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The Kano State Government has dissociated itself from the newly floated Northern security network version codenamed ‘Operation Shege Ka Fasa’. Governor Abdulahi Ganduje disclosed this on Friday while addressing State House Correspondents after leading a large number of Kano State eminent...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar has commended the Supreme Court judgement which nullified the elections of all the candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara in the last general elections. Abubakar in a statement issued by his Media...

Federal Government said it has taken delivery of two helicopters, 20 speed boats, and other equipment needed to secure Nigerian waters. President Muhammadu Buhari last year approved the sum of $195million to boost maritime security and reduce other criminal activities To achieve this, the...

Some giants have fallen in the fierce battle for the Senate – going by results announced by the electoral umpire. Dr. Bukola Saraki lost his bid to return to the … Read more via The Nation Newspaper Nigeria – Latest Nigeria news update – https://ift.tt/2U5zExn Get More Nigeria Political News

Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha has told National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Lanre Issa-Onilu, to let the Imo State chapter be. According to the governor, Issa-Onilu and his cohorts have done enough harm by imposing an intruder and member of the Peoples...

Until Saturday, January 11, 2019, not many Nigerians would have heard of the name Anti-Corruption And Research-Based Data Initiative (ARDI). It was on that day that the news broke of the petition filed by the civil rights group against the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN),Justice Walter...

The Court of Appeal in Abuja yesterday fixed Thursday for hearing in the appeal filed by the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen, against his planned trial before the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT). A three-man panel of the Appellate Court, led by Justice Abdu … Read...

Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, will today play host to the wife of president, Mrs. Aisha Buhari, Vice President’s wife, Mrs Dolapo Osinbajo, and wives of All Progressives Party (APC) governors across the country for the South West Women and Youth Presidential campaign rally. Other women and...

Former Chief of Defence Staff, late Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh, will be buried with full military honours , the Defence Headquarters has said. Although Badeh began his military career as an Air Force officer, all the arms of the Nigerian military – Army, Navy and Air … Read more via The...

From Vice President Yemi Osinbajo to the Southwest yesterday came a piece of advice: vote President Muhammadu Buhari in the February 2019 election to stand a good chance of producing his successor in 2023. Osinbajo spoke in Oyo during a visit to the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba … Read more via The...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is considering the probe of some state governors for allegedly diverting fees meant for payment to consultants who assisted states on the London-Paris Club loan refund. Some states may not be able to access the last tranche of refund of …...

LEAH Sharibu is still in captivity. But she is a symbol of freedom, particularly religious freedom. Why she remains caged by Islamic fundamentalists is the reason she is in the spotlight. Leah, 15, was among 110 schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram terrorists from the Government … Read more...

Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar has assured businessmen and women in the Southeast that his administration would ensure the ease of doing business if he is elected President in 2019. Atiku spoke at the Aba Sports Club in Aba, Abia State, during …...

Governors Kashim Shettima (Borno), Nasiru El-Rufai (Kaduna) were in Ado-Ekiti yesterday where APC’s national peace and reconciliation committee held an interactive hearing with aggrieved party members from Ondo and Ekiti States. The committee which has Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of … Read...

PEOPLE’S Democratic Party (PDP) National Chairman Prince Uche Secondus has raised the alarm, alleging plots by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to arrest some key leaders of the opposition party on trump up charges. Secondus listed the … Read more via The Nation Nigeria –...

Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode yesterday urged voters in Epe Division to vote en masse for candidates of All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2019 to ensure continuation of the good works of the party at the … Read more via The Nation Nigeria – https://ift.tt/2E8FBV7 Get More Nigeria...

Commercial banks are not lending over N60 billion five per cent contribution from their annual profits to the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele said yesterday. The contribution from the lenders followed CBN’s … Read more via The...

Annabel Mbonu is a Nollywood actress and film producer. In this interview with Yetunde Oladeinde, she talks about her humble beginning, achievements, challenges... via The Nation Nigeria – https://ift.tt/2ElflIe Get more Nigeria Entertainment News

The Police yesterday urged officers and men to be alive to their responsibilities as campaigns for 2019 elections kicked off. They also urged the personnel to be combat-ready in their duty posts. Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG), Zone 8 Adekunle Oladunjoye said this yesterday in...

The Federal Government has decried a whopping $984million spent on importation of fish annually. It urged farmers, youths and women to take to fish farming and help in boosting domestic production of the product, to grow the economy. Read more via The Nation Nigeria –...