Politics

LEADERSHIP gathered that the soldiers were deployed overnight to prevent mass rally at the park today. Access to the area is now restricted as people are being asked to go back. Apart from Ojota, other major parts of Lagos are  under siege. Meanwh...

Some members of the sacked state executive of the Change Advocacy Party (CAP) in Bayelsa State  have asked the state High Court in Yenagoa to declare as illegal the processes that led to the emergence of  Dr. Imuro Kubor as the candidate of t...

As more Nigerians continue to react to the subsidy removal by the Federal Government, a chieftain of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), Ibrahim Masari, yesterday, accused the President Goodluck Jonathan administration of being insensitive to th...

The Ondo State Judiciary has been assured of a better deal in 2012, particularly in the areas of infrastructural development and provision of enabling environment for quick dispensation of justice. Giving this assurance, the state governor, Dr. Olusegu...

The National Executive Council (NEC) of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) are presently meeting in Labour House Abuja to discuss ahead of their meeting with President Jonathan over the nationwide strike declared by the organised Labour. The crucial mee...

Maj.-Gen. Lawrence Ngubane, the Chief of Training and Operations, Nigerian Army, has led a team of officers to Damaturu to assess the security challenges in Yobe State. He told Gov. Ibrahim Gaidam during a courtesy call that the assessment tour was in ...

In the face of current security challenges, renowned Islamic aid group, Jama’atul Nasril Islam (JNI) on Saturday organised special prayers for peace in Adamawa and the nation in general. The Adamawa Secretary of the group, Alhaji Gambo Jika, made...

Akwa Ibom youths have been urged to accept the removal of subsidy on petrol as the proceeds would bring multiplier effects and benefits to them. Obong Emmanuel Mbong, a youth activist, gave the advice on Saturday in Eket while addressing youths on the ...

Acting National Chairman of the ruling PDP, Alhaji Kawu Baraje, says the exclusion of its candidate in the INEC list of candidates for the forthcoming gubernatorial election in Bayelsa, “is an error”. The name of PDP’s gubernatorial c...

Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Coordinating Minister for the economy, says the Federal government is committed to the peaceful resolution of the ongoing strike over removal of fuel subsidy. Okonjo- Iweala, who made the remark on Friday in Abuja, said the maj...

Deputy Editor, SONI DANIEL, writes on the subsidy and sectarian crises that are pushing Nigerians to the edge, and espouses the need to stave off the looming doom that has the potential to hurt the nation and its people at a period of unnerving economi...

Confusion has rocked the Peoples Democratic Party in Bayelsa State following the publication of the names of candidates for the governorship poll without a PDP candidate. The list, which was made public in Abuja on Thursday by the INEC, indicated the p...

Acting national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),  Abubakar Baraje, yesterday passed a damning verdict on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), saying the electoral body acted against the laws of the land in its decis...

The Court of Appeal in Yola has upheld the verdict of the tribunal that declared Governor Danbaba Danfulani Suntai of Taraba State as the winner of the April 2011 governorship election.  Delivering the judgement in Yola , Justice S.S Alagorah said...

Governor Godswill O. Akpabio of Akwa Ibom has pledged to assist transport owners in the state to ease the tension generated by the subsidy removal. He has therefore called on Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and federal government to embrace dialogue in r...