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A former leading member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Nasarawa State who defected to the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) Alhaji Abubakar Sarki Dahiru, has adduced reasons for the flop of PDP in the State. In chat with LEADERSHIP in Laf...
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has raised the alarm over ‘credible threats’ to Governor Rauf Aregbesola’s life allegedly being engineered by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to destabilize the South-West and soften the g...
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in Rivers State has called for a probe into the N500 million allegedly paid to refuse contractors on monthly basis by the state government. Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, had at a recent interactive session with ...
The Federal Government yesterday approved N2.6billion for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to print 40 million permanent voters’ card, saying it will further strengthen effort by the President Goodluck Jonathan’s adminis...
Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Henry Seriake Dickson has served notice that he will take far-reaching and sometimes painful steps to reposition the state, which he says is in a very bad economic shape. By SONI DANIEL. What is your agenda for Bayelsa Stat...
United States presidential hopeful Rick Santorum yesterday suspended his presidential campaign. With this development the race is now between Mitt Romney, the US Republican candidate, and incumbent President Barack Obama to face each ...
As various political interpretations are being given the recent visit of former president and the immediate past chairman, Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, the Edo State chapter of the party...
The Ekiti State government has concluded arrangement to provide jobs for 1,500 youths under its Youth Commercial Agriculture Development Programme (YCAD). The move is aimed at reducing unemployment in the state and ensuring that agriculture contributes...
The Bauchi State chapter of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), has warned its suspended chairman, Alhaji Shehu Barau Ningi, to stop parading himself as chairman of the party. The care taker chairman of the party, Aliyu S. Abubakar, ...
Civil servants in Oyo State on Tuesday resumed in their various offices following the suspension of the strike declared by the NLC in the state on April 5. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the state secretariat and ...
The Acting Governor of Zamfara, Alhaji Ibrahim Wakkala, has ordered the demolition of part of the on-going water treatment plant at Talata Mafara over non-adherence to contract specifications. Wakkala ordered the demolition on Tuesday after an in...
The family feud that caused the killing of four persons by a mobile policeman in Tudun-Wada, Jos, penultimate Thursday, was caused by a petty quarrel over a GSM memory card. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that six persons were also injured in...
Nigeria’s Vice President, Namadi Sambo on Monday night arrived in the U. S. for the annual conference of Export-Import Bank. The North America Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Vice president who came in abo...
The National Association of Telecom Subscribers (NATCOMS) on Tuesday appealed to the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to prevail on telecom operators to improve their customer care services. Chief Deolu Ogunbanjo, the President of the associati...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has advised the public to be wary of any of its offcials carrying arms in the name of the Corps. NSCDC's Public Relations Officer (PRO), Mr Emmanuel Okeh, gave the advice in an interv...