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Some political party leaders have advised the acting Inspector-General of Police, Mr Mohammed Abubakar, to ensure discipline and patriotism in the force. The political leaders spoke in separate interviews in Lagos on Tuesday, said that though the polic...
Diplomats attending the inconclusive 18th AU Summit on Tuesday said they were unhappy with the outcome of the meeting. The correspondent in Addis Ababa reports that AU leaders on Monday failed to elect new executives to run the AU Commission and subseq...
The Minister of Education, Prof. Ruqayyatu Rufa’I, has called on civil society organisations (CSOs) to intensify efforts at transforming the education sector. Rufa’I gave the charge on Tuesday in Abuja on the occasion of the annual forum fo...
The measures taken by the Ondo State Police Command on crime fighting in the state has started to yield positive result, following the arrest of no fewer than 10 suspected armed robbers and cultists operating in the State. The State Commissioner of Pol...
The Rivers Government is to acquire modern firefighting equipment to effectively combat incessant fire outbreaks and other emergencies in the state. Mr Emeka Nworgu, Commissioner for Special Duties, said in a statement in Port Harcourt on Tuesday that ...
A group of concerned teachers in Plateau has appealed to the Federal Government to take over the running of primary schools from the local government councils to save the education sector from total collapse. “The call has become imperative to av...
Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, has inaugurated the State Security Appeal Fund committee, as part of measures to ensure that security agencies are adequately equipped to fight crime in the State. Speaking during the inauguration ceremony at the G...
A Federal High Court in Benin, Edo State, yesterday sentenced the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Dr. Osagie Obayuwana, to one month in jail for contempt in a case pending against him before the court. Justice Adamu Hobon, who sentenced ...
The Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) has fixed February 9 for the trial of former Kano State Governor Ibrahim Shekarau and some other public officers who are being accused of f...
Kogi State Acting Governor, Hon. Abdullahi Bello on Monday, sacked the cabinet he inherited from the immediate past governor, Alhaji Ibrahim Idris. In a statement issued through his Special Assistant on Media, Alhaji Ibrahim Isa Amoka, the acting gover...
Terror suspect, Henry Okah, already jailed more than a year will remain in jail another eight months before his trial starts in South Africa, a judge ruled Monday. Henry Okah’s trial had been scheduled to start Monday. Instead of starting their a...
Will the March Convention of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) still hold? Beyond the debacle over the date of the convention, STANLEY NKWOCHA, reports the salient issues which clearly put the party on the spot. Next Thursday, thePeoples D...
The gory activities of Boko Haram yesterday stopped President Goodluck Jonathan from clinching the chairmanship position of African Union (AU). Against expectations that the Nigerian president would emerge Chairman of the Africa’s political...
Senator Nkechi Nwaogu and Mrs Diezani Allison-Madueke, two women involved in oil and gas sector management are set to engage each other in a battle of wits today. UCHENNA AWOM, presents the issues at the base and what might likely be the outcome of the...
Hon. Ken Anayo Chikere is one of the new members in the House of Representatives, representing Port Harcourt Federal Constituency. In this interview with PEMBI STEPHEN- DAVID, he bares his mind on the Electricity Reform Act and the fuel subsidy crisis,...