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APC rejects Adamawa governorship supplementary election date

No plans to stagger 2015 elections, says INEC

Dr Adekunle Ogunmola, the Resident Electoral Commissioner of INEC, Lagos State, on Wednesday, said the commission would not stagger the...

Bomb kills 12 at Egypt police compound

A bomb blast tore through a police compound in Egypt's Nile Delta on Tuesday, killing 12 people and wounding 134...

Arrest of Kano legislators: Clear case of political vendetta by a desperate govt, says APC

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described the arrest of the Speaker, Clerk and nine members of the Kano State...

Police rescue ex-CAN president, Akinola in shootout with kidnappers‏

The Ogun State Police Command on Tuesday rescued a former President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Most Reverend...

DSS arrests Air Force Personnel, 6 others over kidnap, death of businessman

The Department of State Services (DSS), has arrested Lance Corporal Suleiman Mohammed of the Nigerian Air Force and six others...

Yuletide: Travellers commend FG on fuel availability

Some travellers in Warri, Delta, on Tuesday hailed the Federal Government and the relevant agencies for ensuring availability of fuel...

Inauguration of re-modelled airports begins January, says Oduah

The Minister of Aviation, Princess Stella Oduah, on Tuesday said that the inauguration of re-modelled airports in the country would...

Three PDP members in Zamfara Assembly defect to APC

Three members of the Zamfara State House of Assembly on Tuesday announced their defection from the People's Democratic Party (PDP)...

Oduah: APC hails House of Reps, wants minister to resign or be fired

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has commended the House of Representatives for taking a definitive stand on the N255 million...

Edo Govt. sacks 836 teachers – Commissioner

Edo Government on Monday confirmed the sack of 836 teachers following a verification carried out by the Department of Information...

Buhari optimistic APC will rule in 2015

Former Head of State, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari has expressed optimism that All Progressives Congress (APC) would win the 2015 general...

Designer of AK-47 rifle, Mikhail Kalashnikov, dies at 94

Mikhail Kalashnikov, the designer of the AK-47 rifle that has killed more people than any other firearm in the world,...

PDP will become stronger, says Orji Uzor Kalu

Dr Orji Kalu, former Governor of Abia, on Monday said he was not afraid of any consequence of defection of...

Protest in Lagos over alleged sodomy of two women

Dr Joe Odumakın, Presıdent of Women Arise, an NGO, on Monday led a protest in Lagos on an alleged sodomy...

Jonathan replies Obasanjo, says ‘God saved me from being killed under your administration’

I wish to formally acknowledge your letter dated December 2, 2013 and other previous correspondence similar to it. You will...

Yellowstone River: Exxon To Drain Oil From Failed Pipeline

Residents of Bayelsa community flee homes over oil spillage

Residents near Shell’s oil field in Ikarama, Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, have abandoned their homes to avert...

IGP directs AIGs, CPs to provide water-tight security during Yuletide

Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr Mohammed Abubakar, on Sunday directed all the specialised units of the police to join...

Army destroys two tankers used to siphon fuel from pipeline

The Nigerian Army on Sunday publicly burnt two tankers used by suspected vandals to siphon crude oil from a burst...

Three Air Force men arrested over fracas at Minna police station