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The national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, yesterday sacked his Chief of Staff, Abu Fari, following the face-off between him and the National Secretary of the party, Olagunsoye Oyilola. In the sack letter dated June 12...
The Commissioner of Police in Edo, Mr Olayinka Balogun, on Wednesday warned against the use of convoy and aides during the July 14 governorship election. Balogun, who gave the warning when he visited the Nigeria Union Journalists (NUJ) centre in Benin,...
The nation’s economy is sound and in stable condition, the Minister of Information, Mr. Labaran Maku, declared in Abuja on Wednesday. Maku made the declaration after the weekly meeting of the Federal Executive Council when he debunked insinuation...
The Kwara Government and College of Agriculture and Life Sciences of Cornell University, New York, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Kwara State Agricultural Modernisation Master Plan. According to Governor Ahmed at the occasion which ...
Another crisis has hit the fold of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa State with the decision of the Councilors from the home council of the State Governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson, the Sagbama Local Government Council to commence impeachment p...
The PDP in Edo has threatened to sue Gov. Adams Oshiomhole over alleged false accusation on the death of his Principal Private Secretary, Mr Olaitan Oyerinde. The party issued the threat via a statement signed by its Publicity Secretary, Mr Mathew Orho...
The Alakenne of Ikenne, Oba Adeyinka Onakade, was on Monday night attacked by gunmen suspected to be assassins. The traditional ruler was attacked alongside his lawyer, Omosanya Solaja, in his palace in Ikenne, Ogun. Solaja, a former member of Ogun Hou...
Some assailants, believed to be cultists, on Sunday in Abeokuta killed an official of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC). The NSCDC official, Sheriff Elegbede, an inspector, was allegedly hacked to death with machetes and axes. The N...
The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) on Tuesday said that it had suspended the operations of Air Nigeria owing to the strike embarked upon by its engineers and pilots over poor welfare package. Mr Sam Adurogboye, the NCAA’s General Manager...
Brig.-Gen. Nnamdi Okorie-Affia, Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), has decried the incessant request for posting of corps members to places of their choice. Okorie-Affia's view is contained in a press statement signed by M...
The Northern States Governors Forum (NSGF) has paid tribute to former Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar, who will clocks 70 years on Wednesday, describing him as ``father of the nation’s democracy''. The forum Chairman ...
Nigeria's priority at the forthcoming `Rio+20' conference is on harnessing alternative energy that would boost power supply in the country, the Minister of Environment, Hajia Hadiza Mailafia, said on Tuesday. Mailafia said this in Abuja a...
Christian Obodo, Italy-based Nigerian footballer, who was released on Sunday from the clutches of kidnappers in Delta, has commended Gov. Emmanuel Uduaghan for his role in securing his freedom. Obodo spoke in Asaba on Tuesday when he paid a courtesy vi...
The Secretary-General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Dr AbduLateef Adegbite, has urged President Goodluck Jonathan to release officially the result of June 12, 1993 presidential election and announce Chief MKO Abiola...
The Presidential Amnesty Office on Tuesday in Abuja said about 11,512 ex-militants granted amnesty by the Federal Government have been enrolled in universities and training centres within and outside the country. Mr Daniel Alabrah, the Head of Media of...