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April 18, 2015

Minister of Power, Prof. Chinedu Nebo, said on Friday that the Federal government had the capacity to deliver 5,500 megawatts...

Dollarisation of economy: CBN warns banks

April 18, 2015

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has reminded all banks of the consequences of the rising trend of currency substitution...

Judge remands LASU student, five suspected cultists for shooting man in private part

Union demands LASU re-opening

April 18, 2015

Lagos State University (LASU) branch of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has called on the governing council of...

Abia: INEC’s only option is to declare me governor-elect, says Ikpeazu

April 17, 2015

Contrary to plans for a supplementary election in some wards and polling units in Abia State, the Peoples Democratic Party...

Customs CG: We have released Obasanjo’s “My Watch’ autobiography container

Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Thursday said that it had released former President Olusegun Obasanjo's ``My Watch'' autobiography container. The...

APC candidates call for cancellation of Assembly polls in Akwa Ibom, removal of REC

All Progressives Congress (APC) candidates who contested election into Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly on April 11 have called...

Maku: I don’t need political structures to win Nasarawa governorship seat

Al-Makura, APC, INEC, security agents rigged Nasarawa polls, alleges Maku

Former Information Minister and governorship candidate of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) in Nasarawa State, Mr. Labaran Maku, on...

Lamido leaves N11bn debt for incoming govt

Governor Sule Lamido of Jigawa State on Thursday said he would leave N11 billion liability to the incoming government on...

Court adjourns Tinubu’s N150bn libel suit against AIT till May 27

An Ikeja High Court on Thursday adjourned a N150 billion libel suit filed by former Lagos State Governor, Chief Bola...

Association resumes work after six-hour warning strike grounded flights, passengers stranded at Abuja Airport

Members of the Nigerian Association of Air Traffic Controllers (NAATC) resumed work on Thursday after their six-hour warning strike grounded...

High rate of illiteracy, poverty fertile grounds for violent militancy, says Alaafin

From Bode Durojaiye, Oyo. Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamldi Olayiwola Adeyemi, has said that illiteracy and poverty remain twin major...

Ekiti impeachment saga: Court fixes April 29 for hearing

The Federal High Court sitting Abuja on Thursday fixed April 29 for the hearing of the suit seeking to stop...

Rivers: Amaechi inaugurates commission to probe political killings

Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State has inaugurated a nine-man Commission of Inquiry to commence investigations into politically-motivated killings in...

GTBank declares Q1 2015 PBT of N32.65 billion

Guaranty Trust Bank Plc has released its unaudited financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2015 to the...

RMAFC recovers N474m unremitted excise duty from Guinness

Guinness Nigeria’s MD promoted President, Diageo Africa

Guinness Nigeria Plc, a subsidiary of Diageo Plc, has announced a change in the leadership of the company. Mr. John...

Taraba: Cancel results in areas with irregularities and declare winner or organize fresh polls, APC tells INEC

Text of a press conference by the APC's Governorship Candidate for Taraba State, Senator Aisha Alhassan, in Abuja on Thursday,...

APC dissolves Delta chapter

Pursuant to the purported notice of expulsion of one of our notable party leaders published at Page 62 of THE...

If Buhari wants to succeed, he must avoid Obasanjo like a plague, warns Senator Owie

President-elect, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari, was warned on Wednesday to avoid former President Olusegun Obasanjo “ at all cost if you...

Help! APC wants to destabilise our party, cries PDP

The Peoples Democratic (PDP), on Wednesday in Abuja, alleged that the All Progressives Congress (APC) was trying to destabilise it...

Taraba rerun: Atiku seeks replacement of implicated INEC, security officials