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Following the flood alert in Sokoto and its environs, the state governor, Alhaji Aliyu Wamakko has called on religious leaders, traditional rulers and the entire people of the to pray fervently against the recurrence of flood disaster in the state. Wam...
A United Nations Under Secretary, Prof Ibrahim Gambari has said that permanent ceasefire and lasting peace in Darfur was an achievable goal even as he urged all sides to the conflict to build on a recent peace agreement between the Government and one o...
In this report, the trade of words between ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo and the House of Representatives over the latter’s insistence that the lower House speakership returns to the South-West comes under the spotlight. EDEGBE ODEMWINGIE report...
Barr. Kabiru Dodo was recently accused by the Taraba State governor, Danbaba Suntai of betrayal. The governor alleged that Dodo had secretly recorded their conversation with a recording pen. In this interview with JOHN MKOM, Dodo bares his mind on the ...
Honourable Gabriel Suswam, the Executive Governor of Benue State bares his mind on his stewardship in the state that prides itself as the Food Basket of the nation, while admiting difficulties in the implementation of the minimum wage. SOLOMON AYADO wa...
INEC said in Abuja yesterday that it was set to carry out a major restructuring of political boundaries for the 2015 general elections. Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, Mr Kayode Idowu, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nig...
Dare-devil armed robbers have taken over the Port Harcourt-Owerri Expressway as they now rob innocent motorists without any challenge from security agencies from either Rivers or Imo states. The road, which is being dualised from the Port Harcourt axis...
Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha have been called upon to revitalise the agricultural sector with a view to creating more jobs in the state. The Imo state indigenes resident in Niger State made the call through a statement signed by the Head of Infor...
The Director-General of Institute For Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPCR),Dr. Joseph Golwa has attributed the incidences of bomb attacks in parts of the country to persons bent on destabilising the nation’s peace and security in the name of poli...
In what appears to be a declaration of a state of emergency through the backdoor, President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday ordered the chief of defence staff, Air Chief Marshall Oluseyi Petinrin, to take absolute control of the security situation in Plate...
Gunmen bombed a police station in Misau, Bauchi State, and robbed a nearby bank yesterday. They killed six people including five policemen at the town that is located 160km north of the state capital, Bauchi. Heavy gunfire resounded throughout the town...
The House of Representatives yesterday summoned the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, to appear today just as it maintained that the investigation into the N10bn single window facilitation contract will still be carried out in spite of the...
A suspected cult leader yesterday told officers of the Bayelsa State Police Command how nine members of his cult group known as “Icelanders” raped a girl in the state capital. He also explained the group’s involvement in the killing o...
Some banks recently raised their minimum account balances and also introduced different charges as part of measures to encourage the electronic system of payment in the country. These new steps have continued to generate a lot of controversy amon...
A whistle blower, WikiLeaks, has revealed that late President Umaru Yar’Adua was considering prosecuting his predecessor, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, on corruption related issues, while he was assiduously working to strip his government out of Obasa...