By Emman Ovuakporie & Levinus Nwabughiogu
ABUJA—THE House of Representatives, yesterday, began a probe into the alleged N4,000 to be collected by the management of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, as registration fee from corps members.
Tambuwal and the others
Also, the Nigeria F…Reps probe N4,000 NYSC call up fee
Lagos—A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, yesterday, adjourned till October 16, 2014 hearing in the an application, seeking to set aside the suit challenging impeachment of former Governor of Adamawa State, Mr Murtala Nyako.
Governor of Adamawa State, Murtala Nyako
Mr Olukoya Ogungbeje, a l…Nyako reinstatement: Court adjourns till Oct 16
Lagos—A Federal High Court in Lagos, yesterday, sentenced three alleged Boko Haram members, to 25 years imprisonment each, for acts of terrorism.
Boko Haram
The convicts were among 17 accused, who were earlier charged before the court on November 27, 2013.
The 17 accused were: Ali Mohammed, A…Three Boko Haram members bag 25 years imprisonment
By Ehi Ekhator, Naija Center News
COLOMBO – Nigerians living in Sri Lanka have expressed disappointment over the refusal of the Nigerian Embassy to celebrate Nigerian Independence.
S. U Ahmed, Nigerian Ambassador to Sri Lanka
They said independence day is one of the days Nigerians come…Embassy Won’t Celebrate Nigeria Independence – High Commission in Sri Lanka
A 30-year-old man, identified as Timlok, was on Tuesday electrocuted during his attempt to siphon fuel from the base station of one of the mobile telecommunication providers.
The incident took place at the Old Cemetery Street in the heart of Jos metropolis.
Eye witnesses said the suspect was t…Man electrocuted while stealing fuel from base station in Jos
The Department of State Services, has said it would appeal the judgment of the Federal High Court, Awka, which ordered it to apologise and pay N2 million to a former FCT Minister, Nasir el-Rufai, for restricting his movement during the governorship election in Anambra State in 2013.
Marilyn…SSS’ll appeal court judgment on el-Rufai, says Ogar
A British man has been arrested in Bangladesh on suspicion of recruiting people to fight alongside Islamic State militants in Syria, Sky News reports.
Samiun Rahman, who is from London, arrived in the country in February to find fighters for both IS and the al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front, according…British Islamic State recruiter arrested
Nigeria’s former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, is set to go back to school for a higher degree in Christian Theology.
Olusegun Obasanjo registering for NIC
Mr. Obasanjo will on Tuesday formally enrol as a graduate student at the headquarters of the National Open University of Nigeria in L…Obasanjo goes back to school
A former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, says there is a need for the country to undergo a “common sense” revolution.
Bola Tinubu arriving yesterday
Tinubu, who is a national leader of the All Progressives Congress said the many years of misrule by successive Peoples Democratic P…Nigeria needs a common sense revolution – Tinubu
By Simon Ebegbulem
BENIN—THE All Progressives Congress, APC, in Edo State, yesterday, reacted to the boast by President Goodluck Jonathan that his Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, will recapture Edo State come 2015 and 2016, saying that it was a tall dream to think that “Chief Tom Ikimi, who rec…PDP can’t reclaim Edo – APC tells Jonathan
By Luka Binniyat, Emman Ovuakporie, Levinus Nwabughiogu & Laide Akinboade
KADUNA —President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, yesterday for the first time spoke on the controversial $9.3m cash allegedly smuggled into South Africa by two Nigerians and an I…$9.3m arms deal: My story – Oritsejafor
The United Kingdom has requested the extradition of a former Managing Director of the Nigerian Security Printing and Minting Company, Mr. Emmanuel Okomoyon, to face prosecution in relation to an alleged scam involving printing of polymer notes.
A source at the Economic and Financial Crimes…Polymer scandal: FG may extradite ex-Mint boss to UK
The Defence Headquarters has said that it was aware that members of the outlawed Islamist sect, Boko Haram, were in the habit of looting its armoury.
Nigerian soldiers on armour tank seized from Boko Haram in Konduga
The military authorities stated that they were making efforts to secure all…Boko Haram stealing our armoury – DHQ
The Ekiti State Police Command has arrested 19 persons over the murder of a former Ekiti State Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, Omolafe Aderiye.
The PUNCH gathered that the 19 persons, including one female, were arrested in a string operation carried out over the…Ex-NURTW, Omolafe Aderiye assassination: Police arrest 19 suspects
The Synagogue Church Of All Nation says the collapsed building in the church premises was a controlled demolition, demanding for an investigation into the matter.
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A spokesman for a media outfit of the church, Emmanuel Television, Mr Ken Emeakayi, said footages from the…Synagogue Building Collapse Was Controlled Demolition – Emmanuel Tv
The President, Civil Rights Congress of Nigeria, Mallam Shehu Sani, has said that 70 per cent of problems bedeviling the North are caused by ex-presidents and leaders of northern extraction.
The remaining 30 per cent, Sani said, should be attributed to President Goodluck Jonathan’s a…IBB, Abacha, Jonathan, others responsible for North problems – Sani
Some powerful forces loyal to General Muhammadu Buhari have intensified lobbying for the adoption of their principal as the consensus presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the presidential primaries slated for 2nd December.
Atiku and Buhari
Although the Atiku…Atiku, Buhari supporters divided over presidential ticket
The president of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, has placed curses on those he called desperate politicians “who are seeking power by all means”.
Ayo oritsejafor
He was speaking on Sunday at the the 54th independence anniversary interdenominational service h…Oritsejafor insults desperate politicians
Kano State Governor, Alhaji Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso says he wants to become Nigeria’s President in 2015 to enable him use his requisite experience to address the fundamental socio-economic challenges facing Nigeria
Rabiu Kwankwaso
Kwankwaso, who spoke with journalists last night in Kano, pointed …Why I want to be President in 2015, by Kwankwaso
ABUJA-CHAIRMAN House Committee on Rules and Business, Albert Sam-Tsokwa has said that the Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Party, APC, Lai Mohammed must have acted out of ignorance when he said the Deputy Speaker, Emeka Ihedioha was biased in his ruling over the controversial…$9.3 arm deals: Lai Mohammed is ignorant – Reps
Ahead of his plan to next week declare his intention to contest the 2015 presidential election, a leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Muhammadu Buhari, has commissioned a study on how he and the opposition in Nigeria could defeat the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and its…Buhari commissions study on how to defeat Jonathan in 2015
By Vanessa Enofe, Naija Center Gossip
\Information reaching NAIJA CENTER NEWS is that singer Flavour is now a father.
The singer and ex beauty queen and once face of Delta soap Sandra Okagbue welcomed their first child in USA on Saturday 27th of September.
We have it on good note that both…Nigerian singer, Flavour welcomes new baby
The Federal Government has formally reached out to Russia for assistance in its fight against terrorism in parts of the country.
Based on the government’s request, Russian authorities have offered to assist the nation’s security forces in terms of logistics and equipment to win the war against Bo…Boko Haram: Russia to supply Nigeria arms
Emissaries from the Peoples Democratic Party have appealed to the Governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido, not to defect from the party to the All Progressives Congress ahead of the 2015 general election.
Sule Lamido
The emissaries, which included the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the…Don’t defect to APC – PDP begs Lamido
By Nicholas Ibekwe
In perhaps the most stinging criticism of the leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), by a past leader of the body, the former Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Olubunmi Okogie, said the current president of the association, Ayo Oritsejafor is making a mockery of…Oritsejafor is finished; CAN is damaged – Cardinal Okogie
