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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 Action Congress of Nigeria has, so far, presented more than 40 witnesses at the on-going Governorship election petition tribunal sitting in Lokoja. The post election legal fireworks began last week, Monday, with 10 witnesses testifying against the ...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said in Abuja on Thursday that plans for update of voters' register throughout the country was still on course. Mr Kayode Idowu, Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman Prof. Attahiru Jega, ...
The Ogun State Police Command, yesterday, said it was intensifying investigation into the call logs on the mobile phone of the late Egba High Chief and Chairman, Golf Resort Hotel, Apagun Oluwole Olumide, who reportedly committed suicide in Abeokuta la...
The United Kingdom has said that it is committed to the fight against terrorism by the radical Islamic sect, Boko Haram and several other terrorist organizations across the world. The Head of Political Section, British High Commission in Nigeria, Mr. P...
The Imo State Government said it has uncovered 3000 abandoned water projects scattered across the 27 local government areas of the state. Making the disclosure while commissioning three water schemes donated by a Non-Governmental Organization (NG...
A new Commissioner of Police has been appointed for the Osun State Police Command. She is Mrs. Kakafite Adeyemi. Mrs. Adeyemi succeeds the former Commissioner of Police, Mr. Olusegun Solomon who was recently promoted to the rank of Assistant Inspector ...
Four suspected drug barons were killed in a clash with NDLEA officials on Wednesday at Loco village in Song Local Government Area of Adamawa. The state NDLEA Commander, Alhaji Hassan Zungeru, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) i...
The National Poverty Eradication Programme (NAPEP) in Kano State is to set up a committee to recover outstanding debts from its loan defaulters across the state. The NAPEP State Secretary, Hajiya Zainab Mohammed, disclosed this in an interview with the...
One of the new entrants to the governorship race in Ondo State, Dr Olusegun Abraham, has given his verdict on the three year administration of Governor Olusegun Mimiko in the State and concluded that it was a failure. The aspirant who is vy...
One of the leading contenders for the National Chairmanship of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), Barrister Ibrahim Shehu Birma, has chided the leader of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) over his recent statement that PDP is trying to explo...