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The supreme court on Wednesday, dismissed the appeal filed by the Congress for Progressive Change against the presidential election petition tribunal in the Abuja Court of Appeal, which upheld the victory of President Goodl...
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has accused the federal government of wasting valuable time and resources on the meaningless fuel subsidy debate while neglecting the Boko Haram crisis that has continued to consume innocent citizens. In a statement...
Former Oyo State governor, Otunba Chistopher Alao-Akala has declared that he would not maliciously criticize his successor in office, as there is a better forum to speak to him. Alao-Akala, who spoke with reporters in his Ogbomo...
A former member of the National Assembly, Usman Tsauri has faulted the federal government on the recent threat to national security, insisting that federal government has failed the nation. Senator Tsauri, who represented Katsina central at the upper c...
Fishermen and indigenes of the Odioma Community in Nembe-speaking Ijaw Community of Brass local government area of Bayelsa State on Tuesday raised an alarm over the gradual spread of crude oil spill suspected to be from Shell’s Bonga Field into t...
Chairman of Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Chief Adebisi Akande, has described the proposed removal of fuel subsidy as a sign of the inability of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and President Goodluck Jonathan to govern the country. The for...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has announced the arrest of a 38-year old South African woman, Nene Fikil, for alleged drug trafficking. Mr Mitchell Ofoyeju, the spokesman for the anti-drug agency, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
Some Islamic scholars in Kano have condemned the bomb attacks in churches around the country on Christmas Day. Some religious fanatics bombed churches in Madalla, Niger and Jos as well as Damaturu, killing many and injuring others. Islamic scholars in ...
No fewer than 143 people have died and 424 others injured in motor accidents in Katsina State since January, according to the Sector Command of Federal Roads Safety Commission (FRSC). The Sector Commander of FRSC, Alhaji Habu Dauda, made the disclosure...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has charged security agencies to ensure that those behind the Christmas bombings in Madallan, Niger State and other parts of the country are brought to book. Acting National Chairman of the PDP, Alhaji Abubakar Kawu B...
The Governor of Benue State, Gabriel Suswam, has asked Christians not to lose sight of the essence of Christmas and mirror themselves in the life of Jesus Christ who had to overcome challenges to bring salvation to his people. Suswam, in a statement re...
Members of the Islamic sect, Boko Haram have claim responsibility for the Christmas day bomb blasts in Madalla, Niger State and Jos, the plateau state capital. Abu Qaqa, a spokesman for the group told BBC hausa, monitored in Kaduna told Journalists in ...
A bomb blast around 12 noon in Damaturu sent people scrambling to safety and others fleeing the state, even as the Nigeria Army and Police battle the dreaded Boko Haram members who are highly armed. Following the bomb blast, the police has sealed off t...
The Federal Government is to beef up security in churches and mosques in the country to forestall attacks by terrorists, Minister of Police Affairs Caleb Olubolade, has said. Olubolade announced this on Sunday in Madalla in Niger State while inspecting...
Vaccines for treatment of diphtheria, whooping cough and tetanus are now available in the country, the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), has said. Dr Ado Mohammed, Executive Director of the agency said in Abuja that the disappea...