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There are conflicting reports on the circumstances surrounding the death of Senator Gyang Datong, representing Plateau North in the senate and Hon Danfulani, the majority leader in the Plateau State House of Assembly. According to a reliable source, th...
The Nasarawa State chapter of PDP has called for the cancellation of Saturday's bye-election for Awe North Constituency of the state assembly. The Chairman of the party in the state, Mr Yunana Iliya, told newsmen in Lafia on Sunday that...
Gov. Idris Wada of Kogi said the government has commenced work, in partnership with South Korea, on the establishment of a technology training institute in Lokoja. The governor announced this ...
The Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, has commended the Kebbi Government for its efforts that ensured that the state was free of polio from June 2011 to June 2012. Prof Onyebuchi, who was represented...
United Company RUSAL Plc and Bureau of Public Enterprise are waiting for a copy of the Supreme Court judgment on the sale of Aluminium Smelter Company of Nigeria (ALSCON), Ikot Abasi, Akwa Ibom, to react. Mr Albert Dyabin, a Director in UC RUSAL,...
A business woman, Bunmi Akintoye, 33 has been arrested by the Special Fraud Unit of the Police over alleged N10 million scam. The Police in a statement signed by the unit's spokesperson, Pius Afachung, said that the suspect was under...
Gov. Rabi’u Kwankwaso of Kano State on Sunday urged parents to invest in the education of their children. He made the call in Kano at the opening ceremony of the second Quranic Recitation Competition organised by Sen Basheer Garba, represen...
Mrs Yemisi Suswam, the wife of the Benue governor, said on Sunday that pet projects initiated by the Office of the First Lady and state governors’ wives are constitutional. Suswam, who is also the Chairperson of Northern Governo...
Alhaji Umar Manko, Lagos State Commissioner of Police, on Sunday said that 244 suspected armed robbers were arrested by the command in the first half of the year. Manko told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the arrest of the ring leaders of the va...
The Borno Government said on Sunday that it had approved a 70 per cent subsidy on fertilisers being sold to farmers for this years cropping season. Gov. Kashim Shettima made the pronouncement at the launch of the sale of the commodity&nb...
The NNPC said it would on Monday re-open the Pipelines and Products Marketing Company (PPMC) Depot in Aba, closed almost a decade ago due to pipeline vandalism. This is contained in a statement signed by the acting Group General Manager...
ECOWAS Heads of States on Saturday in Ouagadougou said peace keepers would be deployed to Mali to restore the ``territorial integrity’’ of the country and democracy. Ivorian President and ECOWAS Chairman, Alassane Ouattara, annou...
ADESUWA TSAN and EDEGBE ODEMWINGIE in this report play up a view being silently expressed among federal lawmakers on the propriety of the secret probe of the latest bribery tale rocking the House of Representatives Who blinks first?The past two weeks ...
First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan has expressed gratitude to the Federal Government for the appointment of more women into key positions of leadership in the country. Jonathan stated this when she was hosted by Dr Dalhatu Tafida, Nigeria's High Co...
Is there trouble in paradise for Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez? PEOPLE reported that Gomez, 19, “was crying about Justin and was upset” during Ashley Tisdale’s birthday bash last week. But multiple photos from the fete show the &ldqu...