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Some members of the National Assembly may be probed over the management of N2.8bn constituency projects’ funds allocated to eradication of poverty in the rural areas. This is because the National Poverty Eradication Programme (NAPEP) is investigating the implementation of N2.8bn constituency projects by some members of the National Assembly in about 26 states. The […]

Governor of Jigawa State, Alhaji Sule Lamido has warned President Goodluck Jonathan that securing the presidential ticket of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2015 elections will not guarantee his re-emergence as President. Speaking with journalists at the Jigawa State Government House, Dutse, Lamido maintained that the president may not win even if […]

Member of the Federal House of Representatives and current contender for the Ekiti State governorship seat, Opeyemi Bamidele may have bitten more than he could chew by publicly disobeying and disregarding the agreement reached by his party to endorse incumbent governor, Kayode Fayemi, for a second term in office. Bamidele, who thinks this is a […]

In Today’s Nigeria, there is a craze amongst elites is to be chauffeured in a private jet. Government officials, particularly governors, who are hired by the people, use tax payers’ money to acquire private jets for themselves while relegating the dividends of democracy, such as good roads and hospitals, to the background. Aside from being […]

The killing of dozens of people, mostly students, in an attack by gunmen suspected to be members of the Boko Haram Islamist sect on a secondary school in Yobe State is a “horrific” act, the European Union said on Sunday. A hospital in Potiskum confirmed that 42 people were killed while the Military already stated that […]

President Goodluck Jonathan has reiterated that the country will remain one indivisible nation no matter the challenges of nation building, saying that terrorism is an anti-progress that must be stamped out. He also said that the country should leverage on two important windows of opportunities, the Nigerian Army ingenuity and Petroleum sector local content drive to […]

Governor of Bayelsa State, Seriake Dickson is one of the prominent Nigerian leaders who are not happy with the level of crude oil theft, especially in the Niger-Delta region of the country. The governor has accused militants of vandalising oil pipelines, stealing crude oil for the purpose of procuring arms, and recruiting new members. Dickson, […]

The Kebbi State Government says it has released a total of N122.9m for the payment of tuition and registration fees for 62 indigent students of the state origin studying in Indian and Sudanese universities. This was disclosed on Saturday by Executive Secretary of the State Scholarship Board, Murtala Yauri, in the state capital. Yauri, who […]

Speaker of the Federal House of Representatives, Honourable Aminu Tambuwal will not join the opposition, he has assured. President Goodluck Jonathan had recently warned of the making of a new Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that would not hesitate to come hard on even high placed elected officials of the party should they be found wanting. […]

The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has accused the People Democratic Party (PDP) of overstepping its bounds by employing its notoriously crude language to criticise the decision of the party’s (ACN’s) leadership to settle the rift between Gov. Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti and a member of the House of Representatives from the state, Mr. Opeyemi […]

Federal Ministry of Information has restored the National web portal, www.nigeria.gov.ng, which was hacked by a cyber-attacker claiming to be protesting the recent law passed by Nigeria’s National Assembly against homosexuality. The cyber-attack was carried out on Thursday by an Irish hacker who warned President Goodluck Jonathan to veto the bill that prescribes 14-year jail […]Read More

Members of the Federal House of Representatives have commenced the amendment of the Nigerian constitution with far-reaching decisions that they expect would deepen the country’s democracy and accelerate its development. The review of the constitution had commenced with the participation of Nigerians with the general decision collated by the Special Ad-hoc Committee on the Review […]