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Murtala Nyako has been sworn-in for the second time as Adamawa governor. Nyako was sworn in on Wednesday in a ceremony at Ribadu Square, Yola, along with his deputy Bala Ngilari. Nyako, who emerged winner of Saturday's governorship election under t...
The Senate on Wednesday in Abuja confirmed the nomination of 85 ambassadorial nominees just as Senate PresidentDavid Mark appealed for a proper maintenance of foreign missions. Mark, who made the appeal after the Senate had approved the list of ambassa...
Mixed reactions on Wednesday trailed the appointment of Mr Nuhu Ribadu, former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), as the head of the Petroleum Revenue Special Taskforce. The taskforce was set up on Tuesday by the Minister ...
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega yesterday admitted that the expectations of Nigerians in the commission to check electoral malpractices through the prosecution of electoral offenders have fa...
The Acting Governor of Bayelsa State, Hon. Nestor Binabo on Wednesday, led some loyalists of the removed Governor, Timipre Sylva to join the campaign train of the Flag bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Hon. Seriake Dickson, asking the peopl...
A total of 237 persons died in 348 auto crashes last year in Edo, Mr John Aniedi, the Public Relations Officer of the state command of the Federal Road Safety Corps, said on Wednesday in Benin. Aniedi said the fatalities comprised 190 males, 35 females...
Many residents of Damaturu, who fled after the bombings that rocked the state capital last year, have started returning home. It is also observed that business activities were gradually picking up in the troubled capital. A drive arou...
Some Nigerians in the UK, who were honored by Queen Elizabeth II, have commended her for maintaining peaceful relations among the Commonwealth nations in her 60-year reign as monarch. Mr Richard Taylor, a 2011 recipient of the Order of the British Empi...
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) and the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) in Kaduna State have threatened to boycott the repeat election into the Soba federal constituency. The two political parties announced their position to INEC at a meetin...
The Minister of Culture, Tourism and National Orientation, Mr. Edem Duke, has said that the hope for transformation in Nigerian may not be realised unless the Nigerian people are transformed first. The minister said this yesterday in ...
The Ijebu-Ode Command of the FRSC on Tuesday said 138 auto-accidents were recorded on the Ijebu-Ode-Ore-Benin Expressway in 2011. Mr. Yakubu Anto, the Unit Commander of the FRSC, also told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, that...
A Federal High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, has granted leave to the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), to seek information on the spending of recovered stolen public funds since 1999. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports t...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has ordered an investigation into the escape of five of its clients undergoing anti-drug abuse counseling and rehabilitation at the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Command, Abuja. NDLEA.s Chief Executive...
As armed robbers continue to besiege residents of Epe area in Lagos State, the community leaders have called on the Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola (SAN) to provide adequate security for the community. A community leader, Alhaji Shuaib Am...
Members of the House of Representatives have expressed concern over the abuse of the expatriate quota by foreign multinationals operating in the country. Hon. Essien Ekpenyong Ayi (PDP, Akwa Ibom State), in a motion raised at the floor of the House, ar...