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Only a few days after world football governing body, FIFA Lifted the suspension it placed on Nigeria due to government interference in the country’s football association’s affairs, the Executive Committee of the board of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has sacked its president, Alhaji Aminu Maigari. The committee met at the NFF Secretariat, Abuja early Thursday […]

                   

Internet hackers have attacked Pointblanknews.com corrupting several thousands of the news website files and its wordpress with malwares. The news website has been down since last week Thursday because it wordpress admin has been compromised and news stories cannot be uploaded. Publisher and Editor-In-Chief of Pointblanknews.com, Mr. Jackson Ude said Technicians from it host organization […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) said it has taken concrete actions to ensure that all the candidates in the 9th August 2014 governorship election in Osun State are provided with a level playing field and that the election is free, fair, transparent and devoid of harassment and intimidation. In a statement issued in Abuja on […]

Not up to two hours apart, two targeted car bombs were detonated in Kaduna on Wednesday afternoon, killing 82 people, injuring many others but missing the duo that were apparently the main target of the bomb attack. Former Military ruler of Nigeria and an All Progressives Congress (APC) stalwart General Muhammadu Buhari, was the target […]

If the leading opposition party in Nigeria were to make known its innermost wish, it will certainly be to stop the nation’s president, Goodluck Jonathan, from running for the highest office in the land for a second term.  The All progressives Congress (APC) elements have not hidden this desire for a moment.  They have made […]

President Goodluck Jonathan, on Wednesday, appointed immediate past Corps Marshall of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Osita Chidoka,  as the new Aviation Minister. Chidoka replaces Stella Oduah, who was sacked after a controversial allegation of misappropriation of fund. He was sworn into office with Abubakar Olanrewaju, who now heads the Ministry of National Planning […]

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) late Tuesday, attacked the All Progressives Congress (APC) saying the latter was riding on a road to destroy Nigeria. According to Olisa Metuh, the party’s national publicity secretary, the recent simultaneous attacks on government by the leadership of APC is aimed at truncating democracy. Read the full statement below: The […]

The Speaker of the Borno State House of Assembly, Abdulkareem Lawan, has dismissed the rumoured impeachment process initiated against Kashim Shettima, the state governor, saying it was a mere machination of political interest working to further complicate issues with the troubled state. Lawan commented that it was obvious that many of the lawmakers desire deeply […]

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has charged the military in the country to always do everything possible to protect and nurture the nation’s budding democracy to enable it grow and benefit all Nigerians. The Governor made the call while hosting the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant-General Kenneth Minimah, at the Lagos House, Marina on […]

Lagos State Government has recorded a cumulative mid-year budget performance of 86 percent, despite a big drop in its receipt from federal transfer. This is a major feat, the government said on Tuesday. Lagos State, which budgeted N489.69 billion for 2014 performed 76 percent in the first quarter and 106 percent in the second quarter […]

The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Imo State Professor Selina Okoh, has said that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has decided that only those who have Permanent Voter Card (PVC), would be eligible to vote in 2015 general elections. She said although INEC cancelled the initial date for the distribution of the cards in […]