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The All Progressives Congress (APC) has condemned what it called the thinly-veiled attempt by the Directorate of Security Service (DSS) to link the party with the insurgent group Boko Haram, without providing a shred of evidence to that effect, and called on the agency’s spokesperson, Marilyn Ogar, to resign or be fired. In a statement […]

The Ekiti State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described the allegation by the All Progressives Congress (APC) that it was used as a guinea pig by the PDP-led Federal Government to ensure victory for its candidate in the June 21 governorship election in Ekiti State as lacking in logic. The PDP, in […]

The All Progressives Youth Forum is planning to organise a nationwide ‎thanksgiving with special Sunday church service and Jumma’at prayers over the planned defection of former Governor of Borno State, Ali Modu Sheriff, from the APC to Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Barrister Ismail Ahmed, the Forum’s chairman, said on Saturday. Sheriff had on Friday confirmed […]

Officers of the Special Task Force are currently trying to unravel the motive for the movement of some youths from Maiduguri heading to Abuja at about 3am when they were accosted in Plateau State on Wednesday. Numbering about 51, the youths were under the guidance of a lady as they were being conveyed in 3 […]

The Federal Government of Nigeria has suspended Residency Training Programme in Federal Government Hospitals with immediate effect until the conclusion of an ongoing appraisal of the challenges in the health sector, authorities of the health ministry have said. The move was announced in a Federal Ministry of Health press release signed by Alhaji Isiaka Yusuf, […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused the Department of State Services (DSS) of crass partisanship and unprofessional conduct over its actions and comments on the recent election in Osun State. In a statement issued by the National Publicity Secretary of APC, Alhaji Lai Mohammed on Thursday, the party said the spokesperson for the agency, […]

On Wednesday, 21st May 2008, 46 soldiers from the 234 Battalion of the Nigerian Army, Monguno, Borno State, who were involved in an auto crash in Siminti village along Bauchi and Yobe states border, were burnt to death when their vehicle collided with a petrol tanker. The victims were so much charred that it was […]

The delegates representing Ondo State at the National Conference on Wednesday distanced themselves from any plot to guarantee Third Term for President Goodluck Jonathan or any other political office holders in the country as alleged by the Northern Delegates.  Leader of the delegation and the State Commissioner for Vocational and Technical Education, Mr. Remi Olatubora in a statement […]

Barely a week after Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos state reversed the controversial tuition increase imposed on Lagos State University (LASUTH) to its original N25,000, the state House of Assembly is plotting to review the partial ban on motorcycles in the state. This became glaring when the House, through a motion sponsored by 10 members […]

The Federal Government of Nigeria remains devoted to wiping off the Ebola virus disease from the country, Minister for Aviation, Mr. Osita Chidoka, has assured. He gave the assurance on Tuesday while addressing the media on critical points his administration would look work on. He said the government have measures in place to ensure that […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday fixed 11th October for a new governorship election in Adamawa State following the recent impeachment of Governor Murtala Nyako by the state House of Assembly. The announcement is coming almost four weeks after Nyako was impeached and after queries from some sections of Nigeria on why the […]

Following a statement by the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), issuing an ultimatum to President Goodluck Jonathan to rescue the more than 200 girls abducted in Chibok, Borno State on 15th April, or lose the support of the group in the 2015 election, Jonathan has said no group can threaten him before he performs his official […]