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Three weeks after the traditional rulers in Edo South Senatorial district assured Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole of their support and prayers for his re-election bid, the traditional rulers in Edo Central Senatorial district have followed s...
Senator Andy Uba has expressed his preparedness for the rerun election to fill the vacant position of the senator representing Anambra South Senatorial district in the National Assembly. The Independent National Electoral Commission(I...
A cross-section of delegates to Saturday’s PDP ward congress at Kuduru Ward, Bwari Area Council of the FCT, has bemoaned the way the party leadership handled the party election. Some of the delegates, who spoke with newsmen in Abuja on Saturday, ...
The PDP in Anambra has vowed to reclaim the state from the ruling APGA in coming elections. Sen. T.A. Adudu, the Chairman of the PDP Ward Congress Committee in Anambra, made the declaration, while addressing party supporters in Awka on Saturday. He sai...
The remains of the late Prof. Sam Aluko was laid to rest in his home town, Ode-Ekiti in Gbonyin Local government Area of Ekiti on Saturday. Alukodied on Feb. 7 in a London hospital at the age of 83. The Bishop of Ibadan Diocese, Anglican Communion, Mos...
The 3 Armoured Division Garrison of the Nigerian Army and its affiliate units would conduct live firing at its shooting range in Miango, near Jos, between March 5 and March 14, a statement has said. The statement, signed by Lt. Saleh Buba for the Assis...
Sen Isaiah Balat, the Special Adviser to the President on Special Duties, has said that the PDP was committed to entrenching internal democracy at all levels of its operations. Balat said this in an interview with newsmen in Gora, Kaduna State, while r...
An Ikeja High Court on Friday ordered the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) to deposit the N25 million judgment sum awarded in favour of Nollywood Star, Babatunde Omidina (a.k.a Baba Suwe) with the court’s Chief Registrar. Justic...
A High Court sitting in Isabo, Ogun on Friday quashed charges of stealing, illegal diversion of public funds and all other criminal charges against former Gov. Gbenga Daniel of Ogun. The accused was arraigned on a 43-count charge by the Economic ...
Two people were in the early hours of Friday killed in a multiple accident at Magodo on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, according to the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC). No fewer than 14 people were also injured in the accident involving eight vehicles w...
Wide ranging debates in the House of Representatives yesterday pushed for greater financial autonomy for Local Government Authorities (LGAs) as federal lawmakers insisted that such autonomy would spur accelerated development of rural areas. The resolut...
The Kwara State Government has commissioned the N 42.5 million Ohan Bailey Bridge project along Ilorin-Igbeti road, even as he assured Kwarans that it will continue to upgrade deplorable federal roads in the state to enhance economic activities of the ...
INEC on Tuesday tasked political parties to imbibe internal democracy and strengthen the polity. Alhaji Haliru Tambuwal, the INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner in Kaduna State, gave the charge during a stakeholders’ forum ahead of the Saturday ...
The House of Representatives on Thursday raised an eight-member committee to investigate alleged production, issuance and circulation of fake number plates in the country. The committee which is headed by the Minority Whip, Samson Osagie (ACN-Edo), is ...
Mr Elekwachi Ukonu, former General Manager, Nigeria Television Authority (NTA) Channel 6, Aba, Abia, has called for the immortalisation of the late Chief James Iroha (Giringory). Iroha, popularly known as “Giringory”, was creator and one of...