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In what could only be a daring move against a sitting governor, the Traditional Ruler of Afao-Ekiti prevented Dr. Kayode…

Benue South Senatorial District will reject Senate President David Mark in the 2015 general elections, a chieftain of the All…

The Ekiti State wing of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has hailed the state Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, for…

A lone suicide bomber was on Sunday arrested in Damaturu, the Yobe State capital while on a mission to blow…

Nine persons have lost their lives on Saturday night when a petroleum tanker and a Peugeot 406 car collided at…

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Sunday, released the names of the abducted female students in Chibok by the Book…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described as cowardly and incomprehensible Thursday’s repeated bombing at Nyanya in Abuja, saying nothing…

The Federal government has deployed troops to Nigeria’s main airports in a security clampdown ahead of a major international economic…

President Goodluck Jonathan has given Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State a marching order to find the abducted school girls.…

The Presidency has announced that another edition of the Presidential Media Chat will be held today at 7pm. The chat,…

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday ordered top security chiefs and officials to secure the safe release of 223 schoolgirls abducted three weeks ago by suspected Islamists, his spokesman said. Gunmen believed to be Boko Haram Islamists stormed…

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday said that his government is seeking help from US President Barack Obama to overcome the west African nation’s current security challenges. Africa’s most populous nation has also approached other world powers…

One of the very important questions Nigerians will be eager to ask President Goodluck Jonathan tonight is the whereabouts of…

Governors Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta and Babangida Aliyu of Niger have restated their faith in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),…

Governor Aliyu Wamakko of Sokoto State has advised those criticising his Adamawa State counterpart, Murtala Nyako, over his memo addressed…

The women wing of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State has called on women in the country to…

The sole-financier of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the South West, Prince Buruji Kashamu has vowed that the party would ‘chase…

Governors of the All Progressives Congress, APC, have expressed concern over incessant killings of Nigerians by Boko Haram insurgents. The governors,…

President Goodluck Jonathan has given a marching order to all the security agencies and Borno State Governor, Alhaji Kashim Shettima,…

Benue State Governor Gabriel Suswam has slashed his salary by 25 percent and also proposed a five percent cut in…