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As the governorship Election Day in Ekiti approaches, the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar has ordered immediate deployment of hi-tech security equipments, including surveillance helicopters, armoured personnel carriers and patrol vans to the state. Speaking after a brief meeting with police officers on Monday, Abubakar said the highest number of policemen to have covered election […]

President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the appointment of Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, the immediate past Chairman of the ruling PDP, as Ambassador-at-Large. The appointment was announced in a statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Abuja on Monday. According to the statement, Tukur will perform special duties assigned by the president in that capacity. […]

In what many industry analysts have termed a record that should interest the managers of Guinness Book of Records, Nigeria’s shortest-lived daily newspaper, Today’s Telegraph, may as well hold this achievement globally. Today’s Telegraph was launched in September 2013, three months after its website kicked off. The daily paper, which operated a free model and […]Read More

Mike Omeri, chairman of the National Information Centre, has revealed that the over 200 schoolgirls abducted in Chibok Borno State in April would be rescued as soon as the “right strategy” is adopted. Omeri made the revelation in an interview on Sunday, saying the military is looking to adopt a strategy that would guarantee that […]

Four American lawmakers visiting Nigeria, have called for a special relief funds for the victims of Boko Haram insurgency. The lawmakers who came to Nigeria as part of global efforts to facilitate support for the rescue of the over 200 schoolgirls kidnapped on 14th April in Chibok, Borno State made the call on Sunday. Co-chair […]

Six persons have been arrested in connection with two improvised explosive devices (IEDs) planted at the Living Faith Church (a.k.a. Winners’Chapel), Owerri, Imo State.  Commissioner of Police in the state, Abdulmajid Ali, made the disclosure on Sunday while speaking to journalists at the church premises along Port Harcourt Road Owerri. Ali  said the Police was […]

The leadership of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) on Saturday congratulated the new National Chairman of the All Progressives Party (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, the National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed and other newly elected officers of the party for their victory at their party’s national convention. PDP charged the new officers to ensure a […]

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has dismissed as “sponsored stories,” reports by a section of the media to the effect that the All Progressives Congress (APC) of which he is a chieftain had zoned him out of the presidential contest following a new arrangement. A statement issued by the Atiku Media Office quoted the former […]

Former Governor of Edo State, Dr. John Odigie-Oyegun, was on Friday  night elected as the new National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the party held its national convention at the Eagle Square, Abuja, Nigeria’s federal capital territory. The party also elected other officials to run its activities, conducting the election based on […]

After weeks of intrigues, the new Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, on Friday finally made an official entrance into his palace accompanied by thousands of indigenes and residents of the city. The state governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, had accused President Goodluck Jonathan of ordering a siege to the palace in order to arrest Sanusi over […]

The National Industrial Court (NIC) has fixed 4th July, for the hearing of a suit filed by former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Malam Sanusi-Lamido Sanusi, challenging his suspension from the position by President Goodluck Jonathan. The case was adjourned by Justice Babatunde Adejumo on Friday, after Sanusi’s counsel Kola Awodein (SAN), […]

Special Adviser on Central Business District to Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos, Mrs. Aderinola Disu, has resigned. Mrs. Disu’s resignation, according to government’s statement was to make her devote her full time to family commitments. Reluctant Fashola accepted the resignation on Friday and immediately approved her replacement with the Managing Director of the Lagos State […]