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President Goodluck Jonathan, on Tuesday tasted the resentment of parents of some of the more than 200 girls abducted from Chibok, Borno State, as they shunned a meeting with him at the last minute. The girls had been kidnapped for over three months now and every effort by Nigerians to get the president to meet […]

The Police in Nigeria has arrested a top Boko Haram member who described himself as the ‘Chief Butcher’ of the insurgent group in a confession.   The Police authority said the alleged terrorist, who gave his name as Mohammed Zakari, was arrested by detectives attached to the Bauchi State Police Command at about 2pm on […]

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has warned against the excessive use of power by the PDP-led federal government, a tendency, he said, was not good for decent democratic practice. Atiku, who was reacting to the impeachment of Governor Murtala Nyako of Adamawa State on Tuesday, said in a statement issued by his media office in […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of aiding, abetting and benefitting from the Boko Haram insurgency, saying the mismanagement of national resources, massive corruption under PDP’s watch and the incompetent handling of what started as a localised insurgency have been responsible for the festering of the crisis. In a […]

The Lagos State University branch of the Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU) has called off its six weeks old industrial action and has expressed their decision to resume work.   The lecturers had been on strike since 20th May but in a letter to the university’s Pro-Chancellor and Chairman, Governing Council, signed by the […]

Following the conclusion of what the Nigeria Police called a tortuous legal and diplomatic process between Nigeria and the Republic of Sudan, the co-mastermind of the Nyanya Motor Park bombing, Aminu Sadiq Ogwuche, has finally been extradited and brought to Nigeria by officials of the Nigeria Police Interpol unit.   The explosion which he master […]

Gov. Murtala Nyako  has been  impeached by the Adamawa State House of Assembly. His deputy, Ngillari, who was also probed, resigned Tuesday morning before the impeachment proceedings commenced. With Nyako and Ngillari exit, Alhaji Umaru Fintiri, speaker of the state House of Assembly, is now the acting governor. More to come!!!

The Lagos State Government on Monday commemorated the annual tree planting exercise in the state with Governor Babatunde Fashola stating that a new economy has emerged from nothing through the tree planting initiative which has created over 69,000 new jobs. Speaking at the Tree planting exercise with the theme, “Life is better with Trees”, which […]

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has for the second time in a week, visited the Apapa area of the state to monitor progress in the state government’s efforts to address the problem of traffic gridlock in the area, calling on the federal government to do everything to restore the dignity of the area. Fashola, […]

While the Federal Government disallowed Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State from using the Maiduguri International Airport on Sunday, it allowed former governor of the state, Ali Modu Sheriff to land his private jet at the airport on Monday simply because the latter, on the same day, announced his plans to defect from the All […]

The Nasarawa State House of Assembly on Monday commenced impeachment proceedings against the State Gover‎nor, Umaru Al-Makura, directing the clerk of the House‎, Ego Maikeffi, to serve the governor an impeachment notice. Al-Makura is a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC). His counterpart in Taraba State, Murtala Nyako is also facing a similar dilemma […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has raised alarm that its members in Osun State are being denied their Permanent Voters Cards (PVC) by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The party said the action of INEC seems like a deliberate attempt to disenfranchise the affected people ahead of the 9th August governorship election in the […]