restive central Nigeria on Thursday, locals said, in the second such attack in the area this week. Gunmen opened fire in the predominantly Muslim village of Mavo in the Wase local government area of Plateau…
An Abeokuta High Court on Thursday fixed April 3 and April 4 for the continuation of the trial of a…
The PDP Board of Trustee (BoT) Chairman, Chief Tony Anenih, said there was hope for the party with the emergence…
Alhaji Gani Ola-Oluwa, the Chairman of the PDP in Osun, said on Thursday that the party had postponed its membership…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers on Thursday condemned the alleged killing of some registration officers in the state.…
Controversial Rivers State Commissioner, Joseph Mbu has been removed. . The Police Service Commission (PSC), Thursday, announced the redeployment of…
(Interior Ministry Reports) “The Nigerian Government is committed to building a virile nation for the future of the youths and…
(Special Duties News) The Minister of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs, Kabiru Tanimu Turaki has urged Nigerian youths to be…
Nigeria’s secret police said on Thursday that it was holding a former militant leader from the oil-rich Niger delta, in the latest crackdown on potential trouble before elections next year. Presidential and parliamentary polls are scheduled for February…
Tens of thousands of people in Nigeria are missing out on vital services because of conflict, with the areas where Boko Haram operates worst affected, the Red Cross said on Thursday. The ICRC said it had helped some 40,000 people hit by the Islamist…
President Goodluck Jonathan has emphasized his government’s determination to impact positively on the infrastructural needs of the country as well…
Presidential candidate of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu has said that the success of the…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed March 12 to March 19 for the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) for…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday re-arraigned a 61-year-old medical doctor, Michael Adekunle, over alleged $243,500 (about…
An FCT High Court on Thursday sentenced a 58 year- old Estate Agent, Omole Agboworin, to 15 months imprisonment for…
One time Niger Delta activist, Mujahideen Asari- Dokubo has been arrested for making inciting comments about the 2015 elections by…
A Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos and presided over by Justice Rita-Ofili Ajumogobia was today told that a…
The chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Lamorde, today dispelled all notions of interference in the…