Politics

Tension loomed yesterday night as some unscrupulous politicians bought election voter’s cards between N40,000 and N30,000 from the electorates depriving them of exercising their right by voting for candidates of their choice.  Those who spok...

South-East caucus of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has heavily criticised the governor of Imo State, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, over the sack of council chairmen in the state, describing his action as a mark of lawlessness. Col. Austin  Akobundu...

Two men, Umar Garba and Abubakar Mohammed, were on Friday remanded in prison custody by an Ilorin Magistrates' Court for killing one Umar Sidi and setting his body and motorcycle ablaze. The accused were said to have committed the offence with nine...

The Nigeria Christian Pilgrim Commission ( NCPC) on Friday in Abuja announced the 2012 fares  to Israel, Greece and Rome with about 15 per cent increase over  the 2011 rate. Speaking with newsmen, NCPC’s Executive Secretary John-Kennedy...

A 49-year-old civil servant, Gabriel Gbelelola, has dragged his wife, Bisilola, to an Ikorodu Customary Court in Lagos, seeking dissolution of his 13-year-old marriage. Gbelelola told the court that his wife was denying him regular sex, keeping late ni...

Major General Charles Airhiavbere (rtd) is the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the July 14, 2012 governorship election in Edo State. In an interview with reporters, he discusses the reasons why incumbency will not be a f...

General Muhammadu Buhari, as the leader and presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change in 2011, is expected by many of his party members to be the presidential flag bearer of the CPC once more in 2015. However, if Buhari decides to s...

Ahead of Saturday’s governorship election in Edo State, the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has called on all concerned to ensure that the election is peaceful, free, fair and transparent in the interest of the nation’s democracy. In a sta...

The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega  and the Inspector General of Police Muhammed Abubakar at  a stakeholders meeting in Benin ahead of Saturday governorship election in Edo State&nbs...

After over five months in the saddle, Kogi State Governor Idris Wada has sent a list of 18 commissioner nominees to the state House of Assembly for screening, confirmation and approval. The governor stated in the letter that he was sending the list of ...

The Senior Special Assistant to the President (SSAP) on Millennium Development Goals (MDGs),  has disclosed that four more local governments in Kogi State are in the frame to benefit the MDGs activities this year. Mrs. Precious Gbeneol, who reiter...

The Aviation Round Table (ART) on Wednesday in Lagos called for an amendment to the 1999 constitution to enable local governments respond to emergencies in their areas. The President of the ART, Capt. Dele Ore, made the call at a media briefing on emer...

The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) have debunked reports of fresh attacks in Tse and Shong villages in Plateau. The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Air Chief Marshal Oluseyi Petinrin, made this clarification in Abuja on Wednesday when he briefed newsmen on t...

The House of Representatives on Wednesday resolved to take a decision on a motion on the deployment of 3, 500 soldiers to Edo preparatory to Saturday’s governorship election. The motion, brought by Rep. Bimbo Daramola (ACN-Ekiti) on the recent de...

Mr Andrew Yakubu, the Group Managing Director of the NNPC, on Wednesday paid tribute to the Late Dr Levi Ajuonuma  who died in the Dana plane crash of June 3. He also paid tribute to four other workers of the corporation who died in the crash. Yak...