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Workers’ Protest: Worst humiliation awaits you in Ogun, Amosun tells NLC President, Wabba

Barely 20 days after President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo and other APC chieftains were pelted with stones in Ogun, Gov. Ibikunle Amosun...

Defeated Akpabio vows legal challenge

Former Akwa Ibom governor, Godswill Akpabio, has said he won last Saturday’s election, despite the declaration of Chris Ekpeyong as winner, by the...

Leicester City pay Celtic £6m for Brendan Rodgers

Leicester City have appointed Brendan Rodgers as their manager after he decided to turn his back on Celtic despite the Scottish club being...

Ndoma-Egba Rejects Election Result for Cross River Central Senatorial District

The candidate representing the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the race for Cross River Central Senatorial District, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba, has rejected the outcome...

PDP Demands Stoppage of Election Results By INEC 

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Tuesday asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to halt the on-going collation of results until data from the smart...

N400m fraud : Olisa Metuh’s trial adjourned to February 26

A Federal High court sitting in Abuja has adjourned the case of the former spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Olisa Metuh,...

Police raises doubts over el-Rufai’s Casualty Figures in Kajuru killings

Abuja – The last over the crisis and killings in Kajuru Local Government of Kaduna State is yet to be heard and may...

Elections: Beware of fake dollars in Circulation, EFCC warns Nigerians

  The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has raised alarm over the circulation of fake dollar notes ahead of Saturday’s presidential and...

DSS denies wiretapping claims

The Department of State Services (DSS) has denied illegally tapping the telephone lines of Nigerians. A political group had alleged that the DSS...

Akwa Ibom YDP guber candidate queries call to redeploy INEC REC

•Says Akwa Ibom has never held credible elections The Young Democratic Party (YDP) Governorship Candidate for Akwa Ibom State, Ezekiel Nya-Etok, has warned...

Elections: FG commences payment of salaries to enable voters travel

The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has disclosed that the federal government has commenced payment of salaries to workers to enable...

Act like a democrat for once, Frank tells Buhari

•Uncovers APC’s plot to use fake military personnel for rigging The Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Comrade...

Nigeria Police Releases Women Rights Activist After Hours-Long Detention

Nigerian Police has released a leading campaigner for women’s rights after detaining her for nearly ten hours in Abuja, activists say. Maryam Awaisu,...

U.S Senator Bernie Sanders launches second bid for presidency

U.S Senator Bernie Sanders launched his second campaign for president on Tuesday — this time as a heavyweight candidate against a crowded field...

Dogara raises concern over Buhari’s comment on ‘ballot box snatching’

  The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has described the statement by President Muhammadu Buhari, directing security agents to “deal...

66 persons killed in Kaduna on election eve

Less than 24 hours to the conduct of the presidential and parliamentary elections in Nigeria, no fewer than 66 persons have been killed by...