The Governor of Niger State, Babangida Aliyu, has said that six states are financially distressed with 15 others likely to go down if the revenue allocation formula was not reviewed to cushion the effect of the financial burden on the states as a resul...
Arewa Youths Forum (AYF) has expressed dismay over the way and manner the Vice President Namadi Sambo has been handling his purported presidential ambition saying he should not disgrace the region. The group in an emergency meeting in Kaduna, said that...
Plateau State Chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has said that there is no going back on the ongoing strike in the state.Addressing a press conference in Jos, the state capital, the state NLC Chairman, Comrade Jibrin Banchir, said the strike ...
The National President of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Comrade Muhammad Garba has applauded the decision of the Bauchi State government to order for the completion of the Bauchi State NUJ secretariat located around Ahmadu Bello Way. The NUJ presid...
The glaring call by the 36 states governors for the full withdrawal of oil subsidy has been described as a selfish interest without considering the fate of majority of Nigerians. The Chairman of the Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP),...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that though it has received an application for the return of former Governor of Ekiti State, Chief Ayo Fayose, it is yet to take a final decision on the matter. The national publicity secretary of the party, ...
The Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola, has vowed to tackle problem of housing in the state, saying he has given approval for the construction of more low-cost housing estates in the state to solve the accommodation challenges facing residents of ...
The All Nigeria Peoples Party,( ANPP), Enugu State Chapter, yesterday flagged off its ward and local government congresses for the forthcoming council polls in the state, just as it called on the Enugu State Independent Electora...
As former Governor of Gombe State, Senator Danjuma Goje, prepares to face trial over charges of corruption, his successor in office, Alhaji Ibrahim Dankwambo, yesterday, stormed the Wadata Plaza Headquarters of the PDP with party chie...
The Nigeria Labour Congress of Nigeria, (NLC) has indicated its readiness to support the return bid of Comrade Adams Oshiomhole back to Government House in the 2012 governorship election, noting that the governor has performed creditably well to ...
As the federal government and organised labour groups continued to trade words on the removal of oil subsidy, the Chairman, Senate Committee on Science and Technology, Sen. Robert Boroffice, said that the Senate would be very objective in deliberating ...
An Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State today admitted former governor of Oyo State Otunba Adebayo Alao- Akala, and two of his associates, Senator Hosea Agboola, a former Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs and...
The maiden presidential retreat with the private sectors, initially scheduled for Obudu Ranch Resort, Calabar, was moved to Abuja to ensure air safety of the participants, President Goodluck Jonathan has said. Declaring the retreat open on Thurs...
Gunmen suspected to be members of the Boko Haram sect, on Wednesday shot dead a police constable after robbing a bank in Damboa, about 100 kilometres from Maiduguri. Eyewitnesses told newsmen that the gunmen invaded the bank in a convoy of about...
Libyan government fighters have captured Muammar Gaddafi's son Mo'tassim as he tried to escape the battle-torn city of Sirte, National Transitional Council (NTC) officials said. The capture of the deposed leader's national security a...