News From Nigeria

The wife of the President, Patience Jonathan, on Wednesday visited her hometown, Okrika, in Rivers State. Jonathan’s visit is the first since the March 28 Presidential election, in which her husband, President Goodluck Jonathan, conceded defeat to the President-elect, Maj.Gen. ...

The Department of State Services has said that it is making suitable move over the affirmed threat of Ndigbo in Lagos by Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu. Answering inquiries at the National Information Center in Abuja on Wednesday, representative for ...

A Lagos-based lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), has advised the Ekiti State governor, Ayo Fayose, to take the impeachment notice served on him by the 19 All Progressives Congress members of the state House of Assembly seriously, saying the notice ...

Below is the uncouth, arrogant and ignorant rant of some guy. You see why they need to restore History lessons back to Nigerian schools? Way before colonization, when the Portuguese traders did business with the Eko people, and other ethnic ...

The leadership of the All Progressives Congress will ratify the list of persons to be appointed into the Federal Executive Council before presentation to the National Assembly.  It was learnt in Abuja on Wednesday that party leaders were seeking to ...

The Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria has said courts in 15 states of the federation will remain shut until it gets the commitment of the government of the affected states to guarantee the financial autonomy of the judiciary. JUSUN embarked ...

AGN president, Ibinabo Fiberesima Egbuka, who accepted and campaigned  resolutely for GEJ says Nigeria has lost ‘the person who was conveyed to us to get a strong foundation for enormity. “He is a very good man. Nigeria has just lost the one ...

Six Deputy Inspector-General of Police to arrange Police to co-ordinate in the six geo-political zones, the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Suleiman Abba, CFR, NPOM, NPM, mni has sent Assistant Inspectors-General of Police to manage the April eleventh 2015 gubernatorial decisions in ...

The death has been announced of Sheikh Baosari Suara Haruna III, the Chief Imam of Ibadan land. Alhaji Ishaq Sanni, Chairman, Muslim Community of Oyo State confirmed the death of the Islamic scholar to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) ...

“I will elevate Eze Ndigbo to the status of Oba of Lagos”- Jimi agbaje. “Igbo developed and control Lagos” – Jimi Agbaje. I personally feel embarrassed by these comments, I believe Jimi Agbaje has sold the Yoruba people out cheaply ...