Presidency debunks Aso Rock chapel ‘closure’, releases pictures from Sunday...
The Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President, Mr. Femi Adesina, has reacted to reports that President Muhammadu Buhari ordered the shutdown of the Chapel in Aso Villa, Abuja. The report...
View ArticleHow Wike runs Rivers from his room with Patience Jonathan, militant leaders –...
The Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has accused Governor Nyesom Wike of showing falsehood and propaganda in his 100 days in office. APC, in a statement Monday by its...
View ArticleINEC to end PVCs transfers in Kogi, Bayelsa on October 6
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it would end all transfer cases of voters in Kogi and Bayelsa ahead of governorship polls in both states, on Oct. 6 and Oct. 20, respectively....
View ArticleLagos highway sweepers protest non-payment of salaries
Scores of highway sweepers under the Lagos State Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) on Monday stormed the Lagos State House of Assembly protesting non-payment of their salary arrears by the state...
View ArticleAkpabio thanks Buhari, Jonathan, others, says “people should stop...
Former Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has thanked sympathisers who showed concern after he was involved in a car accident last week Monday on his way to the airport. “I thank...
View ArticleDivorce suit: Wife bursts into tears during cross-examination in Ekiti
A mild drama took place at an Ado-Ekiti Customary Court on Tuesday, as A 40-year-old woman, Mrs Owolabi Tinuke, burst into tears during cross-examination in a divorce suit instituted by her husband,...
View ArticleCatholic priest kidnapped in Okene
A Catholic Priest, Rev. Fr. Gabriel Ayoka was on Monday, kidnapped around 2pm along Okene-Auchi express way by unknown gunmen. Vanguard reports that the priest was on his way to Onitsha to attend a...
View ArticleOndo to pay workers one month salary without bailout fund
Despite being named among 27 states expected to benefit from N338billion bailout fund, the Ondo State Government has said it would go ahead with the payment of its workers’ salary without receiving the...
View ArticleAmbode signs, approves release of 2,500 Certificates of Occupancy
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwumi Ambode, on Tuesday signed and approved the release of 2,500 Certificates of Occupancy to property owners across the state from Wednesday, September 9, 2015. Executive...
View ArticleOkowa decries negative impact of criminality on economy
Delta State Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa has decried the negative impact of security challenges on the economy of the state, and the nation at large. He made the observation on Tuesday when he played...
View ArticleNEMA warns flood-prone communities in FCT against waste dumping in water ways
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Abuja Operations Office, on Tuesday warned flood-prone communities in FCT not to dump refuse in water ways as it could cause flooding. The Coordinator...
View ArticleFayose doesn’t have mud houses, cattle herds as assets – Aide
Special Assistant to the Ekiti State Governor on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka has counselled the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State to tell President Mohammadu Buhari...
View ArticleAdamu Abubakar: Tambuwal, Gbajabiamila and the treacherous ball
“He is a stabilizer and a mobilizer and a very humble and true democrat who tackles issues dispassionately. Not only did Femi conceive the Speakership project, he nurtured it and worked tirelessly and...
View ArticlePDP accuses APC of aiding Zakari Biu’s reinstatement
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has accused the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, of complicity in last week’s reinstatement and statutory retirement of dismissed Commissioner of Police, Zakari...
View ArticleBuhari is repaying you in your own coin – MASSOB tells Igbo groups
A faction of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, has challenged various Igbo groups in the country to stop seeking political favours from President Muhammadu...
View ArticleWorkers’ salary arrears to be paid this week – Okorocha
The governor of Imo State, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, has promised to clear the salary arrears owed civil servants and members of the Community Government Councils, CGC, before the end of this week. The...
View ArticleProfessor Idowu Olayinka appointed as new VC of University of Ibadan
Professor Idowu Olayinka has been appointed Vice Chancellor of the University of Ibadan. Prof Olayinka, 57, is succeeding Prof Isaac Adewole, whose tenure ends on November 30. The professor of geology...
View ArticleNavy redeploys 61 senior officers
The Chief of the Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ibok-EteIbas has approved the redeployment of 61 senior officers of flag ranks in the Nigerian Navy. The appointments affected 28 Rear Admirals and 33...
View ArticleOduche Azih: As Ambode lusts after Walmart – What posture should Nigeria...
In a recent article in her very popular column, Ms Abimbola Adelakun wrote among other things: “The Lagos State Governor, Akinwumi Ambode, can do with (that) wisdom as he lusts after foreigners...
View ArticleNigeria deserves a seat on UN Security Council – Osinbajo
Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, has advocated a permanent membership status for Nigeria in the Security Council of the United Nations. According to him, the country deserved it because of its...
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