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Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has dismissed as “sponsored stories”, reports that the All Progressives Congress, APC, had zoned him…

The Resident Electoral Commissioner in Ekiti State, Mr. Halilu Pai, has said the Independent National Electoral Commission has engaged 7,941…

The N2.1bn libel suit filed by Chairman of the Organization and Mobilization Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in…

A non-governmental organization, the Gatekeeper Foundation, has insisted that the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, must be sacked…

The Imo State Police Command has arrested six suspects over the discovery of two Improvised Explosive Devices in a church…

Bauchi State Governor Isa Yuguda has expressed hope that insecurity will soon end in the north eastern part of Nigeria.…

Wife of the Ondo State governor, Mrs. Olukemi Mimiko, weekend, celebrated her 47th birthday with 51 triplets and quadtuplets that…

Wayne Rooney may have been staunchly defended by England coach Roy Hodgson after the opening 2-1 defeat by Italy in the World Cup, but his performance attracted criticism from former top players and coaches. Some like former England coach Graham Taylor…

Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State on Saturday said he stayed away from the All Progressives Congress National Convention in…

The leadership of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has congratulated the newly elected national executive members of the All…

Executive Director of the Civil Rights Congress of Nigeria, Comrade Shehu Sani believes that the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan…

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Saturday endorsed Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State for a second term in office. Gov…

JUBA; South Sudan, June 15, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Aid agencies in South sudan today released a new plan…

Kaduna Refinery and Petrochemical Company will run at 100 percent capacity by 2015, Managing Director, Saidu Mohammed said on Friday.…

In what could pass as a scene from a Nigerian home video, a young man in his early 20s, Uzoma…

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Aminu Waziri Tambuwwal on Saturday again launched a passionate plea to members of…

Supporters of the more than 200 schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram Islamists two months ago vowed Saturday to scale up the pressure on the Nigerian government to rescue them. Noisy street demonstrations in Abuja and other cities have become a regular…

Nigeria’s main opposition party has taken up the issue of insecurity, slamming President Goodluck Jonathan’s party for failing to stem the rising violence, ahead of what it calls “watershed” elections next year. Africa’s most populous country and biggest…

Former Military President, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (retd) has stated that the reason the June 12, 1993, presidential election was…

here were strong indications, yesterday, that the Security services have commenced a high-level investigation of a monarch in northern Nigeria,…