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We’ll Abolish Corruption, Insecurity  —Buhari

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, General Muhammadu Buhari, has promised to abolish corruption…

Daniel used Air Cargo, Power Plant Project to siphon money, says Amosun

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun state, Southwest, Nigeria has declared that the power plant project initiated by the…

Gunmen kill three Burundi ruling party activists

Gunmen dressed in military fatigues burst into a bar and shot dead three ruling party activists before torching the local…

Nigerians now pay more than Americans for petrol, diesel

Bayo Onanuga Nigerians are now paying more money than Americans in real terms for petrol and diesel, bye-products of the…

Fashola slashes land charges in Lagos

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola SAN, Monday signed into law an Executive Bill reducing the cost of land transactions…

Two brothers battle for same Rep seat in Kaduna

Two brothers, Rep Gideon Gwani and Chief Charles Bonat, are locked in a battle for the Kaura Federal Constituency seat…

Nigerian corruption: I was a saint, says Babangida

General Ibrahim Babangida, former military president of Nigeria has described his government as saintly compared to successive administrations in terms…

S.Korean president welcomes N.Korea’s dialogue offer

South Korean President Park Geun-Hye on Tuesday welcomed North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un’s statement that he was open to the…

Two more New York police shot

Two plainclothes New York police officers were shot late Monday as they investigated a robbery, local media reported. Their injuries…

Kano State: Ganduje says APC will defeat PDP by wide margin

MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Dr. Umar Abdullahi Ganduje, gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressive Congress, APC, and Deputy Governor of Kano state,…

Wishing President Jonathan ‘bad luck’ does not help the Nation

By John Egbeazien Oshodi Whether one likes the person who is at the center of the presidency or not, at…

Boston bombing trial opens with jury selection

The long-awaited trial of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev began Monday with jury selection, 20 months after the shocking…

I’ll empower ‘real farmers’ in Kano, says Ganduje

Abdullahi Ganduje, the APC Gubernatorial Candidate in Kano State, has pledged to take inventory of genuine farmers in the state…

Ajimobi appoints 17 Perm. Secs., Accountant General, others

Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State, on Monday, approved the appointment of 17 permanent secretaries, state Accountant-General, Auditor-General and that…

PDP’s N21bn fund not for Jonathan’s campaign, says Gana

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said that the N21 billion collected at its recent fund raising was not for President…

PDP advices APC, Buhari to focus on issues

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has advised the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its Presidential Candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari, to…

Obasanjo denying grudge, slams Jonathan for wasting money

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has declared that he bears no personal grudge against President Goodluck Jonathan as insinuated…

Amaechi sympathises with Jonathan over death of sister

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has commiserated with the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Goodluck…

Ebola death toll tops 8,000

The death toll from the Ebola outbreak in west Africa has risen to 8,153 out of 20,656 cases recorded, the…

Two accused in Niger baby trafficking case detained

Two of the defendants in a baby trafficking case in Niger were brought before prosecutors on Monday accused of trying…

Okorocha urges politicians to shun bitterness, embrace peace

Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo on Monday urged politicians to eschew bitterness and embrace peace to ensure free and fair…

Don’t use Buhari’s posters, APC warns other parties

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Katsina State has warned candidates of other political parties’ to desist from merging the…

Jonathan halts inauguration of campaign team over sister’s death

The inauguration of President Goodluck Jonathan’s Campaign Organisation earlier slated for Monday in Abuja has been postponed till Tuesday, a…

Boko Haram kills 11 soldiers, many civilians in captured Baga

Boko Haram killed dozens of civilians and at least 11 soldiers when the militants took control of a Nigerian town…

US arraigns two over failed Gambia coup

US prosecutors on Monday charged two men with conspiring to overthrow the government of Gambia in a failed coup ostensibly…

Pakistan offers $100,000 bounty for Taliban leader

The government of Pakistan’s restive Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province Monday announced a bounty worth 10 million rupees (US$100,000) for information leading to…

IS jihadists claim execution of eight people in Iraq

The Islamic State jihadist group has executed eight people, four of them policemen, in Iraq’s Salaheddin province, according to a…

APC governorship aspirant dumps party for PDP

A former governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the recent party primaries Sokoto State, Alhaji Yusha’u Kebbe,…
Ebenezer Alabi, a former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo State, dump party over alleged extortion

Sokoto PDP guber candidate denies plan to sideline Sultan

The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Sokoto State, Sen. Abdallah Wali, on Monday pledged to work…

Lagos civil servants urged to renew commitment to service

The Lagos State Head of Service, Mrs Oluseyi Williams, on Monday charged civil servants to renew their commitment to service…