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The Northern Elders’ Forum has condemned alleged interference by the Presidency in the enthronement of the erstwhile Governor of the…

The Federal Government has said efforts to extradite the suspected mastermind of the deadly bomb blast in Nyanya, an Abuja…

The Abuja-Kaduna Standard Gauge Rail Modernisation Project is 85 per cent completed, the Minister of Transport, Idris Umar, said Saturday.…

One Mr Daniel Akinneyin has been stabbed to death in Igbokoda, headquarters of Ilaje local government area of Ondo State by…

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…

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…