House of Reps: Ebonyi Speaker, 5 others win primaries
The embattled Speaker of Ebonyi State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Chukwuma Nwazunku and five other aspirants Saturday emerged winners of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP House of Representatives...
View ArticleFashola surrenders, canvasses support for Tinubu, APC candidate, Ambode
The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, has made a u-turn as he urged Lagosians to vote for the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Party, Mr. Akin Ambode, to sustain the programmes...
View ArticleBribe airport workers, risk five-year jail term
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission on Sunday warned airport workers and travellers to desist from illicit transactions, saying the commission had commenced a secret...
View ArticleDasuki to replace Tambuwal in Federal House
A member of the Sokoto State House of Assembly, Abdussamad Dasuki, on Sunday picked the ticket of the All Progressives Congress for the Kebbe-Tambuwal Federal Constituency. If Dasuki wins the February...
View ArticlePENGASSAN threatens to shut down oil industry over PIB delay, anti-labour...
The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria says it has finalised plans to shut down all oil and gas installations in the country on the grounds of delay in the passage of the...
View ArticleEnugu 2015: PDP Senatorial aspirants hold parallel primaries
Except for the primaries that returned the Deputy Senate President, Sen. Ike Ekweremadu, as an unopposed candidate in the Enugu-West Senatorial district, the other two senatorial primaries in Enugu...
View ArticleInvestors count losses in Seplat, Caverton as stocks plummet
Investors in Seplat Petroleum Development Company Plc and Caverton Offshore Support Group Plc (Caverton), two companies that got listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) are now counting losses in...
View Article100 Resilient Cities: Why Enugu made the list – Rockefeller Foundation
The Rockefeller Foundation has given reasons why Enugu achieved the historic selection as the first Nigerian city to join the 100 Resilient Cities Network (100RC). The city was among the four African...
View ArticleBody of former minister, Ashiru arrives in Nigeria
The remains of former minister of foreign affairs, Ambassador Gbenga Ashiru arrived Lagos yesterday. The body was flown in aboard South African Airways with flight number SA060, which landed at the...
View ArticleNFF returns N510m World Cup money to govt
Amidst the stormy weather in Nigerian football, the Amaju Pinnick-led Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, would score yet another goal in transparency and accountability today, when they return a...
View Article2015: Lamis Dikko wins PDP senatorial ticket in Katsina
Seasoned banker, Alhaji Lamis Dikko, Ajian Katsina, has emerged as the Peoples Democratic Party’s unopposed candidate for the Katsina Central senatorial district, Katsina State. Lamis, an astute...
View ArticleEnugu 2015: Ugwuanyi Support Group launches in USA, backs ‘Gburugburu’ to...
A democracy group has launched in the United States of America (USA) in support of Hon. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Enugu Chapter, consensus candidate in the gubernatorial...
View ArticleS/Court to hear suit challenging Jonathan’s eligibility Dec 16
The Supreme Court will on Monday, December 16 hear an appeal brought before it by a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr Umar Ardo, challenging the judgment of the Court of Appeal, Abuja...
View ArticleMilitary recognizes Tambuwal as Speaker
The Armed Forces on Monday distanced themselves from Police Inspector-General Suleiman Abba by recognising Aminu Waziri Tambuwal as the Speaker of the House of Representatives. Tambuwal was duly...
View Article2015: Lamis Dikko wins PDP senatorial ticket in Katsina
Seasoned banker, Alhaji Lamis Dikko, Ajian Katsina, has emerged as the Peoples Democratic Party’s unopposed candidate for the Katsina Central senatorial district, Katsina State. Lamis, an astute banker...
View Article‘No northerners‘ll rightly vote for PDP’
The Borno State Deputy Governor, Alhaji Zannah Mustapha, on Monday said no northerner in his right senses would vote the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2015 elections. He said that the PDP candidate...
View ArticleMinna jailbreak: NPS recaptures 108 inmates
About 108 inmates have been recaptured out of the 275 that escaped from the Medium Security Prison, Minna, Niger State, and last week. The Nigeria Prison Service stated that the prisoners were...
View ArticleB’Haram: ‘100 ex-soldiers killed in N’East’
The National Chairman of the Nigerian Legion, Col. Micah Gaiya (retd.), on Monday said that 100 ex-servicemen had been killed in the North-East part of the country, being ravaged by the violent Islamic...
View ArticleEmmanuel Udom wins A’Ibom gov primary
The immediate past Secretary to Akwa Ibom State Government, Mr. Udom Emmanuel, has won the People’s Democratic Party primary election in the state. The result, as announced by the Chairman, PDP...
View ArticleN5bn fraud: Court adjourns former Chevron accountant’s trial
A Lagos State High Court in Ikeja has further adjourned till February 17, 2015 the case of a former accountant with Chevron Nigeria Limited, Mr. Michael Adenuga, who is standing trial for N5bn fraud....
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