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Following the adjustment of the dates for the 2015 general elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from February...

Buhari on poll shift: We must remain calm but resolute

Following the decision by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to postpone the 2015 general elections by six weeks, I...

Kidnappers of Dariye’s father demand $10 million ransom

The gunmen that kidnapped Mr Dariye Dafweng, father of former Plateau State governor, Senator Joshua Dariye, in his Mushere village,...

ASUU strike: Adamawa students stage protest

No justification for poll shift, says ASUU

President of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Dr Nasir Fagge, has expressed displeasure over the postponement of the general...

Fashola: Feb or March, APC will defeat PDP

Against the backdrop of Saturday’s postponement of general elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Governor Babatunde Fashola of...

Muslim Rights Concern: If election could hold in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, why not Nigeria?

The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), on Sunday, described the postponement of the February 14 and 28 general elections till March...

Kudos, knocks as INEC fixes March 28, April 11 for general elections

There were protests in some major cities in the country on Saturday as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) rescheduled...

Boko Haram planned to attack major Nigerian cities after Abuja, reveals Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday said various attacks by Boko Haram in Abuja were planned to extend to parts of...

$1.48 billion NNPC fraud: Muslim Rights Concern seeks arrest, prosecution of those indicted

The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has called for the prosecution of all those indicted by the forensic audit conducted on...

Aregbesola, APC supporters celebrate tribunal victory

Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State and members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Friday in Osogbo staged a...

126 women serving under my husband, says Patience Jonathan

Dame Patience Jonathan, on Friday, said 126 women were occupying political positions in President Goodluck Jonathan's administration. She stated this...

PDP: We won’t condone opposition-sponsored protests again

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday said it will no longer condone unjustified sponsored attacks on it and its...

Nigerians, not The Economist, will re-elect Jonathan, says Presidency

The Presidency on Friday expressed displeasure over ‘’The Economist’’ magazine’s assessment of President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration, describing it as ``baseless,...

Aviation

Taiwan plane crash survivor says engine ‘did not feel right’

February 6, 2015

From the start of the flight in Taiwan's capital, survivor Huang Jin-sun suspected trouble. "There was some sound next to...

Election: APC Governors Forum hails Council of State decision

February 6, 2015

All Progresssives Congress (APC) Governors, under the aegis of Progressive Governors Forum, have expressed satisfaction with the outcome of the...

PVC collection: Lagos declares workfree day

The Lagos State Government on Thursday declared Friday a work-free day for its workers just as Governor Babatunde Fashola enjoined...

APC rejects Adamawa governorship supplementary election date

Council of State: Elections must hold

A major political crisis was averted on Thursday as the National Council of State (NCS) insisted that the February 14...

Council of State verdict: Nigerians triumph, says Garba Shehu

The decision of the National Council of State at its meeting of Thursday rejecting the proposal to postpone the February...

Removal of billboard: Alaafin averts violence in Oyo as security agents arrest council boss