Nigerians spend $5bn on generators annually, Dogara worried
The Speaker of House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara, said it was unacceptable that Nigerians spent five billion dollars on generators annually. He said the house would support the Executive…
Captured women break down in tears in new Boko Haram video
The Boko Haram insurgent group has released a new video where it displayed the women believed to have been kidnapped from a police convoy in Borno State on June 21….
Why Nigeria must declare state of emergency in education, by 20-year-old Laureate, Malala
Nigeria should focus on improving its education system, Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai said on Monday during a visit to the West African country where nearly half of primary-aged children are…
Update: Multiple bombs kill 4 suicide bombers, 8 others in Maiduguri: Police
On Sunday , at about 2359hrs, Nigerian Army troops deployed at Mammanti village, Molai general area, Konduga LGA, outskirt of Maiduguri township, intercepted two teenage female suicide bombers trying to…
Eight die in another Maiduguri suicide bomb
A female suicide bomber killed eight people and wounded 18 on Monday at a mosque in northeastern Nigeria, an area regularly attacked by Boko Haram Islamists, police said. The woman…
How Diezani’s associates laundered $1.7bn; bought jets, houses, cars; PDP chieftains are beneficiaries
The duo of Kolawole Akanni Aluko and Jide Omokore both loyalists and friends of embattled former Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke, were reckless in spending the sum of $1.7 billion creamed…
Jubilation as Supreme Court returns Makarfi as authentic PDP Chairman
The Supreme Court has ruled in favour of the Ahmed Makarfi-led Caretaker Committee of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, returning the former Governor of Kaduna State as the authentic…
I saw Buhari, he is doing well and will return soon – Osinbajo
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari is not dead after all; he is recuperating fast and will return home shortly, Acting President Yemi Osinbajo said on Wednesday shortly after he returned from…
Osinbajo spends one hour with Buhari in London
Nigerian Vice President Yemi Osinbajo was in London on Tuesday, spending an hour at the country’s High Commission where President Muhammadu Buhari has spent much of the past two months…
Osinbajo okays appointment of 19 judges for Industrial Court
Acting President Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has confirmed the appointment of 19 judges for the National Industrial Court (NIC). The National Judicial Council (NJC) according to its Director of Information, Mr….