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July 30, 2013

Senator representing Rivers South-East in the National Assembly, Senator Magnus Abe, has reinforced the recent calls for the immediate redeployment...

Umaru Dikko to head PDP National Disciplinary Committee

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has constituted a 7-man National Disciplinary Committee to be headed by Dr Umaru Dikko. This...

All contracts went through due process – Aviation Minister

The Minister of Aviation, Princess Stella Oduah, on Monday said none of the 22 airports contracts awarded by the ministry...

FG directs implementation of report on varsities

The Federal Government has approved the implementation of the recommendations of the government’s committee on repositioning federal and state universities....

JTF arrests 608 suspected oil thieves, seizes 24 vessels, 133 barges

The Joint Task Force in the Niger Delta code-named `Operation Pulo Shield’, said on Monday that it arrested 608 suspected...

NGX drops further by N301bn on losses by blue chips

Capital market indices rise by 1.1 per cent on NSE

Transactions on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) opened on Monday on an upward trend as the major equities recorded price...

Jonathan charges African leaders not to pay lip service to continental development

President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday charged African leaders to take more concrete steps toward fulfilling their often declared commitment to...

I will be happy to hand-over to elected president – Mali’s Acting President

Mali’s Acting President Dioncounda Traore says he will be happy to hand-over power to a president that will emerge at...

Alleged fraud: EFCC re-arraigns Suswam, Benue ex-Finance Commissioner Okolobia

I will clarify my political future in 2014, says Suswam

Gov. Gabriel Suswam of Benue on Sunday said he would clarify his future political ambition in 2014. The governor said...

PDP South-South zone criticises breach of peace in Rivers

The South-South Zonal Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Sunday criticised the breach of law and order...

Minister commends NASS over passage of 2013 budget amendment bill

Alhaji Kabiru Turaki, the Minister of Special Duties and Inter Governmental Affairs, on Sunday commended the National Assembly (NASS) for...

Gowon: It’s not too late to fix Nigeria

Former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon (rtd), has declared that “it is not too late to fix and re-order...

Rivers police boss torturing Chidi Lloyd like a criminal, say lawmakers

Lawmakers in the Rivers State House of Assembly have raised the alarm over the torturing of the House Leader, Chidi...

PIB: Oil workers protest exclusion from Senate public hearing

Oil workers have condemned the ways and manners the Senate Joint Committee on Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) conducted and ended...

Why SIECs must be scrapped, by Alao-Akala

TO ensure credible council election, former Oyo State governor, Otunba Adebayo Alao-Akala has called for the scrapping of State Independent...

Man jailed eight years for defiling 12-year-old girl in Ado-Ekiti

For defiling a 12-year-old girl, one Innocent Eze has been jailed eight years by an Ado-Ekiti High Court. Eze, a...

OPC: Adams challenges Fasehun to a popularity contest

National Coordinator of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC), Otunba Gani Adams, has challenged the founder of the congress, Dr. Frederick...

Crisis in Akure over lesser chiefs, land

FOR installing lesser chiefs and attempting to claim an expanse of land in Isinkan, Akure, a crisis is brewing between...

Ondo stops construction of structures around palaces‏

To maintain their beauty and sacredness, the Ondo State government has stopped the construction of shops and other structures around...

2015: Only God can determine my successor, says Akpabio