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The stage is now set for a legal battle against the victory of the incumbent Ondo State governor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko at the October 20 governorship election, as candidates of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Mr Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, and the Accor...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Gombe State says it arrested 12 drug suspects in some parts of the state. The state Commandant of the NDLEA, Mr Aliyu Adole, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) ...
Gov. Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State on Friday advised African countries to increase trade among themselves in order to speed up the development and prosperity of the continent. Fashola, who gave the advice while speaking at the 2012 Lagos K...
In commemoration of the 2012 World Pneumonia Day, the Delta government is partnering with Pfizer Pharmaceuticals to distribute pneumococcal vaccine (PCV 13) to children under five at the flood camps. This is contained in a statement signed by Mag...
Gov. Liyel Imoke of Cross River on Friday assured residents of the state of strict monitoring and evaluation of budget implementation. Speaking in Ogoja at a two-day budget consultative forum for local governments in the Cross River Senatorial District...
The Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC) said registered the Association of Tourist Boat Operators and Water Transporters of Nigeria (ATWOWATON) as a component of tourism in the country. The press officer of NTDC, Mr Wilfred Efosa, announced...
Gunmen on Friday attacked the Divisional Police Station in Buni Yadi, Gujba Local Government Area of Yobe and killed three policemen. Lt. Eli Lazarus, spokesman of the Joint Task Force security outfit in Yobe, confirmed the killings in a statement...
The National Poverty Eradication Programme (NAPEP) says it has disbursed N1.4 billion to 200,000 households in 27 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Mr Danladi Kobi, the Chief Press Secretary of NAPEP, stated this in a statement on Friday ...
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) said on Friday that Nigerians should not entertain any fear about the security of flight operations in the country. Mr Sam Adurogboye, the spokesman of the organisation, said in Abuja that the advice became ...
Gov. Adams Oshiomhole of Edo on Friday dissolved the state executive council ahead of his swearing-in for a second term on Monday. The governor, who announced the dissolution at a valedictory executive council session in Benin, expressed app...
It is now history in Ondo state as the people massively voted for Dr Olusegun Mimiko for a second term in office whereby he recorded a landslide victory as the first governor to achieve this feat. It is now time for the governor to play his part by giv...
Senator Abu Ibrahim (CPC, Katsina) is the Deputy Senate Minority Whip. In this interview with UCHENNA AWOM, he speaks on his indigeneship bill currently before the Senate, saying that time has come for Nigerians to be Nigerians. Why did you come up wit...
Plateau State Governor, Jonah Jang, has accused the National Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), in Plateau State of plotting to cripple his administration with prolonged strikes over the implementation of the nat...
The crisis rocking Ogun State Chapter of Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP)took a dramatic dimension yesterday when groups in the Party suspended five members each from the opposing factions. First to fire the salvo was the Obasanjo group led by Senator D...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has said that there was no rift between the House and the Presidency. This was just as he said that members of the lower legislative chamber remained committed to the welfare of Nigeria...