The Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) has kicked against the agitation for the imposition of state of emergency in the troubled states in northern Nigeria. The NGF made this known in [...]

Azim Aghajani, a member of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard has been found guilty of smuggling weapons into Lagos and sentenced to five years in prison by a Federal High Court in [...]

A Federal High Court in Port Harcourt has ordered the police to vacate the Obior/Akpor Local government secretariat in Rivers State, South-South Nigeria. The court gave the directive on Monday [...]

The Special adviser to the president on Niger Delta and Chairman of the Presidential Amnesty Committee, Kingsley Kuku has said that President Goodluck Jonathan deserves a second term if he [...]

Right activist and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana on Monday said the presence situation in the country is nothing short of a full blown war. Mr Falana, who was [...]

The National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) has revealed that 70,000 infants are infected with HIV/AIDS through mother to child transmission in Nigeria annually. The Director-General of the [...]

As part of efforts to encourage a wider and communal participation in the investigation of the recent killing of police men in Nasarawa state, the Police High Command has established [...]

The Imo state police command has uncovered an illegal motherless baby’s home where about 17 pregnant teenage girls are held hostage for the purpose of child making and trafficking in [...]

The UK Foreign Secretary; William Jefferson Hague has reacted fervidly to the recent extremist attack in north east Nigeria, as he reiterated UK’s support pointing out that the protection the [...]

Filming of the new “Star Wars” movie will take place in England, returning the franchise to its British roots, Disney’s Lucasfilm has confirmed. The six previous “Star Wars” films were [...]

Former Head of State and presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change; General Muhammadu Buhari firmly stated today that the All Progressives Congress would be too strong for the [...]

The Vice President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Mr Issa Aremu has asked President Goodluck Jonathan to resign if he cannot call to order the Special Assistant to the President [...]

The Governor of Nasarawa state; Tanko Al-Makura, has confirmed the death of 43 persons in Wednesday’s attack by a cult group in the state on officers of the Nigerian Police [...]

The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has ordered all doctors with the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, to immediately “withdraw their practice until such a time when the security and safety [...]

An Abuja High Court has dismissed the application to quash bribery charges filed against former chairman of the House of Representatives on Fuel Subsidy scam, Farouk Lawan, and the committee’s [...]

The Presidential Committee on Dialogue and Peaceful Resolution of the crisis in northern Nigeria has debunked reports that some members of the committee are demoralised following incessant attacks in some [...]

Contrary to earlier reports in the media, the Nigerian Air Force has debunked the claim that a fighter jet today crashed at the Nigerian Air Force Base, Port Harcourt. The [...]

A military plane was on Thursday reported to have crashed at the Air Force Base in Rumuomasi, Port Harcourt, the Rivers state capital. Although details of the incident are sketchy, [...]

The deadly militia group popularly known as Ombatse on Tuesday killed at least 20 police officers in an ambush, 10 kilometres from Lafia, the Nasarawa state capital, Nigeria’s north central [...]

Gunmen on Wednesday attacked police officers in Alakio village, 10kilometres from Lafia, the state capital, killing no fewer than 20 police officers. According to the Commissioner of Police in Nasaarawa [...]

President Goodluck Jonathan has deplored Tuesday’s attack by armed terrorists on Bama, in Borno State which claimed scores of lives. The Special Adviser to the President Media and Publicity; Dr [...]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday arrested the former governor of Bayelsa State, Timipre Sylva. A statement signed by EFCC’s Acting Head of Media and Publicity, Wilson [...]

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President Goodluck Jonathan has nominated former Inspector General of Police; Mr Mike Okiro, as the new chairman of the Police Service Commission. Mr Okiro’s nomination was announced in a letter [...]

The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), Nnamdi Udoh on Tuesday refuted recent media reports that private jet owners cannot carry their friends and [...]

The House of Representatives on Tuesday demanded the arrest of Niger Delta activist, Mujahideen Asari-Dokubo for asserting that there would be mayhem in the country if President Goodluck Jonathan is [...]

Nine of the progressive state governors in the All Progressive Congress (APC) merger plan, Tuesday rose from a meeting in Owerri, the Imo State capital, condemning the current harassment of [...]

Suspected members of the radical Islamist sect Boko Haram raided the northeastern town of Bama on Tuesday, leaving 55 people dead, the military said. Boko Haram gunmen killed 22 police [...]

It is not news that the senate committee on petroleum upstream, headed by Emmanuel Paulker has commenced a probe into allegations that the Minister of Petroleum, Diezani Allison Madueke illegally [...]

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan says it is imperative that Africa’s two biggest economies work together for the good of the continent. He was speaking to journalists at Tuynhuys in Cape [...]