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Nigeria’s GDP on steady rise in spite of insurgency

Amb. Martin Uhomoibhi, outgoing Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said on Thursday that Nigeria’s economic growth rate…

Ilaro Crisis: Court Remand 3 for Murder

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Magistrate (Mrs) Fafowora of the Ilaro Chief Magistrate court today ordered that the trio of Fatai Lamidi, Muyideen…

Nigerian court fixes date for trial of Coca Cola, NBC

Nnamdi Felix / Abuja The arraignment of the Nigerian Bottling Company and Coca Coca Nigeria Limited, alongside their managing directors,…

Jonathan Picks Sole PDP Form For Presidency

Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan formally began his re-election bid on Thursday, thanking God, his supporters and the state governors who…

APC Slams Jonathan Over Tambuwal’s Security Aides

The All Progressives Congress has called on President Goodluck Jonathan to show better understanding of democracy by immediately restoring the…

#BringBackOurGirls: Court Declare Ban On Rallies Illegal

Nnamdi Felix/Abuja An Abuja High Court has declared as illegal the ban of peaceful rallies by the #BringBackOurgirls group by…

APC postpones governorship primary election

The All Progressives Congress has postponed its governorship primary election from 15 November to 2 December. The party did not…

Police Recover 16 Cars From Syndicate

Cyriacus Izuekwe The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, Kayode Aderanti, has paraded five members of a car snatching syndicate…

Kidnapped German national freed in Nigeria

A German national who was kidnapped by gunmen last week in southwest Nigeria has been released, his employer, the construction…

PDP plans anti-Wike rally in Port Harcourt today

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt A faction of the Peoples Democratic Party in Rivers state, led by Prof. Isreal Owate, a former…

FG withdraws Tambuwal’s security detail

Reports indicate that all the security detail attached to Speaker of the House of Representatives Aminu Waziri Tambuwal have been…

APC unveils presidential aspirants, Atiku missing

The All Progressives Congress on Wednesday presented its presidential aspirants to members at its mini convention in Abuja. Those present…

Jonathan calls for emergency meeting over Tambuwal

President Goodluck Jonathan appeared worried and on Wednesday summoned an emergency meeting of prominent PDP members to forge a line…

Humans can’t deliver Nigeria from evil of the cabal – Tambuwal

Speaker of the House of Representative, Aminu Tambuwal has insinuated that Nigeria cannot be delivered from the hand of evil…

APC will uphold internal democracy, says Atiku

Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar says the All Progressives Congress (APC) will apply the principle of internal democracy in every elective…

Court to hear Jonathan’s re-election eligibility on Nov 5

The Court of Appeal, Abuja, on Wednesday fixed 5 November, for hearing in an application filed by PDP member, Dr…

2015: We’ve not endorsed anyone as governor – Bode George

Jamiu Yisa Former Southwest Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olabode George, has said that anybody…

Keyamo says warlord Tompolo wants to kill him

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Lagos-based lawyer and human rights activist, Barrister Festus Keyamo has alleged that leading Niger Delta ex-militant, Government Ekpemupolo,…

Protesting Workers Shut Edo Govt House Over Unpaid Salaries

Jethro Ibileke/Benin Activities at the Edo State Government House were put on hold on Wednesday by protesting workers of the…

Boko Haram attacks commercial hub in Adamawa

Boko Haram fighters on Wednesday clashed with Nigerian troops in the country’s remote northeast, forcing thousands to flee, after two…

2015: Amosun’s 2nd Term Bid May Fail – Deputy

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Ogun State Deputy Governor, Prince Segun Adesegun, has warned his boss, Governor Ibikunle Amosun, that he may not…

Truck Driver Diverts N14m Goods

Cyriacus Izuekwe A company truck driver, Wasiu Bello, has been remanded in Kirikiri Prisons in Lagos State, western Nigeria, for…

Tambuwal present as APC unveils manifesto

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The All Progressives Congress, APC, has flagged off the party’s extraordinary national convention at the Old Parade Ground,…

NURTW Members Sue Police

Akin Kuponiyi Three members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) Lagos State Chapter, Mustapha Adekunle, Fatai Ali…

Jonathan to pick nomination, gets N100mn from donors

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan will on Thursday 30 October obtain the PDP nomination form for the 2015 Presidential elections. Unilke…

Businessman gets 10 years jail term for drug offences

Akin Kuponiyi A Federal High Court, sitting in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, has sentenced a 31 year-old businessman, Onyemaechi Remignus Chibuzor,…

Several killed in Boko Haram attack in Borno

Suspected Boko Haram gunmen killed several people in a village in Nigeria’s far northeast, a local administrator said on Wednesday,…

2015: Ikorodu Must Produce The Next Governor – Benson

Damilare Okunola The Asiwaju of Ikorodu Land, Chief Babatunde O. Benson, has categorically stated that the next governor of Lagos…

Senate worried over non-completion of East-West Road

The Chairman, Senate Committee on SURE-P, Sen. Abdul Ningi (PDP-Bauchi), has expressed concern over the non-completion of the East-West Road…