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The speaker of the Kogi State House of Assembly, Hon. Abdullahi Bello has formally conceded power to Governor Idris Wada. He said that all members of the legislative arm have agreed to return to status quo, before the apex court's verdict that led ...
The police in Lagos on Monday confirmed the arrest of a suspected rapist, who they said had evaded many earlier attempt to net him. The 27-year-old suspect and three other men, were alleged to have gang-raped a 17-year-old girl on Jan. 24 at the Shasha...
Some European tourism companies have expressed interest in exploring Nigeria's tourism potential, Otunba Segun Runsewe, Director General of the Nigeria Tourism Development Corporation has said. Runsewe, who just returned from this year's World ...
Contrary to a recent High Court judgment, Etubom Traditional Council in a surprise move at the weekend, re-elected the dethroned Obong of Calabar, Edidem Ekpo Okon Abasi Otu V as the Obong of Calabar. A Calabar High Court presided over by Justice...
The National Action Coalition (NACO) on Sunday held a closed door meeting in preparation for the national dialogue scheduled to hold in Lagos on Monday. The national dialogue is being packaged by the National Summit Group to discuss sundry natio...
A provincial member of South Africa's Health Department has expressed worry over the frequent rape cases in South Africa's hospitals. The member, Magoma Masike, who is South Africa's North West Province Member of Executive Committee (...
Sen. Mohammed Sani-Sale said on Sunday that the just concluded by-election into the House of Representatives in Soba Local Government Area of Kaduna State was marked with intimidation. He told Journalists in Zaria that the by-election was not conducted...
Alhaji Musa Dantakarda, a PDP stalwart in Mubi, Adamawa, on Sunday called on opposition parties to support the new Murtala Nyako administration to enable it transform the state. Reacting to Nyako’s victory at the Feb.4, governorship election, Dan...
The Adamawa Police Command has arrested two suspects in connection with election violence during the state's governorship poll held on Saturday. The Spokesman of the command, Altine Daniel, said on Sunday in Yola that the suspects were arrested in ...
The Civil Liberties Organisation (CLO), on Sunday advised the Federal Government to seek ways of wiping out the Boko Haram sect, using security operatives. The Lagos State Chairman of the CLO, Mr Ehi Omokhuale, said in an interview with newsmen in Lago...
Accreditation of voters in yesterday’s governorship election in Adamawa commenced on schedule at most polling units in Yola, the state capital and many local government areas. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that in Yola, the exercise st...
Gov. Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta has urged Muslim faithful to spread the virtues of peace, love and charity as they mark the birth of Prophet Muhammad. The governor in his message made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Asaba, ...
The popularity and performance ratings of Kwara State governor, Alh. AbdulFatah Ahmed suddenly looked up during the week. The subsidy palliatives rolled out by the state government to cushion the effects of the fuel subsidy removal did the magic. Indee...
Captain Idris Wada thethen goveernor-elect and Alhaji Abdullahi Bello, Speaker, Kogi State House of Assembly, made history last week when the two of them ruled Kogi state as governor and acting governor respectively. Following the sacking of governors ...
The urban renewal policy of the Nasarawa state government has turned Lafia, the state capital into a huge construction yard, as scores of road construction are going on simultaneously. The governor of the state, Tanko Al-Makura, had during the hay days...