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Nigerian Islamist fundamentalist sect, Boko Haram was on Wednesday formally designated as a terrorist organisation by the United States of America, putting an end to more than a year of dilly-dallying by the State Department. Asides Boko Haram, which is thought to maintain ties with notorious terrorist group, al-Qaeda, the U.S. also added Boko Haram’s breakaway […]

Governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido on Wednesday declared that President Goodluck Jonathan cannot continue to run the Peoples Democratic Party like his business enterprise, as the party is collectively owned. Speaking during an interview session with the Hausa Service of Vision FM Radio in Abuja, Lamido, who is a prominent member of the breakaway faction of […]

Due to Wednesday’s killing of top member of the union, Prof. Festus Iyayi by a car in the convoy of Governor of Kogi State, Idris Wada, the National Executive Council of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has suspended its meeting originally scheduled to hold today in Kano State. This announcement coincided with the […]

For the second time in a month, the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) traditionally held on Wednesdays has been cancelled without an official explanation.  While President Goodluck Jonathan is in Anambra State attending last-minute campaign of the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) ahead of Saturday’s governorship election in the state, Vice President Namadi Sambo is presently […]

National Chairman of the New Peoples Democratic Party (nPDP), Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje on Tuesday resigned his position as Chairman of the Nigeria Railway Corporation Governing Board. Conveyed through a Letter of Gratitude and Resignation of Appointment as Chairman, Nigeria Railway Corporation Governing Board addressed to Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator […]

Former President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Professor Festus Iyayi died a few hours ago in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital, in an accident involving a vehicle in the convoy of Governor of the State Governor, Idris Wada. Iyayi was on his way to Kano for a meeting of ASUU to consider […]

Nicon Luxury Hotel, Abuja, venue of the international colloquium on the Freedom of Information (FoI) Act that was to be hosted by Dino Melaye’s Anti-Corruption Network (ACN), has been sealed by a detachment of heavily armed policemen. Themed Demystifying the Complexities — Empowering the People, the maiden International Colloquium on Freedom of Information Act, 2011 […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has alerted voters in Anambra State to the creation of 1,973 extra polling units out of the existing 4,608 polling units in the state, bringing the total voting points to 6,581. In a statement issued in Benin on Tuesday by its Interim National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party […]

President Goodluck Jonathan has implored the Legislature all over the continent to preserve the rise of democracy as the popular medium of governance by promulgating laws that would not endanger democracy.   Speaking while opening open the 1st Africa Legislative Summit 2013 organised by the National Assembly in collaboration with the National Institute for Legislative Studies, […]

Universities under the aegis of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) are not united in their opinions on whether or not the ongoing industrial action should be suspended. While some lecturers at the Federal University of Technology (FUT), Minna supported the suspension, others wanted its suspension only if the Federal Government is ready to […]

Just as President Goodluck Jonathan is speculated to be planning a meeting with the seven aggrieved governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and some breakaway members, the party on Monday evening suspended its former National Secretary now National Secretary of the new PDP, Olagunsoye Oyinlola; National Chairman of the breakaway faction, Alhaji Abubakar Baraje; Deputy National […]

The Taraba State House of Assembly Monday morning elected a member of the House, Josiah Kente, as the new speaker, following the death of Haruna Tsokwa in controversial circumstances on 4th November 2013. Tsokwa, an unrepentant supporter of Acting Governor Garba Umar, died at the Federal Medical Centre, Jalingo, the Taraba State capital just days after escaping […]