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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…

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,…

ABUJA (Federal Ministry of Power News) – The Special Assistant on Media to the Minister of Power, Kande Daniel has…

Nigerian electoral politics has come under severe attacks since inception. Right from the First Republic where E. E. Esua held…

President of the National Industrial Court (NIC), Justice Babatunde Adejumo yesterday advised President Goodluck Jonathan, the Attorney General of the…

An upper Sharia Court judge in Borno State, Justice Alkali Goni Mukhtar has been retired by the state Judicial Service…

Ending insurgency in Nigeria is everybody’s business and not the Federal Government’s alone, Niger State Governor Babangida Aliyu has said.…

Member representing Jos South/Jos East constituency in the House of Representatives, Honourable Bitrus Kaze has faulted the position of the…