Amnesty: Yar’Adua directs panel to meet with Henry Okah
Strike: Senate invites Egwu, ASUU
Only four Nigerian banks are strong – Report
Okiro asks hotels to submit guests’ particulars to police everyday
Swine flu shows drug resistance as WHO issues fresh alert
Give details of contracts executed, Reps tell Yar’Adua
649 unexploded ordnance locations found in nine states
Collapsed building: Survivors recount ‘miraculous’ escape
Senate committee to monitor disbursement of N200bn agric fund
No going back on petroleum reforms – FG
EVENING UPDATES: Nigeria on red alert as swine flu spreads to Africa
MID-DAY UPDATES: Rescue work continues at site of collapsed building in Lagos
CBN’s audit: Banks’ lending tends towards zero
Halliburton scandal: Okiro panel detains Obasanjo’s ex-aide
Falana seeks urgent overseas treatment for Okah
Mimiko to seek NEMA’s intervention for rainstorm victims
Rigging, worse than armed robbery – Fayemi
2011: Activist warns against using amnesty to recruit thugs
Yar’Adua orders Jonathan, govs to act
EVENING UPDATES: Rebranding campaign targets 17m Nigerians in Diaspora
MID-DAY UPDATES: Indian police arrest Nigerian, three others for online fraud
MEND lacks the capacity to strike again in Rivers –Amaechi, Rivers State Gov.
Crash helmets: Offending passenger to face mobile court
Amnesty: Dokubo-Asari threatens to sue FG
National frequency sales: EFCC detains Mobitel boss over N243m deal with NCC
Impeachment plot: Bauchi Dep. Gov. raises the alarm
Yar’Adua’s visit to Bayelsa postponed indefinitely
Ekiti rerun bribery scandal: INEC transfers polling officers out of headquarters
Chado, V-C of IBB varsity resigns
ASUU to distrupt post-UME at UNICAL
…Yar’Adua appoints Kwakwanso, Ogbeha, others to NDDC board
More militants offer to lay down arms
Nigerian airlines groan under N12bn debts
EVENING UPDATES: Asari-Dokubo threatens to sue FG over amnesty
MID-DAY UPDATES: ASUU may disrupt post-UME tests in universities
Onoh’s burial committee sends N600m budget to govt
Demerol: The drug that might have killed Michael Jackson
Strong painkiller injection killed him –Source
Four militant groups accept amnesty, JRC says no
Amnesty: No cash for arms – FG
Kudirat: Court strikes out Al-Mustapha’s disclosure application
NITEL: BPE ready to meet Transcorp in court
Yuguda backs proposed Harvard course for govs
FG to impound airliners found with drugs – AGF
Police arrest, release Bayelsa PDP chieftains
Forty-five Area boys leave Lagos rehab centre
NDLEA arrests 121 drug dealers in Oyo
EVENING UPDATES:FG won’t pay for militants’ arms
MID-DAY UPDATES: Michael Jackson may have died of Demerol overdose, police seek doctor
Some militants and their operational bases
Yar’Adua’s amnesty proclamation broadcast
MEND blows up another Shell facility
Amnesty: Okah, Dokubo-Asari, others get unconditional pardon
Senate seeks probe of N’Delta governors
Four killed as NDLEA, area boys clash in Kano
Assembly wants federal allocations to Ondo LGs stopped
Reps disrupt session during free-for-all
Finance minister, others risk jail
AFTERNOON UPDATES: Reps exchange blows at Thursday’s sitting
MID-DAY UPDATES: Militants’ attack on Shell pipeline shuts-in 140,000 bpd, oil price hits $70
Four Sudanese to die by hanging for killing US official
