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Femi Adesina

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has called on stakeholders to support the new National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ali Modu Sheriff. He said... ....[DailyPost] »

Shell declares force majeure on 150,000 barrels export Former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison- Madueke, has been summoned by the House of Representatives’ ad hoc... ...[New Telegraph] »

The Lagos State Government has confirmed the suspected febrile rash illness that claimed the lives of over 20 children in the Otodo-Gbame community in Eti-Osa as measles... ....[Channels TV] »

The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has dismissed an application seeking to stay proceedings in a suit over the hike in electricity tariff. The application was dismissed... ....[Channels TV] »

A former Minister of Interior, Abba moro, is presently in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) custody and he is being quizzed for his alleged role... ....[Channels TV] »

The new National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, has officially resumed office despite calls from some party members for him to resign. Senator... ....[Channels TV] »

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared David Mark winner of the Benue South Senatorial re-run election held on Saturday. Senator Mark polled a total of 84,192... ....[Channels TV] »

South Africa confirmed its first case of the mosquito-borne Zika virus in a Colombian man, health authorities said. The virus, which is causing international alarm after spreading... ...[New Telegraph] »

Former President of the Senate and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the Benue South Senatorial District, David Mark, is in a comfortable lead according to available... ...[Vanguard News] »

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has asked banks’ customers to report cases of excessive and in some cases illegal charges by Deposit Money Banks. In a statement on Saturday ... ....[Channels TV] »

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Opposition to the appointment of a former governor of Bornu State, Ali Modu-Sheriff, as national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) appear to be gathering more momentum as some South-east... ....[DailyPost] »

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Nwabueze Ngige on Thursday collapsed while defending the budget of his ministry before the House of Representatives’ Committee on Labour... ....[DailyPost] »

Anita Oyakhilome has finalised her divorce from Pastor Chris Oyakhilome of Christ Embassy, according to her lawyers. Solicitors, Attwaters Jameson Hill, in a statement on her behalf, said... ....[The Punch] »

A former governor of Borno State, Ali Modu Sheriff, on Tuesday emerged the new chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Sheriff was unanimously picked in enlarged meeting... ....[The Nation] »

Detectives are making progress in their resolve to find the $200m (N66billion) penalty fines paid by five companies involved in the $180million Halliburton bribery scandal, The Nation... ....[The Nation] »

EFCC, ICPC to quiz ex-CEOs of agencies why they had to go Donation by a woman DG of N700m to PDP’s presidential campaign in 2015 Furnishing of an office at N800m Construction of a store... ....[The Nation] »

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Fighters for the Nigerian Islamist militant group Boko Haram have been trained in Somalia on Africa’s eastern coast before returning to West Africa, Somalia’s president told a security... ....[P.M. News] »

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state on Valentine Day lifted the suspension on the State Finance Commissioner, Dr Magnus Kpakol and the State Accountant-General, Sir Abere Dagogo. Addressing Rivers... ....[P.M. News] »

Uncertainty over ‘stolen’ $400m There is the £22.5m (N6.18billion) loot which the late Head of State, Gen. Sani Abacha, allegedly stashed away on the Island of Jersey? This is the puzzle... ....[The Nation] »

The Ogun State government has confirmed the death of the first victim of Lassa fever in the state. The 28-year-old female resident of Ebonyi State was being treated at the isolation centre... ....[Channels TV] »

[Femi Adesina]

Further hit came against the Naira yesterday in the parallel foreign exchange market, despite the intervention of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, in the inter-bank segment... ...[Vanguard News] »

The Minister of Health has been giving an update on the outbreak of Lassa fever in different parts of the country, saying the disease has so far affected 20 states of the federation.... ....[Channels TV] »

French is likely to become Nigeria's second official language following a plan by the country's government to make the language compulsory across all schools up to tertiary level, reports say. ...[News24 NG] »

Sports Writers Association of Nigeria, have given Super Eagles coach Sunday Oliseh, a seven day day ultimatum to name the journalists he claimed approached him for money... ...[Complete Sports] »

