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Kano State governor Rabiu Kwankwaso has decried what he called the overbearing attitude of the National Assembly, saying that the most powerful individuals in the country today are members of the legislature at the federal level. During an exclusive in...
Edo State Governor Adams Oshiomhole in Benin has disclosed that fresh list of commissioners into the state cabinet will be submitted to the state House of Assembly for clearance. Oshiomhole made this known at a dinner organised in honour of the former ...
The Minister of Information, Mr Labaran Maku, on Friday expressed disappointment with the conduct of contractors handling works at Abia sub-transmission station. The minister, who bared his mind during an inspection of the station at Ohia, Abia, said t...
The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Friday asked adulterated drugs manufacturers and paddlers in rural areas in Anambra to quit or face prosecution. Mr Dauda Gimba, the Co-ordinator, NAFDAC Special Zonal Office, On...
Mr Collins Nwachukwu, Action Congress of Nigeria chieftain in Imo, has said that the merger plans between the party and Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) is feasible. Nwachukwu, who is the former secretary of the party in Imo, stated this in an int...
A Federal High Court, Lagos has fixed Feb. 12 for hearing in a suit filed by former Managing Director of Intercontinental Bank, (now Access Bank), Erastus Akingbola, against the EFCC. The date was fixed after the case, which is on the seizure of Akingb...
The Eastern Naval Command of the Nigerian Navy has been commended for curbing the menace of sea pirates and illegal oil bunkering in the Niger Delta Region. Gov. Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom made the commendation on Friday in Uyo when the out-going Fl...
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) national chairman, Dr. Bamanga Tukur yesterday said the party as an institution remained superior to any individual, organ or groups within the party. Bamanga made this comment when the Kaduna State governor, Dr. Muktar R...
The Niger East Development Initiative has told the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) governorship candidate in Niger State in 2011 election, Barrister David Umaru to desist from attacking the Governor of Niger State, Dr. Mu’azu Babangi...
The House of Representatives has denied ‘planting’ in the media reports of an imminent plot to impeach its Speaker, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal following an alleged multibillion naira car scandal involving 400 Toyota Camry cars purchased last yea...
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of either engaging in blatant mischief or wallowing in crass ignorance by calling its Chairman, Chief Bisi Akande, an ex-convict saying a political prisoner is differen...
The Police Command in Borno on Thursday denied carrying out mass arrest of newspaper vendors in Maiduguri.
The state's Chapter of the Newspapers Vendors' Association had last week accused the police of conducting mass arrest of its members in the state's capital.
However, the Commissioner of Police in the state, Alhaji Yuguda Abdullahi, said the allegation was not true.
Abdullahi told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Maiduguri that the police would not join issues with the association.
He, however, admitted that the police arrested a few vendors found to be operating in dark spots.
``The police is a nuetral body trying to protect lives and properties of ordinary citizens.
``We actually arrested a few vendors operating in some dark spots in Maiduguri for questioning,'' Abdullahi said.
He said the action was taken to prevent unlawful acts in the areas.
``We discovered that some hoodlums were taking advantages of the vendors by snatching handsets and cars in those places.
``We asked them to leave the spots but they refused,'' Abdullahi said.
Barring any last minute change, the coast seems clear for the former Vice President Alex Ekwueme to emerge as the compromise candidate for the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees (BoT). Warring factions in the ruling party may have ...
The Governor of Niger State, Dr Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu has said that he had not sent any campaign team out for his purported presidential ambition as reported by the media on Tuesday. Aliyu who received the envoy from Ethiopia and the manag...
The House of Representatives has described reports of impeachment plot against the speaker, Hon Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, as a plot hatched by elements under investigation by the House for corrupt activities to cause distraction in the House. This is just...