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Some senators who had expressed interest in ditching the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC) are now having a rethink after the ruling party dangled automatic tickets before them, it has been revealed. The plan of automatic tickets for the elected senators is also believed to have been devised to keep […]

  Tragedy struck early on Wednesday in Lagos, as a fuel tanker explosion resulted in the death of nine people and destroyed many properties in the Apapa area of the state. The fire that accompanied the explosion resulted in the destruction of a new generation bank, three houses and 10 vehicles —five trucks, four buses and one […]

Major oil workers’ unions, the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas (NUPENG) and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) have put off their proposed strike over the Federal Government’s plan to put on sale the country’s four refineries. 
The indefinite strike was to have started this week and would […]Read More

…It Is A Lie — APC The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday warned its major rival, the All Progressives Congress (APC) to refrain from continuously dividing the country along ethnic and religious lines. But the APC had earlier denied the allegation, saying instead that all its activities are tailored towards making the country the best place […]

Governor of Niger State, Dr. Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu has denied that Monday’s death of 46-year-old Hajiya Belkisu Mahmoud occurred in his office, but rather at the Minna General Hospital some 30 minutes after she was rushed there by an ambulance. Speaking on Tuesday during the inauguration of the board of Niger State Geographic Information Service […]

Notwithstanding the series of defection of its members to the opposition, incumbent members of the National Assembly willing to re-contest in 2015 will not have automatic tickets, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) said on Tuesday. Confirming the development, Chairman of the party in Zone 3 of Kaduna State, Mr. Joseph Gumbari said no one will have […]

Human rights lawyer, Barrister Festus Keyamo has written President Goodluck Jonathan to protest non-adherence with the judgement of Honourable Justice A. Bello of the Federal High Court, Abuja nullifying the appointments of service chiefs for lacking the approval of both the Senate and the Federal House of Representatives. A copy of the letter, titled Refusal […]

Former Minister of Information and ardent supporter of President Goodluck Jonathan, Chief Edwin Clark is the latest to write a scathing open letter, this time to former President Olusegun Obasanjo, whom he described as an unrepentant trouble maker, a liar, manipulator and hypocrite guilty of the very accusations he levelled against the current president. In […]

Governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomhole on Monday disclaimed reports of his hospitalisation following a road mishap at Ewu in Esan Central Local Government Area of the state on 28th December 2013. Speaking in Benin City with members of the State Executive Council, Oshiomhole confirmed that his official vehicle was indeed involved in an accident […]

An accident involving the convoy of Governor of Borno State, Governor Kashim Shettima has resulted in the death of one person. Governor Shettima was en route to the burial of late Emir of Shani, Alhaji Mohammed Mailafiya, who died last week in India after a lengthy illness, when one of the jeeps convoying him lost […]

A-46-year-old woman identified as Hajiya Belkisu Mahmoud on Monday slumped and died in the office of Niger State Governor, Dr. Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu. According to an eyewitness, the mother of three had been waiting for several hours to see the governor but was denied access on the ground that the governor was attending to an […]

The political crisis engulfing Rivers state, Monday, took a turn for the worse, as Ahoada East High Court was bombed and razed. www.www.aso.rocks search engine learnt that the explosion occurred shortly before a case against self-acclaimed speaker of Rivers state House of Assembly, Hon. Evans Bipi was due to commence. A statement issued by Jerry […]