Former Senate President Ameh Ebute, on Wednesday filed an appeal against the execution of six of the 12 soldiers condemned to death by the Military Tribunal, which tried and found them guilty of mutiny.

by Idowu Bankole Benin City — The Edo State Command of the Nigeria Police Force has arrested two suspects in connection with the abduction and murder of Hon. Peter Aliyu, a former member of the Edo State House of Assembly, and has declared four other suspects wanted over the 2014 killing. The four fleeing suspects […]

WARRI—THE leadership of Proper Inheritance Political Associates, PIPA, a group within the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has dismissed claims that some aspirants have been anointed by the PDP leadership and the powers that be, as the sole candidates of the party for the 2015 general elections.

The Enugu State Movement for the re-election of President Goodluck Jonathan (EMJ) is hosting a mega-rally, today, to drum up support for, and seek to persuade the President to accept the challenge to contest next year’s presidential election.

By Victor Ahiuma-young Retirees of the defunct Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, have a sent “Save Our Soul’’ message to President Goodluck Jonathan over unpaid pension and other benefits, seeking for his immediate intervention to save them from untold hardship and untimely death. For the past two weeks, the pensioners have been protesting across […]

LOKOJA—A Chinese national working in Kogi State was yesterday abducted by armed men suspected to be kidnappers.

Former Super Eagles striker Victor Okechukwu Agali has joined the calls for Villareal CF of Spain striker, Ikechukwu Uche to be recalled to the Super Eagles team.

ABEOKUTA—A faction of Labour Party in Ogun State has said the former governor of the state, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, lacked power to merge the party with the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the state.

THE past week has not been a fine one for the rightwing Pentecostal Christian movement in Nigeria. And by extension, the moral burden of Nigeria’s ruling class and all our compatriots who swear loyalty to these two sets in our nation’s firmament, also got heavier.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon on Wednesday commended President Goodluck Jonathan for Nigeria’s efforts at containing the spread of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in the country.