Amnesty won‘t work, says Dokubo-Asari
Yar’Adua stops award of new contracts
Electoral reforms: Independent candidacy, INEC funding, dominate Senate debate
Oshiomhole’s aide proposes steps to retrieve artifacts
A’Ibom queries hospital over ex-governor’s death
Ekiti Assembly seeks removal of BSES boss
Oni files reply to Fayemi’s petition
EVENING UPDATES: NAFDAC bans killer body cream, targets fake drugs from Asia
ASUU strike paralyses academic activities in public varsities
$180m Halliburton scam: Senate flays Aondoakaa for ignoring invitations
SSS arrests Asari-Dokubo as FG, militants meet
Gbaramatu leaders shun parley with JTF commander
52 Delta communities sue FG, seek N100bn damages
UNILORIN 5: FG directs varsity to reinstate sacked lecturers
Corrupt judges will face EFCC, ICPC —Kutigi
N5.2bn scam: Yar’Adua seeks to scrap Rural Electrification Agency
Drama as plot to remove Reps’ chief whip fails
EVENING UPDATES: Gbaramatu people sue Yar’Adua over military invasion, demand N100bn compensation
MID-DAY UPDATES: FG, Lagos obtain $1.02bn World Bank facilities for electricity, health, education
Oshiomhole denies signing MoU with Havard University
Police, kidnappers clash in Port Harcourt
Nigerian banking sector under stress – World Bank
‘No going back on plot to remove Reps’ chief whip’
Monarch arrested for gun running in Plateau
Controversy trails death of INEC guard
Commissioner’s text message, a cheap blackmail — Akanbi
Oni freezes BSES accounts, orders indefinite closure of stations
Amnesty, no solution to militancy — Okonkwo
NDDC: A’Ibom battles Rivers over MD post, petitions Yar’Adua
EVENING UPDATES: Half of Nigeria’s $10bn bank assets questionable –World Bank
MID-DAY UPDATES: ASUU’s indefinite strike paralyses Nigerian public universities
Ijaw demand slot in Fashola’s administration
FG panel probes militants’ business interests in oil firms
Ghana lures Nigerian manufacturers
MSS: Resident doctors warn FG against another strike
NDLEA uncovers drug cartel at Lagos airport
Plane with arms: Yar’Adua orders speedy investigation
Otedola, Dangote take superiority ‘war’ to mosque
UI authorities explain EFCC’s invitation
I pay the highest tax in Anambra — Obi
Yar’Adua’s bills, constitution review top agenda as Senate resumes
EVENING UPDATES: Shell, JTF investigate MEND’s attack on pipelines, 110,000bpd shut-in
MID-DAY UPDATES: Nigeria‘s oil production dips further, as MEND hits two Shell pipelines
Three hours before returning to school, undergraduate ends up in the mortuary
7,000 uncleared military cars threatening our finances, PAN cries out
Security agents arrest 2 militants at Aso Rock
Court verdict: Youths demand certificate of return from INEC
N’Delta: C’River gets EU’s N14.5bn project
Ambassadorial Posting: Ministry awaits US acceptance of Prof. Adeniran
Nigeria home to 90,000 refugees, IDPs
Akwa Ibom, Rivers deny budget scam
Lagos policy not to curtail information flow –Bamidele
EFCC arrest couple over fraudulent investment scheme
EVENING UPDATES: Yar’Adua chats with Super Eagles players on telephone
MID-DAY UPDATES: United States delays confirmation of Nigeria’s ambassador-designate
A woman had to cut my baby’s placenta cord with her teeth because there was no scissors .
