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A Federal High Court in Abuja yesterday joined the former governor of Bayelsa state, Timpriye Sylva as the second defendant in the suit filed by Seriake Dickson praying it to declare him the lawful standard bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ...
Sokoto State Commissioner of Police, Alhaji Adisa Bolanta,yesterday appealed to the people to desist from spreading false information about alleged security threat to the state. Bolanta told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in S...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is ready for the conduct of bye-election into Mashi constituency of Katsina State Assembly, Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) Umar Wara, has said. The Mashi seat became vacant following the death...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday changed its earlier position by informing a Federal High Court in Abuja that the April 2011 general elections were manually conducted. INEC had, at the Presidential Election Petition Tribun...
The Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) has advocated the establishment of anti-corruption courts to solely handle corruption cases. Mr Godwin Oche, the Head of Research and Statistics, said on Thursday in Abuja. He said such courts would s...
An oncologist at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Dr Anthony Popoola, on Thursday urged governments and non-governmental organisations to further educate Nigerians on the symptoms of cancer. Popoola said cancer was a major cause o...
Dr Yunusa Tanko, the National Secretary of National Conscience Party (NCP), has faulted the judgment of a Lagos High Court, which sentenced Maj. Hamza Al-Mustapha and Lateef Shofolahan to death by hanging over the murder of Kudirat Abiola. Tanko condem...
The Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) secretariat is developing investment and policy briefs for states across the federation. This is in addition to developing a comprehensive labour relations programme at state level to smoothen relationship between work...
Enugu State Governor, Sullivan Chime, has commiserated with Acting Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, over the death of his wife, Maryam last Monday describing it as sad and shocking. In a condolence message, the Governor said that the sad...
Barely two days to the conduct of the local government election in Ekiti State, an Ado- Ekiti High Court on Thursday dissolved the State Independent Electoral Commission. The court also restrained the commission from conducting Saturday’s council...
Government of Akwa Ibom State has been advised not to patronise foreign construction companies alone but also to extend such cooperation to indigenous contractors as dependable players in the business. This is contained in a statement made available to...
The Agricultural Transformation Action Plan (ATAP) of the Federal Government will create 3.5 million jobs and add 20 million tonnes of food to the supply chain by 2015, says the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr Akinwunmi Adesina....
A coalition of civil society groups have called on the Peoples Democratic Party in the South West to consider the nomination of Chief Ebenezer Babatope for the position of national secretary of the party. In statement, yesterday, the joint national coo...
The Washington state Senate passed legislation on Wednesday night to legalise gay marriage, moving the state closer to joining six other U.S. states and Washington, D.C. in allowing same-sex nuptials. The 28-21 vote in favour of the measure, three more...
Following the recent calls on Easterners living in the north to return home over the activities of the dreaded Islamic Sect, Boko Haram, over 150 Igbo citizens arrived Enugu from Maiduguri, Borno State yesterday. The returnees arrived the 9th Mil...