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Kwara traditional rulers laud Saraki as 8th Senate president

Some traditional rulers in Kwara have described the election of Sen. Bukola Saraki as President of the 8th Senate as…

Edo police arraign 227 suspects

Jethro Ibileke/Benin The police in Benin, the Edo State capital, southern Nigeria, have arraigned 12 suspected cult leaders before a…

Atiku congratulates Saraki, Dogara

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Former Vice President of Nigeria Atiku Abubakar has congratulated the newly elected leaders of the National Assembly, admonishing…

Buhari backs Saraki, Dogara as Senate President, Speaker

President Muhammadu Buhari has backed Senator Bukola Saraki and Honourable Yakubu Dogara as the President of the Senate and the…

Edo council workers protest non-payment of 9 month salaries

Jethro Ibileke/Benin Hundreds of local government council workers in Edo State on Tuesady took to the streets of Benin, the…

Niger Assembly elects Marafa as Speaker

The Niger House of Assembly on Tuesday elected Alhaji Abdullahi Marafa (APC-Chanchaga) as Speaker. The new speaker was nominated by…

North Korea to hold local elections

North Korea is to hold local elections in July, the first time since leader, Kim Jung Un, took power following…

APC rejects Saraki, Dogara as Senate President, Speaker

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described as totally unacceptable and the highest level of indiscipline and treachery the conduct…

Saraki promises laws to reform oil sector, create jobs, improve security

Senator President, Bukola Saraki on Tuesday pledged the commitment of the Upper House to making laws that would boost the…

BREAKING: Yakubu Dogara emerges Speaker House of Reps

Honourable Yakubu Dogara has emerged the Speaker of the House of Representatives in the 8th Assembly. Dogara from Bauchi State…

Putin to meet Pope during trip to Italy

Russian President, Vladimir Putin, is set for a rare trip to Western Europe on Wednesday just two days after a…

Woman Abducted, Raped, Murdered

Jethro Ibileke/Benin A 23-year-old woman, identified as Joy Ojolede Okoh, has been reportedly abducted, raped and murdered in Benin City…

El-Rufai Reduces Commissioners From 24 To 13

Femi Adi/Kaduna In a bid to cut running cost of governance, Kaduna State Governor Malam Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai has reduced…

Fire guts fuel depot in Ukraine

Hundreds of firefighters and National Guardsmen frantically tried on Tuesday to contain a massive blaze that engulfed a fuel storage…

Nigeria Police can prosecute all offences, says Court

The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division held today that the Nigeria Police Force can prosecute all offences, including those under…

Senate President: The Saraki Coup Story

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Former Governor Bukola Saraki of Kwara with the support of senators elected on the platform of Peoples Democratic…

G7 leaders assure Buhari of their support

The G7 group of industrialized nations has resolved to support the new Nigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari. This followed the group’s…

Police Harass Journalists At Edo Assembly Inauguration

Jethro Ibileke/Benin The inauguration of the 6th Assembly in Edo State on Monday was marred by harassment and intimidation of…

G7 agrees two degree limit to global warming

The G7 summit held in Baviera has reached an agreement on climate, establishing that global warming cannot exceed two degrees…

Lagos APC Cautions Tanker Drivers

The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has cautioned tanker drivers in the state to be mindful…

Jega’s Tenure Ends 30 June

Contrary to speculations, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Attahiru Jega, will quit office June 30. There have…

Tax Appeal Tribunal adjourns N1.2b suit filed against FIRS

The Tax Appeal Tribunal, sitting in Abuja, on Tuesday adjourned till July 13, and Aug. 3, respectively hearing in the…

NURTW injects 100 new buses to BRT in Lagos

Alhaji Tajudeen Agbede, the Chairman, Lagos State branch of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), said the union…

5 killed in China village ‘mass shooting’

A Chinese villager armed with a double-barreled hunting gun killed four people, including two police, in northern Hebei province on…

BREAKING: PDP’s Ekweremadu emerges Deputy Senate President

Ike Ekweremadu of the Peoples Democratic Party has emerged the deputy Senate President after beating Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume of…

You cannot arrest, extradite Kasamu Buruji, Court tells NDLEA

Akin Kuponiyi A federal high court has re-affirmed its earlier order not to arrest the Ogun East senator-elect, Buruji Kasamu…

BREAKING: Saraki emerges Senate President

Senator Bukola Saraki, representing Kwara central has been elected as the new Senate President of the 8th National Assembly in…

National Assembly: Buhari jets in to settle Saraki, Lawan, others

As if the problems facing Nigeria were not enough to trouble President Muhammadu Buahri, members of his party, the All…

National Assembly: Buhari wades into APC crisis

Crisis torn ruling All Progressives Congress, turned to President Muhammadu Buhari at the 11th hour to salvage an imminent humiliation…

Ban appoints new UNICEF Exec Director, Force Commander in Cote d’voire

United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, on Monday, announced the appointment of Ms Fatoumata Ndiaye of Senegal as Deputy Executive Director…