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The Senate has restated its determination to reject any discussion that posed threat to the unity of Nigeria as one indivisible nation. The Chairman, Senate Committee on Information, Media and Public Affairs, Sen. Enyinnaya Abaribe, reaffirmed the pled...
The Chief Whip of Kogi House of Assembly, Alhaji Suleiman Babadoko and his Deputy, Hajia Habibat Mohammed-Deen, have been removed from office, following a “vote of no confidence” passed on them. The Speaker of the House, Alhaji Abdullahi Be...
Hon. Seriake Dickson and his running-mate, Real Admiral Gboribia Jonah were on Tuesday, sworn-in as governor and deputy respectively, even as they declared a 4-point agenda that will witnessed the massive infrastructural development, the proactiv...
Following the withdrawal of charges against some of the accused persons and multinational company arraigned along with the former Minister of Works, Dr. Hassan Lawal, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is set to file amended charge to ...
The Kogi State office of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) has confirmed that 61 people lost their lives in 485 road crashes recorded in the state in January this year. The state's Sector Commander of the FRSC, Mr Michael Olapade, who confi...
The 40th Ordinary Summit of ECOWAS Heads of State and Government will hold in Abuja from Thursday to Friday, according to a statement from ECOWAS Commission. The statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja said that during the summit statutory position...
The Kano State Government has relaxed for the second time the curfew it imposed on the state by four hours. The state government imposed the curfew on Jan. 20 as a result of the multiple bomb explosions which rocked the Kano metropolis. The state Commi...
The recent allegation by the Congress for Progressive Change [CPC] Governorship candidate in Bauchi State, Alhaji Yusuf Maitama Tuggar that Governor Isa Yuguda had used thugs to win the April 2011 election by using them to intimidate the CPC supp...
Enugu State Government and the State House of Assembly have indicated interest to intervene in the crisis between the Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT) and 544 students that were expelled last week by the institu...
Plateau State Government, yesterday, presented relief materials worth N8.02 million to more than 400 internally displaced persons from Yobe State. The State government also donated drugs and provided temporary accommodation to the families in Jos. The ...
The Bauchi airstrip was closed for renovation last year and was officially declared open for use by Gov. Isa Yuguda of Bauchi on Monday. The airstrip was closed by the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) on grounds of safety after the plane of the ...
Gov. Chibuike Amaechi of Rivers says the country’s oil and gas industry is characterised by high profile fraud. Amaechi spoke on Monday in Port Harcourt at the commissioning of Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGAS...
Former Minister of Commerce and aspirant to the office of the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ambassador Idris Waziri has said that genuine desire to provide a credible and purposeful leadership for the party are among th...
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has commended the peaceful outcome of the Bayelsa State gubernatorial election, which produced Mr. Seriake Dickson as winner. Reacting to the outcome of the election in Bayelsa State through his media office in Abuj...
Mr Mansur Ahmed, Director-General, Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission, has advised the Aviation Ministry to embrace Public Private Partnership (PPP) in developing the sector. Ahmed gave the advice in an interview on Monday, in Abuja, while...