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The Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), yesterday, at its national headquarters in Abuja stated that the federal government was not sincere in managing the security challenges in the country. The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Engr Rotim...
Frontline aspirant for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Chairmanship contest, Dr. Bamanga Tukur, said yesterday that he was the right man for the party’s top post, which he said was for daddies and not children. Tukur, who led PD...
Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, a PDP chairmanship aspirant, said on Monday in Abuja that the leadership position of the ruling party was not a job for children. “The chairmanship position of the ruling party is not a job for the children, but a job for th...
Gov. Gabriel Suswam of Benue has assured Dr Bamanga Tukur, a National Chairmanship aspirant of the PDP, of block votes from the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the national convention of the party is scheduled to hold on Marc...
The Minister of Information, Mr Labaran Maku, has challenged Nigerians to imbibe the virtues of hardwork and honesty in their various fields of endeavor to complement government’s developmental efforts. Maku said this in Abuja on Monday at the in...
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) on Monday opened bids for 66 mega projects in accordance with the provisions of the Public Procurement Act. Dr. Christian Oboh, the Managing Director of the commission, who opened the bids in Port Harcourt,...
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Olugbenga Ashiru, on Monday in Abuja, tasked the 88 newly-appointed ambassadors to sustain efforts that would attract foreign investment to the country. The minister, who spoke at an induction course for the ...
The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF) on Monday in Lagos called on Nigerians to shun religious sentiments and regard the Boko Haram sect as a common enemy. This, it said, would facilitate the eradication of the sect's menace. Reacting to Sunday...
In an effort to make pupils active participants in the electoral process, INEC said on Monday in Abuja that it would ensure that voter education became part of the secondary school curriculum. Prof. Lai Olurode, Chairman of the Board of Electoral Insti...
As the battle for the number one office of the ruling party rages on, Dr Musa Babayo an aspirant to the office of the National Chairman of the PDP argues that he has the most required competence in party administration to change the fortunes of the par...
It will be so smooth a political allusion to say that these lawmakers are troublemakers. Consider this scenario where the ever ready critics of the Senators would say; don’t mind them; “ They like to court trouble, they cherish it so much s...
Dr Dalhatu Tafida, the Nigerian High Commissioner to the UK, has advised diplomats to show more commitment in the discharge of their duties for effective service delivery. Tafida gave the advice on Saturday at a send-off dinner in honour of his Special...
A member of the House of Representatives, Rep. Odeneye Olusegun (ACN-Ogun), says Nigeria is not yet prepared for electronic voting. Olusegun said this in Abuja on Sunday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). He was reacting to comments...
Delta Government says it will train 75 Local Governments' officials under the Needs Assessment and Baseline Survey (NABS) programme of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The State Commissioner for Special Duties (MDGs), Mrs Victoria Ikechukwu...
Gov. Kashim Shettima of Borno has expressed shock over last week’s killing of Alhaji Adamu Ahmadu, the Comptroller of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) in charge of Yobe and Borno. Ahmadu was killed on Tuesday at his residence in Potiskum, Yobe,...