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Northern elders and political leaders have thrown their weight behind mounting calls for the restructuring of Nigeria to address the lopsidedness in the nation’s politics and economy. Many individuals and groups in the country have lately renewed...
Bako Haram operatives yesterday stormed a mosque in Sheka Quarters in Kumbotso Local Governemnt Area of Kano State and killed five persons. The attack came barely 24 hours after gunmen killed four persons in the same state on Thursday. According ...
Former speaker of Kebbi State House of Assembly, Hon. Aminu Musa Habib Jega, was yesterday sworn in as governor of the state, following the Supreme Court judgement annuling the election of Usman Saidu Dakingari in the 2011 gubernatorial election. The S...
After years of sentencing delays, a former Kellogg, Brown and Root (KBR) incorporated chief executive, Mr. Albert ‘Jack’ Stanley was yesterday sentenced to two and half years in prison for his role in a scheme to bribe Nigerian govern...
The Senate will investigate the Office of the Head of Service of the Federation (HOSF) on funds disbursed to it for the payment of pensions. Sen. Aloysius Etok, Chairman of the senate joint committee on Establishment and Public Service and that of Stat...
Al Qaeda's affiliate in Iraq claimed responsibility for a wave of coordinated attacks that mainly targeted police forces in Shi'ite areas and killed at least 60 people across the country on Thursday. In a statement seen on Islamist websites on ...
Super Eagles Head Coach, Stephen Keshi, has released six players out of the 22 in camp, to their various club sides ahead of this weekend’s Nigerian Premier League games. Ben Alaiya, Super Eagles Media Officer, in a statement on Friday in Abuja s...
The EFCC on Friday dragged former Bayelsa governor, Mr Timipre Sylva to a Federal High Court in Abuja for alleged misappropriation of N6.46 billion public funds. The anti-graft agency in suit number FHC/ABJ/CR/23/2012 claimed that Sylva and other...
Nigeria's Amos Adamu has lost his appeal against a three-year ban from football.He was sanctioned by football's world governing body Fifa after allegations of corruption in the run-up to the decision on who should host the 2018 and 2022 World C...
The Managing Director of the Pipeline and Products Marketing Company (PPMC), Mr. Haruna Momoh, has said that all issues that led to the initial hitch in the petrol supply chain have been resolved. This is as he allayed fears of fuel scarcity, assuring ...
Gov Aliyu Wamakko of Sokoto State on Thursday approved the dissolution of the state executive council.The council’s dissolution was announced via a statement signed by Alhaji Hassan Maccido, the governor’s Director-General of Media. The sta...
Mr John Haruna, the outgoing Commissioner of Police in Benue, has warned police officers in the state against indiscriminate allocation of arms to policemen. He gave the warning on Thursday when he visited the Police Area Command in Otukpo. ...
The Pipelines and Products Marketing Company (PPMC) has allayed fears of fuel scarcity in the country, saying that oil marketers have resumed fuel importation. The PPMC gave the assurance on Thursday in Abuja in a statement signed by Dr Levi Ajuonuma, ...
The Niger State House of Assembly on Thursday adopted a motion urging the executive to appoint the chairman of its committee on security as a member of the state security council. It said that such appointment would keep the House abreast of the securi...
The Och' Idoma, Chief Elias Obekpa, has appealed to Mr John Haruna, the outgoing Commissioner of Police in Benue, to provide adequate security for him and his palace. Obekpa made the appeal on Thursday in Otukpo, while receiving Haruna ...