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The Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) in Adamawa State has said that the killings in the state in recent times are politically motivated even as the party has been accused of sponsoring the killings. A press statement signed by chairman of the part...
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja on Saturday dismissed the appeal brought by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), challenging the competence of the suit filed by Bayelsa State Governor, Timipre Silva, seeking to stop the governorship primary electio...
The forum of former Deputy Governors has urged the organised labour to seek dialogue with the Federal Government, before embarking on an industrial action over the removal of petrol subsidy. Speaking on Saturday in Uyo, the Secretary-General of th...
No fewer than two persons were injured in a commotion between the supporters of Gov. Tanko Almakura of Nasarawa and his predecessor Alhaji Akwe Doma at the Court of Appeal in Makurdi on Friday. The supporters of CPC and PDP were in the court ...
As the recent petrol subsidy removal continues to generate mixed reactions among Nigerians, an Abia-based group, Concerned Advocate for Good Governance (CAGG), has urged the organised labour not to overheat the polity. The group in a statement ma...
Potiskum, the commercial nerve centre of Yobe on Friday recorded series of explosions and gunfire, the second since the declaration of state of emergency in the state by the Federal Government. Alhaji Lawal Tanko, the State's Commissioner of P...
No fewer than 295 cases of fire outbreaks were recorded in Katsina State in 2011, the deputy chief fire officer of state fire service, Ali Kassim Bindawa has said. Addressing journalists in his office on Thursday, Bindawa, said the state fire service ...
The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), Nigeria Civil Service Union (NCSU), and Nigeria Union Of Local Government Employees (NULGE) have ordered their members in the 36 states of the federation to ignore a purported court o...
Will the 11th hour injunction, obtained from the National Industrial Court restraining the planned national strike by Labour on Monday, derail labour? LEADERSHIP WEEKEND’s LOUIS ACHI examines the key issues thrown up by the activation of the zero...
Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and her counterpart in the Ministry of Petroleum, Mrs. Diezani Allison-Madueke, have been asked to resign their appointments with immediate effect following their roles in the withdrawal of fuel subsidy. The...
The Niger State government has said that no state government in the country has the constitutional power to declare a state of emergency in any part of the country, hence Governor Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu cannot extend the state of emergency to oth...
A staunch supporter of former President Ibrahim Babangida, Hassan Mohammed Jallo, has asked persons criticising the former president over his comments on the removal of fuel subsidy to desist as he(IBB) was not only entitled to his opinion but cl...
Over 350 Nigerians resident in London, on Friday, protested the removal of fuel subsidy by the Nigerian government. The group which consisted of students, professionals and friends of Nigerians converged at Nigeria House (the Consulate) from 12.30pm, t...
The National Human Rights Commission has provided four dedicated emergency telephone lines for the public to call and report any violations during the protests against the removal of petrol subsidy. The Board Chairman of the Commission, Dr Ch...
Hundreds of protesters who converged at the Silver Jubilee Square in Kano, vowing to remain there until their demands are met were yesterday dispersed by riot policemen just as one of the protesters was reportedly killed while several...