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Nine persons, including an infant, died on Saturday morning in a fatal accident on Abeokuta-Sagamu expressway in Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of Ogun. Mr Ayobami Omiyale, the Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Ogun Command, told newsme...
Ogun State Government and Muslim chiefs in Abeokuta organised a prayer session on Saturday to mark the eighth day prayer for the late AbduLateef Adegbite. Adegbite, who, until his death, was the Secretary-General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Isl...
Retired Col. David Dungs, DPP candidate in the Plateau North senatorial by-election, has advised INEC to make sure that all unused election materials are returned intact. ``It is the only way to avoid massive thump-printing of ballot papers that were n...
Women of all ages defied the heavy downpour in Riyom, to vote in the Plateau North senatorial by-election on Saturday. The correspondent, who covered the elections in the troubled local government, reports that the women, who came in their numbers, clu...
Some prospective voters in Barkin-Ladi, who were not allowed to vote in the Saturday Plateau North senatorial by-election due to a lack of voters card, have protested the disenfranchisement. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that many of such vo...
Plateau PDP Chairman Haruna Dabin, says the smooth campaigns toward the Plateau North Senatorial by-election, has rekindled unity and peace among erstwhile foes. ``The by-election is a huge booster for unity in Jos and its environs in Plateau North. Fo...
The Kaduna State chairman of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Barr Mohammed Musa Soba, has claimed that his party sold its Presidential Candidate in 2011, Mal. NuhuRibadu, to the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for One hundred million dollar...
The former Inspector General of Police(IGP), Alhaji Mohammadu Gambo Jimeta, has accused members of the Northern Elders Forum of pulling down pillars of national unity and sowing seeds of enmity, by attacking the administration of Pres...
The Plateau Government says it is eager to commence the payment of N18,000 minimum wage to its local government staff if revenue accruing to the councils improves. Dr Paul Wai, the state Commissioner for Local Government, told the News Agency of Nigeri...
Edo Governor Adams Oshiomhole has warned that tax defaulters in the state risk prison sentences, saying government will no longer treat them with kid gloves. Oshiomhole gave the warning in Benin on Thursday at the plenary of the Christian Association o...
President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday in Abuja approved the appointment of Vice Admiral Ola Ibrahim from Kwara as the new Chief of Defence Staff. A statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Reuben Abati, said...
The National Assembly has called on the Federal Government to muster the political will to complete Ajaokuta Steel Project for the technological advancement and overall development of the country. Mohammed Sadiq, the Chairman, House of Representatives ...
The Senate President, David Mark, on Thursday in Abuja appealed to senators, especially chairmen of committees, to ensure that projects included in budgets were representative of the entire country. Mark made the appeal while reacting to an allegation ...
Two political parties, New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) and Change Advocacy Party (CAP), have recommended death sentence as punishment for terrorists in the country. Mr Gilbert Agbo, the National Chairman, NNPP, and Mr Lewis Abah, the National C...
There were strong indications, yesterday, that the National Assembly and the Presidency might have reached a truce over the 2013 budget. This emerged yesterday when the Senate Majority Leader, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba announced on the floor that the P...