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Declare June 12 Democracy Day, Ambode Tells Buhari

Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, Prof. Akin Oyebode and other activists have challenged President Muhammadu Buhari to declare…

Buhari pays tribute to Vanguard chairman, as he turns 80

President Muhammadu Buhari has paid glowing tribute to the chairman and publisher of Vanguard Media Limited, Chief Sam Amuka-Pemu as…

Buhari must declare June 12 Democracy Day, says Ambode, others

Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos state governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, Prof. Akin Oyebode and other activists have challenged President Muhammadu Buhari to declare…

I’ll take action against high ranking military officers, says Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has once again given assurance that his government will closely study the report released recently by Amnesty…
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Sierra Leone parliament extends emergency rule by 90 days

Sierra Leone Parliament on Friday in Freetown, ratified the extension, by 90 days, of the state of emergency which was…

AU Summit x-rays South Africa xenophobia attack

Xenophobia is expected to feature prominently as African at the ongoing African Union (AU) Summit in Johannesburg, sources close to…

I will not settle old scores, says Gov. Ugwuanyi

Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has said that his administration will not fight the “old guards to settle old…

Pakistan orders Save the Children to leave

Pakistani Government on Friday in Islamabad, sealed the offices of international non-profit “Save the Children” and gave its foreign employees…

Tambuwal dissolves governing boards

Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State has approved the dissolution of the Governing Boards of all government departments and parastatal…

AU Summit: Nigeria, others consider single currency, passport

Anthony Maruping, AU Commissioner for Economic Affairs, said the Union was mooting the idea to adopt a single currency, as…

Ebonyi assembly withdraws 2015 budget proposal

The Ebonyi House of Assembly has granted the request of Governor Dave Umahi to withdraw the 2015 budget proposal submitted…

June 12 challenges us to protect democracy, says Bola Tinubu

Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, a national leader of the All Progressives Congress has stated that the historic June 12 general elections…

Don’t comment, identify with June 12, Afenifere tells Kingibe

Eromosele Ebhomele The Afenifere Renewal Group, ARG, a pan-Yoruba socio-political group, has described the ‘June 12 struggle’ as an albatross…

Twitter CEO Costolo steps down

San Francisco (AFP) – Twitter chief executive Dick Costolo is stepping down and will be replaced on an interim basis…

NASS: APC lawmakers seek solutions, re-strategising

Honourable Sani Zorro, on Thursday in Abuja said the solution to recent happenings in the National Assembly was for the…

Nigeria spends N1.9trn on infrastructure annually

Nigeria currently spends 10 billion dollars (N1.9 trillion) per annum on infrastructure, according to the National Integrated Infrastructure Master Plan…

Nigeria inflation rises to 2-year high on food prices

LAGOS, (Reuters) – Nigeria’s consumer inflation rose to 9.0 per cent year-on-year in May, the upper end of a central…

Boko Haram kills 43 in Borno raid

Kano (Nigeria) (AFP) – Boko Haram gunmen killed at least 43 people and burnt down three villages in northeast Nigeria,…

N18.3bn Pension Scam: EFCC re-arraigns Teidi, ex-Pension Director, others

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, June 10, 2015 re-arraigned Dr. Sani Shuaibu Teidi, former director of…

June 12, mother of democracy in Nigeria – Lagos Speaker

The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudasiru Ajayi Obasa, has described the June 12, 1993…

Buhari extends G7 requests on Boko Haram to LCBC

President Muhammadu Buhari said on Thursday that he had extended the invitation to submit requests of the needs of the…

Ganduje appoints chief executives for 9 agencies

Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has approved the appointment of chief executive officers of nine government agencies in the…

Minimah visits troops fighting Boko Haram in Borno, Adamawa

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.- Gen. Kenneth Minimah, had paid an operational and morale boosting visit to troops…

Gbajabiamila pledges loyalty to Speaker Dogara

The former House of Representatives Minority Leader, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila, on Thursday promised to work with the new Speaker, Yakubu…

Ogun, Oyo declares June 12 as public holiday

The Ogun government on Thursday declared Friday work-free day to mark the 22nd anniversary of the annulled June 12, 1993…

Man trekking in honour of Buhari declared missing

The police in Bauchi on Thursday declared missing, a middle-aged man who left on foot to Abuja, to attend the…

Port Harcourt refinery to produce 5m litres of petrol daily – NNPC

The Group Managing Director (GMD), Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr Joseph Dawha, on Thursday said the Port Harcourt Refinery…

Buhari to review UBE funding mechanism

Bolaji Abdullahi, the Deputy Director, Policy and Strategy, Buhari Campaign Organisation, has said that the present administration will review the…
Candidates writing JAMB examination using Computer-Based Test (CBT) system

NECO to introduce CBT in subsequent exams

The National Examination Council (NECO) will introduce Computer-Based Test (CBT) in objective papers of its subsequent examinations, says Dr Paddy…
Court grants EFCC interim order to freeze 1,146 bank accounts being investigated for unauthorized dealing in forex exchange, others

Lawyer slams EFCC for filing frivolous charges against Sylva, others

A legal practitioner, Abang Odok-Ogar has advised the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to undertake thorough investigation in order…