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In 2011, President Goodluck broke a covenant of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP with the Nigerian people, and secured the party’s ticket contrary to the gentleman zoning arrangement that power will reside in the North till 2015. The viol...
Arc. Ibrahim Bunu was a Minister of the Federal Capital Territory and is a frontline aspirant for the office of the national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. In this interview with auwal s. mu'azu, he expresses his determination to re...
Vice President Namadi Sambo on Tuesday in Kaduna assured supporters of the PDP of a free and fair Zonal congress of the party. The congress, scheduled for Wednesday in Kaduna, is expected to produce zonal officials who would run the affairs...
The Lagos State Commissioner of Police (CP), Mr Umaru Manko, on Tuesday directed the Yoruba and the Hausa communities in the Ketu-Mile 12 area to set up a 12-man peace committee. Manko gave the directive at the meeting he held with representatives of t...
The National Orientation Agency (NOA) plans to introduce a Ministerial Open House platform to unite policy makers and stakeholders and enrich public policy in the country. The Agency’s Director-General, Mr. Mike Omeri, announced this on Tue...
The Federal Government on Tuesday in Abuja announced the redeployment of 14 Permanent Secretaries and the appointment of two new ones. This is contained in a statement signed by Mr Tope Ajakaiye, Deputy Director (Press & Public Relations) on behalf...
The new Commissioner of Police in Ekiti, Mr Ibrahim Maishanu, assumed office on Tuesday and promised to make the state better in terms of security and peaceful co-existence among the people. Maishanualso pledged to implement the reform agenda of the Ac...
The Jigawa State House of Assembly on Tuesday passed the state's 2012 appropriation bill of N104.4 billion. Presenting the appropriation committee report before the passage of the bill, the Chairman of the Committee, Alhaji Babangida Mohammed, said...
The INEC in Rivers has commenced the upgrading of its Information Technology (IT) department to ensure competence during the registration of voters. The Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mr Aniedi Ikiowak, said on Tuesday in Port Harcourt that at presen...
Four persons lost their lives in an auto crash at Okoni-Aku Village on the Lokoja-Abuja highway on Tuesday while 17 others sustained various degrees of injuries. read more
The House of Representatives on Tuesday mandated its Committee on Special Duties to investigate the activities of the Border Communities Agency (BCDA) and submit the report within four weeks. read more
Speaker of the House of Representatives Aminu Tanbuwal on Tuesday restated the commitment of the House in the fight against corruption. read more
An ex-corps member, who alleged that an Osun monarch raped her, said on Tuesday that she did not receive any gift or bargained to collect N50,000 from the monarch. When cross examined by the Defence Counsel, Mr Taofeek Tewogbade, the ex-corps member sa...
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is to strengthen Nigeria's capacity for emergency response and preparedness. read more
A total of 11 vehicles were on Wednesday in Ibadan burnt following a ghastly auto-accident in front of the NNPC Mega Station on the Iwo-Ojoo highway in Ibadan. Speaking on the incident which occurred at about 2:30 a.m, the NNPC Station Manager, Mr Vict...