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Chief Victor Rumson Baribote was yesterday in Abuja declared the duly-elected chairman of the Nigeria Premier League, at an election organised by the NPL Electoral Committee and supervised by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF). The declaration of Ch...
Since the declaration and swearing-in of Governor Gabriel Suswam of Benue State for a second four-year-term, he has been faced with many problems, particularly from the opposition party, the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN). In this interview with the ...
“We have set up templates for partnership with local and international business”, he saysLagos State governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, Tuesday, canvassed for closer economic integration between the City of Lagos and the City of London, sayin...
The United Nations’ General Assembly opened its annual session yesterday with a plea to members for cooperation in tackling issues arising from climate change as well as flash points around the globe. “Moving forward the ...
The vice-president, Alhaji Namadi Sambo has challenged political office holders to always exhibit the virtues of good governance for them to be positively remembered and honoured. He said this Tuesday night at a dinner reception organised in hono...
Kwara Governorship Election Petition Tribunal judges and lawyers listened in disbelief as a PDP ward collation agent for Shinawu/Tunbuyal Ward in Baruten Local Government, Halidu Sulayman, confessed that neither he nor any other parties’ ag...
Would it be out of place to state that some teachers behave as if they are sent from hell to wreak havoc in the lives of the children entrusted in their care and as such, government should establish laws on the dos and don’ts of discipline in our...
The Lagos State House of Assembly has discredited rumours that some of its principal officers have been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). According to the press statement signed by Rotimi Adebayo, Speaker Adeyemi Ikuforij...
Scores of Northern Nigerian youths leaders met in Kaduna yesterday and slammed President Goodluck Jonathan’s Special Adviser on Value and Ethics, Mrs. Sarah Jubril for attributing insecurity in the country to Northerners. The North, accordi...
Stakeholders of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Gombe have denied allegation that the State Governor, Alhaji Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo is on a mission to eliminate the PDP in the state and replace it with All Nigeria Peoples Party, ANPP. ...
The new Commissioner of Police in Kano State, Alhaji Ibrahim Idris, has urged residents of Sabon Gari in the Kano metropolis to assist the police command in flushing out criminals from the state. Idris said during a visit to the Sabon Gari...
The Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Makurdi will today begin trial of the case between the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidate, Governor Gabriel Suswam and the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, Prof. Steven Ugba . Ugba had petit...
The Ministry of Transport has clarified its stance on the alleged media report about a purported 34.8bn scam that was said to have rocked the ministry over the dredging of River Niger In a rejoinder signed by the Director of Press of the m...
President Goodluck Jonathan has said that the royal fathers in Adamawa State helped him and his party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), to victory in the just-concluded 2011 general elections. “We could not have won in Adamawa if you and you...
In response to allegations that Single Window System Technology Limited (SWST) presented falsified document to register with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), the federal government has placed a temporary ban on dealings with the company. ...