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The repeat elections for Oloje and Alanamu wards of Ilorin West constituency slated for tomorrow (Tuesday, June 26) has further worsened the crisis rocking the Kwara State chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) over who will be its gubernatori...
Zamfara State Independent Electoral Commission (ZASIEC) on Sunday announced that the ruling All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) won in all the 13 local councils in Saturday’s polls. Making the announcement through the state owned radio station,...
Last Tuesday’s controversial summon of President Goodluck Jonathan by the House of Representatives has been greeted with diverse reactions. EDEGBE ODEMWINGIE in this report highlights varying positions on the invitation federal lawmakers say is m...
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chief Ernest Elochukwu has commended President Goodluck Jonathan for sacking the National Security Adviser (NSA) General Andrew Owoye Azazi and the Minister of Defence, Alhaji Haliru Bello Mohammed, des...
The Kogi state Governor, Capt. Idris Wada at the weekend said he was not afraid of next week’s court judgment. A federal High Court in Abuja is due to deliver a landmark judgement in one of the myriad of cases instituted against the g...
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET) on Saturday said Lagos would soon experience a seven-day rainfall. Mr Abayomi Oyegoke of NIMET Central Forecast Unit, Oshodi, Lagos, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). O...
Mixed reactions on Saturday trailed the sack of the National Security Adviser, retired Gen. Andrew Azazi, and the Minister of Defence, Dr Haliru Bello Mohammed The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that President Goodluck Jonathan relieved them of t...
Some residents of suburbs of Jos have appealed to the Plateau State Government to reverse its decision on the ban on all motorcycles from ply some major roads in the state. The residents told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Jos on Saturday that the...
Gov. Patrick Yakowa of Kaduna State on Saturday met with Christian and Muslim leaders to discuss the protracted crisis in the state. Yakowa met with the religious leaders shortly after a similar meeting with political stakeholders. The govern...
The crisis rocking the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) opened another ugly chapter recently following a declaration by Governor Sullivan Chime of Enugu State that the party was dead, provoking a combative fight-back by Governor Peter Obi of Anamb...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Sagbama unit on Friday said it recorded four deaths at two separate fatal road accidents on the Zarama-Sagbama axis of the East-West road. In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Sag...
Habib Bama, the wanted Boko Haram member, who was shot and arrested by the Joint Task Force (JTF) in a gun battle in Damaturu on Thursday is dead. A competent source at the State Security Service (SSS) confirmed his death to the News Agency of Nigeria ...
Auditors-General in the country have been advised to adopt international best practices to strengthen Nigeria’s democracy. Mr Rasak Atunwa, the Speaker of Kwara House of Assembly, gave the advice in Ilorin on Friday while receivi...
Residents of Kaduna metropolis Friday rushed to the market to replenish their foodstuff and other essential items, following the relaxing of the 24-hour curfew in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the 24-hour curfew ear...
Prof. Steve Ugba, an ACN Governorship Candidate in the April 2011 election in Benue, has asked the Supreme Court to reverse its decision which terminated appeals that challenged Gov. Gabriel Suswam’s election. A copy of the motion was ...