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Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State has declared a dusk-to-dawn curfew in the State as the violence that began on Monday continued into Friday morning. In a state-wide broadcast on Friday, Fayemi, said he was not going to allow the violence to continue, wondering why a governor-elect like Ayo Fayose would act with such level […]

  A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Friday morning acquitted Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly of corruption charges brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) At the time of this report, there was jubilation at the court premises with lawmakers and loyalists of the Speaker hugging […]

A taste of what  the people of Ekiti State could suffer in the hands of their governor-elect, Ayo Fayose, became obvious on Thursday as Fayose ordered the beating of a judge at the Ado-Ekiti High Court premises of the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, after landing a slap on the judge’s face. His action caused stampede […]

A total of 135 Boko Haram members have surrendered with their weapons to the Nigerian troops around Biu Local Government Area in Borno State, The Nigerian Military has said. According to a statement by the Defence Headquarters on Wednesday, 88 members of the extremist sect surrendered at Mairiga/Bun – Yadi, while 45 others were overpowered […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) remains strong and capable of fulfilling the Nigeria’s thirst for change, regardless of the loud and lavish political propaganda, deceit, official impunity and unjust applications of powers of patronage and sanctions by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) administrations, former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar has said. He maintained that […]

The House of Representatives went rowdy on Tuesday as representatives on the platform of the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) walked out on the House after a motion on the controversial $9.3 million smuggled out of the country with a jet belonging to President of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Ayo Oritsejafor, was stepped down […]

 Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has today formally declared his presidential ambition on the platform of the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC). The former Vice President’s declaration is, however, coming against the backdrop of his bid’s endorsement by a South-west caucus of the APC. A press statement by his media office in Abuja, had said […]

Governor Sullivan Chime of Enugu State has declared Thursday as public holiday in the state to accommodate a rally in support of President Goodluck Jonathan’s re-election. A statement signed by the State Commissioner for Information, Chuks Ugwoke, said the holiday was to enable Enugu State citizens and other residents to participate fully in the rally […]

  Weak risk management framework and security challenges are the top issues militating against electronic payment system in Nigeria, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has revealed. Godwin Emefiele, governor of CBN made the revelation on Tuesday at the 8th Annual Conference of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) in Abuja while delivering a […]

Once again,Nigeria’s military has reversed its position and retracted its statement that some of the schoolgirls abducted from Chibok town in April by Islamist militants had been freed. Army spokesman Brig Gen Chris Olukolade told the BBC there were girls in military custody, but not those from Chibok as originally thought. More than 200 girls […]

Dr. Abdul Jhalil Tafawa Balewa, son of Nigeria’s First Republic Prime Minister, Tafawa Balewa, said at the weekend that he would contest the 2015 presidential election on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Balewa condemned plots by the leadership of the party to demoralise other presidential aspirants by endorsing incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has warned those nursing the plan to postpone the 2015 General Elections to perish the thought, saying Nigerians will not accept, under any guise whatsoever, any scheme by desperate elected officials to get tenure elongation by subterfuge In a statement issued in Lagos on Sunday by its National Publicity Secretary, […]