A 19-year-old boy, simply identified as Kabiru Abdulahi has been sentenced to six months imprisonment by an Osogbo Magistrate Court for stealing a mattress worth about N8, 000.00. ... ....[DailyPost] »

Two Nigerians, Ojukwu Nnamdi Roland and Ngene Linus Chibuike, arrested at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos while attempting to smuggled $5, 424,270 USD out of the country... ....[DailyPost] »

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, re-arraigned the duo of immediate past Kwara State Commissioner for Information, Olatunji Oyeyemi Moronfoye, and Ope Saraki, cousin... ....[DailyPost] »

All vehicles with tinted glasses are to be searched before being allowed into the Presidential Villa, the Presidency said yesterday. It is all part of the measures to forestall terror... ....[The Nation] »

A fraudster who attempted to withdraw about N8.5 million from the First City Monument Bank (FCMB) was arrested at the General Aviation Terminal of Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA) ... ....[Daily Times] »

The naira dropped further to 313.5 against the United States dollar at the parallel market on Tuesday as shortage of foreign exchange, especially the greenback, persists in the forex... ....[The Punch] »

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested a serving senior officer of the Nigerian Air Force in connection with the $2.1bn arms purchase scandal. It was learnt... ....[The Punch] »

A civil society organisation, Legal Defence and Assistance Project, LEDAP, has asked a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja to declare that the post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation... ...[Vanguard News] »

West Ham United have dumped Liverpool out of the FA Cup in an extra-time thriller at Upton Park. After a drab goalless draw at Anfield a week and a half ago, both teams produced... ....[Channels TV] »

At least, 30 male passengers were reportedly killed and over 20 persons injured in Adeosun area of Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Sunday morning when a trailer conveying them crashed. The trailer tumbled... ....[DailyPost] »

A 13-year-old boy in Nasarawa State has die of Lassa fever following the strike action embarked up by workers in the state. Commissioner of Health,Dr.Daniel Iya disclosed this at a media... ...[New Telegraph] »

A Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja on Monday dismissed two applications seeking to stop the prosecution of the two engineers who constructed the collapsed six-storey building... ...[New Telegraph] »

Nigeria coach Sunday Oliseh has apologised to the Nigeria Football Federation after his recent attacks on the federation as well as his perceived critics. The NFF president... ....[The Punch] »

The Senator representing the Ogun East in the Senate, Buruji Kashamu, on Monday obtained a fresh order from a Federal High Court in Abuja restraining the Attorney General of the Federation... ....[The Punch] »

The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS has stated that about 58,000 babies are born HIV/AIDS positive yearly in Nigeria. The Executive Director of UNAIDS and Under-Secretary General... ....[The Punch] »

In keeping to its campaign promises of providing quality education in the country, Federal Government has signed a memorandum of understanding with Nasco Foods limited, Jos for commercial... ...[Vanguard News] »

Former Super Eagles coach, Chairman Christian Chukwu lost his cool yesterday and lashed out at Super Eagles coach, Sunday Oliseh over his unguarded utterances by dubbing Nigerian critics... ...[Vanguard News] »

Nigeria’s former Central Bank Governor and now Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido, believes the country’s current exchange rate policies are doomed to fail. In an interview with the London-based... ....[Channels TV] »

An Abuja High Court has dismissed an application seeking to discharge the former National Security Adviser, Colonel Sambo Dasuki from charges of corruption filed against him by the Economic... ....[Channels TV] »

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has renewed its order to all security agencies in Nigeria to compel the attendance in court of former Niger Delta militant, Government Ekpemupolo,... ....[Channels TV] »

The naira traded at N310 to a dollar at the parallel market on Friday, amid expectations of an intervention by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The Nigerian currency traded at N307 at the close... ....[DailyPost] »

• President angry with ‘Budget Mafia’ over inflated figures Some top officials of the federal government are about to lose their jobs for allegedly attempting to inflate the 2016 budget... ....[The Nation] »

