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The Senate, yesterday, endorsed moves to increase the number of Federal High Court judges from 70 to 100. The resolution of the senate was sequel to a second passage of a bill, titled "an Act to amend the Federal High Court Act to make provision f...
The Acting Inspector General of Police, IGP, Mohammed Dahiru Abubakar, yesterday reiterated that his directive on the removal of road-blocks on the nation's highways remained irrevocable. The IGP who decorated some recently promoted officers with t...
Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomole may contest the gubernatorial primary of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) against self since checks reveal he remains the only gubernatorial aspirant that shows interest in the coming governorship poll, LEADERSHI...
Elders and people of the eight communities of the Southern Ijaw Local Government Area (LGA) of Bayelsa State affected by the alleged ecological problems from the January 16 Chevron gas rig explosion in the area have raised another alarm over the notice...
The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has shut down no fewer than 10 sachet water manufacturing factories in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, and its environs for contravening the laid-down regulations of the ag...
The Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, has faulted the deportation of 125 Nigerians from South Africa on the excuse of possessing questionable yellow fever vaccine certificate. The CPC position was contained in a statement signed by its National Pub...
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has berated President Goodluck Jonathan for saying that the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) is the only truly democratic party and describing other political parties as one-man shows. ''Saying the PDP is the o...
In yet another drama, a mentally unstable man boarded the Associated Airline plane en route Akure to Abuja on Monday. A similar incident was recorded at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), when a mad man over the weekend also beat all se...
Members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), have been charged to remain actively involved in contributing their quota to the business of nation building despite the recent security challenges facing the country. The Minister of Inte...
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Platinum Parking Management Services (PPMS), Otunba Olusegun Olarewaju has said that street parking management was in the Act that created Abuja as a Federal Capital City (FCC). Speaking in an exclusive chat wit...
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in Rivers State has kicked against the ongoing deductions from salaries of staff of the State Polytechnic, Bori, and other tertiary institutions in the state by the State Civil Service Commission. In a statement mad...
Suspected Boko Haram members reportedly attacked a prison, police station and local government office in Konduga, near maiduguri, wounding at least three police officers, officials and residents said Wednesday. State police spokesman Mr. Sam Vel Tizhe ...
Sokoto State Governor , Alhaji Aliyu Wamakko has approved the release of over N 339.6 million for the payment of registration fees for two academic sessions for state’s students in tertiary institutions. This was contained in a statement si...
Governor Ibrahim Shehu Shema of Katsina State has said that his administration would not waver from its commitment of providing essential services to the people, assuring that the state government would continue to place emphasis on infrastructur...
The gubernatorial candidate of Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) in Jigawa State in the 2011 general election, Hon. Faruk Adamu Aliyu has expressed support to the convocation of a sovereign national conference (SNC). Hon. Aliyu, a forme...