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March 27, 2015

Ahead of Saturday’s general elections, residents of Osogbo in Osun on Friday besieged the major markets in the town to...

FG: Soldiers deployed to ensure order, stability

The Federal Government has said the current deployment of soldiers across the country was in furtherance of the objective to...

Elections: IG redeploys DIGs, AIGs, lists electoral offences

The Inspector-General of Police, Mr Suleiman Abba, has redeployed six DIGs from the Force Headquarters to take charge of Zonal...

FG begins new process to privatise Ajaokuta steel coy – BPE

The Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) has announced that the Federal Government plans to begin another process to privatise the...

Adebayo, Oni, Fayemi to Fayose: You don’t have monopoly of violence

It has come to our attention that a team of hoodlums in three unmarked Hilux vehicles went round the state,...

Buhari: It is morally wrong for Jonathan to ask for another mandate from Nigerians

I specifically called this press conference to thank millions of Nigerians for their support and their enthusiastic commitment to the...

At praise session, Peterside emphasises the God factor in his aspiration

On Tuesday March 25, all roads in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, literally led to Obi Wali International Conference...

Arrest: Court grants Tinubu restraining order

A Federal High Court in Lagos on Thursday granted an interim injunction restraining the Chief of Army Staff, his privies,...

Election: Winners Chapel Church torched in Kaduna

A parish of Living Faith Church (Winners Chapel) in Giwa Local Government Area, Kaduna State, has been set ablaze. It...

Amaechi: Dame Jonathan controls Rivers Police Command

Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State has accused President Goodluck Jonathan and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of breaching...

FG plans trouble in Lagos, Imo, Bayelsa, Rivers, Kano, Sokoto, says APC Campaign Council

The All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council (APCPCO) has alerted the nation to the emerging facts of a sinister and...

Why I owe Osun workers five months salaries, by Aregbesola

Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State, on Wednesday, opened up on his inability to pay the salaries of workers in...

Alleged N200m misappropriation: EFCC witness denies signing letter of payment for Okupe’s NTA programme

Okupe: Yoruba will vote for Jonathan

Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs, Dr Doyin Okupe, on Wednesday, said Yoruba in South-West will vote...

Jubilation in Oyo over court ruling on Buhari

From Bode Durojaiye, Oyo. Thousands of Oyo residents on Wednesday rolled out the drums to jubilate ruling of an Abuja...

Babangida: What law under a democracy forbids retired military personnel from participating in politics?

In clear attempts to whip up support for President Goodluck Jonathan, certain persons, groups and individuals have embarked on several...

N549bn Addax vs NNPC suit: My story, by Adoke

The attention of the Attorney General of the Federation has been drawn to a publication by Premium Times of Tuesday...

Under Jonathan, Nigeria will become one of the 20 largest economies, says Sambo

In continuation of his tour of all the zones in Kaduna State, Vice President Mohammed Namadi Sambo, has hosted by...

Sara Igbe: I am in PDP but I will vote for Peterside for justice and equity

Chief Anabs Sara Igbe, Kalabari leader and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has reaffirmed his resolve to vote...

APC, a party of liars, says Gani Adams

Convener of the Coalition of Concerned Nigerians (CCN) and National Coordinator, Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC), Otunba Gani Adams, has described...

Fashola to voters: Record election process with mobile phones