Vote out any candidate or party against LG autonomy — Senator Owie
By Simon Ebegbulem AHEAD of the 2015 general elections, a former Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Rowland Owie, has urged Nigerians to vote out any governorship candidate or political party that...
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Photos: EFCC Arraigns Undergraduate For $12,000 Internet Scam
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, October 30, 2014 arraigned an undergraduate of the University of Benin, Kenneth Rukewe Ebule before Justice E. F Ikponmwen of an Edo...
View Article42 killed in Zamfara by cattle rustlers
No fewer than 42 people were reported to have been killed in Gidan Kaso town of Birnin Magaji Local Government area of Zamfara state by a group of suspected cattle rustlers, and properties of millions...
View ArticleObanikoro hails Police for withdrawing Tambuwal’s escort, asks him to resign
Former Minister of State for Defence and governorship aspirant of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro has advised the Speaker of the House of Representatives,...
View ArticleFalana advises IG of Police to resign
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, has advised the acting Inspector General of the Police, Suleiman Abba to resign his appointment as the nation’s police boss if he knows he cannot discharge his...
View ArticleProsecute indicted persons in Ikeja Cantonment bomb blast – Group tells Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan has been called upon to direct the Attorney General of Federation and Minister of Justice to reopen the prosecution of Chief Mike Okibe Onoja and all other persons indicted...
View ArticleIDPs visit BBOG campaigners, beg for government’s assistance
Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in camps at different parts of Nasarawa State numbering over 800 on Sunday paid homage to the #BringBackOurGirls group as a way of acknowledging its support towards...
View ArticleHouse cannot reconvene abruptly without Tambuwal’s permission – Spokesperson
Zakari Mohammed, the spokesperson of the House, stated this in an email to journalists on Sunday evening. PREMIUM TIMES and other media had reported moves by loyalists of President Goodluck Jonathan...
View ArticleInsurgency: Nigerians no longer have confidence in the Federal Government – ACF
The Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, yesterday said Nigerians no longer have confidence in the Federal Government over its handling of the Boko Haram insurgency in the North Eastern part of the country....
View ArticleBREAKING NEWS: Boko Haram bombs Shiite muslims marking religious festival
A large explosion on Monday rocked a major Shiite ceremony in northeast Nigeria’s Yobe state, an area repeatedly attacked by Sunni Islamist group Boko Haram, multiple witnesses said. The blast targeted...
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‘Of what use is a government that cannot provide basic services for the...
By Bashir Adefaka The palace of the Alaafin and paramount ruler of Oyo Kingdom, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi II, always comes alive whenever it plays host to occasions involving the revered monarch....
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How Igbo will vote in 2015 – Umeh
By Olayinka Ajayi Of recent, All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) has been beset by defections, the latest of which was that of former Governor Peter Obi of Anambra State. The National Chairman of...
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Presidency insists Tambuwal should be removed
By Emman Ovuakporie and Levinus Nwabughiogu ABUJA-PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan has given Peoples Democratic Party, PDP lawmakers the order to ensure that the Speaker of the House of Representatives is...
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Gunmen attack Kogi Prison, set 145 inmates free
By Boluwaji Obahopo LOKOJA—Terrorists, last Sunday night, attacked the Koton-Karfe Minimum Prison in Kogi State setting free all 145 inmates in the four cells. The terrorists, suspected to be members...
View ArticleMubi: FG orders military to flush out Boko Haram, as suicide bombers kill 23...
By Kingsley Omonobi, Umar Yusuf & Ndahi Marama ABUJA—Seven days after Boko Haram insurgents seized Mubi, the commercial nerve centre and second largest town in Adamawa as well as Vimtim, home town...
View ArticleJonathan challenges suit against his eligibility
President Goodluck Jonathan and Vice President Namadi Sambo have asked an Abuja High Court to dismiss the suit filed by Mr Mase Daphine Acho and two others, challenging their eligibility to contest the...
View ArticleB’Haram brings Mubi under Sharia, amputates 10
Members of the violent Islamic sect, Boko Haram, have instituted the Shara law in Mubi, Adamawa State, captured by the insurgents last week. The insurgents were also said to have amputated the hands of...
View ArticleJonathan has not transformed anything in Nigeria – Fashola
Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has rubbished the President Goodluck Jonathan’s Transformation Agenda programme, saying that it is a total failure. The governor noted that the Transformation...
View ArticleBREAKING NEWS: Court Restrains PDP Lawmakers From Reconvening House
Federal High Court grants temporary injunction stopping PDP lawmakers from reconvening the House of Representatives from recess. Details shortly
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Tambuwal storms NASS without security details
By Emman Ovuakporie ABUJA-SPEAKER of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal Tuesday stormed the National Assemble without security details. Tambuwal who arrived NASS at about 10:45am in an SUV...
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