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Senate president David Mark has advised the government and people of Benue to remain peaceful during and after the forthcoming local government election in the state. Mark, who was represented by his wife, Helen, gave the advice at the burial of the la...
President Goodluck Jonathan has congratulated Gov. Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State on his declaration by INEC as the winner of the Oct. 20 governorship election in the State. Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Reuben Abati, said in ...
Former head of state Ernest Shonekan on Sunday in Abuja called for dialogue with leaders of those responsible for the spate of insecurity in parts of the country. He made the call at the graduation ceremony for participants in Executive Intelligence Ma...
The chairman of Kazaure local government area of Jigawa State, Dr. Saleh Yahaya Taiki, has endorsed the alleged presidential ambition of Jigawa State Governor Sule Lamido. He described Lamido as the right man for the job.Taiki told LEADERSHIP WEEKEND t...
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has concluded plans to deploy 198 election monitors to Ondo State ahead of Oct. 20 gubernatorial election. The Executive Secretary, Prof. Bem Angwe, said this on Thursday in Abuja at a news briefing org...
Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court in Lagos on Thursday granted bail to one Charles Okafor, charged with hijacking an oil vessel. The judge granted Okafor bail in the sum of two million naira with one surety in like sum. A...
HIV/AIDS prevalence rate has dropped from over three per cent to two per cent in Katsina State, the Executive Secretary of the Katsina State Agency for the Control of AIDS (SACA), Dr Muntari Hassan, has revealed. Hassan made the revelati...
Minna, Oct. 17, 2012 (NAN) Gov. Babangida Aliyu of Niger on Wednesday said that his government had uncovered plans by main opposition parties in the state to destabilise the state. This is contained in a statement issued by Aliyu’s Chief Press Se...
The presidency, yesterday, said that President Goodluck Jonathan’s proposal for a single term for the President and Governors was misunderstand, and maintained that it was twisted to mean the president was seeking tenure elongation through the ba...
The members of the three major opposition political parties in Niger State have resolved to challenge the state House of Assembly on sales of government properties. The Chairmen of the All Nigeria People Party (ANPP), Action Congress of Nigeria (...
In a controversial and dramatic manner, the Kogi State House of Assembly yesterday removed the principal officers from office. Twelve out of the 25- member assembly attended the session where the speaker and other principal officers were impeached. 17 ...
The Commissioner of Police in Ondo State, Mr Danladi Mshelbwala, says the police and other security agencies are fully prepared for Saturday's governorship election in the state. Mshelbwala told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Akure ...
Gov. Ibrahim Shema of Katsina State has sued Alhaji Mustapha Inuwa, a former Secretary to the Katsina State Government over alleged defamation of character. In a writ of summons, reference number KTH/70/2012, dated Oct. 8 and made available t...
The National Orientation Agency (NOA), on Tuesday decried the low budgetary allocation to implement its various programme at federal, state and local government levels. Mr Mike Omeri, Director General of the agency said this in Abuja during the o...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), has blamed the current fuel scarcity in Abuja on panic buying and hoarding of the product. Mr Fidel Pepple, acting Group General Manager, Public Affairs Division of the NNPC, told the News a...