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The FRSC will acquire additional 2,900 patrol vehicles between now and 2020 in line with the UN’s Decade of Action plan to reduce road accidents and deaths. A statement issued by the commission on Monday in Abuja said that Mr Osita Chidoka, the C...
Alhaji Nazifi Bello of the PDP has won Saturday’s by-election in Mashi Constituency in the Katsina State House of Assembly. The by-election followed the death of the member representing the constituency, Alhaji Surajo Mashi, on Dec.12, 2011. The ...
The Cross River Governor-elect, Sen. Liyel Imoke, has assured the electorate of more dividends of democracy in his second term. Imoke gave the assurance on Sunday in Calabar in an interactive session with journalists in his private residence after he w...
Tight security checks are being conducted at strategic points in Jos and Bukuru metropolis following the bomb blasts that hit the COCIN Headquarters Church in Jos on Sunday. The fierce-looking security men insisted on searching all vehicles and their p...
Come Friday March 2, the Supreme Court will deliver ruling on a case that will ultimately test its integrity and commitment to the cause of justice. While it has at various instances upheld the sanctity of the judiciary in Nigeria, its decision on Marc...
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Oyo State chapter, has said that the return of Senator Rashidi Ladoja to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been grossly over-hyped, stating that the scampering for his return by the top echelon of the party wa...
The candidate of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the Saturday bye-election into Mashi State constituency of Katsina State, Nazifi Yusuf Bello, has been declared winner of the election. However, the senator representing Ka...
Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson has announced the setting up of an 11-man Financial Management Committee led by the Former Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Mr.Timi Alaibe. The committee is expected to offer ad...
In its bid to ensure effective service delivery within a period of time, the Kwara state government has introduced what it terms ‘performance contracting’ in the state civil service. In the new arrangement, it is very clear that it would no...
It is a truism that whatever one labours hard to get, he guards jealously. This is exactly the case of Hon. Mashood Mustapha, a House of Representatives member, representing Ilorin West/Asa Federal Constituency at the lower chamber of the National Asse...
Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State yesterday frowned at the quality of jobs by the Niger Delta Development Commission in the state. The governor who stated his displeasure during the visit of the newly appointed Edo State representative on the Boar...
The Senate will investigate the Office of the Head of Service of the Federation (HOSF) on funds disbursed to it for the payment of pensions. Sen. Aloysius Etok, Chairman of the senate joint committee on Establishment and Public Service and that of Stat...
Gov Aliyu Wamakko of Sokoto State on Thursday approved the dissolution of the state executive council.The council’s dissolution was announced via a statement signed by Alhaji Hassan Maccido, the governor’s Director-General of Media. The sta...
The Niger State House of Assembly on Thursday adopted a motion urging the executive to appoint the chairman of its committee on security as a member of the state security council. It said that such appointment would keep the House abreast of the securi...
The Och' Idoma, Chief Elias Obekpa, has appealed to Mr John Haruna, the outgoing Commissioner of Police in Benue, to provide adequate security for him and his palace. Obekpa made the appeal on Thursday in Otukpo, while receiving Haruna ...