Please Release my husband- Dasuki's wife begs Buhari

Wife of embattled former National Security Adviser, Mrs Sambo Dasuki has called on the Federal government to release her husband who according to her "served his nation".

MoneyGram launches account deposits in Nigeria

MoneyGram has announced that it is the first money transfer company to offer customers in France, Germany, Ireland, Italy and Spain a way to send money to most personal Nigerian naira bank accounts within minutes at competitive exchange rates.

FG declares tomorrow as public holiday

The Federal Government has declared Friday, January 1, 2016 as public holiday to mark the New Year celebration.

National News Headlines- 31/12/2015

THE NATION

*Ambode frees artisan from Air Force cadets' car trunk

*Arms cash: PDP vice chairmen disown Bafarawa, others

*Reps sponsored 327 bills in six months, says Gbajabiamila

*Ex-PDP chair Bello, son to be arraigned Jan 5

*Govt votes N165.3b for new projects

*Wife pleads for mercy as ex-NSA is re-arrested

Times Square on New Year's to Be 'Safest Place in the World'

With the nation still jittery over shooting massacres in California and Paris, New York City officials sought to assure revelers Tuesday that the New Year's Eve celebration in Times Square will be the safest place in the world,heavily secured by thousands of New York Police Department officers, including a new specialised counter terrorism unit.

NFF crisis: Sports Minister calls on Pinnick, Giwa to dialogue

Minister of Sports, Solomon Dalung, has urged factions in the leadership crisis currently engulfing the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), to come to the table and dialogue.

Honest truth: Top quotes from President Buhari’s first media chat

President Muhammadu Buhari held his first Presidential Media Chat on Wednesday fielding questions about some of the key issues in the country from the whereabouts of the Chibok girls, the Nigerian Army-Shiites clash and pressure to devalue the naira.

How FG intends to fund N5,000 monthly stipend — Lai Mohammed

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed on Tuesday gave insight into how the Federal Government intends to fund the N5,000 monthly stipends to vulnerable Nigerians.

Bill Cosby Arraigned for Alleged Aggravated Indecent Assault

Bill Cosby arrived in court today after he was charged with alleged aggravated indecent assault earlier this morning by the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office in Pennsylvania.

26-year-old man arraigned over alleged theft of ATM cards, phones

A 26-year-old man, Lukmon Muhammed, was Wednesday arraigned in a Tinubu Magistrates’ Court sitting in Lagos over alleged theft of two Automated Teller Machine, ATM cards and two phones valued at N25, 000, belonging to one Miss Stella Abube.