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Bayelsa State Governor, Chief Timipre Sylva, has commiserated with the families of victims of weekends’ attacks in Kano and prayed that God would stand by them. The Governor, in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Doifie Ola, symp...
Dr Mohamed Ibn Chambers, Secretary General, African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP-Group) on Sunday endorsed the candidature of Nigeria’s Aisha Abdullahi, for the post of Commissioner for Political Affairs of the AU Commission. Chamb...
The National Campaign Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2012 gubernatorial election in Bayelsa State, under the chairmanship of Vice President Namadi Sambo, has said that it postponed the party’s campaign take-off in the sta...
As the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) prepares for its state congress, Sen Abdullahi Adamu led faction, has passed a vote of no confidence on the present party executive in Nasarawa. The faction called “PDP Concern Forum” wants the ex...
The Chairman of Bwari Area Council in the FCT, Mr Peter Yohanna, has solicited the cooperation of traditional rulers in the area in tackling the current security challenges. Yohanna made the appeal on Monday in Bwari, after a meeting with the tradition...
A bill awaiting passage and presidential assent in the House of Representatives may compel President Goodluck Jonathan to set security standards on all public buildings, recreational parks and other buildings in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and ...
Following the controversy trailing the emergence of Hon. Seriake Dickson as the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, the Human Rights Writers’ Association of Nigeria, (HURIWA) has petitioned chairman of the National Judicial Co...
The PDP Electoral Panel for Delegates Election in Cross River has announced the cancellation of elections in three wards due to irregularities. The Chairman, Mr Mohammed Wakil, stated this in Calabar while briefing the media on the pr...
Deputy Editor, SONI DANIEL, examines the drama, the fury and the intrigues that have been thrown up by the ongoing probe of key government agencies involved in the rape of the nation in the name of fuel subsidy. He reports that the revelations em...
Reprieve came the way of the embattled inspector- general of police, Hafiz Ringim yesterday following the expiration of the 24-hour ultimatum he had to produce the escaped Boko Haram suspect, Kabiru Sokoto. Contrary to expectations that the police boss...
The Minority Whip in the House of Representatives, Hon. Samson Osagie, has condemned the deployment of soldiers to some states in the South West, particularly Lagos, Ogun and Oyo States. The member stated this in a press statement made available to LEA...
Ahead of the governorship poll and determined to have the last laugh on the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that has ditched him, courtesy its recent controversial gubernatorial primary, embattled Governor Timipre Sylva of Bayelsa State enlists a...
Acting on presidential orders, the National Security Adviser (NSA) yesterday set up an investigation panel to probe the circumstances that led to the escape of a suspected member of Boko Haram, Kabiru Sokoto from the hands of a team of police off...
Many police casualties have been recorded in two major bomb blasts in Kano metropolis. The number of casualties couldn't be ascertained at the time of filing this report. One of the bombs went off at the Zone 1 office of the Assistant I...
The UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-Moon, has called for the respect of the rule of law, following the growing demand for justice worldwide. Ban made the call in New York on Thursday while addressing the Security Council meeting on the rule of law and tra...