Nasarawa: Maku hasn’t been granted waiver, says LP
The Labour Party on Monday said it had not granted waiver to the immediate past Minister of Information, Mr Labaran Maku, to get its Nasarawa governorship ticket for the 2015 elections. The LP National...
View ArticleAPC mounts pressure on Ndoma-Egba, Lokpobiri to dump PDP
There is pressure on the Leader of the Senate, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba, and Senator Heineken Lokpobiri from Bayelsa State to dump the Peoples Democratic Party for the opposition All Progressives...
View ArticleThisDay Kogi correspondent dies
Members of Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ in Kogi State were yesterday thrown into mourning following the sudden death of Thisday Correspondent, Mr. Timothy Ajiboye. Ajiboye died after a brief...
View ArticleNigeria loses 177, 000 children to pneumonia yearly, says WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO) yesterday said that pneumonia alone claims the lives of approximately 177,000 children under five years yearly in Nigeria, with over 800,000 children under five...
View ArticleEnugu workers serve Chime strike notice over salary, others
Labour leaders in Enugu State rose from a meeting on Monday in Enugu, disclosing plans to embark on strike early next year if the state government fails to resolve outstanding issues relating to...
View ArticleUnmask sponsors of Boko Haram, Mark urges security agents
Nigeria’s Senate President, David Mark, has reasoned that one of the ways to end the reign of insurgency and the onslaught of Boko Haram on Nigerians is to unmask their sponsors within and outside the...
View ArticleJega: Parallel congresses not known to INEC
Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega, on Monday in Abuja said the commission took no cognisance of any parallel congresses and primaries as it prepares for the...
View ArticleB’Haram: Ihejirika slams N100bn libel suit on Australian negotiator
A former Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika, has instituted a N100bn libel suit against a self-styled Australian hostage negotiator, Stephen Davies, for accusing him (Ihejirika) of...
View Article‘Why Kano opposed local government autonomy’
Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Deputy Governor of Kano State, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has explained why Kano State joined other states in opposing the...
View ArticleBlame Buhari for Lagos traffic – Minister
The Minister of State for the Federal Capital Territory, Jumoke Akinjide, says the people of Lagos State should blame the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Maj.Gen Muhammadu...
View ArticleMy certificates are with military, Buhari tells INEC
A former Head of State and the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the 2015 general elections, Maj.Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has told the Independent National Electoral...
View Article2015: PDP sure of victory in Kaduna –Sambo
Vice President Namadi Sambo is hopeful that with the overwhelming support the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) enjoys in Kaduna State, the party will garner over two million votes in the 2015 general...
View ArticleBomb blast at Potiskum football field
Tragedy struck in Yobe State when a 12- year old girl Sunday morning stepped on an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) planted by a suspected suicide bomber at a football field in Potiskum town, killing...
View Article‘Why Jonathan will face difficulties in South-South’
Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, has the faulted widely-held notion that President Goodluck Jonathan will sweep the South-South...
View Article2015: INEC releases names of presidential candidates, running mates
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has released the names of the presidential candidates and their running mates who will contest next year’s elections Of the 26 registered political...
View ArticleWorkers groan over unpaid December salary … It’s system challenge, not funds’...
It was bleak Christmas for most federal government and states workers across the country as they spent the Yuletide without their salaries despite promises by employers. Specifically, at the Federal...
View ArticleFG extends capital budget execution till March 2015
The Federal Government has extended the execution of the capital components of the 2014 budget by three months from the initial end date of December 31, 2014 to the last day of March 2015. Our...
View ArticleGovt signs MoU with EU observers for 2015 polls
To ensure violence-free, fair and credible elections in 2015, the Federal Government has signed Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) with the European Union (EU). Speaking at the event Monday in Abuja,...
View Article2015: Vote Jonathan, vote hunger – Osinbajo
The running mate to General Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in next year’s presidential ...
View ArticleBlame Obasanjo for Nigeria’s woes – Gani Adams
The National Coordinator of Oodu’a Peoples Congress (OPC), Otunba Gani Adams has expressed concern ...
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