Politics

President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday urged the PDP National Chairman, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, to support and mentor political leaders to bring out the best in them. He made the call in Abuja at a book launch to mark Tukur’s 77th b...

The Jigawa Government on Saturday said it had awarded contract for the construction of 475 metres drain in the Ringim Local Government Council to check flooding in the area. The state Commissioner for Information, Alhaji Babandi Ibrahim, told the News ...

Alhaji Aminu Abdulkarim, Comptroller of Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), in charge of Niger command on Saturday said the command had deported nine Nigeriens. He told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna that the illegal immigrants...

The Youth Leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ebonyi, Mr Chinedu Ogah, has said that the youths would support any candidate endorsed by Gov. Martin Elechi, as his successor. Ogah made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Niger...

The Public Affairs Manager of Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) in Osogbo, Mr Timothy Adesanya, has denied the alleged drop in electricity supply in the metropolis. Adesanya told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday that the compl...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) local government primaries scheduled to hold on Saturday across Benue has been shifted to Sunday.   This is contained in a statement signed by Dr Emmanuel Agbo, the state Chairman of the party, in Makurdi on Satu...

Gov. Idris Wada of Kogi on Saturday warned people of Ibaji Local Government from taking laws into their hands over agitation on oil well in the community. Wada in a press statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media, Mr Jacob Edi, warned members of...

The Chairman, Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP) in Akwa Ibom, Mr Linus Udofia, has tasked Gov. Godswill Akpabio to focus on industrialising the state with his final court victory.   Udofia made this known in an interview with the New...

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) national chairman, Alhaji BamangaTukur, has pledged a more aggressive fight against corruption, adding that members of the party who had defected to different political parties will be comfortable in the party if they ret...

Gov. Theodore Orji of Abia on Friday returned 19 secondary schools to their original owners, 42 years after they were acquired by the defunct East Central State Government. Orji handed over the certificates of the schools to the heads of the different ...

Petrol scarcity which hit Dutse, Jigawa, about seven days ago has eased as many of the petrol stations now have the product. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the long queues of vehicles at the petrol stations have disappeared. Mr Sama&rsqu...

The Federal High Court on Friday in Abuja declined to halt the House of Representatives from commencing impeachment proceedings against President Goodluck Jonathan. Justice Gabriel Kolawole said that the court must be certain that the impeachment ...

An Ebute Meta Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, on Thursday remanded in Ikoyi Prison a 34-year-old bricklayer, Abiodun Otaoroju, charged with the murder of his 41-day-old son. The defendant is facing a two-count charge of murder and administering obnoxi...

A Federal High Court in Lagos on Thursday fixed Sept. 28, to rule on whether or not to stop the ongoing coroner’s inquest into the June 3 Dana plane crash. At the resumed hearing of the case, Justice Okon Abang, after allowing the adoption of the...

The House of  Representatives is to resume plenary on Tuesday, Rep. Victor Ogene, the Vice Chairman,  House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, has said. The News Agency of  Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the House went on annual recess o...