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Ahead the May 4, 2013 council polls, the Kogi State Governor Captain Idris Wada, has warned trouble makers to have a rethink, saying the law enforcement agents are properly equipped to handle any ugly situation.
Wada who g…
National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Bamanga Tukur yesterday said there was no crime in his son aspiring to the office of the governor of his home state, Adamawa.
This is even as he described the dreaded Islamic sect, Boko Ha…
The National Convention Planning Committee of Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has accused President Goodluck Jonathan of plans to sabotage the party’s convention slated for today.
Reacting to the scheduled visit of President Jonathan to Lagos to…
The elders of the ruling People Democratic Party (PDP) in Niger State have restricted the governorship contest in the state to Kontagora and Wushishi emirate councils by 2015.
The two emirates consist of four federal constituencies of Kontagora, Magama…
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) chairman, Professor Attahiru Jega, yesterday in Sokoto admitted that managing and reforming electoral process in Nigeria was a very challenging task, even as he assured that the body was redoubling its e…
Continue readingNasarawa State governor, Umaru Tanko Al-Makura, yesterday swore-in 17 new commissioners and the head of civil service of the state in a glamorous occasion at the Ta’al Conference Hotel in Lafia, the state capital. Of the 17 newly sworn-in m…
Continue readingA group known as ‘We The People of Nigeria’ yesterday clarified that it was operating on its own against the presidency’s attempt to distance itself from it, saying it was not part of any committee nor being sponsored by the presidenc…
Continue readingSpeaker of the Jigawa State House of Assembly, Hon Adamu Ahmed Sarawa has expressed his support for the proposal by the federal government to grant amnesty to members of Boko Haram.
He said that every true northerner would support President Goodluck Jo…
The Senate President, David Mark, says the media in the country has contributed to the success of the National Assembly and those who have come to the senate from the media have performed well.
Mark made this statement when the Senate Press Corp paid h…
There is growing tension in Rivers State following the sack of the Chief Godpower Umejuru Ake-led executive of the state chapter of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) by an Abuja High Court.
The Ake-led executive of the party is alleged to be lo…
