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Tomorrow, Tuesday June 3, 2014, Rivers State Governor, Rt Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, CON, will receive the: Associated Fellowship of the United Nations Institute for Training & Research in Geneva Switzerland. The award is given for his contributions in the Education sector placing Rivers state as the best state in Nigeria with 21st Century Educational […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has condemned the killing of the Emir of Gwoza, Alhaji Idrissa Timta, by suspected Boko Haram gunmen, saying it confirms the terror group as the enemy of the whole of Nigeria, rather than a group set up by some imaginary opposition political party or elites to bring down the Jonathan […]

Governor Murtala Nyako of Adamawa State on Friday sacked 12 of his aides, comprising of five special advisers and seven principal special assistants. The action of the governor, who is currently facing serious confrontation from the State House of Assembly, was made known through a statement issued in Yola, the State capital by the Secretary […]

…Ask National Industrial Court to Stay Proceeding Uncertainty on Friday, beclouded the hearing of the suit against President Goodluck Jonathan and two others, filed by the suspended Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi over his suspension as CBN governor when Sanusi and the three respondents submitted separate appeals and applications […]

Two first-class monarchs in Borno State have been kidnapped by members of the Boko Haram terrorist group. According to reports, members of the sect members stormed the palace of the Emir of Gwoza, Idrisa Timta, and his counterpart, the Emir of Uba, Ismaila Mamza on Friday. Reports said the incident happened some minutes past 10am […]

The Presidential Fact-Finding Committee on the Abducted Chibok Schoolgirls today visited Chibok, Borno State, where the students were snatched from their hostels by Islam extremist sect, Boko Haram on 14th April. The Committee left Maiduguri, the state capital, last Sunday, after spending eight days in the first phase of the Committee’s interactions with Borno stakeholders, […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has strongly condemned the attack by “apparently sponsored” thugs against the #BringBackOurGirls protesters who have hitherto conducted themselves in a civil and peaceful manner, calling the attack deplorable and definitely orchestrated to shift the focus from ‘#BringBackOurGirls’ to ‘release our girls’. In a statement issued in Lagos on Thursday by […]

President Goodluck Jonathan, Thursday, said he has ordered a full scale war by the Nigerian security forces against terrorism in the country. The President made the announcement in an address to the nation as part of the country’s 15th Democratic Day since 1999. He said he can no longer allow the continuation of the killings […]

The Afenifere Renewal Group (ARG) has said the only significance that 29th May has in Nigeria’s history is that it represents the faulty foundations upon which the country’s democratic governance stands. In a statement released to the media on Thursday by its Publicity Secretary, Kunle Famoriyo, the group said nobody should thus expect the current […]

Says Sanusi misled the Nation Advise President Jonathan to submit Supplementary Budget on Subsidy extras   After months of painstaking perusal of volumes of documents and presentations made before it by all relevant stakeholders, the Senate Committee on Finance which was mandated to investigate the allegation of non-remittance of $49.8 billion to the Federation Account […]

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has called on Nigerians to collectively protect the country’s democracy, which was attained after years of struggle to end military.  In a Democracy Day message issued by his Media Office in Abuja, Atiku encouraged Nigerians to emulate the examples of statesmen and women like late MKO Abiola, Bola Ige, Kudirat Abiola […]

Wednesday was a day of honour for late Sir Michael Otedola, former governor of Lagos State and father of business mogul, Femi Otedola, as the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, was joined by his predecessors and other prominent Nigerians to pay tribute to him at the Onikan Stadium, Lagos. With the theme: ‘Day of […]