5 feared dead in Molue accident in Lagos
Crew of detained Ukrainian arms plane moved to Abuja
Ghana assures Nigerian investors of cooperation
Tension in C’River over loss of oil-producing status
N’ Delta: Militants await Yar’Adua’s amnesty terms
NITEL to be split into five before sale
EVENING UPDATES: Lagos bus tragedy claims 10 lives
AFTERNOON UPDATE: MEND‘s attack on Agip pipeline pushes oil price to $72
MID-DAY UPDATES: MEND attacks Agip’s export pipeline
Detained aircraft: DMI takes over investigation
Constitution amendment: Northern monarchs warn lawmakers
‘Henry Okah’s life in danger, may be flown abroad’
Niger Delta: FG to announce amnesty terms on Thursday
Police, gunmen clash in Akwa Ibom
Two killed in Ajasin varsity students, police clash
Scientists find signs of life in Mars
Ogun: Drama as AG denies knowledge of debt profile
Agreement: ASUU threatens another strike
Senate should ratify appointment of EFCC, ICPC bosses - Falana
Zenon v. AFC: Court fixes July 17 for ruling on jurisdiction
S’Africa solicits Lagos support on BRT
EVENING UPDATES: Seized arms aircraft originated from Croatia –Ukraine
MID-DAY UPDATES: Mimiko shuts Adekunle Ajasin university, sacks vice-chancellor
Probe: Court grants Dariye reprieve
Ekiti rerun: Tribunal strikes out Okiro’s motion on bribery scam
Bankers under intense pressure over targets
Food crisis: Nigeria can’t survive emergency – FG
Ondo: Kidnappers, policemen in gun duel
Reps’ Committee chairman dismisses planned suspension
Mob kills tax collector in Benin
Five die in soldiers, youths clash in Jos
EFCC probes veterinary council over 50 ghost workers
Policeman killed Modebayo Awosika — Coroner
Militants: Yar’Adua may unfold amnesty terms today
EVENING UPDATES: Police release Ekiti deputy speaker
MID-DAY UPDATES: Mob beats tax collector to death in Edo
FG to build amnesty centres for militants
PDP deplores poor budget implementation
EFCC invites UI VC, others over Oyo funds
The nation is not at war with N’Delta region — Minister
Ekiti deputy speaker released, rearrested
Kidnapped perm sec’s wife escapes from abductors
Jefferson planned to deliver $100,000 bribe to Atiku — US prosecutor
NAFDAC bans sale of Maloxine, anti-malaria drug
EVENING UPDATES: FG targets 2015 for malaria eradication
MID-DAY UPDATES: Yar’Adua welcomes Ateke Tom’s surrender offer
Ekiti rerun: Police arrest deputy speaker
Democracy Day: Reps Majority Leader, deputy may account for N630m
Militant leader, Ateke Tom, offers to surrender
Five killed in tanker inferno on Benin-Auchi road
Violence as hoodlums attack Agagu’s aide, others
Tokyo’s deputy takes over Oyo NURTW secretariat
Kidnappers abduct commissioner’s, perm sec’s wives in Ondo
Unity schools not for sale – Minister
Seven-point agenda, a ‘lifeless vision’ – Oyedepo
EVENING UPDATES:Amnesty International demands Nigerian prisoner’s release, holds global protests
MID-DAY UPDATES: World Bank disowns list of corrupt Nigerians
N150m deal: Reps to receive impeachment notice on June 23
Governors’ Forum cancels Harvard training
Stakeholders’ support for militants, our frustration – JTF
Some students sell plantain to pay school fees —VC
I’m not on the run –NMEC boss
Court orders Edo to reopen shut private schools
Delta radio, TV stations damaged by fire
Accept FG’s amnesty, Okiro tells militants
Anti-graft war: CDHR unimpressed by Waziri
Senators divided over Yar’Adua’s federal character observance
MID-DAY UPDATE: Delta radio, television razed
EVENING UPDATES: AC, Nigerians in Diaspora condemn governors’ MoU with Harvard
N’Delta: Chevron loses another facility to attack
Akunyili asks advertisers to join Nigeria’s rebranding project
27 convicted soldiers: CDWR seeks Labour, NBA, others’ intervention
I am not a kidnapper –Gov. Akpabio
There’s high rate of HIV/AIDS among Nigerian soldiers –US
N271m contract scam: EFCC arrests 18 mass literacy directors
ICPC quizzes OAU VC, registrar over alleged deductions from workers salaries
Nigerian professor wins German award
FG assures FIFA of readiness to host Under-17 World Cup
Police Declare Niger Speaker, 8 Others Wanted
Taraba: Frustrated Gov Suntai earned N78bn in two years
