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Rivers PDP Chairman Commends Aspirants For Complying With Directives

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Rivers State chapter, Felix Obuah has given kudos to…

INEC to distribute PVC in Edo, Lagos, others

Jethro Ibileke/Benin The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has announced that the third phase of the distribution of Permanent Voters’…

Coup in Rivers NLC: Vice sacks chairman with thugs, takes over

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt In what could be akin to a coup, vice chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress in Rivers…

Jonathan leaves for pilgrimage to Israel

President Goodluck Jonathan will on Friday depart Lagos on a brief pilgrimage to Israel, his office said in a statement…

Jonathan to announce re-election bid next month

A source close to Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan said on Thursday the leader of Africa’s most populous country has decided…

Ceasefire with Boko Haram in doubt after fresh unrest

A deadly bombing in northern Nigeria and new details about kidnappings at the weekend blamed on Boko Haram cast further…

Oyo State Confirms Outbreak Of Lassa Fever

Gbenro Adesina/Ibadan Oyo State Commissioner for Health, Dr Muyiwa Gbadegesin, has confirmed the outbreak of Lassa fever in the state…

Fire Guts Bodija Market

Gbenro Adesina/Ibadan Property worth millions of naira were lost to fire disaster which occurred at Better Life plank section of…

Dogs nab Nigerian after jumping White House fence

A suspect who climbed over the White House fence Wednesday was nabbed by Secret Service agents and dogs, a spokesman…

$8.39m Fraud: Court Orders Separate Trial For Ajudua’s Co-Accused

Henry Ojelu A Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja today ordered a separate trial for a court registrar, Mrs Idowu…

2015: Ambode Declares At Onikan Stadium Friday

Lagos state gubernatorial aspirant and former Accountant General of the state, Mr. Akinwumi Ambode, will on Friday 24 October, formally…

Zimbabwe university bans kissing, sex in public places

The Zimbabwe students’ union on Thursday made war not love over a new code of conduct banning students from kissing…

Rwanda ends Ebola checks on travellers from US, Spain

Rwanda lifted Thursday Ebola travel restrictions on travellers who had been in the United States and Spain after the president…

Boko Haram abducts more women, pays N1,500 dowry

No fewer than 60 women have now been confirmed abducted by Boko Haram militants from Wagga Mangoro and Garta villages…

Five dead in Bauchi bus station blast – Police

A bomb blast at a bus station in a north Nigeria area previously targeted by Boko Haram killed five people,…

Fayose begins political intimidation, shuts Speaker’s petrol station

The drama and tension in Ekiti state had barely doused when newly sworn-in governor, Ayodele Fayose seems to have taken…

Senator accuses journalists of phone theft

Journalists who covered the official visit of the Senate Committee on Privatisation at the Kano Electricity Distribution Company, Kano, were…

Explosion rocks bus station in Bauchi

A large explosion rocked a bus station Wednesday in a north Nigeria area previously targeted by Boko Haram, witnesses said,…

Number of Ebola cases nears 10,000 in W.Africa

The number of people with Ebola is set to hit 10,000 in West Africa, the World Health Organization said, as…

FG, States, share N603.5bn in Sept

The Minister of State for Finance, Mr Bashir Yuguda,on Wednesday announced that Federal, States and Local Governments shared N603.5 billion…

Shots that shattered the calm of Canadian democracy

by Michel COMTE Where there had been stillness and dignity — two Canadian soldiers standing ram-rod straight by a war…

David Mark denies imposing governorship candidate on Oyo PDP

Senate President David Mark has dismissed reports that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Integration Committee for the South West was…

Guinea offers $10,000 to families of health workers killed by Ebola

The families of every Guinean health worker who has died in the Ebola outbreak will be compensated for their loss…

Nigerians must value their culture, says Fashola

Governor Babatunde Fashola on Wednesday urged Nigerians to value their culture, noting that it served as their identity. Fashola spoke…

HND Discrimination Bill narrowly scales second reading

The Bill for an Act to Abolish and Prohibit Dichotomy and Discrimination between First Degrees and Higher National Diploma in…

Man Pays N20m Ransom After 9 Days in Captivity

Cyriacus Izuekwe The managing director, Dapsey Oil, Chief Oladapo Coker who was recently kidnapped has regained his freedom after he…

Nigeria spends N796bn on fuelling generators, says Expert

Jethro Ibileke/Benin An estimated sum of N796.4 billion is spent annually on fuel to power electric generators in Nigeria. Godfrey…

Ogun APC Chairman Loses Wife in Auto crash

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The Ogun State All Progressives Congress (APC) state chairman, Alhaji Roqeeb Adeniji lost his wife yesterday in an…

Attorney General Takes over Okorodudu Prosecution

Henry Ojelu The office of the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) has taken over the prosecution of the Managing Director…

Jonathan reshuffle cabinet, replaces Wike, others

Nigeria’s president, Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday announced a minor cabinet reshuffle to fill the vacancies created by the resignation of…