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Terrorists are now camouflaging as Fulani herdsmen to perpetrate their evil agenda, Governor of Benue State, Gabriel Suswam has said. Suswam revealed his apprehension on Monday during a solidarity visit to President Goodluck Jonathan by stakeholders of the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) from the north-central zone. Speaking on behalf of the delegation comprising Senator […]

President Goodluck Jonathan has admitted that he reaped considerable benefits from the active role he played in last year’s breakup of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF). Jonathan made the revelation on Monday at the Presidential Villa in Abuja during a solidarity visit from stakeholders of the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) from the north–central geographical […]

A total of 1,050 illegal civil servants have been uncovered and will be retired over the next three weeks, Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (HOCSF), Alhaji Bukar Aji has said. Speaking in Abuja at one of the events to commemorate the 60th anniversary celebration of the Nigeria Public Service Commission in Abuja, […]

Oil marketers are threatening to embark on yet another industrial action in protest against the decision of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) to shut down the Nigerian Independent Petroleum Company (NIPCO) last week Monday. According to Chairman of a concerned group of IPMAN, Mr. Abidemi Agunbiade, the shutdown of the […]

Minister of Interior, Comrade Abba Moro on Monday said he accepted responsibility for the failed Nigerian Immigration Services (NIS) recruitment exercise resulting in the death of about 20 people simply because he is the minister and the overseer of the whole exercise. Moro expressed deep regrets for the death of the job-seekers, saying that rather […]

President Goodluck Jonathan will travel to Brussels on Tuesday to attend the Fourth European Union-Africa Summit scheduled to open in the Belgian capital on Wednesday, 2nd April 2014. Participants at the summit — themed Investing in People, Prosperity and Peace —include President Goodluck Jonathan; President of the European Council, Mr. Herman Van Rompuy; President of […]

Director of Defence Information (DDI), Major-General Chris Olukolade on Monday said the Nigerian Military has commenced major operations in Benue, Nasarawa and Plateau States to end killings of innocent civilians that have recently been bedevilling the states. In a statement released in Abuja, Olukola revealed that troops had already been deployed for a major offensive […]

An Abuja High Court has ordered the 37 members of the Federal House of Representatives who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) to honourably relinquish their seats. Justice Adeniyi Ademola passed the judgment on Monday, pronouncing that the defector House of Representative members do not legally and morally […]

As the Lagos State Government prepares for the seventh edition of the biennial Lagos Economic Summit, popularly called Ehingbeti, the state has identified some key agriculture value chains it hopes to leverage to achieve food sufficiency. It also said it would look at issues relating to power at the economic summit. Speaking on how the […]

Security has been tightened around the Presidential Villa, following the jailbreak attempt by members of the Boko Haram Islamist sect at the headquarters of the State Security Service (SSS) in Abuja, which resulted in crossfire with Nigerian soldiers. The left axis of the SSS Headquarters, which is adjacent to the Gate 7 entrance to the […]

President Goodluck Jonathan will not cover up any case of embezzlement or mismanagement of public funds exposed in his administration, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe has said. Okupe was speaking in response to media interpretations of his statement on the ongoing Federal House of Representatives probe on allegations […]

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Sunday  expressed concerns over the statement by Director General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), Mr. Benjamin Dikki, who was reported to have announced that plans have been concluded by the BPE to privatise refineries and commercialise the Nigerian Television Authority, the Federal Radio Corporation, the News Agency […]