News From Nigeria

ABUJA – President Mohammadu Buhari and Auditor General of the Federation, AGF, Samuel Ukura on Monday disagreed over the environmental audit reports on the drying-up of the Lake Chad. While the president noted that the report did not take into ...

Abuja – The Department of State Service (DSS) on Monday presented two suspected abductors of Chief Olu Falae, a former presidential aspirant, to newsmen in Abuja. It would be recalled that Falae, who was also a former Secretary to the ...

Briefing journalists on the kidnap incident, Mr. Abdullahi Garba, who did not disclose his designation, stated that the abductors were “mere criminals”.  He said the main suspect, who collected the N5 million ransom, was on the run, even as he ...

  The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) on Monday asked Nigerians to be patient with Sunday Oliseh, the Super Eagles Head Coach, in his journey to build a considerable team. The NFF General Secretary, Mohammed Sanusi, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) ...

Nigerian Union of Journalists today picketed the workplace of Daily Independent Newspapers led by the national President of NUJ, Alhaji Waheed Odusile, over non payment of 23 months salary arrears. See more photographs after the jump…

24 year old Jessica Edionwele who disappeared on October seventh in Abuja has been found. As per reports, Jessica who is the daughter of Hon. Edionwele, representing  Esan Constituency, Edo State, was found at her sweetheart’s home in Lugbe, an outskirt ...

(UPDATED) ISIS is having a bad week: Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was hit by an airstrike while travelling in a convoy in the western province of Anbar in Iraq, the country’s military has claimed. Iraq’s air force said ...

1)  Constantly complain that Nigeria is the worst country on Earth. But when October 1st comes, take complete pride in your origins and celebrate like crazy.Wear green and white to show your patriotism, attend independence party, then 2nd of October ...

Please read. We sometimes don’t understand what people look for in power. Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka has announced his resignation as Chairman of the board of the Centre for Black Culture and International Understanding. In a statement on Saturday, Mr. ...

In the wake of US-Russian discussions on preventing accidental collisions between each others’ aircraft while operating in the sky over Syria, the American side issued a special rule, prohibiting US jets from closely approaching Russian planes. Defense representatives of both nations ...