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Flowing from early last month’s declaration by an Abuja Federal High Court that Hon. Eseme Eyiboh is the rightful Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the primary for Eket/Ibeno/Esit/Onna Federal Constituency of Akwa Ibom State, and subseq...
Bauchi State Governor, Malam Isa Yuguda and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Senator Bala Mohammed yesterday finally brought to an end their nearly three year political feud at a public reconciliation parley in Abuja yesterday. The ...
As a result the manhunt for the Boko Haram bombing yesterday, members of the National Assembly from Kaduna State, and some local government chairmen were barred from entering the Umaru Musa Yar’Adua Hall where Governor Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa swor...
Governor Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara State yesterday approved the immediate reinstatement of the deposed Emir of Bakura, Alhaji Bello Sani. The governor also approved the reversion of the appointment of Alhaji Hassan Marafa the incumbent Emir of Bakura a...
The All Nigeria Peoples Party ANPP yesterday reacted to allegations raised by the Board of Trustees (BOT) chairman of the Arewa Consultative Forum, Gen. Jeremiah Useni and a member of the Borno emirate council, Alhaji Zanna Bukar Umaru Mandara that the...
At last, Kaduna State Governor, Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa yesterday swore-in commissioners and sole administrators of development areas. Charging them to be pivotal of peace and development, Yakowa said, “The main action you are expected to perform ...
The Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Lokoja, Kogi State yesterday struck out the petition filed by Hon. Dino Melaye, challenging the election of Hon. Tajudeen Ayo Yusuf as member of the House of Representatives. In its ruling in a preliminary obj...
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has slammed the PDP for asking Gov. Babatunde Fashola to resign over the recent flooding in the state, describing the call as a failed attempt to make political capital out of an unfortunate situation. In a statemen...
Sen. Ibrahim Ida has called on the federal government and Nigerians to listen to the grievances of the Boko Haram sect. Speaking with journalists, the lawyer also stated that fighting them with arms will not solve the problem. Ruth Choji was there for ...
With over 40,000 Nigerian girls held as sex slaves in Mali and other West African countries, Nigerian officials complain of lack of support from these countries in their effeorts to rescuing these girls. In this interview with EZRA IJIOMA, the Economic...
Few will argue with the conclusion that most of the challenges being faced by the Nigeria Police are self-inflicted. The officers and men of the force equate the vested interests of the government in power to those of the state. This is why state gover...
A Police Corporal attached to a Police patrol-team has been allegedly killed by armed bandits between Ubulu Uku-Obior in Aniocha South Local Government Area of Delta State. Reports said that the Corporal was gunned down yesterday by the escaping armed ...
Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola on Wednesday appealed to the federal government to assist the Lagos State government in its efforts to reclaim land overtaken by sea erosion. Fashola made the appeal when he visited communities in Lekki/Ajah in Et...
An orthopaedic surgeon, Dr. Kingsley Ekwe, has advised Nigerians to take care of their back before it becomes problematic. Ekwe, an orthopaedic surgeon, who works with the Natioanl Hospital Abuja, also said that excessive back pain was caused by wear a...
Nigeria and the Republic of Germany is to cooperate towards clinching the United Nations top Security Council seats.Both countries would also cement bilateral relationship that would promote economic and political ties. High level talks are on between ...