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South Africa based Telecommunications company, MTN Group, formerly M-Cell which has grown to be a dominant force in Nigeria has just announced that more than five million Nigerian subscribers have stopped using their MTN lines. The company recently publicly declared a very low increase in subscriber growth and they blamed ...

The River State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja have annulled the election of Chief Nyesom Wike of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the winner of the April 11, 2015 governorship poll in the State The tribunal ordered that elections should be conducted within ninety day in the state.In ...

Two persons were feared shot dead yesterday when suspected armed robbers attacked motorists in a gridlock at the Costain area of Lagos. The bandits were said to be robbing motorists at the Eko bridge, which links the Costain area. City Today gathered that when the hoodlums, who were robbing from ...

Dayo Adeneye (D1) after he tried to contest in the last election but later opted out has now been nominated by the Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun for as a commissioner in the state. The speaker of the Ogun state house of assembly, Speaker, Rt.Hon. Surajudeen Ishola Adekunbi, yesterday 22nd ...

Former Rivers state governor Rotimi Amaechi and his doting wife Judith pictured after his ministerial screening today in Abuja

DAAR communication, owners of African Independent Televison AIT have denied claims by presidential spokesperson, Shehu Garba, that they denied President Buhari and the APC access to use their media platform during the campaign periods. Garba at a media summit in Lagos last week, alleged that media stations, AIT and NTA, ...

The Vice Chancellor, University of Lagos, UNILAG, Professor Rahmon Bello has said that adequate compensation must be made by Eko Electricity Distribution Plc, EKEDP to the family of late Miss Oluchi Anekwe. Bello who spoke during a press briefing at the institution’s conference centre said: ‘’The Federal Government panel findings ...

A 26-year-old banker, Daniel Makanjuola,has been arrested for using a cloned West African Senior School Certificate and Lagos State University’s statement of result to secure employment at the Wema Bank Plc, Marina branch, on the Lagos Island. The police said Makanjuola had paraded himself as a degree holder in marketing ...

20th October 2015, two Arik planes were reported to have collided at the General Aviation Terminal of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos. The two planes brushed each other while maneuvering thereby damaging their wing tips. Spokesperson of the airline, Adebanji Ola, released a statement about the incident. �Two of our ...

Pres. Buhari’s daughter Zahra Buhari looked stunning at the 15th anniversary of Ace Charity which held in Abuja over the weekend. Zahra is the ambassador of the NGO. See more pics

President Buhari has said that even if he fails to redeem his pledge to defeat the Boko Haram terrorist group by December this year, he will certainly not resign from office. He said this in an interview with Aljazeera’s Mehdi Hasan. “One thing you will certainly remember is that I ...

The deceased former governor of Bayelsa state, Diepreye Alamiyeseigha appears to have predicted his death as he built a tomb for himself before he kicked the bucket few days back. The sitting governor of the state, Seriaki Dickson, visited the tomb on Wednesdays, October 14th, 2015, s preparations begin for ...

The President of the Gambia Prof Dr Sheik AJ Jammeh on Saturday 11th October presented plots of land to some top Nollywood stars and Ghanaian Actress Jackie Appiah. Speaking through his vice president Dr Mrs Isatou Njie – Saidy who represented him at the presentation held at the Presidential palace ...

Remember this lady, Jessica Edionwele, who was declared missing some days back? Jessica daughter of Hon. Edionwele, representing Esan Constituency, Edo State, last Wednesday was reported to have left Ibadan, Oyo State, where she was serving, for Lagos to board an aircraft to Abuja. She was said to have landed ...

A passenger was arrested while trying to smuggle 23 wraps containing $34,000.According to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA),the suspect, Ozoh Ikenna, was arrested yesterday at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos on his way to Brazil. The dollars were detected during screening of passengers on the Etihad ...

President Buhari’s daughter, Zahra earlier today paid a visit to an IDP camp where she shared food to some of the IDP children. She also met with the cooks in the camp. The excited Zahra shared the photos and said: �So, today we went to the IDP camp to have ...

The United Kingdom’s National Crime Agency secured the seizure of the sum of �5,000 and $2,000 from Mrs. Beatrice Agama, the mother of the former Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke. The court also seized �10,000 from Melanie Spencer, one of the other persons arrested in the case. United Kingdom’s National Crime ...

Confirmed Ministerial list as announced by Senate President Bukola Saraki Babatunde Fashola Rotimi Amaechi Kayode Fayemi Chris Ngige Ogbonaya Onu Malami Abubakar Aisha Alhassan Amina Mohammed Kemi Adeosun Ibe Kachikwu Lt.-Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazzau Hadi Sirika Osagie Ehanire Udoma Udo-Udoma Ahmed Isa Ibeto Sulaiman Adamu Ibrahim Jibril Adebayo Shittu Audu Ogbeh ...

Following claims by Nasir el-Rufai that ex-president Goodluck Jonathan spent N64 billion for independence day celebrations between 2010-2015, the ex -president has branded him a liar. The rebuttal is contained in a statement, titled We never spent billions on independence anniversary – Jonathan and was issued on behalf of the ...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday visited victims of the blasts that rocked Kuje and Nyanya, Abuja, at the National Hospital. Buhari was accompanied by Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State and some top government officials. He was conducted round the wards where the victims are recuperating by authorities of the ...