Ebonyi House freezes joint LG, state accounts
The recent peace bolster in Ebonyi State may have broken down as the state House of Assembly, yesterday, froze the joint accounts, JAC, for the state and local government areas operated by the present...
View ArticleProtesters storm S’African, US embassies, threaten reprisals
A civil rights organisation, One Africa Initiative, has threatened to embark on reprisal against South Africa investments in Nigeria and its Embassy in Abuja if the xenophobia attacks on migrants and...
View ArticleDon’t under-estimate any security threats – AIG Ogunsakin tells officers
Assistant Inspector General (AIG) of Police, Zone 6 Command Mr. Tunde Ogunsakin, yesterday in Calabar, advised policemen not to underestimate any security threat. He spoke at the police Officers’ Mess...
View ArticleI don’t need your praise, Tinubu tells Kashamu
The national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has rejected the praises showered on him by Ogun-East senator-elect, Buruji Kashamu. Kashamu, who is the Chairman of the...
View ArticleMake sacrifices for the people, says President-elect to politicians
The President-elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday in Abuja, said the time had come to make more sacrifices and deliver on the promises made to the electorate ...
View ArticleAPC threatens to boycott Imo guber re-run
The All Progressives Congress, APC, has threatened to boycott Saturday’s rescheduled election in the eastern state of Imo over the seeming compromise of the officials of the Independent National...
View ArticleEbonyi House freezes joint LG, state accounts
The recent peace bolster in Ebonyi State may have broken down as the state House of Assembly, yesterday, froze the joint accounts, JAC, for the state and local government areas operated ...
View ArticleJonathan sacks IGP Abba, appoints DIG Arase
President Goodluck Jonathan has on Tuesday sacked the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Suleiman Abba ...
View ArticleAPC heads for tribunal to challenge Kashamu’s victory
The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogun-East senatorial district, Dapo Abiodun, has filed a petition before the state National Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal to challenge the...
View ArticleGunmen storm Jonathan’s LGA, abduct Chairman
The peace in Ogbia, the local government area of President Goodluck Jonathan, was on Wednesday shattered after gunmen shot their way through the area and abducted the council’s Chairman, Mr. Enaye...
View ArticleFG pays N373bn to former PHCN workers
The Federal Government has paid a total of N 373, 170, 291, 200.38 in entitlements to former staff of the defunct Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN. That amount, according to the Bureau of Public...
View ArticleCourt strikes out Buhari’s eligibility suits
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has struck out two suits over the eligibility of President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari, to stand for the March 28, 2015 election ...
View ArticleBoko Haram: Nigerian troops storm Sambisa Forest
At last, Nigerian forces backed by warplanes invaded Islamist group Boko Haram’s last known stronghold, the Sambisa forest, on Wednesday, in an effort to finally defeat their six-year-old insurgency,...
View ArticlePolice: Drama as Abba stalls handover, 3 DIGs protest Arase’s appointment
There was confusion and drama at the Force Headquarters in Abuja, yesterday, as the sacked Inspector-General of Police, Mr Suleiman Abba, stalled the formal handover to his successor, Mr Solomon Arase ...
View ArticleI’ve stepped on many toes but gave my best, says Diezani
The Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Allison-Madueke, on Wednesday maintained that she has stepped on many toes while giving her best to the nation ...
View ArticleNew Police IG holds closed-door meeting with Jonathan
The acting Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Solomon Arase, on Thursday met behind closed-doors with President Goodluck Jonathan at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Arase told State House correspondents...
View ArticleEnugu guber: Ohodo indigenes in Lagos congratulate Ugwuanyi
The Ohodo Welfare Association, Lagos Branch, an umbrella body of Ohodo people living in Lagos heartily congratulates the Enugu State Governor-elect, Hon. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, on his victory at the...
View ArticleAbia re-run: Caskets with words warning voters against voting for APGA litter...
Aba residents woke up yesterday to meet caskets on some major streets in the commercial city, with warnings inscribed on them that if the people failed to vote for an Ngwa governor they would be...
View ArticleEx-Enugu gov Nnamani goes to tribunal over senatorial election result
A former governor of Enugu State, and the candidate of the People for Democratic Change in the Enugu East senatorial election, Sen. Chimaroke Nnamani, has filed a petition against the declaration of...
View ArticleBudget: Reps clarifies position on fuel subsidy, says provision made
The House of Representatives on Friday clarified that it approved N145bn for fuel subsidy in the 2015 budget. Deputy House spokesman, Mr. Victor Ogene, who made the clarification to newsmen in Abuja,...
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