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Lawmaker has thrown out his wife for contesting his seat

The 2015 general election might have claimed its first “family” victim, as a serving member of the Bayelsa House of Assembly, Hon. Ebamugha Empere has thrown out his wife for daring to contest for the...

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NJC recommends Mohammed to Jonathan as Mukhtar’s successor

Justice Mahmud Mohammed has been recommended by the National Judicial Council, NJC, to President Goodluck Jonathan for appointment as the next Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN). This is coming ahead of...

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Tambuwal’s Police detail to be restored

The police orderlies controversially withdrawn from guarding the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, will be restored on Friday, TheCable reports. Quoting a presidency source, the...

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Controversial Withdrawal Of Tambuwal’s Security: We Have Responsibility To...

The Police High Command has defended the withdrawal of the security aides attached to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, referring to him as the former Speaker. A high-ranking...

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Bomb Blast Update: 23 killed, 34 injured in Gombe bus terminal explosion

By Levinus Nwabughiogu A Bus terminal popular called Gombe-line park in Gombe metropolis of Gombe State went up in flames in the early hours of Friday when a tripple explosion rocked the park. The...

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Tambuwal drags PDP, Mu’Azu, Ihedioha, IGP, INEC, AGF to court

By Ikechukwu Nnochiri Dissatisfied with the abrupt withdrawal of all his security aides barely 48 hours after he defected to the All Progressives Congress, APC, the embattled Speaker of the House of...

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Jonathan, most performing president since independence, says Okupe

Abuja  – Dr Doyin Okupe, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs,  said on Friday that President Goodluck Jonathan, remains the most performing president the country has had...

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Intruding in affairs of House of Rep amount to rigging of 2015 elections,...

BY CHRIS OCHAYI ABUJA – Former Head of State and All Progressive Congress, APC, Presidential aspirant, Major General Mohammadu Buhari, Friday appealed to President Goodluck Jonathan, to use his good...

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Boko Haram invasion of Mubi: Jonathan not worthy of being Commander-in-Chief...

Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has condemned the recent Boko Haram take-over of Mubi and the hoisting of their flag in Adamawa State’s second largest town, as a tragic act and a worrisome...

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Ebola: FG condemns 22 countries for discriminating against Nigeria

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Aminu Wali, on Friday, protested the continued ‘discrimination and profiling’ of Nigerians by some countries over the outbreak of the Ebola disease in West...

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More Nigerians will vote Jonathan in 2015 – Morro

Makurdi – Minister of Interior, Abba Morro has given assurance that the gains of the transformation agenda will give President Goodluck Jonathan an edge over his challengers at the 2015 polls. Morro,...

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Families of Chibok girls shocked at marriage claims

Families of the 219 schoolgirls held for more than six months by Boko Haram militants on Saturday said they were shocked but not surprised at fresh claims that the teenagers had been married off. Boko...

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Mubi raid: 150 Benue students in Adamawa University missing

No fewer than 150 Benue State indigenes schooling in Adamawa State University, Mubi have been declared missing. DailyPost learnt that out of the over 200 of the students, only 17 were rescued and...

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We can make petrol sell below N97 per litre – Titi Governor

By Akpokona Omafuaire Activities of operators of illegal refineries have been blamed for the drastic drop in crude oil production. Illegal refining and crude theft have grown beyond the Niger Delta. To...

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Boko Haram: CAN Wants NSA, Defence Chief to Resign

By: Paul Obi in Abuja The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN on Saturday called for the resignation of the National Security Adviser, NSA, Col. Sambo Dasuki and the Defence minister, Gen. Aliyu...

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Mubi battle: 300 Nigerian soldiers flee to Cameroon again

No fewer than 300 Nigerian soldiers fled to Cameroon when Boko Haram insurgents overran Mubi, the second largest city in Borno State from security forces on Wednesday, SUNDAY PUNCH has learnt....

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I know Babangida was planning to overthrow me — Buhari

Former Head of State, Muhammadu Buhari has stated that he was aware that Ibrahim Babangida was planning to overthrow him in 1985. Buhari, a retired major general and presidential aspirant on the...

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2015 and 30,000 PUs: Plans to rig presidential poll exposed!

By Jide Ajani In what now appears to be an ego problem for Professor Atahiru Jega, National Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, his messianic pursuit of the lopsided allocation...

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We don’t know when Chibok girls will be released – Interior Minister, Abba Moro

Minister of Interior, Comrade Abba Moro, has disclosed that there are ongoing efforts by the federal government to end reign of terrorism in the North-Eastern part of the county and ensure the release...

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Withdrawal of Tambuwal’s aides: Jonathan is not thinking of Nigeria – MURIC

The security details of Hon. Aminu Tambuwal, Speaker of the House of Representatives, were removed on Thursday 30th October, 2014. Justifying the action, the Nigerian Police claimed that by defecting...

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