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The Enugu State House of Assembly has directed the Commissioner of Police in the state to arrest the Accountant-General, Mr. Paschal Okolie, for  disrespecting the House and failing to appear before the House three times. Okolie an ally of outgoing Gov. Chime was invited by the lawmakers to explain why he decided to withhold the […]

More than 60 million dollars would be required by Nigeria to prosecute the proposed first and second phases of the national measles elimination programme, said a report. The exercise is expected to cover not less than 54 million persons nationwide. This is contained in the report of the first 2015 meeting of the Inter-agency Coordinating […]

… Says no fresh application for registration will be accepted The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has extended the phase-out date for single-hull tankers by five years, with the new date now 31st December 2020. The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) had set an initial deadline of 2015. In extending the phase-out date, the […]

The Supreme Court has upheld the victory of Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose in the 21st June 2014 election held in the state. The court upheld Fayose’s victory in the election by dismissing, for lacking merit, an appeal by the All Progressives Congress (APC), challenging the victory and the governor’s eligibility to contest in the […]

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has rewarded Sergeant Mercy John, a female Police officer who through her bravery, single-handedly disarmed two robbers who attempted to dispossess  her of her belongings. Though the worth of the reward was not made public at the time of this report, Fashola, at the event which held at the […]

Retired Major General Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria’s President-Elect has outline the way  he hopes to tackle corruption, plan the government’s finances, fight Boko Haram, and improve Nigeria’s economy when he eventually assumes power. Buhari who won the 28th March presidential election, unseating an incumbent president democratically for the first time in the country’s democracy, blamed the […]Read More

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has won 19 out of the 29 governorship seats contested for in the Saturday election conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Though the exercise was alleged to have been riddled with irregularities in some states, the full result showed that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) got eight states, […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC), on Monday, congratulated the people of the South-west geo-political zone for electing its governorship candidates in Lagos, Ogun and Oyo, noting that with this remarkable success, a time of consolidation has come to the region. The party, also, congratulated the three governors-elect in the zone namely; Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode of […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) has declared the governorship election in Imo state inconclusive. Consequently elections will be rescheduled in LGA`s  where voting was cancelled due to irregularities Professor Ibidapo Obe, the returning officer, said the election was  inconclusive because the number of cancelled votes (144,715) is higher than the margin of win (79,529) by […]

Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State and candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, has won his re-election bid for the state. Ajimobi led other candidates with a total score of 327,310 votes, beating former Governor Rashidi Ladoja of the Accord Party who polled a total of 254,520 votes. The governorship candidate of […]

With governorship election results trickling in from various parts of Lagos State, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Akinwunmi Ambode seems to be leading the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Jimi Agbaje, with a wide margin. Ambode defeated Agbaje in the latter’s polling unit 009, Ward 3, Apapa, polling 124 votes […]

National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), John Odigie-Oyegun, has expressed concern over the spate of defection to his party by politicians especially those formerly with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Many big politicians across the country have been rushing into the APC since the party’s presidential flag bearer, Muhammadu Buhari won the 28th […]