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Adamawa Politics: A Crisis of Confidence
The bureaucratic storm rocking Adamawa state political catamaran is raising deep questions about the texture and ambition of our political…
Niger State govt sacks all political appointees, dissolves State Boards
The Niger State government has announced the termination of the appointment of political appointees and dissolution of State Boards with…
Chief Judge stops Suswam from appointing more chiefs
The Benue State Chief Judge, Justice Iorhemen Hwande, has restrained Governor Gabriel Suswam from appointing first class chiefs in the…
NNPC pipeline vandalised in Gov. Amosun’s village
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta An NNPC pipeline has been vandalised early Tuesday morning around Ajura-Ogere Remo axis of Ogun state, Southwest,Nigeria. The…
Kogi has no reason to be a poor state – gubernatorial aspirant
A governorship aspirant in Kogi, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, said the state had no reason to be listed among poor states…
Tiger Woods, Lindsey Vonn break up
Los Angeles (AFP) Former world number one Tiger Woods and his skiing star girlfriend of three years Lindsey Vonn have…
Pacquiao to undergo shoulder surgery
Manny Pacquiao’s camp accused the Nevada Athletic Commission of denying them treatment for an injury to his right shoulder which…
Kano Govt trains 200 aspiring managers
The Kano State Government has organised a two-week training workshop for 200 senior officers aspiring for managerial positions in the…
Agric Minister, Adesina, shuns Reps summon over rice import fraud
The House of Representatives has threatened to sanction the Minister of Agriculture, Dr Akinwunmi Adesina over failure to appear before…
Ugolor holding to my husband’s property, Oyerinde’s widow cries out
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Mrs. Funke Olaitan, wife of Olaitan Oyerinde, slain Principal Private Secretary to Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo state,…
FG paid oil marketers N154bn not N156bn – Okonjo-Iweala
Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has stated that the Federal Government paid oil marketers N154 billion and not N156…
Fuel scarcity: We’ll supply adequate petrol – Marketers
The Major Oil Markers Association of Nigeria (MOMAN) has assured the public of adequate supply of the Premium Motor Spirit…
NNPC searching for oil in Chad Basin
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) said it was set to resume oil search in the Chad Basin following the…
PDP NWC blames Patience Jonathan, Fayose, others for party’s presidential election loss
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has blamed the party’s loss at the March 28…
Assembly staff lock out lawmakers in Delta
The Delta chapter of Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN) on Monday prevented the staff and members of the House…
Rivers: Abducted LG boss, Ikegbidi released, hospitalised
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt After spending about two weeks in the kidnappers’ den, Chief Cassidy Ikegbidi,the Caretaker Committee Chairman of Ahoada…
Female banker, others charged with defrauding Emir of Kano’s account
Three former employees of a Nigerian top bank: Amina Magaji, Haruna Bulama Namadi and Muhammed Abdullahi (at large) were today…
140 convicted rapists make Lagos register of sex offenders
The Lagos State Government on Monday said that 140 convicted sex offenders had been recorded in a Sex Offenders’ Register…
Cashless Africa expo kicks off in Lagos
The 5th MobileMoneyExpo will commence on May 6-7 at the Eko Hotel and Suite. The two-day expo will focus on…
Extradite ex-MINT boss, Okoyomon to UK, courts orders
Justice E. S Chukwu of the Federal High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja on Monday, May 4, 2015 ordered the…
Republican, Ben Carson to run for president
Miami (AFP) – US neurosurgeon Ben Carson announced that he is seeking the Republican Party’s presidential nomination. Carson, an African…
Ladoja challenges Ajimobi’s victory, heads to tribunal
Gbenro Adesina/Ibadan Senator Rasheed Ladoja, former governor of Oyo state and gubernatorial candidate of Accord Party in the last governorship…
Ondo gets Federal Polytechnic Ile-Oluji
The Minister of Education, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau, on Monday in Akure, presented letter of approval for Federal Polytechnic, Ile-Oluji, to…
Reverse power sector privatisation, Gusau residents tells FG
Residents of Gusau Local Government Area of Zamfara on Monday urged the Federal Government to reverse the privatisation of the…
Dangote Cement to begin production in Tanzania
The sub-Saharan Africa’s leading cement producer, Dangote Cement, says it will begin production of cement in Tanzania’s Mtwara region in…
Saudi Arabia executes 3 Africans for murder, armed robbery
Saudi Arabian authorities on Monday executed five foreigners convicted of murdering an Indian citizen during an armed robbery in a…
21 die as bus falls from bridge in India
Police on Monday said no fewer than 21 people were burnt to death and 13 others injured after a bus…
Cannons and bells ring out for Princess Charlotte Elizabeth Diana
London (AFP) – Prince William and his wife Kate announced Monday that their new baby princess will be called Charlotte…
Stop Heating The Polity
Since 28 March and 11 April, 2015 when the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, lost the Presidential and governorship elections in…
Money Laundering: Fani-Kayode knows fate on June 18
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday fixed June 18 for judgment in the trial of a former Minister…