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FG spends N373bn on ex-PHCN workers’ settlements
The Director-General, Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), Mr Benjamin Dikki, said the Federal Government spent over N373 billion to settle…
2015 Elections: INEC achievements proved doomsday predictions wrong – Jega
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega, has said that some predictions, especially in…
Edo workers issue 3-Day warning strike
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Civil Servants in Edo State have issued a three-day warning strike to the State government over an alleged…
EFCC arraigns man for job scam
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday May 20, 2015 arraigned Chidi Alozie before Justice U.N Agomoh of…
Key lawmakers meet over Lagos Speakership tussle
Eromosele Ebhomele The current impasse faced by members of the Lagos State House of Assembly, western Nigeria over who should…
APC to hold two-day retreat for senators-elect
The All Progressives Congress (APC) will hold a two-day retreat for all its senators-elect in Abuja on May 22nd-23rd 2015.…
PDP plans to disrupt May 23 council polls – Rivers APC alleges
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers state has been accused of plotting to use violent means…
SMEs driving innovation in Nigeria – GE Report
Innovation is one of key ingredient needed to excel in business and stay ahead of competition. In Nigeria, Small and…
Traders in Onitsha protest, demand tax receipts from Anambra govt
Traders at Ose-Okwodu Market in Onitsha on Wednesday appealed to Gov. Willie Obiano to prevail on his aides to issue…
Constitution amendment: Reps move to override President’s veto
The House of Representatives on Wednesday introduced new clauses in its Standing Order XIII Rule 98 which sought to override…
Group wants Buhari to appoint women in key positions
Ms Ayisha Osori, the Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Women Trust Fund (NWTF), has urged the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, to appoint…
PDP NWC cannot intimidate me, says Fani-Kayode
Femi Fani-Kayode says he cannot be intimidated by threat of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party…
Impeachment: Gov Aliyu pays assembly members N17m each
Niger State Governor, Aliyu Babangida, has reportedly paid members of the Niger state House of Assembly outstanding allowances to stave…
Nigeria bedeviled by poverty, debt – Osinbajo
Nigeria’s Vice President-elect, Prof. Yomi Osinbajo, has painted a dispiriting picture of the national economy, by releasing mind-boggling statistics and…
Buhari’s victory rubbished disintegration fears, says Tony Blair
Former British Prime Minister, Mr Tony Blair on Wednesday said the victory of General Muhammadu Buhari in the March 28…
US releases documents recovered in Osama bin Laden raid
US government on Wednesday in Washington released a list of now declassified documents recovered during the 2011 raid on al-Qaeda…
Nigeria loses over N540.3bn to smuggling of poultry products
The Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN) says Nigeria is losing about 2.75 billion dollars (N540.38 billion equivalent) through smuggling of…
Nigerian Air Force disowns Facebook account
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF), says the NIGERIA AIRFORCE GROUP Facebook account on the internet is fake. It added that…
579 officers, soldiers for court martial – Army
The Nigerian Army said on Wednesday that 579 of its officers and men had been court martialed for sundry offences.…
APC governors adopt strategies for improved governance
Outgoing and incoming governors on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), have resolved to replicate positive governance strategies…
Olatunji Dare named Professor Emeritus In US University
Professor Olatunji Dare, a communication scholar, author, satirist, famous columnist, and former Chair of The Guardian Editorial Board, has been…
Tony Anenih resigns as PDP Board of Trustees Chairman
Tony Anenih has resigned as PDP Board of Trustees Chairman. According to a statement by the National Working Committee of…
Jonathan to show Buhari, Osinbajo round Aso Rock on May 28
President Goodluck Jonathan and Vice President Namadi Sambo will on May 28, conduct the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President-elect,…
ECOWAS pays moving tribute to Jonathan
The Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS) has paid an emotional tribute to the outgoing President of Nigeria, Goodluck…
Jonathan urges Nigerians, global community to support Buhari
President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday in Abuja called on the global community and Nigerians to support the incoming government of…
PDP NWC accuses Dep. Nat Organizing Secretary of N2.5m fraud
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Working Committee (NWC) has accused Chief Okey Nnadozie, the deputy national organising secretary of…
Fani-Kayode not a member of PDP, NWC calls for investigation
The National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party has written the state chairman in Osun state questioning the membership…
PDP Rep-elect loses seat over certificate forgery
A Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, elected member of the House of Representatives, Christian Abah, has lost his seat after a…
Demonising Tinubu And The Limit Of Lies
By Lateef Raji Except, perhaps, the President Elect, Muhammadu Buhari, there is no other Nigerian politician whose person has been…
Make public Excess Crude Account, CACOL dares Okonjo-Iweala
Eromosele Ebhomele The Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders, CACOL, on Wednesday dared the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the…