The Lassa fever outbreak in the country has killed 101 people, as West Africa battles to contain a flare-up of the virus, according to data from the nation’s health authorities yesterday.... ....[The Nation] »

Two days after five naval personnel were allegedly killed by pipeline vandals at Arepo, Ogun State, tough looking armed soldiers have swooped on the area even as reports emerged... ...[New Telegraph] »

The Ogun State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Babatunde Ipaye, has said the number of the primary contacts with the first index case of Lassa fever in the state, a 28- year- old lady... ....[The Punch] »

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said the over 200 girls abducted by the Boko Haram insurgents from Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State may never be found. Obasanjo... ....[The Punch] »

As the maiden edition of the international Access Bank Lagos City Marathon held on Saturday, thousands of residents in the state were forced to transport themselves on foot due to vehicular... ....[The Punch] »

Barely a week after seven people lost their lives in a boat accident in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State, another boat has capsized in the Badagry area with two feared dead. It was gathered... ....[The Punch] »

Nigeria’s former No 3 man, former Senate President Ken Nnamani, has dumped the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Senator Nnamani, on Saturday, formally announced his exit from the party... ....[Channels TV] »

English Premier League leaders Leicester City’s title challenge have reached unprecedented heights as they went six points clear at the top after beating Manchester City 3-1. ... ....[Channels TV] »

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday revealed that the Structural Adjustment Programme, SAP, by onetime military President, Ibrahim Badamosi Babagida, IBB, killed the naira. Speaking with the BBC,... ....[DailyPost] »

President Muhammadu Buhari has disclosed that the Treasury Single Account, TSA, was an initiative of the Goodluck Jonathan administration, but the immediate past government could not enforce it.... ....[DailyPost] »

There are indications that Senate Committee on Federal Capital Territory, may order the immediate revocation of plots of land allocated to former President Goodluck Jonathan and 29 others... ....[DailyPost] »

Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, on Thursday took Maryam Mairo Mustapha as his second wife. TheCable reports that the 36-year-old lady has since travelled to Saudi Arabia for lesser... ....[DailyPost] »

Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chief Tom Ikimi has joined the rank of those brought under investigation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in connection... ....[The Nation] »

•Says: ‘He’s my father, father of Yoruba’ Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday prostrated for the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, the Ojaja II, when he paid homage... ....[The Nation] »

Suspected pipeline vandals struck afresh yesterday at Arepo,Ogun State. No fewer than five military personnel were feared killed in the attack,coming about four months after... ....[The Nation] »

DAAR Communications, owned by Chief Raymond Dokpesi,yesterday tendered an unreserved apology to the national leader of the All Progressive Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Tinubu... ....[The Nation] »

The Asset Management Company of Nigeria, AMCON, yesterday dissolved the Board of Aero Contractors Airlines and appointed a Manager to oversee the daily affairs of the airline. ... ...[Vanguard News] »

According to a press release from the Special Adviser to Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina; President Muhammadu Buhari has begun a short vacation from today, February 5 to February 10, 2016.

The Supreme Court has dismissed the appeal of the Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, against the judgment of the Appeal Court on his trial by the Code of Conduct Tribunal on charges... ....[Channels TV] »

In a bid to diversify the nation’s economy, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has agreed that loans by banks to farmers in the country should attract only five percent interest... ....[Daily Times] »

A 28-year-old woman has tested positive to Lassa fever in Ogun State. The unidentified woman, who just returned from Ebonyi State, has been taken to the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching... ....[The Nation] »

No fewer than 23,306 names are to be deleted from the Federal Government’s payroll. A team probing multiple salary payments recommended 23,306 civil servants and some banks... ....[The Nation] »

A Federal high court sitting in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, has adjourned till 10 February a N11.2 billion and $942,147.02 suit filed against Arik Airline by Federal Airports Authority... ....[P.M. News] »

