Adamawa: Sacked acting gov returns to Assembly as Speaker
Sacked acting Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Fintiri, has returned to the State House of Assembly as the Speaker effortlessly ... The post Adamawa: Sacked acting gov returns to Assembly as Speaker...
View ArticleU.S. denies alleged indifference to Nigeria’s fight against Boko Haram
The U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria, James Entwistle, has debunked media reports that America was not doing enough in helping Nigeria to contain terrorism in the country. Entwistle debunked the notion on...
View ArticlePower firms to refund customers who buy transformers, others – NERC
Customers who finance the acquisition of power assets may start getting back their money from the respective electricity distribution companies from December this year, the Nigerian Electricity...
View ArticleKwakwanso turns up heat on Jonathan over cash-for-arms seizure by South Africa
Governor Rabiu Musa Kwakwanso of Kano State has accused President Goodluck Jonathan-led Federal Government of not being sincere over its defence of the seized $9.3m and another $5.7m by the South...
View ArticleFG cautions APC: Don’t mix politics with Ebola
The federal government on Thursday in Abuja urged the opposition party to desist from politicising the fight against the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in the country. The call came on the heels of an...
View ArticleGovernor Ngilari sacks Adamawa cabinet, political appointees
The newly-sworn in Adamawa Governor, Mr Bala Ngilari, on Thursday approved the dissolution of the State Executive Council and political appointees with immediate effect. A statement signed by his Chief...
View Article2015: PDP cancels endorsement of candidates by state chapters
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has canceled the endorsement of candidates by officials ... The post 2015: PDP cancels endorsement of candidates by state...
View ArticleN1.9bn fuel subsidy fraud: Court frees Akintola Williams’ staff of compliciity
An Ikeja High Court on Friday discharged an accountant, Ezekiel Ejidele, who was tried for complicity in a N1.9 billion fuel subsidy fraud. Justice Lateefat Okunnu discharged Ejidele, a staff of...
View ArticleN8m Debt: Power cut in NASS raises security concerns
As federal lawmakers resume from their two weeks recess on Tuesday, concerns over security of lawmakers have arisen, following power cut to the National Assembly Complex by the Abuja Electricity...
View ArticleNCC releases information memorandum for auction of frequency licences
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has released information memorandum for prospective bidders for the auction of its 2.6 GHz Frequency Spectrum Licences. The NCC Executive Vice-Chairman, Dr...
View ArticleMolecule to speed up discovery of anti-Ebola drugs found
A synthetic molecule that imitates an important section of the Ebola virus promises to speed up discovery of anti-Ebola agents capable of dealing with all current strains and any that emerge in future...
View ArticleScores feared killed, 12 injured in Kirikiri prisons riot
Pandemonium broke out at Kirikiri Medium Prison in Lagos on Friday as a riot by inmates led to 12 inmates sustaining varying degrees of injuries while unconfirmed eyewitness reports said scores died....
View Article26 Persons Killed, over 80 homes razed down in Plateau in one week
No fewer than 26 persons have been killed and over 80 homes, including the residence of late Senator Gyang Dangtong, razed down in Riyom Local Government area of Plateau state in the past one week....
View ArticleJonathan welcomes greater support for Nigeria’s war against terrorism
President Goodluck Jonathan has welcomed the greater support for the war against terrorism from Nigeria’s neighbours. Speaking Friday in Abuja at an audience with Mr. Emmanuel Issoze Ngondet, a...
View ArticleRivers govt confirms receiving N200m Ebola fund from FG
The Rivers State Government said on Friday stated that President Goodluck Jonathan had released the sum of N200m promised by the Federal Government as part of its contribution to the fight against the...
View ArticleDon’t field Atiku, Obasanjo warns APC
There are strong indications that former President Olusegun Obasanjo may have warned the All Progressives Congress ... The post Don’t field Atiku, Obasanjo warns APC appeared first on The Citizen -...
View ArticleEbola screenings begin at JFK; four more airports start next week
Health screenings to help prevent the spread of Ebola began Saturday for some travelers to New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport but an official with the Centers for Disease Control and...
View ArticleTory MP quits over sex texts in UK
A Tory MP caught up in an internet sex scandal is to quit the Commons – after a second woman revealed he had sent her explicit personal pictures. In the latest blow to David Cameron after Thursday’s...
View ArticleFG begins rehabilitation of Zik’s Mausoleum
The Federal government has commenced the rehabilitation of the mausoleum and the library complex in honour of the late Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe in Onitsha, Anambra State. Minister of Lands, Housing and...
View ArticleWike, govs can’t compromise us — PDP
The National Integration Committee, South-South zone, set up by the national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party to reconcile aggrieved members of the party has said it would not allow any...
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