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A teacher in Edo State was the subject of scorn during Tuesday’s verification of the certificates of primary school teachers in the state. Asked to read a sworn affidavit she tendered as part of her credentials. Mrs. Augusta Odemwingie of Asologun Primary School, Ikpoba Okha Local Government stumbled several times to the consternation of all […]

Amnesty International and the Social and Economic Rights Action Centre (SERAC) have condemned Governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Fashola and his administration for embarking on the demolition of the Badia East area of the state without consideration for the rights of the people. The two notable groups on Monday said about 9, 000 were affected […]

Allegations by former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory that President Goodluck Jonathan has mastered the politics of ethnicity and religion are untrue, the Presidency said on Sunday.  Speaking in Kaduna during a programme on Liberty Radio on Saturday, El-Rufai had condemned the president for always turning the other way when certain individuals threaten peace […]

President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday described Interim National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APC), Chief Bisi Akande has a rude, ill-mannered, uncharitable and hypocritical politician.  Jonathan’s response came after Akande questioned his leadership capabilities, saying: “I do not see President Jonathan as a serious-minded person. Nigeria’s problem today is Jonathan. I had written him twice […]

It is President Goodluck Jonathan’s tried and tested style to employ politics of ethnicity and religion to divert the attention of Nigerians from the series of socioeconomic problems of the country, erstwhile Minister of the Federal Capital Territory who is now Interim Deputy National Secretary of newly registered All Progressive Congress (APC), Mallam Nasir El-Rufai […]

  Governor of Adamawa State, Murtala Nyako, has accused his enemies of distributing and pasting posters announcing his 2015 ambition to contest for the 2015 presidential election in Nigeria. Residents of Adamawa State woke up to find the presidential election campaign posters bearing the governor’s photograph displayed in major parts of the state capital. But […]

President Goodluck Jonathan has sent a condolence message to former Minister of Information, John Nwodo over the death of his wife, Regina Nwodo, who reportedly died in London. The late Regina was a Justice of the Court of Appeal. In a statement by Jonathan’s Adviser on Media and Publicity, Dr. Rueben Abati, the president said […]

Lagos is currently witnessing what could sum up to become a major political battle in the journey to the 2015 governorship election in the state, but the two major political parties, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC), are undecided on the particular candidate to run on their tickets. There […]

Attempts by the Rivers State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to instil order to its troubled fold have crashed, after both Chairman of the chapter, Hon Felix Obuah and Governor of the state, Rotimi Amaechi traded words on the latest failed peace move. While Obuah described Amaechi’s outright rejection of the party’s peace […]

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Friday announced the arrest of a 46-year old bricklayer from Alor Village in Anambra State for attempting to smuggle 2.07kg of cocaine into Nigeria. Spokesman of the agency, Mitchell Ofoyeju, in a statement sent to journalists, said the suspect was arrested at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, […]

Governor Martin Elechi of Ebonyi has dismissed the Commissioner of Environment in the state, Dr Paul Okorie, for acting inconsistently with his office mandate. A statement signed by the state Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Chike Onwe, on Thursday in Abakaliki directed Okorie to handover all government documents and property at his disposal to the […]

A coalition of civil society groups has accused Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi of attempting to play politics with the lives of destitute recently returned to the state by the Lagos State Government. Condemning Obi at a press conference on Wednesday in Lagos, the coalition said Obi had decided to take on the Lagos […]