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The US Department of State has warned US citizens of the risks of travel to Kenya. It advised American citizens in Kenya and those considering travel to Kenyato evaluate their personal security situation in light of continuing and recently height...
Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State, has approved the sum of N176 million for effective operations of the Waste Management Board in the state. Chief Olori Magege, Chairman of the Waste Management Board in the state who disclosed this to new...
The federal government of Nigeria has called on the International Criminal Court and the Libyan authorities to work closely to develop ways to advance ongoing investigations in order to ensure justice for Libya’s victims. Speaking at the Un...
As the date for the PDP governorship primaries in Bayelsa State draws nearer, governors of the six South-South states yesterday held a closed-door meeting with President Goodluck Jonathan during whihc they mounted pressure on him with a view to clearin...
Ahead of the 2015 governorship succession war in Delta State, ethnic and clannish permutations are defining who inherits Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan’s throne. LEADERSHIP WEEKEND’s OSBY ISIBOR and KOLA NIYI-EKE examine the political intrigues...
The recent decision of members of the lower Chamber of the National Assembly to purchase 380 cars at the sum of N2.3b has raised dust among the critical members of the public as the purchase contravenes the monetization policy of government, writes BAY...
Fred Itua takes a look at the factors that might work against Governor Adams Oshiomhole’s return to Osadebe House in next year’s governorship elections in Edo State. Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State no doubt is very popular. The...
Niger state government has opened public bidding for its N9billion bond project with 34 construction companies and nine consulting firms participating.The state commissioner of works, Dr. Ibrahim Sule, who supervised the bidding with a team of the Stat...
Newly appointed special adviser to the president on political affairs, Ali Ahmed Gulak, said that the dismissal of the petition brought before the Presidential Tribunal by the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) against President Goodluck Jonathan&nb...
The standard bearer of the Congress for Progressive Change(CPC), in Kogi State, Chief James Ocholi-SAN has promised to give the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) a shock treatment in the forthcoming gubernatorial poll.He expressed his confide...
A Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Minna, yesterday, ordered one Mohammed Jemeel Musa, who allegedly killed his wife to be remanded in Minna Prison until December 1 this year when his application for bail will be heard.Musa, a busine...
The Etsu Nupe, Alhaji Yahaya Abubakar, has appointed Alhaji Abdulmalik Halilu Usman, as the new Gado Damasun Nupe.Halilu, who hails from the Usman Zaki royal family in Bida , started his early education at Sacred Heart Primary School Kaduna before proc...
The Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Abuja on Tuesday threw out a petition by the Congress For Progressive Change (CPC), challenging to President Goodluck Jonathan's victory in the April 16 elections. The tribunal in its ruling u...
Baby Gabriel, born at midnight at Gwarinpa General Hospital Abuja, officially makes Nigeria’s population of 167 million as the world celebrates Day of Seven Billion People on Monday. The father of the boy, Mr Ibu Simon, who hails from Cross River...
The Police in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have said 13,000 officers would be deployed to prevent crimes during and after the Eld-el-Kabir celebration.Mr. Michael Zuokmor, the Commissioner of Police in the FCT, said this on Friday while parading...