Court stops APC primary in Bayelsa, as Irukera protests disqualification in Kogi
A Bayelsa State High Court has ordered the National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) not to conduct the forthcoming governorship primary using the direct primary method.…
Eni reports huge oil, gas find in Nigeria
Italian oil major Eni said Wednesday that its Nigerian subsidiary Agip has found lots of gas and oil in an onshore facility in the Niger delta, raising the potential of…
FBI 419 list: We’ll handover indicted Nigeria-based suspects to FBI – EFCC
The acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, has disclosed that the agency is collating comprehensive data on the Nigerians indicted in the recently busted…
APC NWC Backtracks, Clears Irukera for Kogi Guber Primary
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has reversed its earlier decision on Wednesday morning as it later cleared Babatunde Irukera to contest the Party’s Kogi…
Buhari:”Nigeria-Benin Border Partially Closed”
President Muhammadu Buhari has attributed the partial closure of Nigeria’s border with Benin Republic to the massive smuggling activities, especially of rice, taking place on that corridor. The Nigerian leader…
COZA Rape: Abuja Police detain Pastor Fatoyinbo
The embattled Senior Pastor and founder of the Commonwealth of Zion Assembly (COZA) Biodun Fatoyinbo, is currently being detained at the Nigerian Police Force Headquarters in Abuja after he surrendered…
Police may dismiss two officers for conspiring with Kidnap kingpin Wadume
Nigeria Police authorities may dismiss two of its officers after allegedly working with a suspected kidnap kingpin Hamisu Bala Wadume. A top police source told The Guardian that the Assistant…
Buhari Sacks Christian Pilgrim Commission Executive Secretary
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the immediate termination of appointment of Rev. Tor Ujah, as the Executive Secretary, Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC), a statement from the Office of the…
Imo PDP suspends former Senator Anyanwu, 11 others over anti-party activities
Former Nigerian Senator Samuel Anyanwu, his mother Virginia Anyanwu and 11 other ward officials have been suspended indefinitely by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Imo State. Anyanwu, who represented…
$9.6bn judgment debt: FG alleges conspiracy in botched gas deal
The Federal Government says preliminary investigations has revealed local and international conspiracy in the failed purported gas deal that led to a British judge giving a private firm; Process and…