Four ships are waiting to discharge petrol products at Apapa and Tin-Can Island Ports in Lagos. The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) stated this in its daily publication – `Shipping Position’... ....[P.M. News] »

The Nigerian Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola has incurred the wrath of the country’s Trade Union Congress, TUC, for reportedly maintaining that increase... ....[P.M. News] »

Nigeria’s economy, reeling from the drop in oil prices, is expected to grow by 3.78 percent this year, up from 2.97 percent in 2015, as it tries to confront its worst crisis in decades... ....[P.M. News] »

A former member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa and Diamond Bank have opted for an out of court settlement in the suit she instituted against the bank. ... ....[Channels TV] »

The Lagos State government has urged a Lagos High Court in Ikeja to dismiss with substantial cost, a suit filed by the Registered Trustees of Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN). ... ....[Channels TV] »

Minister of Sports, Solomon Dalung, has explained that his love for red berets and khaki attires is borne out of his desire to identify with ordinary Nigerians. He stated on his Facebook... ...[New Telegraph] »

Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday said his government would not rest until the over 200 schoolgirls, abducted from the Government Secondary School, Chibok... ....[The Punch] »

There were indications that the Publisher of ThisDay Newspaper, Mr. Nduka Obaigbena, has returned the sum of N350m to the Economic and Financial... ....[The Punch] »

Ado Ekiti A Chief Magistrate’s Court in Ado Ekiti has ordered the state Commissioner of Police, Etop James, to arrest and prosecute a former State Secretary... ....[The Punch] »

Tragedy was averted in Lagos on Wednesday after a helicopter belonging to Bristow Helicopters Nigeria Limited plunged into the Atlantic Ocean. PUNCH Metro... ....[The Punch] »

NIGERIA Labour Congress, NLC, yesterday insisted that there would be a total shut down of Imo State once the 14-day ultimatum issued to the state government to recall the 3000 sacked... ...[Vanguard News] »

ABUJA—THE House of Representatives Ad Hoc Committee on Failed Rail Contracts, yesterday, unearthed 169 ghost companies that registered as contractors with the Nigeria Railway Corporation... ...[Vanguard News] »

An outbreak of bird flu has been reported in Nasarawa State, with over 25,000 birds infected in Jenash Farms in Akwanga Local Government Area. The State Commissioner for Agriculture... ....[Channels TV] »

The Supreme Court has affirmed the election of Udom Emmanuel, as the Governor of Akwa Ibom and that of Abia State, Okezie Ikpeazu. In the ruling on Wednesday, the court said... ....[Channels TV] »

Indications emerged yesterday evening that the former Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Air Chief Marshall Alex Badeh (rtd), will be guest of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission today.... ....[Leadership NG] »

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has criticised President Muhammadu over his incessant foreign trips, alleging that the huge amount of the nation’s resources is being spent... ....[The Guardian] »

The presidency has warned workers in the seat of power, the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, to desist from the act of leaking official documents and files to unauthorised persons. ... ...[New Telegraph] »

In line with Federal Government’s shift in economic focus to the non-oil sector, the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has proposed a revenue target of N4.957 trillion for 2016.... ...[New Telegraph] »

The immediate past National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd.), has filed a fresh application asking a Federal Capital Territory High Court in Maitama... ....[The Punch] »

Explosion on Tuesday rocked about five residential buildings on Zomi-Zomi Street at the Upper Sakponba axis of Benin City the capital of Edo State. Although no live was lost... ....[Channels TV] »

A rare case of the Zika virus being transmitted through sex, not a mosquito bite, has been reported in the US. The BBC reports that the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said a patient... ....[Channels TV] »

Senate Majority leader, Senator Ali Ndume has said he will testify against former National Security Adviser, NSA, Col Sambo Dasuki(rtd) and all those involved in the $2.1billion arms deal... ....[DailyPost] »

The Federal Government has said whatever weapons that were procured by the Jonathan Administration for the military to prosecute the war against terrorism were substandard ... ....[DailyPost] »