The recently suspended CBN Governor, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi has replied to allegations of financial recklessness leveled against him by the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria and the Nigerian presidency. Read
A false fire alarm on an Abuja-bound MedView Airline Boeing 737 from Lagos yesterday earned it immediate grounding by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA). The acting Director General of
The former Minister of Sports and Chairman, National Sports Commission, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi was on Saturday welcomed back to Kwara by his supporters. The former minister was last week relieved
About 18 job seekers died and many were injured on Saturday during a nationwide recruitment test conducted by the Nigeria Immigration Service. The applicants reportedly paid the sum of N1,000
President Goodluck Jonathan in Katsina on Friday paid homage to Hajia Aya Dada, the mother of the late President Umaru Yar’Adua. Jonathan, who was on a two-day state visit to
The Imo Government said it discovered crude oil in some local government areas, and urged the Federal Government to inspect the sites for possible exploration. The Managing Director of Imo
The military on Friday said it foiled an attempt by some terrorists in Maiduguri to free some of their detained colleagues. This is contained in a statement issued by Maj.-Gen. Chris
At least 100 people were killed when some gunmen attacked three villages in Kaura Local Government Area of Kaduna State in the early hours of Saturday. Our correspondent gathered that
More revelations by the House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts indicated on Thursday that the Office of the Head of Service of the Federation could not account for N35bn
Aliyu Gusau, Nigeria’s Defence minister, had his powers challenged by military commanders he was appointed to supervise. On Tuesday he sent a letter to President Goodluck Jonathan threatening to quit
The federal government, states and local governments on Thursday shared N641.2 billion from the Federation Account for February. The Accountant-General of the Federation, AGF, Jonah Otunla, made the disclosure in Abuja when
A prosecution witness in the ongoing trial of seven persons accused of complicity in the over N20bn police pension fraud, Mustapha Gadanya, has narrated to Justice Hussein Baba of the
The convoy of Governor Gabriel Suswam of Benue was attacked on Tuesday by suspected herdsmen on his way to Guma Local Government Area of the state. Mr. Suswam was visiting the council on
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Aminu Tambuwal, on Tuesday asked the Federal Government to redouble its anti-terrorism war by changing to strategies that would stop the killing
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Attahiru Jega, on Monday restated his warning to political parties to stop violating the rules governing electioneering ahead of 2015 polls.