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Gov. Dickson condemns Ekiti crisis, calls Buhari to intervene

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Bayelsa state governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson, has joined other PDP stalwarts in condemning in its entirety, the…

Amaechi slams Wike, PDP over false looting claims

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The immediate past governor of Rivers state, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Amaechi has raised alarm over attempts by…

Wike accuses Amaechi of looting State House

The new Peoples Democratic Party government in Rivers State has accused former governor Rotimi Amaechi of stripping bare the State…

Edo Bans Revenue Collection Agents

Jethro Ibileke/Benin Edo State Government on Monday has banned agents who collect taxes and levies from artisans, market women and…

Speaker: Rivers State Assembly dumps Patience Jonathan’s candidate, elects Igbani

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Shortly after Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state declared open the 8th Assembly the 32 lawmakers of…

Wike swears in Justice Okocha as Rivers CJ

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Governor of Rivers state, Nyesom Wike has sworn in Justice Daisy Okocha as the acting Chief Judge…

Boko Haram: Buhari to visit Chad, Niger Wednesday

President Muhammadu Buhari will visit Chad and Niger on Wednesday as part of his initial steps to find solution to…

Invest In Human Resource, UNFPA Urges Buhari

The Executive Director, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Prof. Babatunde Osotimehin, has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to invest in human…

Gov Wike Sacks Amaechi’s Appointees

Okafor Ofebor/Port Harcourt The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has dissolved the Board of Directors of Greater Port Harcourt Authority…

Robbers Raid Hospital, Rape Nurse In Turns

Cyriacus Izuekwe An angry 18-year-old auxiliary nurse has accused the owner of a private hospital of negligence after robbers raided…

Hajj: Bauchi Pilgrims to undergo Ebola, Meningitis screening

All intending pilgrims for the 2015 Hajj operations to Saudi Arabia from Bauchi State would undergo screening for the Ebola…

Lalong appoints SSG, Chief of Staff

Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau on Monday made his first set of appointments with Mr Rufus Bature, former Minority Leader,…

Buhari will fish out Boko Haram sponsors, fighters, says Ex-VC

Prof. Shehu Riskuwa, Former VC Usman Danfodio University, Sokoto has expressed confidence that the present administration led by President Muhammadu…

Sustain developmental strides, Ijebu-Ode residents tell Amosun

Residents in Ijebu-Ode on Saturday urged the Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun to sustain the good governance and complete key…

Buhari ready for positive change – Catholic Archbishop

The Catholic Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama has said that President Muhammadu Buhari’s body language so far shows that he is ready…
Ibrahim Lamorde, former EFCC Chairman is dead

EFCC to arraign CBN officials, 16 top bankers for fraudulently recycling N8 billion

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Five top officials of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN and 16 other top bankers presently in the net…

Wike sacks Board of Directors appointed by Amaechi

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has sacked dissolved the Board of Directors of Greater Port Harcourt…
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Commissioner for Lands/Housing kidnapped in Kogi

Stephen Maiyaki, the Kogi State Commissioner for Lands and Housing, has been kidnapped. NAN gathered that Maiyaki was kidnapped by…

GRAPHIC WARNING: Onitsha accident kills 50

About 50 persons and 15 buses were burnt on Sunday in Onitsha when a tanker lorry conveying petroleum product fell.…

Buhari appoints Femi Adesina, Garba Shehu as spokesperson

President Muhammadu Buhari appoints Femi Adesina, The Sun Newspaper managing director and Garba Shehu, Head, President Muhammadu Buhari Media Team…

Ganduje debuts in grand style, says Kwankwaso’s debt profile is not a crime

MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Twenty for hours after being sworn-in as the governor of Kano state, northwest Nigeria, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje…

Another bomb blast rips through Maiduguri market, kills one

MAIDUGURI, (Reuters) – A bomb went off in the Gamboru market in Nigeria’s northeastern city of Maiduguri on Sunday, a…

Ambode receives Namibian President, says Lagos is investors destination

Lagos state governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Saturday received the President of Namibia, Dr Hage Geingob on a courtesy visit at…

Bauchi govt promises to address youth restiveness

Nuhu Gidado, Bauchi State Deputy Governor, has said that youth restiveness would be given priority within the first 100 days…

Buhari will stamp out corruption, indiscipline says Sagay

Prof Itse Sagay (SAN), a constitutional lawyer says he is confident that the Buhari administration will stamp out systemic corruption…
Court dismisses Sen. Ndume’s plea, seeking order to discharge him as Maina’s surety

Ndume hails Buhari for relocating military high command

Mohammed Ali Ndume, senator representing Borno South at the National Assembly, on Sunday, commended President Muhammadu Buhari for directing the…

Declare assets publicly, SERAP urges Buhari and Osinbajo

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo to “swiftly move to…

AfDB: Okonjo-Iweala behind my success, says Adesina

Dr Akinwumi Adesina, president-elect, Africa Development Bank (AfDB) has credited his success at the poll to the tireless work of…

Coca-Cola Plant shut over death of worker

Jethro Ibileke/Benin Bottling operations at the Benin Coca-Cola plant of the Nigerian Bottling Company was abruptly halted on Friday by…

UPDATE: 26 killed in Maiduguri Mosque blast

Twenty six people were killed on Saturday after a suspected suicide bomber detonated his Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in a…