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The Sokoto State chapter of Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) has rejected the result of the Saturday's governorship election in Sokoto State. INEC on Sunday declared the immediate-past governor of the state, Alhaji Aliyu Wamakko of the PDP, as...
The Most Rev. Valerian Okeke, Archbishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Onitsha, has urged the police and the judiciary to expedite action on awaiting-trial inmates as part of measures to decongest prisons in the country. Okeke made the appeal after ho...
The branch of Access Bank Plc. on Oyemekun/Adesida Road in Akure was on Sunday afternoon gutted by fire. Although the cause of the fire, which started from the ground floor of the bank building, has yet to be ascertained at the time of filing this repo...
Deputy Senate President, Sen. Ike Ekweremadu, says the National Assembly has so far received 45 requests for the creation of new states by various groups from across the country. Ekweremadu disclosed this on Saturday while speaking on the subject &ldqu...
The Borno government has directed the immediate implementation of the N18,000 minimum wage to workers in the 27 Local Government Areas of the state. Alhaji Bakaka Garbai, the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, told newsmen in Ma...
Former President, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida, has said that leaders at all levels must be involved in providing security in the country. Gen. Babangida said this in Kano on Saturday when he paid a condolence visit to the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero, in...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), in Cross River, says it would use 4, 569 ad-hoc staff for the Feb. 25 governorship election in the state. Mr Mike Igini, INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), disclosed this in Calabar on Satu...
Collation of votes have started at various centres in Sokoto State, following the end of voting and counting of votes at polling units, in the governorship election held on Saturday. The correspondents covering the exercise report that counting of vote...
Following the missing of some parties' names and logo from ballot papers, the Independent National Electoral Commission on Saturday postponed the bye election for unit 3 ward in Magongo,Ogori/Magongo local government area of Kogi State. Investigati...
Most Rev. Valerian Okeke, Archbishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Onitsha, has urged Nigerians to devote their resources for the nation’s economic prosperity. “We should shun bombings, kidnapping and other violence that are not helping ou...
Politicians and senior INEC officials have commended the peaceful conduct of the electorate during Saturday’s governorship election in Sokoto State. A number of those who spoke with newsmen urged the people to continue to exhibit this attitude as...
The Minister of Defence, Dr Mohammed Bello, says the armed forces will continue to promote sports and use it to build better military-civil relationship. Bello made the assertion on Saturday in Abuja at the flag-off of the 2012 ``International Military...
The Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC) has directed operators of hotels, motels, guest houses, night clubs and eateries nationwide to register with the corporation within 30 days or be shut down. Otunba Olusegun Runsewe, the Director-Gener...
Those alleging that Governor Ibrahim Dankwambo of Gombe State, have endorsed their aspiration for the chairmanship of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the party’s forth coming national convention have been described as desperate named...
In a bid to avoid a repeat of the bloodshed in Nasarawa and Benue States over boundary disputes, the House of Representatives yesterday directed the National Boundary Commission and the Inter- State Technical Committee to liaise with the governors of O...