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El-Rufai promises to increase agric. production in Kaduna
Malam Nasir El-Rufai, Kaduna State All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate, has promised to increase agricultural production in the state…
Auchi Poly Management Cripples Staff Union’s N400m Account
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Chairman of Non Academic Staff Union of Polytechnic (NASUP), Federal Polytechnic Auchi, Edo state branch, Mr. Andrew Oshiogbele,…
PVC: Lagos declares Friday work free day
The Lagos State Government Thursday declared Friday a work-free day for its workers just as state governor, Babatunde Fashola SAN,…
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Chimamanda, Beyonce collaboration nominated for Grammy Award
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, critically acclaimed Nigerian novelist has been nominated for the 57th Grammy Award for her feminist-inspired collaboration with…
Edo commissioner joins to PDP from APC after fraud findings
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Edo state government has explained the reason for the sudden exit of Mr. Dennis Idahosa from the State…
NBC warns media against taking money to air news reports
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Benin Zone, has warned all broadcasting stations under the zone against collecting money…
Ecobank reaffirms financial strength and strong governance in Africa
Daniels Ekugo Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI), parent company of the Ecobank Group, has stated that the bank has the requisite…
Council of State concludes meeting, says election will hold
The Council of State has concluded its meeting in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital and it agreed that the general elections slated…
Lagos Women Drill Ambode, Agbaje, Adeniji
Eromosele Ebhomele Three governorship candidates in the February elections in Lagos state, western Nigeria were on Thursday placed on the…
Jega Charged With Contempt of Court
Jethro Ibileke/Asaba A Federal High Court sitting in Warri, has fixed 10 February, 2015, for the commencement of contempt of…
South Africa’s national news agency SAPA shutting down
South Africa’s national news agency SAPA Thursday announced it will shut down at the end of next month because of…
INEC to engage over 33, 860 ad-hoc staff in Lagos
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday said that it would engage no fewer than 33, 860 ad-hoc staff…
Police guarantee safety of materials, electoral officers
Alhaji Bala Hassan, the Assistant Inspector General of Police ( AIG) for Zone 10, said on Thursday that measures have…
Dokubo invited severally over inflammatory statements, says DSS
The Department of State Services (DSS), said on Thursday that it had invited Asari Dokubo, an ex-Niger Delta militant, several…
FG uncovers plans to give female suicide bombers PVCs during election
The Federal Government said it had uncovered plans by some unscrupulous Nigerians to hijack and hand over Permanent Voter Cards…
Tambuwal promises quality education, potable water
The All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Sokoto state, Hon. Aminu Tambuwal said that his administration would provide quality…
Sokoto PDP guber aspirant joins APC
By Haladu Abubakar/Sokoto Alhaji Ibrahim Magaji Gusau, former PDP gubernatorial aspirant on Wednesday renounced his membership of the party and…
Jonathan, PDP not trying to postpone elections – Fani Kayode
Femi Fani-Kayode, Director, Directorate of Media and Publicity, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Organisation has said that neither the…
Gunmen kidnap four oil workers in Bayelsa
Gunmen riding in a speedboat kidnapped four Nigerian oil workers in the crude-producing Niger Delta, the military said Wednesday, as…
Jonathan has implemented people-oriented programmes, re-elect him – Bafarawa
Former Sokoto State Governor, Attahiru Bafarawa, on Wednesday, urged Nigerians to massively vote for President Goodluck Jonathan in the February…
Johnny Depp weds Amber Heard in secret wedding
Hollywood superstar Johnny Depp has married actress Amber Heard in secret at their home in Los Angeles, US media said…
APC’s clamour for change is mere hypocrisy, says Jonathan
Jethro Ibileke/Benin As campaigns for the 14 February, 2015 Presidential election hots up, President Goodluck Jonathan has described the…
Council of State has no power to postpone elections, says Falana
Nigeria’s human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has said the the Council of State has no powers to postpone the general…
PDP accuses Amaechi of seizing federal allocations to councils
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Rivers state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused Governor Rotimi Amaechi of not…
Bayelsa raises alarm over INEC’s refusal to release 147,802 PVCs
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Bayelsa State Government has raised an alarm that, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC is on…
Nigerians want continuity and change, says Obanikoro
Senator Musiliu Obanikoro has stated that Nigerians want continuity at the federal level in Nigeria but change in Lagos state.…
Jonathan assured 98% victory in Anambra, says Ezenwa
The Coordinator of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Organisation in Anambra, Chief Okey Ezenwa, said the party would…
EFCC declares Nyako, son wanted over money laundering
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has declared Murtala Nyako, the former governor of Adamawa and his son, AbdulAziz…
70 civilians, six troops ‘killed in Boko Haram rampage in Cameroon’
Boko Haram fighters killed nearly 70 civilians and six soldiers in an onslaught on the Cameroonian border town of Fotokol…
Supreme Court set for judgment in suit to nullify Gov. Akpabio’s election
The Supreme Court on Wednesday fixed March 27, 2015, for judgment in an appeal brought by Mr Frank Okon, seeking…