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Any moment from now, the national leadership of People Democratic Party (PDP) will announce the dissolution of the party’s structures across the country. When this happens, present occupants of the various chapters and tiers of the party will cea...
The Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP) has asked President Goodluck Jonathan to resign if he is incapable of bringing sanity to the country’s oil industry and is now contemplating removing fuel subsidy. The national publicity secreta...
Some stakeholders in the Niger Delta dare President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan on the recently reconstituted board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) reports AKANIMO SAMPSON in Port Harcourt. Stakeholders Democracy Network (SDN), a socio-pol...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, re-arraigned the former governor of Oyo State, Otunba Adebayo Christopher Alao-Akala and two other for alleged conspiracy to steal and award of contracts without budget provision. Other ac...
Mr Adonis Igwe, Chairman of the Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP) in Enugu, has tasked political parties in the country to plan early for the 2015 general elections. Adonis said in Enugu on Tuesday that early preparations would give the o...
An outbreak of diarrhoea has claimed two lives in Bangi headquarters of Mariga Local Government Area of Niger State. The Permanent Secretary in the Health Ministry, Dr Ibrahim Chindo, said in Minna on Tuesday that only two persons died as a result of t...
The Plateau Chamber of Commerce, Industry Mines and Agriculture (PLACCIMA) has announced the cancellation of the annual Jos Trade Fair due to the security challenges in the state. "The security situation does not seem to be improving much, and we ...
The Independent National Electoral Commission office in Ikole, Ikole Local Govt Area of Ekiti State was yesterday thrown into confusion as materials suspected to be explosives exploded within the office and set the building on fire. The act, it was gat...
Senate Minority Leader, George Akume, has described the Benue State Governor, Gabriel Suswam, as a drowning man, who is desperate to evade a possible judicial verdict that could sack him from office. Sen. Akume, Suswam’s predecessor at Benue Gove...
The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, says Nigerians must seek the face of God for new things to happen in the country. Adeboye said this on Tuesday morning in a sermon entitled: “A New Thing” a...
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja on Monday adjourned indefinitely, to deliver its judgement in the appeal filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against an ex parte decision of the Federal High Court in Abuja which warned the party of the cons...
Things are currently falling apart between Rivers State, and its sister state, Bayelsa, the home state of President Goodluck Jonathan, over boundary problems. The backstage conflict appears to have taken a new twist with the Rivers State Government dra...
Acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ibrahim Lamorde has vowed to cleanse the anti-graft agency by setting up internal affairs department within the Commission. Lamorde twice made the promise to cleanse the ...
There was pandemonium in Osogbo on Sunday when a tipper truck crushed a motorcyclist and three passengers to death. The Head of Operations, Osun Sector Command of the FRSC, Mr Michael Olapade, confirmed that the accident occurred in front of Osun...
The Supreme Court of Nigeria has struck out an application for stay of proceedings before a High Court of Kogi State filed by the ex-governor, Prince Abubakar Audu who is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFC...