August 01

• Nigeria: ASUU Strike - Students Disown NANS President Over Support for FG

  Some members of the executive committee of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) have disowned their national president over his alleged support to the federal... Read more »

• Nigeria: Ekiti Spends N14.7 Billion On Infrastructure

  Special Adviser to Ekiti State governor on Infrastructure, Mr. Kayode Jegede, yesterday said at a ministerial press briefing that the government has spent N14.7 billion on... Read more »

• Nigeria: Police Nab Relatives Over Compensation for Widows

  Nasarawa State commissioner of police Umar Shehu yesterday told newsmen that the command has nabbed two in-laws to a widow of one of the policemen murdered at Alakyo on May 7, on... Read more »

• Nigeria: Emergency Rule - Senate Committee Visits Yobe

  Members of the joint Senate Committee on Defence and Army, National Security and Intelligence and Police Affairs, have visited Yobe State to assess the impact of emergency rule in... Read more »

• Nigeria: Eggon Lawyers Withdraw in Protest

  A drama played out yesterday as all counsels representing the Eggon people at judicial panel investigation into the murder of security operatives by suspected Ombatse in Alakyo... Read more »

• Nigeria: CAN Clears ETSU Nupe Over Muslim Convert

  General Secretary of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Reverend Dr. Musa Asake has exonerated Estu Nupe Alhaji Yahaya Abubakar over his alleged role in the controversial... Read more »

• Nigeria: Winners for Kaduna Disco and Afam Genco Emerge

  Northwest Power Limited and Taleveras Group have emerged preferred bidders for Kaduna Electricity Distribution Company (Kaduna Disco) and Afam Power Generating PLC (Afam Genco)... Read more »

• Nigeria: Three Winners Emerge At Visa's Financial Literacy

  Three winners have emerged in the Financial Literacy Challenge mobile development competition, sponsored by Visa, the global payments technology company, and delivered by the... Read more »

• Nigeria: Kano Arms Cache - 'Lebanese Suspects Knew About Bunker'

  An Abuja Federal High Court yesterday heard that a Lebanese man standing trial before it for terrorist activities knew about the existence of a bunker containing a cache of arms... Read more »

• Nigeria: Residents Leave Troubled Benue Villages

  Residents of Agatu communities of Benue State, affected by the latest attack have deserted their homes to take refuge at the local government's headquarters and other neighbouring... Read more »

• Nigeria: Jonathan Approves Composition of 28 Boards

  President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the composition and appointments of the chairmen and members of the governing boards of 28 Federal Government parastatals and agencies. Read more »

• Nigeria: No Reforms Without Efficient Service Delivery - Minister

  Minister and Deputy Chairman of the National Planning Commission (NPC), Dr. Shamsuddeen Usman has said there can be no credible reforms without an efficient service delivery in any... Read more »

• Nigeria: Kebbi Polytechnic Commences Academic Activities October

  Kebbi Government on Tuesday said the state polytechnic located in Dakin-Gari, Suru Local Government Area, would commence academic activities in October, the Commissioner for... Read more »

• Nigeria: Akwanga Post-Ume Rakes in Over N16 Million, Students Raise Alarm

  The management of College of Education (COE) in Akwanga, Nasarawa State realized well over N16 million naira from a week-long post-UME screening exercise. This has raised concerns... Read more »

• Nigeria: EFCC Arrest Lawyer Over N66 Million Scam

  The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has arrested one Barrister Ambrose Owuru over an allegation of obtaining the sum of sixty-six million naira (N66, 000,000.00)... Read more »

• Nigeria: Federation Cup - Enyimba Battles Lobi

  Two-time CAF Champions League winners, Enyimba FC of Aba, will square up against last year's runners-up, Lobi Stars of Makurdi, at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, Benin City in one... Read more »

• Nigeria: Ombatse Murdered Women, Children - Lecturer

  A lecturer, today, alleged before the penal sitting over the May 7 murder of security operatives at Alakyo, that more than half a dozen women and children as well as elderly men of... Read more »

• Nigeria: APC Holds Maiden Rally

  Members of the newly registered All Progressive Congress, APC in Osun state on Thursday, held a mega rally to herald the birth of the new party with a call on Nigerians to support... Read more »

• Nigeria: Court Remands Man in Prison Over N6.5 Million Fraud

  A Magistrate court in Osogbo, capital of Osun State has remanded a middle aged man, Segun Akingbade in prison for allegedly defrauding First Bank Plc to the tune of six million and... Read more »

• Nigeria: One Month After, Northern Governors N100 Million Yet to Reach Alakyo Widows

  One month after the Northern Governors' Forum made a donation of N100 million to widows of security operatives who were murdered at Alakyo, authorities are yet to reach out to... Read more »

• Nigeria: We Still Remain APC - Rival Group Tells INEC

  A rival political group contesting the APC acronym with the just registered All Progressives Congress says INEC's registration of the ANPP, CPC and the ACN as APC, still does not... Read more »

July 31

• Nigeria: Suspended Bauchi Lawmaker Distributes Ramadan Gifts, Fertilizer

  Suspended female lawmaker of the Bauchi State House of Assembly, Mrs Rifkatu Samson Danna, has distributed food items and fertilizer to people of her constituency in Bogoro Local... Read more »

• Nigeria: National Assembly's Constitutional Amendment Proposal, Unconstitutional - Lawyer

  Constitutional lawyer and human rights activist, Chief Nkereuwem Akpan has described the ongoing process of amending the 1999 constitution by the National Assembly as... Read more »

• Nigeria: 34 Senators Tabled No Bills in Two Years

  Halfway into the tenure of the Senate, 34 senators have not sponsored any bill since coming to office, according to official records released by the Senate. Read more »

• Nigeria: Court Remands Man for Raping a Minor

  A 38-year-old man, Ramoni Sobalaje, has been remanded in the Ilesa prison by an Osogbo Magistrate Court for allegedly defiling a 15-year-old girl. Read more »