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A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Sokoto State, Alhaji Abdullahi Bafarawa, on Wednesday urged President Muhammadu Buhari...

Rule of law, critical to good governance, says Akpabio

Senate Minority Leader, Senator Godswill Akpabio, said observance of the rule of law by government was critical to good governance...

Super Eagles’ CHAN 2016 performance not enough to measure Oliseh’s worth, says Okocha

by Freedom Reporter

Former international, Austin ``Jay Jay’’ Okocha, says the Super Eagles’ performance at the ongoing Championship of African Nations (CHAN) is...

Lassa fever: Lagos places residents on red alert, confirms four cases, 537 contacts

Lagos State Government, on Wednesday, said it was doing everything possible to defeat the deadly Lassa fever like it did...

Supreme Court: Wike is Rivers governor

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State breathed a sigh of relief on Wednesday after the Supreme Court affirmed his election...

FG to recover additional $750m Abacha, £6.9m Ibori loot soon, reveals Justice Minister

The Federal Government is set to recover an additional $750 million of Abacha loot, Abubakar Malami, the Attorney- General of...

FAAC: FG, states, councils share N387.8bn for December

Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, on Tuesday in Abuja said that N387.8 billion was shared among the federal, state...

Corruption fighting back, but we are winning, says Lai Mohammed

The Federal Government has said it will neither be distracted nor intimidated into abandoning or weakening the fight against corruption,...

Aregbesola to Fayose: PDP is dead, Ekiti gov replies, says ‘I won’t abandon my party’

The Governor of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, on Tuesday, advised the Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Ayodele Fayose, to face...

CBN rejects Naira devaluation, retains MPR at 11 per cent; capital market reacts, down by 0.55%

The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), on Tuesday, retained the Monetary Policy Rate at...

Job racketeering: FG sacks 13 staff members of Information Ministry

by Robby Akeju

Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Tuesday said his ministry had dismissed 13 staff members in one...

Metuh in court

by Freedom Reporter

National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olisa Metuh, at the Federal High Court, Abuja…on Monday

Arrested ex-convict begs Ambode for loan to stop robbery

A 23-year-old former convict, Ayodeji Bakare, arrested for armed robbery by the police in Lagos, on Monday, appealed to Governor...

Kogi: APC prepared for any scenario, says Odigie-Oyegun; Buhari, Osinbajo, Saraki, govs to attend Bello’s inauguration

The All Progressives Congress (APC) says the party is prepared for the January 27 inauguration of Alhaji Yahaya Bello as...

Persons with disabilities invade NASS over alleged neglect, injure security official

No National Assembly, no democracy, says Dogara

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, on Monday, said the National Assembly (NASS) contributed greatly to Nigeria’s...

As Faleke remains adamant, Kogi East APC nominates Gowon Egbunu as Bello’s deputy

The entire campaign coordinators of the Kogi State governor-elect, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, in the Eastern Senatorial district of the North-Central...

NLC gives Okorocha seven-day ultimatum to recall sacked workers

by Chidi Roberts

Imo State chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Monday gave the state government seven days to reverse its...

Gated streets: Lagos gives seven-day ultimatum to residents’ associations

Worried by the disturbing trend of closure of street gates across the state, the Lagos State Government on Monday ordered...

Okonjo-Iweala to Falana: You are a charlatan

by Freedom Reporter

The malicious attempt by Lagos Lawyer, Femi Falana, to mix Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala up in issues that have nothing to...

Insurgency: DPO, 30 others killed, houses razed in Adamawa