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Ahead of the October Governorship election in Ondo State, the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Bamanaga Tukur, has waded into the crisis rocking the Ondo State chapter of the party. Since the nomination of the former Nati...
As the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) celebrates 14 years of existence as a political party on Friday, Niger State Governor Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu has declared that the party was leading Nigeria in the right direction. In a statement issue...
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has described as illegal, unconstitutional and indefensible the $40 million dollars being paid annually to some ex- militants ostensibly to guard the country’s pipelines. In a statement issued in Abuja yesterd...
Five months after he resigned as the Chairman of the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), the Ogun State chapter of the party has initiated moves to hold a grand civic reception for former President, Chief Olusegu...
Contrary to rumours making the rounds, Governor Umar Tanko Al-Makura of Nasarawa State has no hidden plan to go back to his former party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). This assurance was given by the Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to the Governor...
The National Association of Jigawa State Students (NAJISS) has expressed support for the joint ticket of Jigawa State governor Alhaji Sule Lamido and his counterpart in Rivers State, Rotimi Amechi ahead of the 2015 Presidential elections. Similarly, Ni...
A socio-political group in Osun State, the Osun Development Agenda (ODA) has declared that the administration of Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola in the state was not driven by vendetta, just as it described the immediate past governor of the state and now...
The Minister of Transport, Sen. Idris Umar, said on Tuesday that the contract for the completion and rehabilitation of the 274km Itakpe-Ajeokuta-Warri Standard Gauge Railway was progressing. Umar made the fact known to newsmen in Abuja at the official ...
The Caretaker Committee of Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) in Kano State plans to undertake a reconciliation tour of the 44 local government areas, the Chairman, Dr Mohammad Abubakar, said. Abubakar announced the plan in Kano on Tuesd...
President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday lauded the efforts by security agents to check terrorists and their activities in the country. ``The security agents have put in a lot so far toward checking the activities of the terrorists, government will...
Anambra’s Gov. Peter Obi has urged politicians to play politics of economic development and job creation to improve the living standards of Nigerians. Obi said this on Tuesday in Onitsha, Anambra while taking federal and state lawmakers from Anam...
Sen. Nurudeen Abatemi-Usman, (PDP Kogi Central Senatorial District), on Tuesday berated the high rate of under development in the state, 21 years of its creation. Abatemi-Usman said this in a news statement signed by his media aide, Mr Micheal Jegede, ...
A member of the House of Representatives, Abiodun Balogun on Tuesday, said the call to rewrite the constitution should be seen as a legitimate call that would enable Nigerians make their inputs. Balogun, who made ...
UNESCO has urged investors to channel their funds toward harnessing Africa’s hydro power potential to boost the continent’s economy. Prof. Andras Szollosi-Nagy, who is the Rector, UNESCO-IHE (Institute for Water Education), made the call in...
The Kano State Rehabilitation and Emergency Relief Agency on Tuesday confirmed the death of 15 persons in a flood that swept through nine local governments. Alhaji Shehu Maitama, the Director of Operations at the agency, told the News Agency...