NEWS UPDATE: 15-01-2015

»Presidency: ACF backs Buhari, reaffirms Coomasie's endorsement

»PDP loses eight more Reps to APC, others

»US man wrongfully jailed for 20 years dies

»Yemeni Al-Qaeda claims Charlie Hebdo attack

»Kaduna CP meets Yero, El-Rufai over gov poll

»OAU students escape death in Osun communal clash 

»FG targets $68bn FDI from eight free zones

»Robbery: Banks shut  in Ikare, residents say 20 died

»Kukah warns against postponing Feb polls

»There’s tension, confusion, Abdulsalami laments in open letter

»1.7 million Edo voters registered, 906,024 get PVCs -REC

»US links rising B’Haram attacks to elections

»Buhari’ll defeat Jonathan, Amaechi boasts

»Jonathan, Buhari disagree on 2011 post-poll crisis, sign pact

»ACF, NEF back Buhari, reject interim govt

»N’Assembly to pass budget after presidential election

»Over 150 died in Baga –Amnesty International

»Soldiers repel B’Haram attack on Biu, kill 41

»APC regains House majority as PDP loses 8 Reps

»Military takes delivery of attack helicopters

»Cholera kills 20 in Rivers

»EFCC grills Ebonyi commissioners for fraud

»Jonathan, PDP leaders meet

»Abia: Security beefed up for Jonathan’s visit

»Politicians shun meeting with police in Bayelsa

»SDP faults Amosun on development

»Oil prices will start rising mid-year –EIA

»Banks reduce lending to oil firms, airlines

»RMAFC seeks exit from budget

»NCAA may suspend more airlines over safety issues

»Five shot dead in Lagos cult attack

»Unpaid Lt.Col. to report Nigerian Army to court

»Families escape death in Lagos fire

»Police find man’s head in Ebute Meta, body in Surulere

»My wife discovered A’Ibom PDP gov candidate –Akpabio

»PDP faults APC on traffic jam

»Like in 2007, Agbaje ’ll fail again —Tinubu

»I’ll free Nigeria from insecurity –Buhari

»West Brom ready to sell Ideye, Anichebe

»Strong dollar threat to Nigerian capital market – NSE

»Soyinka, Kolade, Ezekwesili renew campaign for Chibok girls

»Maritime can generate N7tn annually, says Agbakoba

»Bakassi: Refugee father uses daughter as collateral for N600,000 loan

»Cholera kills 20 in Rivers; 171 cases reported

»APC, PDP in showdown

»TERRORISM: Jonathan wants saboteur military officers removed from service

»Jonathan, Buhari endorse violence-free polls

»How the elections are already being rigged

»2015 Appropriation Bill of N4.357trn passes through 2nd reading

»Rufai: Eagles pulled down Enyeama

»Day Jonathan’s campaign train hit Enugu

»8 policemen killed, as casualties rise to 18 in Ikare robbery incident

»Lagos not ready for experimental gov – Tinubu

»NLC 2015: More facts emerge over alleged betrayal of private sector unions

»Agbaje vows to cancel Lekki-Epe toll gate if elected

»FEB POLLS: Akpabio warns against politicians threatening to form parallel govt

»Buhari and the qualification question

»My relationship with Uduaghan cordial —Okowa

»Buhari in Osun, says security, employment will be given priority

»Al Qaeda branch claims responsibility for Paris attack

»Election 2015: David Cameron, Ed Miliband in TV debate row

»2015 Budget: Govt agencies shortchanging Nigeria —Senate

»LG boss commiserates with Araromi fire victims

»Abraka residents decry neglect

»16 killed as Boko Haram attacks Borno, Gombe

»FG signs MoU with Chinese companies on power transmission

»Reactions trail INEC voter’s register

»Don’t heat up the polity, Tukur charges politicians

»Why Ondo PDP presidential campaign did not hold on Tuesday —Mimiko

»I’ll cancel Lekki-Epe toll if elected —Agbaje

»Lagos Red Line Rail: Lai Mohammed wrong —Transport ministry

»I am not contesting for Abia North Senatorial seat —Orji Kalu

»Where is N5 trillion Nigeria’s oil money, APC queries Jonathan

»Adesiyan faults Aregbesola on Osun allocation

»Amaechi must be probed by his successor —Dokubo-Asari

»11 insurgents killed as Boko Haram attacks Biu

»406,301 children displaced in Borno, Yobe, Adamawa —NEMA

»Election not possible in IDP camps —Borno PDP

»5 killed, 21 injured as suicide bomber targets Gombe mosque

»INEC begins distribution of PVCs in 239 wards in Kogi

»I will remain here to salvage this country —Buhari

»APC supporters stage one-million-man walk for Buhari\Osinbajo in Bauchi

»Downtrend persists, as equities market dips 3.84%

»Nigeria losing N7trillion annually from shipping sector —Agbakoba

»1.4 million candidates for 2015 JAMB

»20 die from cholera outbreak in Rivers

»EFCC recovers $2,000 for American victim

»Ahmed challenges opponents to public debate

»Be wary of agents of destabilisation, Ajimobi tells electorate

»We’ll resist shift in Feb elections—NEF •ACF endorses Buhari


»Folarin promises workers enhanced salary package.

»...As Adeboye leads interdenominational service at OAU today

»OAU holds Obafemi Awolowo free education lecture today

»Reps okay N4.3trn budget for second reading

»Labour Party chieftain drums up support for Alao-Akala

»Election’s integrity likely to be undermined —TMG

»Ekiti secondary, primary school teachers disagree over association

»347 candidates to contest 2015 elections in Oyo

»Tension in Osun over destruction of posters, billboards

»Benue varsity graduates 9, 340

»Private school proprietors in Cross River protest increase in renewal levies

»Ogoni group rejects Buhari

»Agbaje too old to rule Lagos —Fashola

»Jonathan sure of block votes in North-Central — Senate President

»Youths critical to achieving violent- free polls —Minister

»Ghost customs officers parading Apapa port, operators allege

»Good things happen when you distance yourself from negative people.

»Good morning.