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President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday summoned Minister of Interior, Abba Moro as well as Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), David Parradang to explain the death of 19 job seekers during Saturday’s NIS recruitment test. Eight people died in Abuja during the test, while five died in Port Harcourt, three died in Minna, […]

President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the appointment of 25 justices for the Court of Appeal, bringing the total number of justices to 90.According to Acting Director of Information of the National Judicial Council (NJC), Mr. Soji Oye, the appointment is in line with the recommendation of the NJC, chaired by Hon. Justice Aloma Mariam Mukhtar. […]

Suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi on Sunday issued a lengthy response to the series of allegations levelled against him by the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria (FRCN). After identifying all the allegations against him one after the other and explaining his innocence, Sanusi expressed hope that, having painstakingly […]

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has appealed to President Goodluck Jonathan to declare an emergency on unemployment, saying the number of applicants who turned up and those who died during the job aptitude test by the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) reflect that Nigeria will be a danger spot if nothing is done urgently. Vice President […]

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has said he does not owe his former party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), stressing, instead that it is the party that owes him a debt of gratitude. Atiku Abubakar stated this in his response to a PDP statement released some days ago by its National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh, […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Sunday traded verbal attacks over the death of some job-seekers during an aptitude test conducted by the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) that went rowdy across the country. While APC said the blame should be on PDP and its administrations for turning the country into a sorry […]

Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi has distributed cheques totalling N160 million to 160 First Class graduates of the state origin who made the grade between 2006 and 2013. At the ceremony where each of them got N1m, Obi noted that the reward was to promote healthy competition and motivate other students to strive towards […]

The extent of unemployment in Nigeria became more glaring on Saturday with the examination conducted by the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) for prospective officials across the country. Stadia being used for the aptitude test were filled to the brim across the nation with stampede recorded at the 60,000-capacity Abuja stadium leading to the death of […]

Nigeria President, Goodluck Jonathan has spoken of the role of late former President, Umaru Musa Yar’Adua in his emergence as President of the country. Speaking in Katsina State on Thursday night at a State Banquet organised in his honour by the Katsina State Government, Jonathan noted that he might have still remained Governor of Bayelsa […]

Former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu has urged governors to demonstrate more conviction and courage in the quest to rid the country of corruption. He also urged them as well as other public office holders to shelve extravagant lifestyles capable of encouraging corruption. Speaking in Lagos at a […]

The Joint Action Front (JAF), a labour and civil rights group affiliated to the organised labour, has warned the parent labour bodies, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union congress (TUC), against taking part in the National Conference being organised by President Goodluck Jonathan. At a press conference, JAF, which gave the warning […]

On-air personality with Wazobia FM, Anthony Akatakpo, popularly known as Akas Baba, has been kidnapped in Port Harcourt, the capital of Rivers State. His abductors attacked him in his house on Thursday morning, manhandling him and shooting him in the leg in the presence of his wife and children. After demanding a ransom of N10 […]