APC has no plans for Igbo presidency – Obasanjo
A former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, on Saturday asked the Igbo to be wary of promises from the All Progressives Congress ahead…
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PDP warns Buhari against turning Nigeria into police state
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday said that with the continued lockdown on the residence of Senator Dino Melaye by the police,…
MASSOB denies rumoured plan to attack Abia government house
The Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) has dissociated itself from the rumoured plan to attack Abia State…
Only court can declare Atiku guilty of corruption, says PDP chieftain
National Vice Chairman, South South of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Emmanuel Ogidi, has insisted that only a court can indict…
Why Nigerians youths take to drugs, crime, by ASUU
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) yesterday lamented that Nigerian youths are increasingly losing hope in the country and are revolting…
Fresh meningitis outbreak kills nine, infects 72 in 10 states
A fresh outbreak of Cerebro Spinal Meningitis (CSM) has killed nine and infected 72 persons in Katsina, Zamfara, Jigawa, Yobe, Bauchi, Ebonyi,…
NIMC says 300,000 National ID cards ready for collection
The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has said that over 300,000 national identity cards for those who enrolled in 2012 are ready…
8 feared dead as 2 vehicles plunge into river in Warri
No fewer than eight persons allegedly lost their lives on Saturday in an accident that involved two vehicles in Warri. Eyewitness account…
Zamfara State picks medical bills of injured soldiers
The Zamfara Government says it will pay all medical bills of soldiers injured by armed bandits in an ambush at Dumburum forest…
Police arrest 7 robbers
Seven notorious robbers believed to be disturbing the peace of Enugu in the last one month have been arrested in different locations…
Shagari buried amid tributes
Tributes poured in as the remains of the nation’s first Executive President, Shehu Shagari, were buried yesterday at his private residence in…
Ambode fails 10-year budget presentation record
A day to the end of 2018, Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode is yet to present the 2019 Appropriation Bill of…
Nigeria’s sports minister ‘cultural outfit’ draws mixed reactions
Nigerians have expressed divergent views as the country’s Minister of Youth and Sports Solomon Dalong appeared half-naked in cultural wear at a…
Abia gov presents N139.54 billion Appropriation Bill for 2019 fiscal year
Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State on Friday presented N139,542 billion Appropriation Bill for the 2019 fiscal year to the state House…
Cross River IPMAN bans sale of kerosene by surface tank
The Cross River chapter of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has banned the sale and purchase of kerosene by…
Buhari, Jonathan, Saraki, Dogara, others pay tribute to Shehu Shagari
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sadness over the demise of a former President of Nigeria, Shehu Shagari. Mr Shagari, 93, died Friday…