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NDLEA Arrests Congolese Woman With Fake $240,000
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, yesterday, arrested a 39 year old Congolese woman with fake $240,000 (N40.8 million), hidden inside dictionaries, at the Murtala Muhammed...
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Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Raises Alarm Over Doctored Video
The Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has raised the alarm over an alleged doctored video of her last appearance before the House of...
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15 People Burnt To Death In Lagos Tanker Fire
No fewer than 15 people were burnt to death when a tanker laden with petrol fell and went up in flames Tuesday night. The inferno lasted till yesterday morning, at the Berger Suya junction, Apapa,...
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Central African Republic Crisis: UN Rights Expert Calls For More Aid
A sick child receives treatment. Most humanitarian actors have evacuated their staff.Photo: MSFA United Nations human rights expert today called for urgent protection and increased assistance to the...
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Central African Republic Crisis Can Turn Into Religious War And Spill Over...
Nigerian refugeesPhoto: UNHCRJeffrey Feltman, UN Under Secretary-General for Political Affairs, has warned that the strife in the Central African Republic (CAR) could turn into religious war and spill...
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Nigeria Wins Four Awards At Glo CAF Awards 2013
Nigerian SupportersNigeria emerged the most dominant force during the 2013 Glo-CAF Awards held on Thursday, January 9 in Lagos.Despite missing out on the flagship CAF Player of the Year and the Player...
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FG Distributes Fishing Nets To Fishermen In Bayelsa State
The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, has commenced the distribution of fishing nets and other agricultural inputs worth millions of naira to local fishermen in Bayelsa...
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APC Is Not An Islamic Party - Lai Mohammed
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has denied claims by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that it is dividing Nigeria along religious line, warning that even in its desperation to cling to power at...
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Rivers State CP Is A Known PDP Member – Gov. Amaechi
Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State, yesterday, described the state Commissioner of Police, Mr Joseph Mbu as “ a known politician of the PDP,” noting that he was among those that wanted to stop the...
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Importers Association Indicts Government Officials In Illegal Wood Export
The Importers Association of Nigeria (IMAN) has said that some official of Government particularly those in the seaport aid and albeit illegal the exportation of wood through the ports.Deputy Chairman...
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Tambuwal And Lamido Shun North-West PDP Leaders Visit To President Jonathan
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu TambuwalThe Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, and Jigawa State Governor, Sule Lamido, on Thursday shunned a visit by leaders of the...
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President Jonathan Orders The Release Of 165 Terror Suspects
Alleged Boko Haram membersThe authorities of the Defence Headquarters in Abuja have said that over 175 terror suspects are to regain their freedom.The Director of Defence Information, Maj. Gen. Chris...
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Digital switch over takes off in Nigeria in June — NBC
The National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, Thursday, announced that the country’s first switch off from analogue terrestrial television system onto digital will take place in Nigeria by June 17, this...
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Senate And House of Reps PDP Members Express Divergent Views On Defection
The two chambers of the National Assembly are sharply divided on how they would treat defectors from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the All Progressives Congress, APC.While the Senate is...
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I Won’t Quit Before June - Sanusi Dares President Jonathan
Jonathan and SanusiThe controversy surrounding the planned exit of the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Lamido Sanusi, deepened on Thursday with the governor insisting that he would not...
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NHRC Holds Emergency Meeting Over Obasanjo's Letter To President Jonathan
With the polity still rumbling over the exchange of letters between President Goodluck Jonathan and his predecessor, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, the National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, will meet next...
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James Ibori, Others To Complete Jail Terms In Nigeria As FG Signs Prisoners'...
James IboriNigeria and the United Kingdom signed an agreement on Thursday on the exchange of prisoners between them.Under the agreement, high-profile prisoners like former Governor James Ibori of Delta...
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Edo State To Partner With COSON To Fight Piracy
Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo, on Friday in Benin, promised to partner with the Copyright Society of Nigeria in the fight against piracy.Oshiomhole made the promise when the national leadership of...
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Nigerians In Cote d’Ivoire Wants Federal Government's Scholarship Awards
Some Nigerians resident in Cote d’Ivoire on Friday in Abidjan appealed to President Goodluck Jonathan to extend scholarship awards to Nigerians living abroad.They spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria...
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51 Out Of The 54 African Countries Registers For AFCON 2015 Qualifiers
The road to Orange CAF Africa Cup of Nations, Morocco 2015 is about to begin with 51 of the 54 African countries registering to be involved in the qualifiers. The Confederation of African Football...
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