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The firm grip of the ruling Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), on the politics of Lagos seems to be tenuous with the wave of several reversals in its fortunes in last year’s local government polls, where its candidates won a landslide victory cart...
Although 2015 is more than 28 months away, the race to succeed the incumbent governor of Rivers State, Mr. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, has begun in earnest with Rivers South-East and Rivers West senatorial districts battling to produce the next gove...
The skepticism with which Nigerians view National Budget has led to its perception as an annual ritual. UCHENNA AWOM writes that a new season bundled with figure contradictions are here again. The National Assembly premises has become a Mecca of some s...
The Delta Government has closed all camps opened to cater for the recent flood-ravaged victims in the state, Dr Tony Nwaka, the Commissioner for Special Duties, has said. Nwaka told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Asaba that the closure which start...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has reitrated that the electronic permanent voters card will, in a very substantial way, contribute to the credibility of 2015 general elections, pointing out that the chip-based voter card will chec...
The Minister of Information, Mr Labaran Maku, on Friday in London called on Nigerians in Diaspora to partner with the government on national development initiatives. Maku stated this on Friday in London, at ``The Nigerian Conversation Peace and U...
The Plateau House of Assembly has called on labour and government to accept a political solution to end the eight-month old strike Local Government workers strike in the state. The resolution was passed on Friday following a motion by Mr Joe Dawan, rep...
The Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives, Chief Emeka Ihedioha, has promised to collaborate with the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) to empower 20,000 Imo youths to be self-reliant by 2014. Ihedioha, represents Aboh Mbaise/Ngor Okpala Fede...
The Northern States Governors Forum has condoled with former Head of State and leader of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, over the death of his daughter, Zulaihat. Forum Chairman and Governor of Niger State, Dr Babangid...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) have issued 10-day ultimatum to Plateau Government to pay the N18,000 minimum wage to council workers or ``face economic paralyses’’. The Chairman, Plateau Council o...
The Headquarters of 13 Brigade, Nigerian Army Calabar, says it will empower military personnel, their spouses and wards from Dec. 3 to Dec. 10, to enable them to be self-reliant. This is contained in a statement issued by the Army Public Relation...
The Industrial dispute between the Plateau state government and the state chapter of National Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) over the refusal of the state government to fully implement the N18, 000.00 minimum wage is about to reach a boili...
The House of Representatives yesterday declared the $620,000 bribery scandal which one of its members, Farouk Lawan grapples with as “over –flogged.” Responding to questions from newsmen on the protracted release of the House in-house...
Barring last minute changes or shelve of plans, Chief Tony Anenih, may succeed former President Olusegun Obasanjo as chairman of the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. This is against the wish of Obasanjo who is said to be ro...
The ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State, has warned local government chairmen in the state against owing workers salaries. The party which controls 15 of the 16 local government areas in the state, said that, “in line with the ea...