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President Goodluck Jonathan and Jamaican Prime Minister, Simpson Miller have expressed worry over the status of Jamaica-Nigeria Technical Cooperation in Oil, following the suspension of oil facility of the two countries. A joint communique issued on th...
Worried by the fractious nature of the party in most states, national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party Alhaji Bamanga Tukur is set to commence a national reconciliation tour of the six geopolitical zones of the country. The reconciliation tour ...
Former Minister of Defense and a Peoples Democratic Party stalwart in Edo State, Retired Major General Godwin Abbe, has called on his party to rescind it decision to challenge the victory of Comrade Adams Oshiomhole at the Edo State Election Tribunal. ...
Emotions ran high as sympathisers at the 3rd Day Fidda’u prayers for late Hajiya Fatima Al-Mustapha could not hold back tears at the prayer session, protesting the absence of Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, her eldest son. There was visible anger...
Gov. Chibuike Amaechi of Rivers has said that the monthly revenue of the state government has dropped from N18 billion to N13 billion in spite of an increase in expenditure. The governor made the statement in Port Harcou...
Gen. Charles Airhiavbere, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the July 14 Edo Governorship election, has filed a petition at the Election Petitions Tribunal challenging the victory of Gov. Adams Oshiomole of ACN. Mrs Joseph...
The Chief Judge of Niger, Justice Jibrin Ndajiwo, has urged judges and magistrates in the state to be lenient when passing sentences on accused persons. Ndajiwo made the appeal on Friday at the Nigerian Prison in Suleja during an annual prison vis...
Scores of commercial motorcyclists on Friday in Ilorin staged a protest against the decision of the government to restrict their operations. The commercial motorcyclists, who were apparently reacting to the decision of the st...
The National Communication Commission (NCC) is to create a national emergency call number to link all emergency agencies, including FRSC, Police and Fire Service, Mr Eugene Juwah, said. Juwah, the Executive Vice-Chairman of NCC, made the statemen...
The Nigerian Army in Kaduna on Saturday announced the arrest of a suspected member of a terror group after raiding an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) factory in the city. The Assistant Director, Army Public Relations, 1 Div. Kaduna, Col. Sani Usman, ...
As compelling security, political and economic challenges push Nigeria to the brink, two elder statesmen and former military heads of state - retired Generals Olusegun Obasanjo and Ibrahim Babangida bite the bullet and express weighty positions in a no...
The Bayelsa government on Friday said that graduates of Izon language would be given automatic employment by the State Government. The state's Commissioner for Culture and Ijaw National Affairs, Dr Felix Tuodolo, made the announcemen...
The Kwara Government has pledged to assist the National Population Commission (NPC) to achieve the set goals of the commission. The Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Sola Gold, gave the assurance on Friday while re...
Gov. Aliyu Wamakko of Sokoto State on Friday swore in Alhaji Nuhu Adamu as the new Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice of the state. Adamu replaced Alhaji Inuwa Abdulkadir, who is now the Minister of Youths Development&n...
The Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) has thrown its weight behind the embattled national chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Chief Victor Umeh in the ongoing battle for the leadership of the party. CNPP also endorsed t...