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Retired Police Commissioner and former boss of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Fulani Kwajafa recently fielded questions from the duo of MUSA AHMED TIJJANI and SHUAIB SHUAIB. He shared insights on state police agitation, Nigeria’...
Governor Rochas Okorocha, remains defiant despite an order of the Appeal Court to reinstate sacked council chairmen in Imo state, and his position may hinge on the fear that the chairmen would insist on full payment of their monthly statuto...
Barely six years after the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) banned the operation of Motor-cyclists in the city centre, CHIKA OKEKE reports that the operators have fully returned to the city centres irrespective of the penalty awaiting de...
Hon. Umar Bature is the member representing Sokoto North/South Federal Constituency of Sokoto State in the House of Representatives, and in this interview with Ruth Choji, the Chairman, House Committee on Interior, states that Nigeria needs a new...
The autonomy of local governments is creating wrangling among the leaders of the 19 northern states.While the northern apex socio-cultural group, Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), did not see any wrong in the autonomy of local governments, the governors ...
His Eminence, the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar yesterday called on Muslims in the country to shun violence and any form of extremism, saying “extremism brought about the present insecurity and hardship among the Muslim u...
The Aguleri-Otu oil-flow station in Anambra State will be commissioned by President Goodluck Jonathan on August 30, 2012, the Anambra State Commissioner for Special Duties, Barr. Vincent Ezenwajiaku, has assured. Ezenwajiaku said the ...
The National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas (NUPENG) workers yesterday suspended its strike action over the payment of 2012 Petroleum Subsidy Arrears. The union is also worried over the state of the refineries, labour issues concerning SPDC and bad...
Following the recent bloody violence in Riyom and Barkin Ladi local government areas of Plateau State which claimed over a hundred lives of largely Berom extraction, the military task force issued a 48-hour notice of evacuation of the area to root out ...
In its effort to enforce the ban on Okada riding in the Federal Capital City (FCC), the Director, FCT Directorate of Road Traffic Services, Col. Wilson Alade (rtd.), said the directorate has impounded over 1,600 motorcycles between January and July, th...
Irregularities trailed the bye-election into Dutsi constituency of Katsina State House Of Assembly with incidences of ballot box snatching and early voting recorded in some polling units. The bye-election into Dutsi constituency was held yesterday foll...
The abducted daughter of a former member of the National Assembly, Senator Nimi Barigha-Amange, was yesterday rescued from the hands of her kidnappers in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The victim, Mrs. Diepreye Dagi Darego, was taken hostage at around 9a...
Helen Glover and Heather Stanning confirmed their status as gold medal favourites as they stormed into the final of the women's pair in a new Olympic record time. Roared on by a packed crowd at Eton Dorney, Glover and Stanning won the opening heat ...
Mark Cavendish's bid to claim Great Britain's first Olympic gold of the London 2012 Games on The Mall was ended as Kazakhstan's Alexandr Vinokourov triumphed in a dramatic men's road race. Cavendish, the world champion and winner of 23 ...
An archer from the Republic of Korea (South Korea) in London on Friday became the first athlete to set new world record in the 2012 Olympic Games. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent reports that Korea's Im Dong-hyun broke his own 72-arr...