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The six members of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), suspended for alleged anti-party activities on Thursday, failed to appear before the Disciplinary Committee of the party. The Chairman of the seven-man committee, Alhaji Tayo Sowumi, made th...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday alerted the public on the activities of fraudsters using the names of ranking officials of the agency to obtain money from unsuspecting Nigerians. This is containe...
Assailants on Wednesday struck at Rim in Riyom Loal Government Area of Plateau, killing Mr John Daring, PDP Chairman in Sharubutu ward, his wife and a child. Police spokesman Abu Emmanuel confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Th...
The Plateau State Government indicated on Thursday it would partner with University of Jos on Information and Communication Technology (ICT), research works and training. Pastor Yiljap Abraham, the Information Commissioner, stated this&n...
The Chief Executive, Greennovative Chain Consulting, Ms Achenyo Idachaba, on Wednesday urged the Lagos State Government to take urgent steps to harness and utilise landfill gases for beneficial purposes. Idachaba made the plea at a two-day workshop in ...
Mr Ibrahim Kawule, a consultant on demographic studies on Wednesday commended the pronouncement by President Goodluck Jonathan on population control. Kawule, who is the Chief Executive Officer of Clarity Media Service made this known at a news conferen...
A motion on the need to privatise Nigerian Telecommunication Limited (NITEL) and Mobile Telecommunications Limited (MTEL) suffered a setback at the House of Representatives in Abuja on Thursday. The motion, which was sponsored by Rep. Chris Azubogu (AP...
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday in Abuja approved a new funding structure for the Service Compact with Nigerians (SERVICOM). SERVICOM was established by the Federal Government to monitor quality of service rendered to the public by gov...
Recently, Alhaji (Dr) Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, the Sultan of Sokoto, Oba Okunade Sijuwade, Ooni of Ife, the Chairman and Co-Chairman, of the National Council of Traditional Rulers Of Nigeria (NCTRN) receptively converged no fewer than 200 traditi...
Chief Albert K. Horsfall is the former Director-General of the State Security Service (SSS) and the Chairman of the defunct Oil Mineral Producing Areas Development Commission (OMPADEC). In this interview with Lawson Hayford, he shares his views on the ...
It is a new song and of course President Goodluck Jonathan bared his fangs when he commenced the process to re-jig his security apparatchik last week. George Agba reports that the security chiefs’ sack signalled an emerging new strategy in the wa...
Many would have thought that the contest to pick the governorship ticket of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in Ondo State for the October polls would be tough and acrimonious. Rather the process that threw up a one-time president of the Nigerian B...
Chief Abdulkareem Adebisi Akande is an elder statesman, former governor of Osun State and presently the National Chairman of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN). He recently met with journalists in his country home, Ila-Orangun, Osun State, where he d...
The proposed merger talks between the two leading opposition parties, Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) and the Congress for Progressive Change (ACN) is progressing and very soon it will be formalised. The two parties have been meeting at the topm...
Hate him or like him, Governor Peter Obi of Anambra State, will never change his style of governance. His seemingly well known philosophy of “I must do what I think is right for the state and not what will make the people clap for me” appea...