August 01

• Nigeria: APC Registration - We Still Have Legal Right of APC Says Rival Group

  THE African Peoples Congress, one of the political associations contesting the APC acronym with the registered All Progressives Congress, Thursday said that the decision by the... Read more »

• Nigeria: Gunmen Abduct Three Female Primary School Teachers in Edo

  GUNMEN suspected to be kidnappers, Thursday, abducted three female primary school teachers at Orogbua Primary school, Upper Ekenwa road Benin City. Read more »

• Nigeria: APC to Embark On Massive Membership Drive

  The newly registered All Progressives Congress (APC) has concluded plans to embark on massive membership drive and enlightenment, Alhaji Umar Duhu, the National Vice Chairman,... Read more »

• Nigeria: Wife Kills Husband Over Alleged Sexual Demands

  The Plateau Police Command on Wednesday in Jos said it had arrested a 17-year-old minor who allegedly killed her husband over his sexual demands. Read more »

• Nigeria: Fasheun, Al-Mustapha Romance - Yoruba Monarchs Salient

  Yoruba monarchs have distanced themselves from the relationship between the founder of Odua People's Congress (OPC), Fredrick Fasheun and Al-Mustapha, the former Chief Security... Read more »

• Nigeria: Yabatech Plans Computer-Based Post UTME Test

  The Yaba College of Technology is to introduce Computer-Based Test (CBT) in its 2013/2014 Post Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) to hold in September. Read more »

• Nigeria: Conflicts in Northern Nigeria - 13 Years of Civil Rule in Perspective [opinion]

  The Nigerian state is aggressively in search for peace, particularly in the North as peace has eroded most parts of the region. People and government appear inestimably confused on... Read more »

• Nigeria: Rivers PDP Faction Moves to Suspend Senator, Others

  The Felix Obuah faction of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has threatened to suspend Senator Magnus Abe, Mr. Andrew Uchendu and Mr. Dakuku Peterside over alleged anti- party... Read more »

• Nigeria: Audit Reveals 'Massive' Age Falsification By Edo Teachers

  The audit of the Edo State Government of primary schools in the state has revealed massive falsification of age of primary school teachers in the state public schools. Read more »

• Nigeria: Ex-Ijebu Waterside LG Boss, Aide Convicted Over N4 Million Fraud

  THE former Chairman of Ijebu Waterside Local Government, Abigi, Ogun State, Gboyega Bakare and his Administrative Officer 1, Mr Mohammed Adeyemi Oke, are currently cooling their... Read more »

• Nigeria: FAAN Boss Visits Oshiomhole, Apologises Over Airport Closure

  Managing Director of Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, Mr. George Uriesi, yesterday, apologised to the Edo State Government and air travellers over the incident that led... Read more »

• Nigeria: ASUU Strike - NANs Exco Splits, Disowns President

  Executive members of the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, have disowned the national president, Mr. Yinka Gbadebo, on his support for the Federal Government in the... Read more »

• Nigeria: New Owners Emerge for Afam Power PLC, Kaduna Distribution Company

  Winners yesterday emerged in the bidding conducted for Afam Power Plc and Kaduna Distribution Company by Bureau of Public Enterprises, BPE. Read more »

• Nigeria: Hezbolla - I Got Order to Survey Israeli Embassy in Nigeria - - Fawaz

  The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court, yesterday, heard how one of the three Lebanese suspects allegedly involved in illicit importation of arms into the country got an... Read more »

• Nigeria: "Deportation" of Citizens

  A LOT of dust has been raised by the decision of the Lagos State Government (LASG) to remove indigent Nigerians from the streets of the economic capital of the nation and... Read more »

• Nigeria: Residents Discover Five Children's Corpses in Jigawa

  There was pandemonium in Gwaram town, headquarters of Gwaram Local Government Area of Jigawa State as residents woke up to find the corpses of five children on a street. Read more »

• Nigeria: FG Approves N109.4 Billion for Varsities, Others

  THE Federal Government has said that the sum of N109.4 billion has been provided to the universities, polytechnics and Colleges of Education under the high impact initiatives of... Read more »

• Nigeria: Committee Concludes Anti Corruption Assessment of Nigerian Ports

  A Corruption Risk Assessment, CRA, conducted across select Nigerian seaports (Apapa, Tin-can, Port-Harcourt,Onne, Warri and Calabar) by a group of national and international... Read more »

• Nigeria: Petroleum Export - FG Extends Contract of PIAs

  The Federal Government has extended the contract of the six Pre-shipment Inspection Agents (PIAs) for the exportation of petroleum products by one year, even has it has also... Read more »

• Nigeria: Access Bank, Stakeholders to Develop Roadmap for Hospitality Industry

  Access Bank Plc has commenced collaboration with stakeholders in the hospitality industry to develop a road map to address the growth challenges of the industry. Read more »

• Nigeria: ACCA to Train Globally Competitive Finance Professionals

  Association of Certified and Chartered Accountants (ACCA) said its mission in Nigeria is to produce finance professionals with the competence to work anywhere in the world. Read more »

• Nigeria: Soludo Joins APGA, Declares Bid for Anambra Guber

  Former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, and Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidate in the February 6, 2010 gubernatorial election in Anambra State, Prof. Charles... Read more »

• Nigeria: APC Reshapes the Game

  The formal collapse of the three legacy parties, Action Congress of Nigeria, All Nigeria Peoples Party, and Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, into the All Progressives... Read more »

• Nigeria: ASUU Strike - Needs Report Justifies Demands - Okebukola

  As the industrial action of Academic Staff Union of Universities ASUU, entered its second month, former executive secretary, National Universities Commission NUC, Professor Peter... Read more »

• Nigeria: CBN Assists in Recovery of N9 Billion Illegal Charges

  The Central Bank of Nigeria has disclosed that it had assisted financial consumers to recover over N9billion illegal charges by banks in the last one year in pursuance of its... Read more »