Aliero announced his defection along with the leadership of CPCin Kebbi during the launch of the PDP gubernatorial campaign in the state by President Goodluck at Halliru Abdu Stadium in Birnin Kebbi on Thursday. Aliero, who was accompanied...
The House of Representatives Committee on Education on Thursday in Abuja called for closer ties with the United Kingdom to nurture democratic institutions in Nigeria. Rep. Farouk Lawan, (PDP-Kano), the Chairman of the Committee, made the request when M...
One person was confirmed dead and another injured when a storey building under construction at NITEL Training School Cappa, Oshodi, Lagos, collapsed on Thursday. The spokesman of the Lagos State Police Command, Mr Joseph Jaiyeoba, confirmed the inciden...
The House of Representatives on Thursday said the alleged N44 million bribery scandal would not deter it from continuing the probe of the Nigerian Capital Market. Rep. Zakari Mohammed (PDP-Kwara), the Chairman of the Committee on Media and Public Affai...
President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday said that his administration would continue to recognise accomplished Nigerian leaders. The president gave the pledge in Lagos at the launch of a book entitled “Osoba: The Newspaper Years”, co-w...
President Goodluck Jonathan has called for a free and fair election in the forthcoming gubernatorial re-run in Kebbi on March 31, to demonstrate the growth of democracy in the country. Jonathan made the call on Thursday in Birnin Kebbi when he in...
The police have arraigned two accused persons, Abubakar Rabiu, 20, and Awalu Saidu 20, of no fixed address, before an Abuja Senior Magistrates' Court charged with joint act and theft. Police prosecutor Jerry Tangshak said the matter was reported by...
Dr Stella Dorgu of the PDP has emerged winner of the Sagbama/Ekeremor Federal Constituency bye-election held on Wednesday. Announcing the result in Sagbama on Thursday, the Returning Officer, Emmanuel Ekulo declared that Dorgu polled 78,309 votes...
President Goodluck Jonathan has called for prayers from traditional rulers for the restoration of peace and solution to security challenges facing the country. Jonathan made the call in Birnin Kebbi on Thursday when he paid a courtesy visit to the stat...
A gang of armed robbers on Thursday staged simultaneous raids on two banks in Ekpoma, Edo. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the robbers carted away an unspecified amount of money during the raids. The thieves, reportedly went t...
The Federal Government on Thursday in Abuja inaugurated a Presidential Committee on the Harmonisation of Salaries in the Public Service. The committee, headed by the Head of Service of the Federation, Alhaji Isa Sali, has the Chairman, National&n...
A Federal Capital Territory High Court was yesterday, March 21, 2012, told that a former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mallam Nasir el- Rufai and two of his officials unilaterally revoked some juicy plots of land and allocated same to them...
The United States Government has expressed its willingness to partner with the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) for the development of the Niger Delta region. The US Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Terence McCulley, made this known when he led top U...
The ECOWAS Commission on Thursday condemned the coup by some renegade who announced the overthrow of the government of Amodou Toure of Mali. A statement issued in Abuja and signed by the Commission's President Désiré Ouedraogo warned that the com...
Police have lost contact with a 24-year-old gunman suspected of killing seven people in the name of al Qaeda and there has been no sign of life from his apartment in Southwestern France for 10 hours, a minister said. More than a day after 300 police fi...