NIGERIA

Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, the former president, says he is currently under investigation for corruption. In an interview with Bloomberg TV, Jonathan said that he could not make comments about the investigations. “Of course,…

In recent weeks, commercial banks in the country have been engaged in trimming of staff to suit the economic situation. Last week, two banks, Ecobank and Diamond Bank sacked over 1060 staff citing economic downturn as reason for the cut.…

Eldest brother to Ekiti State governor, Oluwasegun Fayose, has condemned the instruction given to farmers in the State by the governor to attack herdsmen. He said the directive did not show that the governor was a true leader.…

The Presidency has on Sunday said that President Muhammadu Buhari will be proceeding on a 10-day vacation beginning from Monday, June 6th, 2016 to seek medical attention and take a rest. According to a statement from the President’s…

Toolz and her husband, Tunde Demerun are back in Nigeria after their glam white wedding in Dubai. The couple were today at their Cherubim & Seraphim church in Lagos for their wedding thanksgiving service. See another photo after…

Niger Delta Avengers, NDA, Google-hosted website, www.nigerdeltaavengers.com through which the militant group prolifically promoted its attacks on oil installations in the Niger Delta, especially in the last one month has been brought down.…

Seven factors were cited last night for the inability of the federal government to name the treasury looters from whom it said it had recovered N78billion, $185,119,584.61, 3,508,355.46 Pounds Sterling and 11, 250 Euros (Eleven…

Elder statesman and lawyer, Aare Afe Babalola (SAN) has described the scrapping of the post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (post-UTME, otherwise called post-JAMB) by the Federal Government as a “calamitous mistake.” The…

Boko Haram attack in Niger ‘kills 32 soldiers’ Attack kills 30 soldiers from Niger and two from Nigeria on countries’ border near city of Bosso, Niger officials say. Thirty soldiers from Niger and two Nigerian troops were killed in a…

Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, on Saturday said Nigerian Army personnel attached to Operation MESA were responsible for the attack on his mother’s home on Friday night. He said the soldiers behind the incidence would be…

Oritsefemi has said he has enough money and he has just returned from his European tour and cannot be BROKE. While speaking on the allegation that his landlord has asked him to quit his Lekki house, Oritsefemi said, himself and his landlord…

Peacock @ dawisu⁠ Kano, Nigeria DG, Media & Communications to the Governor of Kano State H.E. @GovUmarGanduje. H.E @GovUmarGanduje on behalf of the state government wishes to express his condolences to the husband…

According to PREMIUM TIMES ,the president has an infection in his left ear, otherwise called Meniere Disease, a challenge which has drastically reduced his outings in the last one week. As a result of the infection, the president now…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday partially fulfilled his promise to publish specific details of funds traced to and recovered from corrupt former government officials as part of his war against endemic graft. The names of the…

The MTN concert that holds at the Unilorin yesterday witnessed few students who turn up to see what MTN has to offer. The University of Ilorin has been known as one of the University in Nigeria where premium is placed on academic rather…

Nineteen thermal plants in Nigeria have been shut down after militants knocked out the Forcados export pipeline last February, and the Escravos- Lagos link early May, leaving the country to depend on only four gas-powered generators.…

A Kano mob of enraged Muslims slaughtered an elderly woman on an alleged charge of “blasphemy” against the Prophet Mohammed, Thursday evening at Kano textile market. The woman, whose name was given as Bridget was murdered by the mob…

Elder Godsday Orubebe, the former minister of Niger Delta Affairs, has claimed Nigeria is paying him back for his service with unjust criminal charges against him. Orubebe made this known during his trial on Thursday, June 2, at…

President Muhammadu Buhari has cancelled his scheduled one-day trip to Rivers state, for the flag off of the Ogoniland cleanup. The Personal Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on New Media, Bashir Ahmed, made the disclosure known on…

NOBEL laureate Prof Wole Soyinka has said it would take time for President Muhammadu Buhari to clear the rot he inherited from his predecessor, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, whose administration, he believed, left a “heavy baggage” and…