Politicians and civil right activists in Bayelsa State are divided over the ruling of the Supreme Court that led to the removal of the Governor of the State, Timipre Sylva and the swearing-in of the Speaker of House of Assembly Nestor Binabo as acting ...
As the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) meets today to determine the implication of the verdict of the Supreme Court which sacked five governors last Friday, Senator Nurudeen Abatemi-Usman, (PDP, Kogi Central) has commended the judiciar...
Rivers State Governor, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, has said that it was through determination that the state government succeeded in tackling militancy and criminality in the state before October 25, 2007. Amaechi, who said this in Port Harcourt, capital ...
In furtherance of the amnesty programme of the Federal Government, about 100 repentant ex- militants from the Niger-Delta region will start a four-month entrepreneurship training in three major vocations in Akure, the Ondo State capital. The ex-militan...
The Sayawa Community in Bauchi State has expressed dissatisfaction over the committee set up by the State Governor, Mallam Isa Yuguda to probe the recent attack on Tafawa Balewa Local Government Area of the state. The Sayawa Council of Elders in ...
A coalition of youth groups and women organisations in Kaduna, at the weekend, commended the Federal Government for appointing Mr. Mohammed D. Abubakar as the new Inspector General of Police (IGP). The youth groups said that now was the time for Nigeri...
The Arewa Youth Forum yesterday charged Nigerians to pursue forgiveness and reconciliation as the basis for achieving maximum national security and overcoming security threats. The forum which was reacting to series of criticisms against the appointmen...
Bauchi State Governor, Mallam Isa Yuguda, has charged top government officials and policy makers in the State to shun all forms of corruption which he described as the major militating factor against development in the State. The Governor g...
Former Deputy Governor of Niger State, Dr. Shem Nuhu Zagbayi and Coordinator of the North Central Town Hall Advocacy Meeting on the deregulation of downstream sector of the oil industry in Nigeria has said that the removal of subsidy on fuel was a bitt...
The Action Congress of Nigeria(ACN) in Kogi State has called for the sanctioning of the President of the Customary Court of Appeal in the state, Justice Shaibu Ibrahim, for allegedly violating the laws of the country. The state chairman of the party, A...
The Niger State Chairman of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), Umar Shuaibu has chided the Niger State government on its N9 billion bond projects saying that the initial N6 billion bond taken by the state government was not properly accou...
The Chairman of Niger State Hajj Commission, Mallam Mamman Mohammad has said that the commission would make it mandatory in this year’s hajj for husbands to write an undertaking that their wives are free of pregnancy before they would be allowed ...
A United States citizen kidnapped by gunmen in Delta State has returned to Georgia after being held captive for a week. Tamara Lane says her brother-in-law William Gregory Ock arrived in Atlanta on Sunday morning. The 50-year-old was kidnapped on Jan. ...
Sen. Liyel Imoke, the flag bearer for the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the April 14, 2012 gubernatorial election in the state has been presented with the Independent National Electoral Commission of Nigeria (INEC) nomination form. Presentin...
Novak Djokovic confirmed his place at the top of men's tennis by outlasting Rafael Nadal in a five-set epic to retain his Australian Open title. The world number one edged an gripping battle against with the second seed 5-7 6-4 6-2 6-4 6-7 (...