EVENING UPDATES: EFCC arrests 18 NLMC directors over N271m contracts scam
MID-DAY UPDATES: FIFA changes gear, says Nigeria is ready to host U-17 World Cup
Recognise Abiola’s mandate, Fashola, Tinubu, others tell FG
Abiola betrayed me, says Bafyau, ex-NLC boss
Kure, others get 10 years ban from public office
Nigerian Governors’ Forum lied – Harvard University
FAAC orders NNPC to refund fresh N9bn to Federation Account …as states share 329.09bn
Plateau defaults in out-of-court settlement with VC
Supreme Court reinstates sacked UNIILORIN lecturers
India, China feud over fake drugs sold in Nigeria
Thatcher hospitalised over broken arm
Halliburton: Okiro’s panel faces UK, Germany as US fails to assist
June 12 has strengthened democracy – PDP
Five feared killed in renewed hostility
EVENING UPDATES: Four die in Ogun truck collision
MID-DAY UPDATES: Supreme Court reinstates five sacked UNILORIN lecturers
Abiola knew too much about the military – Olunloyo
June 12: Nothing has changed 16 years after – CD
We’ve not found missing soldiers – JTF
FEC approves new contracts for power projects
Stop arrest of suspects before investigation, AG tells police
Group petitions Yar’Adua over N600bn recovered funds
FG agencies generated N7.7tn in 2008
Tribunal grants Aregbesola’s request to call forensic expert, analyst
Freedom of information, tool for good governance — British High Commissioner
Obasanjo brokers peace in Oyo PDP
EVENING UPDATES: I didn’t deliver parcel bomb to Dele Giwa –Marwa
MID-DAY UPDATES: Supreme Court throws out Andy Uba’s suit
We may not accept out-of-court settlement from Shell —Wiwa’s family
Fire guts Chevron flow station in Delta
Power failure stalls FEC meeting
EFCC arraigns national honour holder, Albert Ikomi
‘PDP won’t intervene in Tokyo’s travail’
HIV-positive activists raise the alarm over shortage of anti-retroviral drugs
Labour resumes mass protests June 16
S’South elders flay N’Assembly
Police return intercepted N250m to Anambra’s coffers
EVENING UPDATES: Labour resumes mass rallies on June 16
MID-DAY UPDATES: Chevron, JTF confirm MEND’s attack on flow station
EVENING UPDATES: PDP denies plotting impeachment of Anambra governor
Power: 6,000MW target under threat – FG
Commission asks JTF to adhere to UN rules on displaced persons
Fresh crisis brews in House of Reps
‘23 Christian pilgrims absconded in 2008’
Constitution review: ‘Senate, Reps, still deadlocked’
MEND vows to keep kidnapped Briton until Okah’s release
Police parade Tokyo in handcuffs for murder
We’ve been deserted, Adedibu’s family laments
NDLEA faults AC‘s call for probe
Corruption: Nigeria’ll gain from bilateral agreements with France – Envoy
EVENING UPDATES: FG may not meet 6,000 megawatts by December -Lukman
MID-DAY UPDATES: Health minister confirms presence of African Swine Fever in Nigeria
Leadership is Nigeria’s biggest problem – Maitama Sule
Police declare Oyo NURTW leaders wanted
Five students, teacher may face death penalty for kidnapping
Anxiety in N’Delta as MEND’s ultimatum expires
Alleged corruption: EFCC yet to recover N227bn
Kukah blames militants for Niger Delta crisis
Task force seals eight pharmaceutical shops
Reduce Seven-Point Agenda, CNPP tells FG
Alao-Akala sacks three commissioners
Speaker gives recipe to successful budget implementation
Yar‘Adua urges states to diversify economies
EVENING UPDATES: Gabon‘s leader confirmed dead
MID-DAY UPDATES: Kidnapped bank chief, driver found in Benin
SSS arrests Arewa Youth leader
Reps insist on more information from NNPC over $24m vessel contracts
Seven-Point Agenda: Yar’Adua replies CBN governor
Probe NDLEA, AC urges Yar‘Adua
Rescued ship, crew still in Calabar
Ososa: Warring parties, Christians set up peace committee
ASUU laments exodus of lecturers from OOU
Mimiko promises to tackle Ilaje ocean surge
Audit report uncovers 6,000 unqualified teachers
Tension heightens in Ibadan over NURTW crisis
British group wants media to stop negative reports
EVENING UPDATES: Yar’Adua disagrees with Sanusi, vows to pursue Seven-Point Agenda
MID-DAY UPDATES: Gunmen kidnap UNDP official
