Politics

The police in Imo have introduced a motorised system of operation; follow the recent directive by the Inspector-General of Police, Mr Muhammed Abubakar, to dismantle all road blocks. Samuel Oodee, the command's Public Relations Officer, disclosed i...

Prof. Daniel Saror, defeated ANPP candidate in the April 2011 polls in Benue, has appealed to Election Petition Tribunals in the country to handle petitions based on their circumstances.  Saror said on Friday in Makurdi, that the ripples being gen...

Niger State Governor, Babangida Aliyu, has said that the federal revenue formula should be reviewed in 2012 as it is presently unfavourable to the northern part of the country. Aliyu, who made this remark yesterday while inaugurating an advisory counci...

Governor Aliyu Wamakko of Sokoto State, yesterday dissolved the state executive council. This was contained in a statement signed by the Director General Media, Government House,  Alhaji Hassan Muhammad Maccido, a copy of which was made available ...

Members of the Action Congress of Nigeria caucus in the House of Representatives yesterday distanced members from reports that it was opposed to a convocation of a sovereign national conference. The caucus also stated that it was unilaterally opposed t...

House of Representatives’ Committee on Privatisation has expressed concern over NITEL’s N250 billion debt. The chairman of the committee, Hajiya Khadiza Abba-Ibrahim, made the position of the House known to State House Correspondents in Abu...

Mrs Olusola Obada, the Minister of State for Defence, says the ministry is making arrangements for military pensioners and their families to be included in the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). She made the announcement on Thursday in Abuja whil...

The Adamawa State Independent Electoral Commission (ADSIEC) has fixed March 31, for local government elections in the state. The date is contained in a statement from the commission’s Information Unit, which was made available to News Agency of N...

Governor of Bayelsa State, Sariake Dickson has approved the appointment of five new special advisers. Chief Fred Agbedi, a former Director General of the Dickson campaign organisation has been slated for Special Adviser on Political Matters, Stephen Di...

Gov. Aliyu Wamakko of Sokoto State has re-appointed Alhaji Sahabi Gada as the  new Secretary to the State Government ( SSG) . Gada was the immediate past Secretary to the State Government.  Wamakko, who also swore in the new government scribe...

 After spending 206 days against the 180 days as stipulated by the Supreme Court, the Rivers State governorship election petition tribunal on Thursday struck out the petition of the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (AP...

Prof Attahiru Jega, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), says the commission would conduct a free, fair, credible and peaceful governorship election in Cross River. Jega gave the pledge in Calabar on Wednesday during an...

Alhaji Aliyu Wamakko has been sworn in for the second time as Sokoto State governor, Wamakko was yesterday sworn in a ceremony at the Trade Fair Complex in Sokoto metroplis, along with his deputy, Barr. Muktari Shagari. Wamakko, who emerged winner of S...

Not fewer than 735 delegates will decide who among five aspirants will fly the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s flag for the July 14, 2012 gubernatorial election in Edo State. They are made up of 159 statutory delegates and 576 ad-hoc delegates w...

Police in Ekiti State have recovered three stolen vehicles from a robbery syndicate allegedly headed by a pastor of a church in Ado-Ekiti. The Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP Operations), Mr Ududo Adat, said the pastor was arrested following a ti...