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The lawmaker representing Lavun/Mokwa/Edati federal constituency, Hon. Sani Mohammed Kutigi (PDP, Niger State) has called for peaceful relationship among Muslims and Christians in the country. Speaking to journalists in Abuja, Kutigi said harmonious re...
Police Commissioners, Divisional Police Officers and Area Commanders will hence-forth be held responsible for attacks in their domain. The Assistant Inspector General of Police zone 12, Mr. Muhammad Dikko Abubakar stated this yesterday in Bauchi...
Jigawa State government has reiterated its commitment to the polio eradication campaign despite the discovery of new cases of the virus in the state. The state governor, Alhaji Sule Lamido disclosed this while speaking at the launching of the polio fre...
Youths believed to be supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have clashed with police in Dutsinma Local Government Area of Katsina State over the alleged attempt to remove the billboard of a local politician, Alhaji Abdu Umar. An unconfirmed ...
Some Nigerians and The Muslim Congress (TMC) in Lagos yesterday said the Christmas Day bomb attacks in parts of the country calls for a national emergency. The people told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in separate interviews that the loss of innocen...
The Congress of Progressive Change(CPC) has described the Christmas Day bombings in four northern states as a national tragedy. The national publicity secretary of the party, Rotimi Fashakin, in a statement yesterday, condemned the spate of bombi...
President of the Senate, David Mark has described the Christmas Day bombings as a sacrilege and a declaration of war against the citizens of Nigeria. Senator Mark, in a reaction to the heinous act, said the unabated spate of bombings and vi...
The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has strongly condemned the series of attacks on places of worships, saying proactive measures need to be taken to address the menace. The ACF said, “The spate of bomb blasts, which were directed at places of wor...
As the Nigerian airline bomber, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab waits to get his conviction in the early months of 2012, a United States-based local handwriting expert, Ruth Holmes has released her report, saying that the so-called underwear bomber shares tr...
A candidate for chairman of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Muhammed Abba Aji has called on Nigerians to eschew violence and bitterness towards one another in this festive period. In a statement signed by the director general o...
Chairman of Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Chief Adebisi Akande, has described the proposed removal of fuel subsidy as a sign of the inability of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and President Goodluck Jonathan to govern the country. The for...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) yesterday said the bombing of a church in Madala, Niger State, during Christmas celebration was as a result of bad leadership that failed to tackle security challenges in the country. NLC, in a statement si...
The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) arrested and arraigned 600 motorists before mobile courts between December 20 and 23 for contravening various traffic regulations. This was contained in a statement signed by Mr Nseobong Akpabio, the organisati...
The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Dr. Jean Ping, has strongly condemned the bombings of churches across Nigeria on Christmas Day. In a statement, Ping expressed his most sincere condolences to the bereaved families of the victims, ...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has announced the arrest of a 38-year old South African woman, Nene Fikil, for alleged drug trafficking. Mr Mitchell Ofoyeju, the spokesman for the anti-drug agency, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...