The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Bauchi Council, has appealed to government to hasten the implementation of weigh in allowance for media workers in the state. The Council’s Chairman, Mr Dahiru Mohammed, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN...

Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) in Adamawa has filed petitions before the Adamawa State Local Government Election Tribunal, challenging “the entire process of the election”.   Speaking to newsmen shortly after filling the pe...

The Speaker of ECOWAS Parliament, Sen. Ike Ekweremadu has commended the people of Ghana for living up to their rating as beacons of democracy in the West African region. The Speaker stated this in a congratulatory message to the winner of the Ghana Pre...

Attorney General of the federation and Minister of justice, Mr. Mohammed Bello Adoke (SAN), has said that it is not yet time for the country to operate state policing. The minister said that the Nigeria Police Force should continue to serve the nation ...

The claim of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP) to rule forever will be put to test as  leading opposition parties, including  the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) and the Congress for Progressive...

The Caretaker Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Adamawa has announced dates for wards, local governments and state congresses to elect new executives for the party. The National Working Committee (NWC) of the party in Abuja had dissolv...

Ibeno, an oil-producing community in Akwa Ibom, has rejected relief materials presented to it by Mobil Producing Nigeria, to cushion the effect of the recent oil spill in the area. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the oil company had, a fe...

Members of the South West caucus of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are grumbling over their alleged marginalisation by the Federal Government. They have also alleged that President Goodluck Jonathan operates an alternative campaign structure to act...

The police on Saturday in Yola, foiled an early morning attempt to attack the PDP Secretariat.  The irate youths who made bonfire in front of the secretariat were dispersed by policemen dispatched to the scene.  The News Agency...

he Taraba People's Democratic Party (PDP) has warned its members to desist from holding meetings ahead of 2015 elections as such action is against party guidelines. Mr Victor Bala Kona, the state Chairman of the party, warned on Saturday in a speec...

The Speaker, House of Representatives, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal, has urged religious leaders to continue to pray for continued peace and unity in the country. He made the call at the National Prayer session organised by the Tijjaniyya Brotherhood in Kano ...

Gov. Umaru Al-Makura of Nasarawa state has inaugurated an 8-man Commission of Enquiry to ascertain the remote cause of the November’s ethnic clash in Agyaragu, Obi Local Government Area. Al-Makura in Lafia on Friday, said the administration was c...

Former Head of State, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari was among thousands of well wishers that attended the wedding ceremony of two daughters of Vice President Namadi Sambo on Saturday.   The wedding fatiha, held at the Sultan Bello Mosque in&nbsp...

The Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chief Emeka Wogu and aviation stakeholders have resolved issues that caused industrial disharmony in the aviation sector. At a meeting in Abuja, the trade unions in the aviation sector agreed to stay action on a...

The National Universities (NUC), has formally presented a letter of recognition to the Technical University, Ibadan. Presenting the letter to Gov. Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State, the Executive Secretary, NUC, Prof. Julius Okojie, charged the governor...