MEND doesn’t exist, Says Asari-Dokubo
The leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force (NDPVF), Alhaji Asari-Dokubo, has said the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND) is a faceless organisation which no longer existed...
View ArticleArunma Oteh quits SEC today
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) yesterday announced the exit of Arunma Oteh as its director-general. The commission made the disclosure in a statement issued by its management. It...
View ArticleAmid tight security, world leaders gather for Unity March in Paris
In a most historic gathering, hundreds of thousands of people poured into the streets of Paris Sunday to join top French officials and world leaders for a rally and march under extraordinary security...
View ArticlePolitical parties to get voter register Tuesday –INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission has said it will give the register of voters to all the registered political parties on Tuesday. The electoral commission said the handing over of the...
View ArticleArmed Forces Remembrance Day: Nigeria must remain united, Says Gov Uduaghan
As Nigeria remembers its fallen heroes, Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State has called for actions which will deepen the peace and unity of the country. Uduaghan made the call yesterday at an...
View ArticleExplosion rocks Rivers APC office
Political violence raged in parts of the country on Sunday with an explosion rocking the All Progressives Congress secretariat in Abam Ama, Okrika Local Government Area of Rivers State. Just as the...
View ArticleJos boils, Police station burnt, soldiers arrest 13
Not fewer than thirteen people have been arrested in Jos in connection with the burning down of Jonathan’s campaign buses on Saturday. A police post was however set ablaze by some people...
View ArticleGwarzo takes over from Oteh as acting SEC DG
The Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday announced that the Executive Commissioner, Operations, Mr. MounirGwarzo, had taken over the affairs of the commission as the acting Director General....
View ArticleBuhari can’t win election with cabals surrounding him – Gov Lamido
Jigawa State Governor of Sule Lamido has said that the cabals surrounding the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, General Muhammad Buhari would not allow him win next month’s...
View ArticleAPC chairman, Odigie-Oyegun’s residence raided
The All Progressives Congress’s National Chairman, Chief John Oyegun residence in Abuja was raided in the early hours of Monday by armed invaders. In a statement in Lagos on Monday by its National...
View Article‘Where were you before now’– EFCC asks politicians seeking prosecution of...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has asked politicians inundating it with frivolous petitions against their political opponents where they were before now, warning that the...
View ArticlePDP loses 7 senators to APC, LP, PPA
Not less than seven Peoples Democratic Party senators have dumped the party for others ahead of the general election. Senators that defected from the PDP to other political parties as the Senate...
View ArticleMass defection hits Ondo PDP as Agagu’s brother, ex-speaker, others defect to...
A mass defection has hit the Peoples democratic Party in Ondo State. This follows the defection on Tuesday of several political heavyweights in the state from the PDP to the All Progressives Congress....
View ArticleCameroonian troops kill 143 Boko Haram fighters, government says
Cameroon’s army has said it killed 143 Boko Haram fighters. This is coming as the government said it was the biggest defeat it had inflicted to date on the Islamist group. The government spokesman,...
View ArticleSenate confirms Nnana as CBN Deputy Governor
The Senate on Tuesday confirmed Dr. Joseph Okwu Nnana as a Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria. The Senate decision was sequel to the report of the Senate Joint Committee on Banking,...
View ArticlePDP gives Ochei, others 48 hours to return or face sanctions
The Peoples Democratic Party has given 48 hours to those who defected from the party in Delta State to return or face sanctions. Some prominent members of the party in the state, including a former...
View ArticleOhaneze Ndigbo announces caretaker committee to run group
By Chibota Edozie The Ohanaeze Elders Council has announced a 20-member caretaker committee to run the affairs of the organization. The caretaker committee to be inaugurated on Thursday in Enugu...
View ArticleNCAA suspends Discovery Airline
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has announced the suspension of the operations of Discovery Airlines. A statement by NCAA on Tuesday said that the suspension took effect from last...
View ArticleRespite as Lagos State pledges to rebuild Balogun Market
Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola visited the burnt Balogun Market, Lagos on Tuesday to get first hand assessment of the burnt section of the market, pledging to help rebuild the market. The...
View ArticleFashola slams Jonathan: You failed, not your generation
The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, on Tuesday said President Goodluck Jonathan’s comment that his generation had failed Nigerians was personal to him. He told the President to accept...
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