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Scores of people seeking admission into the University of Benin (UNIBEN) have sustained varying degrees of injury after a stampede occurred on Wednesday during the institution’s Post Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) screening exercise. Coming barely a week after the widely-condemned recruitment exercise into Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), which resulted in the death of 19 […]

The House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts has issued a 24-hour ultimatum to acting Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Sarah Alade; Executive Director of Finance, Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Mr Sambo Aliyu and Accountant General to the Federation (AGF), Mr Jonah Otunla to explain their individual roles in the alleged missing […]

Professor Attahiru Jega, chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has revealed the intention of his commission to pursue its aspiration of introducing Diaspora voting into Nigeria’s electoral system without let up. Jega restated the intention on Tuesday, after the Indonesian Embassy extended an invitation to INEC to observe the voting of Indonesians currently […]

The 37 members of the Federal House of Representatives who defected from All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will not vacate their seats, the opposition party has declared. The stand was made known to the public on Tuesday in a statement signed by APC’s interim national publicity secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed. […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]