News From Nigeria

The police in Lagos have arrested an Alhaji, Ramon Adeleke, and his friend, Lukman Soyoye, for allegedly stealing a vehicle and selling it. Our correspondent learnt that 54-year-old Adeleke and Soyoye, 38, were picked up by the CCTV in front ...

See how these detestable men and ladies want to destroy our lives! Particularly for women on road that are truly in distress. I simply discovered this story on Nigeria Police’s Facebook page, happened yesterday at around 8:30pm. It reads: CAR ...

Rivers state governor,Rotimi Amaechi says in spite of the exertion by First Lady Patience Jonathan and the president to expel him from office, they are all leaving government in the meantime. He said the president and his wife had wanted ...

The Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala-Iweala Sunday said the 36 states of the federation, received a total of N2.92 trillion from the Excess Crude Account between 2011 and 2014. Her disclosure is in response to the accusation by the state ...

It has now been revealed how the the Federal and state governments in Nigeria shared a total of N6.21 trillion accrued from the Excess Crude Account in the last four years. The report was published by the Federal Ministry of ...

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on Monday failed to bring the senator-elect for Ogun-East senatorial district, Mr. Buruji Kashamu, before a Federal High Court, Lagos, for extradition hearing despite a declaration by the agency that he would be produced ...

President Goodluck Jonathan will be stepping down as Nigeria’s number one citizen on May 29 – that is less than 72 hours from today. But the outgoing President will be leaving behind a country in deep economic and social crises. ...

The National Association of Nigerian Students has advised South African President, Jacob Zuma, to stay away from the inauguration of the president-elect, Muhammadu Buhari.   The organisation also threatened to storm the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, should Zuma step ...

I will be honest with you: the murder of Mozgovoi hit me like a punch in the stomach,  just as had happened with Buzina my first thought upon hearing the news was “Oh God – not him!”.  I did not always ...

Friday May 29 has been declared a public holiday by the Federal Government of Nigeria.  The Minister of Interior, Abba Moro made the declaration on Monday, on behalf of the Federal Government in a statement signed by the ministry’s Permanent ...