INEC fixes Saturday 25 April for Taraba guber run-off
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed Saturday, April 25th for the run-off election between Arch. Darius Ishaku of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Sen. Aisha Jummai Alhassan...
View ArticleRivers: I’ll not congratulate Wike, says Amaechi
The governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi, has said that he will never accept the electoral victory of the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Rivers state, Nyesom Wike, stressing...
View ArticleSpeed up release of Chibok girls, BBOG tells Jonathan, Buhari
As part of events marking the one year of the abduction of over 200 Chibok schoolgirls, hundreds of protesters yesterday took to Abuja streets, calling on the government to expedite action on their...
View ArticleAlison-Madueke denies seeking asylum anywhere
Petroleum Minister, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, said last night she was not seeking asylum in any part of the world, as claimed by her traducers ...
View ArticleBuhari to move against pension for ex-governors
President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), is to lead a campaign to repeal the pension laws for governors enacted by many states of the federation ...
View ArticleFire guts Mamman Kontagora House in Lagos
An early morning fire in Lagos on Wednesday gutted the Mamman Kontagora Building which houses the Federal Mortgage Bank and other businesses. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the13-storey...
View ArticleFRSC warns motorists against buying used tyres
The Unit Commander, Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), Badagry, Lagos State, Mr Salisu Galadunci, on Wednesday advised motorists to desist from buying used tyres for their vehicles. Galadunci told...
View ArticleNyanya Bombing: Fresh application stalls Ogwuche’s trial
The trial of Aminu Ogwuche and six other accused persons suspected of masterminding the Nyanya bomb blast which claimed 75 lives on April 14, 2014, stalled on Wednesday, following a fresh application...
View ArticleAPC plans to destabilise us – PDP
The Peoples Democratic (PDP), on Wednesday in Abuja alleged that the All Progressives Congress (APC) was trying to destabilise it by planting moles within its fold. Olisa Metuh, the party`s National...
View ArticleImo governorship, Assembly re-run polls to hold April 25
Due to the governorship and House of Assembly polls being declared inconclusive in Imo State, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed April 25 for a re-run of the elections....
View ArticleObasanjo gets court’s nod to publish ‘My Watch’
A Federal High Court sitting in Apo, Abuja has on Wednesday granted an order permitting former President Olusegun Obasanjo to go ahead with the publication of his book, My Watch. The trial judge,...
View ArticleAbia guber re-run holds April 25
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Abia state has scheduled the governorship re-run for the state for the 25th of April The re-run is to take place in the affected polling units and...
View ArticleBuhari may scrap ministers of state
The President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, is said to be considering the reduction of the number of ministers as part of his strategies for reducing cost of governance ...
View ArticleAir traffic controllers suspend strike
The traffic controllers at the domestic wing of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos have suspended the industrial action they embarked upon on Thursday morning. This followed the...
View ArticleEkiti workers protest plots to impeach Fayose
Workers in Ekiti State have decided to stay off their duty posts today to protest the incessant crises over plots by the All Progressives Congress, APC, lawmakers in the House of Assembly to impeach...
View ArticleChief Judge advocates English Language lessons for lawyers
Justice Ishaq Bello, the Acting Chief Judge of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, has advocated continuous education for lawyers, particularly in the use of English Language ...
View ArticleBuhari, Ezekwesili, Adichie, Shekau among TIME’s 100 most influential persons
President-elect Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has made the TIME’s list of 100 most influential people in the world ...
View ArticleI’m not seeking to stop Dieziani, others’ probe, says Abdulsalami
Former Head of State and chairman of the 2015 General elections Peace Committee, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar yesterday said he had not been intervening to stop the probe of any minister by the incoming ...
View ArticleUba, Ewunife, Oduah, others receive Certificates of Return
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has issued Certificates of Return to 12 out of 14 candidates who won National Assembly elections in Anambra on March 28. Senators-elect issued with...
View ArticleNHRC advises parents not to entrust wards to strangers
The National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, on Friday advised parents and guardians not to entrust their children to strangers, as such practice could expose them to danger and different forms of...
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