Category: Nigeria News

A former chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Tarauni local government area of Kano state, Alhaji Sale Kura has been arrested for sponsoring the assassination of two Kano...

The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in Ekiti State has nominated incumbent governor of the state, Mr Kayode Fayemi as its candidate for the 2014 governorship election in the state....

Eye witness account says that the fire which started around 8pm New Year’s Day may have been escalated by petrol stored in the first building built with planks and roofing...

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, yesterday said  that the long traffic delays experienced on airport roads due to security checks was in the overall interest of the public....

Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State, yesterday, pardoned 30 prisoners following the recommendations of State Advisory Committee on Prerogative of Mercy. Twenty of the inmates were released by the Governor...

Senator Chris Anyanwu, has said that the best gift Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State will give the people of the state is to set a good example, tell the...

Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State has vowed that his government would step on toes this year, if need be, to check the menace of kidnapping, armed robbery and other...

A crack team of Special Anti Robbery Squad, Imo State Police Command, has apprehended a retired police officer, for his alleged involvement in armed robbery. Briefing newsmen in Owerri, yesterday,...

BENIN—Former governor of Edo State, Chief John Odigie–Oyegun, has cautioned governors and National Assembly members of Northern extraction, over their vow to kill the Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB, pending before...

LAGOS—The shape of the contest for the 2015 presidential election was at the beginning of the New Year unfolding as a battle for the support of second term governors of...