MID-DAY NEWS UPDATE: Gunmen kidnap UNDP official
N1.3tr road contracts scam: FG rejects calls to probe suspects
10 years of democracy: NASS spends N523.4bn to make 532 laws
Four kidnap suspects in police net
Osun election tribunal: SSS quizzes court registrar, four workers over exhibits
N’Delta: JTF, militants set for fresh war
Halliburton: US rejects Nigeria’s request for help
Agency seeks Reps assistance to recover N1.291bn in distressed banks
SGF, SSGs back Sanusi over reduction of FG’s seven-point agenda
EVENING UPDATES: Japan is first nation to qualify for 2010 World Cup
MID-DAY UPDATES: UK warns nationals on fresh Niger Delta kidnap threat
My biggest regret is that I didn’t go to the university – King Sunny Ade
I won’t rush into marriage because of peer pressure
Yar’Adua planned to visit Tompolo before crisis – Clark
Police quiz IYC leaders over gunmen’s attack on Sylva’s aide
Customer, banker at war over dud cheque
EFCC arraigns woman for impersonation, 419
Indian nuclear firm to invest in Nigeria and S’ Africa
Edo: Council chairmen’s face-off with Oshiomhole deepens
Obasanjo’s wife, Moji, dies at 65
EVENING NEWS UPDATES: Super Eagles vs Harambee Stars: Yar’Adua to lead Nigerian supporters
MID-DAY NEWS UPDATES: Jang, Dariye fight over Plateau ex-speaker‘s seat
Senate replies Yar’Adua on non-performance
N5.2bn REA scam: Elumelu, perm sec rearrested
N’Delta: Why FG launched military operations – Yar’Adua
Ogun: Mystery over alleged N400m theft deepens
‘Rebranding without tackling corruption is fraudulent’
Kudirat: Declare June 4 as democracy day, group tells Lagos
FG condoles with France, signs pact with Russia
JCCR: No rift between Bankole and I —Mark
Septuagenarian, LG boss abducted in Rivers
Ex-speakers support electoral reform
EVENING UPDATES: Kenya‘s coach shuns team‘s flight to Abuja over pay
I warned Abacha against coup —Powell
MID-DAY UPDATES: NEMA reassures Nigerians over poisonous gas from Lake Nyos
Halliburton: Okiro panel orders Etete, Gaius-Obaseki detained
Robbers kill eight, rob banks in Nnewi
All blood pressure drugs lower risk of heart attack and stroke
Ribadu’s removal set Nigeria’s fight against corruption back — ECOWAS
Sanusi faults Yar’Adua’s Seven-Point Agenda
Anti-graft: Special court not the solution —ICPC boss
Meltdown, greatest challenge for the military – Army Chief
Daniel, lawmakers differ over dissolution of LG committee
Minister advocates investment in technical education
N400m fraud: Bank managers granted bail
Siemens, others win N25.3bn power sector contracts
EVENING UPDATES: Senate confirms Sanusi as CBN Governor
MID-DAY UPDATES: Nigerian-born British woman gets life jail for drugs
Senate cancels N159m anniversary celebrations
CBN Governor: Senate under pressure, screens Sanusi at plenary
Elumelu, others to face 158 fresh charges
N’Delta: Reps, military chiefs meet, silent on casualties
N’Assembly leadership in last ditch effort to save JCCR
Mob invades school, attacks principal, teacher
Anxiety over Ataoja’s health
Why I took Alao-Akala’s panel to court – Ladoja
Minister urges review of university curriculum
South-East govs request Yar’Adua to upgrade Enugu Airport
Police commissioner drags IG, PSC to court
Electoral reform: ‘Yar’Adua not bothered about Senate’s stance’
MID-DAY UPDATES: Brazil reports discovery of likely wreckage of missing Air France plane
EVENING UPDATES: French national team to wear black armbands in Nigeria friendly
NAFDAC impounds N32m fake malaria drugs
Nine months after, MEND set to free British hostage
2009 budget: N78bn first quarter votes idle at CBN
FG revokes sale of NITEL to Transcorp
Oyo LG bosses, lawmakers on collision course over tenure
MAPOLY grounded as unions embark on strike
Assembly orders ex-lawmaker to refund N230,000
Flood displaces 500 persons in C’River
Senate begins public hearing on EFCC, ICPC amendments
Raid on Tompolo’s camp exposes names of backers
Ekiti rerun: Tribunal orders Okiro to produce report on bribery scam
EVENING UPDATES: Air France plane feared crashed
MID-DAY UPDATES: No Nigerian on board missing Air France-KLM plane
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