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PDP chieftains berate Buhari, el-Rufai over comments on Sounthern Kaduna

Jos – The Special Adviser to the President on Special Duties, Mr Isaiah Balat, has dismissed claims by Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, that Southern Kaduna had gained nothing for supporting the PDP since 1999....

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6-Year Single Tenure: Proposal’s Unfair, Presidency Insists

The Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on Political Matters, Dr. Ahmed Gulak, on Saturday said the Presidency was unperturbed over the insistence of the Senate Committee on the Amendment of...

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“I hated school, failed WAEC and almost became a mechanic” – Governor Fashola...

It was not like any of the interviews he had granted in the past. For two hours he held a select group of editors spellbound and reeling in laughter as he spoke about his hatred for school, love for...

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Suntai: Video clips stir controversy

Some stakeholders in Taraba State have met in Abuja to perfect their plot to remove ailing Governor Danbaba Suntai from office. They are of the view that the state is stagnating on account of the...

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Governors, politicians commiserate with Tinubu on his mother’s death

Abuja –  More people and organisations have continued to condole with Sen. Bola Tinubu, the National Leader of the ACN over the death of his mother, Alhaja Abibatu Mogaji. The Northern States Governors...

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FG to recruit 2,000 additional midwives

Dutse – The Federal Government is to recruit 2,000 additional midwives to be deployed to rural areas, Dr Ado Mohammed, Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency has...

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A Nigerian Cab Driver killed In New York City Stabbed In The Eye With An...

A Nigerian cab driver living in New York has been killed trying to make a living and support his family. He was killed by a passenger who savagely stabbed him in the eye with an umbrella in Brooklyn....

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INEC replies APC on registration request

The electoral body demanded copies of the association’s constitution and manifesto. The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has responded to the request by the All Progressive Congress,...

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Nigeria must prosecute IBB, Obasanjo – Opadokun

Former Secretary of the pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, and Publicity Secretary of the National Democratic Coalition, Chief Ayo Opadokun, in this interview with LEKE BAIYEWU, explains the...

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Tinubu denies 2015 gov ambition

The Senator representing Lagos Central in the National Assembly, Mrs Oluremi Tinubu, has denied nursing an ambition to become the governor of Lagos State in 2015. Tinubu, who spoke on Saturday at a...

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‘Stop issuing driving licence to illiterates’

The Cross River State Government has urged the Federal Road Safety Corps not to issue driving licence to persons without adequate education and knowledge of traffic rules. The state Security Adviser,...

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Presidency behind NGF crisis ­— North

The National Coordinator, Coalition of Northern Politicians, Academics, Professionals and Businessmen, Dr. Junaid Mohammed, has said the crisis rocking the Nigeria Governors’ Forum and the Northern...

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Learn from 2012 floods disaster, UN tells Nigeria

Representatives of the United Nations Organisation have asked the different levels of government in Nigeria to learn from the 2012 experience and make provisions for disaster management. The world...

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Anyaoku redeems N65m pledge to church

Former Secretary General of the Commonwealth, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, has redeemed the pledge of N62.5m he made to the Diocese on the Niger, Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion). The Bishop on the...

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Ogun, Ekiti propose 15% increment for striking teachers

Governments of Ogun and Ekiti have proposed to pay striking teachers in their states 15 per cent of the 27.5 Teachers Salary Scale that the tutors are demanding. The Nigeria Union of Teachers...

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Gov Suntai Discharged From US Hospital

Taraba State governor Danbaba Suntai has been discharged from the John Hopkins Hospital in Maryland State, three months after he was brought to the hospital’s Intensive Care Unit (ICU) as a result of...

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Yar’Adua died of irreversible brain damage – Oviemo, ex-military medical...

Brigadier-General Otu Oviemo Ovadje (rtd), a former Medical Director of the Military Hospital, Lagos during the weekend gave insights into the demise of former head of state, General Sani Abacha and...

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Jonathan is doing well that is why Nigerians abroad are returning home

Minister of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs, Alhaji Kabiru Turaki, SAN, has stated that the President Goodluck Jonathan’s led government had done well in so many areas, including the...

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FG, Delta draw battle line on Ibori’s $15m bribe money; to argue suit July 5

Justice Gabriel Kolawole has set July 10 for the Federal and Delta State Governments to argue the case involving $15 million recovered from convicted former Governor of Delta State, Chief James Ibori....

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Maku charges Christians to lead campaign against violence; gives indication...

Minister of Information, Mr. Labaran Maku has called on Christian Leaders in Nasarawa State to rise up against the emerging trend of insecurity that has taken over the state. Maku stated this at the...

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