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Bad economy responsible for owing 13 months salary – Okorocha
Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo has attributed the poor state of the nation’s economy for the non-payment salary arrears being…
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2015 Budget: FG earmarks N145.2bn for oil subsidy – Okonjo-Iweala
Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Minister of Finance, said that N145.2 billion had been set aside for payment of subsidy on petroleum…
Tribunal: Agbaje to inspect Lagos election material
Henry Ojelu The Lagos State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Ikeja today granted leave to Mr Jimi Agbaje of…
Rep Speaker: South-South canvasses support for Pally Iriase
Jethro Ibileke/Benin As senior members of House of Representatives from different zones continue to lobby for the position of Speaker,…
Scrap Amnesty Programme, Senator-Elect Tells Buhari
Adi Femi/Kaduna Kaduna senator-elect and President Civil Rights Congress, Comrade Shehu Sani, has urged president-elect Muhammadu Buhari to scrap the…
March 28, A Turning Point In Nigeria’s History – Saraki
The re-elected Senator for Kwara Central and leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the State, Dr. Bukola Saraki,…
I cannot be impeached, says Chime
Governor Sullivan Chime of Enugu State in eastern Nigeria has described the threat of impeachment against him by the state…
Jonathan sacks PEF, NCMDB Fund boss, appoints replacement
President Goodluck Jonathan continued his last gale of appointment and sack of public office holders on Tuesday with the removal…
Amputee joins Buhari trekkers, set out to Abuja from Kaduna
Femi Adi/Kaduna A double Amputee, Musa Ibrahim said has embarked on a 200km walk from Kaduna to Abuja in solidarity…
Police IG, Arase set to crackdown on cultists
The Inspector-General of Police, Ag. IGP Solomon E. Arase has expressed concern about the activity of cult groups in Benue,…
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…