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The Lagos State Government has alerted members of the public to the activities of some unscrupulous people who are purportedly marketing ‘Ebola Cassette Test Kit’.  The state’s Special Adviser on Media to the Governor, Mr Hakeem Bello, said in a press statement that the items which are branded as “Rapid Response Canada” with test results […]

President Goodluck Jonathan has expressed appreciation to all persons who responded enthusiastically to his appeal for collective action by contributing generously to the Terror Victims’ Support Fund during the fund-raising event on Thursday night at the Banquet Hall, State House, Abuja. The president said he was overwhelmed by the expression of support, cooperation and solidarity […]

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has approved the following appointments and changes in the management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC): According to a statement issued by Reuben Abati, Special Adviser to the President on  media & publicity,Dr Joseph Thlama Dawha is the new Group Managing Director, NNPC. […]

After over 5, 000 operatives of the Department of State Service (DSS) drafted to Osun State for the governorship election took the State by storm and shot sporadically into the air in some parts of the State on Wednesday, the All Progressives Congress (APC) has raised the alarm that the Peoples Democratic Party-led Federal Government […]

After three weeks of nationwide strike action, Judicial workers, have agreed to call of the strike only if the federal and state governments assure them, through a written undertaking, that they will implement the judgment of the Federal High Court, Abuja on the funding of the judiciary. The demand was made on Thursday by Mr. […]

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has approved the appointment of AIG Suleiman Abba as the new Inspector-General of Police. AIG Abba, currently the Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of Zone 7, comprising Abuja, Kaduna and Niger states, replaces the incumbent Inspector-General of Police, IGP Mohammed Abubakar who proceeds on statutory retirement today having completed 35 […]

In a bid to prevent criminals from creating fakes, President Goodluck Jonathan has on Wednesday launched a newly designed 64-page electronic e-passport for Nigerians. The launch took place at the presidential villa, Abuja, where Jonathan also observed that apart from the security features added, the e-passport would also be very useful for frequent travellers. Jonathan […]

…Says New Council Used as Cover-up The Ekiti State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the administration of Governor Kayode Fayemi of using the creation of 19 new local council development areas as a cover up to siphon huge sums of money out of the state. In a statement by the State […]

That the presidency shared some money to the relatives and community of the more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped in April, after their State House visit last week is no longer a rumour. The Kibaku Area Development Association (KADA) the umbrella community, where Chibok belongs, has confirmed that they received a sum of N22.4m.  Though the […]

The impeached former Governor of Adamawa State, Murtala Nyako, has said the planned probe of his administration by the acting Governor Alhaji Ahmadu Fintiri, is a shoddy attempt to discredit his administration. Nyako made the observation in a press statement signed by his director of press and publicity Malam Ahmad Sajoh on Wednesday. “To say […]

A female suicide bomber laden with explosives, Wednesday, blew herself up along with two graduates of the Aminu Kano College of Islamic Studies. The incident occurred while graduates of the school were checking their National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) posting. Kano state police commissioner confirmed that two students were killed. President Goodluck Jonathan has also […]

Chika Amalaha, Nigerian teenage weightlifter who clinched the country’s first gold medal at the ongoing Commonwealth Games at Glasgow, Scotland, has been provisionally suspended from the games after failing a doping test. Traces of diuretics and masking agents were found in the 16-year-old’s blood sample ‘A’ taken  on 25th July while a sample ‘B’ will […]