Uduaghan Cautions Against Sectional Politics
Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan on Monday cautioned against sectional and ethnic politics that has been the bane of development and progress of the country. Uduaghan, speaking at a...
View ArticleWonder drug to block AIDS underway
Research led by scientists at the Gladstone Institutes has identified the precise chain of molecular events in the human body that drives the death ...
View ArticleFRSC boss hails special yuletide patrol for reducing road accidents nationwide
The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) said on Tuesday that the current nationwide special yuletide patrol had reduced the rate of road crash ...
View ArticleEx-Anglican primate, Akinola kidnapped, rescued
The former Primate of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), The Most Reverend (Dr) Peter Jasper Akinola, was on Tuesday, kidnapped in Ogun State ...
View ArticleNDLEA arrests 4 ‘underwear’ cocaine smuggling suspects
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested four suspects for the unlawful importation of 2.375 kilogramme wraps of substances that tested positive for cocaine. A total of 144 wraps...
View ArticlePolice calm residents after bomb scare in Ebonyi
Pandemonium, fear and panic gripped residents of Abakaliki in Ebonyi State capital yesterday following alleged discovery of a device by the Police bomb disposal unit in the state. It was gathered that...
View ArticleKano presents N219.2bn budget for 2014
Gov. Rabi’u Kwankwaso of Kano State has presented a budget of N219.2 billion to the state House of Assembly for the 2014 fiscal year. Kwankwaso said out of the amount, N70.6 billion was for recurrent...
View ArticleUN increases peacekeeping force to South Sudan
The UN Security Council on Christmas eve authorised an increase of the UN peacekeeping force in South Sudan to nearly 14,000, in the face of a rapidly ...
View ArticleI will not anoint any successor- Imoke
Cross River State Governor Liyel Imoke has said he will not anoint any person as successor for the 2015 governorship election in the state. Imoke said this on Tuesday when he hosted the state’s Elders’...
View ArticleMandela should be an object of study- Justice Oputa
He noted that Mandela, in life and death, had shown that forgiveness remained a potent virtue that propelled people to eschew their differences and work for tolerance and peaceful co-existence ...
View ArticleLawyer sues Jonathan, NASS for absence of disability law
A physically challenged lawyer, Mr. Daniel Onwe, has sued President Goodluck Jonathan and the National Assembly for failure to enact a law protecting ...
View ArticleFG repatriates 80 Nigerians from Saudi Arabia
Eighty Nigerians out of an expected 508 on Wednesday arrived from Saudi Arabia after the Federal Government approved their repatriation ...
View ArticleLetter to President: Al-Mustapha dares Obasanjo to public debate
The former Chief Security Officer to late Head of State, Sani Abacha, Hamza Al-Mustapha, has challenged former president Olusegun Obasanjo to an open debate ...
View ArticleChrist installed me as Governor – Amaechi
The Rivers State Governor and Chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum on Wednesday claimed that Jesus, and not man, installed him as the state governor. He insisted that his emergence as the State...
View ArticleEx-Anglican Primate relates ordeal with kidnappers
The former Primate of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), Dr. Peter Akinola, on Wednesday recounted his ordeal in the hands of the gunmen who abducted him, his daughter and driver on Tuesday...
View ArticleWe’re winning the war against crude oil theft –JTF
The Joint Task Force (JTF) Operation Pulo Shield has declared that it is winning the war against crude oil theft, illegal bunkering and pipeline vandalism in the Niger Delta region. The Commander of...
View ArticleAmaechi, Kwankwaso, Wamakko, others assemble 10-man legal team to defend...
The five governors who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) have put together a 10-man legal team ...
View ArticleRivers factional Speaker rebuffs plan to impeach Amaechi
The factional Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Evans Bipi, has denied reports that he plotted to impeach the state governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi ...
View ArticleAPC condemns Jonathan’s reply to OBJ’s letter
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has taken a swing on the Presidency for “engaging former President Olusegun Obasanjo in a hot exchange ...
View ArticlePolice yet to vacate New PDP office – Eze
The Police are yet to vacate the secretariat of the New Peoples Democratic Party despite the merger of the faction with the All Progressives Congress (APC) ...
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