Amaechi Was Target Of Police Bullet At Sunday’s Disrupted Rally, Rivers Govt....
The Rivers State Government in a statement on Sunday said “it has it on good authority” that officers of the state police command had planned to shoot the State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, at...
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Fresh Attempt By Brain Damaged Governor Suntai To Resume Office Fails As He...
A fresh attempt by a political cabal in Taraba State to return to office Danbaba Suntai, the governor who suffered brain injuries in a 2012 plane crash, failed yesterday following a weeklong series of...
View ArticleOkonjo–Iweala in trouble over alleged non-appearance in House
From FRED ITUA, Abuja The House of Representatives has threatened to pass a ‘vote of no confidence’ on the Minister of Finance and the Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala,...
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Borno APC Crisis: Youth stone Governor Shettima’s convoy during ex-governor...
The rising tension in Borno State polity was brought to fore on Saturday when the state governor, Kashim Shettima, was pelted with stones during a visit by Ali Sheriff, his predecessor. Mr. Sheriff, a...
View ArticleSenate disagrees with Reps over funding of national conference
Proposals to hold a National Conference next month were yesterday in danger of derailing following disagreements between the two houses of the National Assembly over funding for the conference. The...
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Amaechi Should Stop Blaming Me For Rivers Political Crisis… I’ve Better...
Supervising Minister of Education, Chief Nyesom Wike, has denied allegations that he influenced the Rivers State Police to abort a rally of the Save Rivers Movement (SRM) in Port Harcourt on Sunday,...
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After dispensing with Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt trains its sights on Hamas
Security officials in Cairo say years-long plan includes bolstering Fatah, fomenting anti-Hamas unrest in the Gaza Strip. After crushing the Muslim Brotherhood at home, Egypt’s military rulers plan to...
View ArticleMASSOB rejects National Confab
The National leader of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, has declared in Onitsha, Anambra State, that the organisation would not...
View ArticleNebo Assures Nigerians of improved Power Supply
The Minister of Power, Prof. Chinedu Nebo, has assured Nigerians that the ministry will work assiduously to improve power supply to Nigerians. Nebo gave the assurance ahead of the inauguration of the...
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US slams Nigeria for same-sex marriage ban
WASHINGTON – The United States on Monday criticized Nigeria for approving a law that punishes same-sex marriage with prison, saying the move would curtail basic human rights. Secretary of State John...
View ArticleRivers remains PDP state –Dr Oja-Chinda, gubernatorial aspirant
By ROMANUS OKOYE For sometime now, clash of political interests has turned Rivers State to a seemingly political war theatre; and old friends have turned to foes, defending and making accusations. But...
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Maulud : First Lady Wants Women To Use Natural Endowments To Be Agents Of...
The First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, on Tuesday called on Nigerian women to use their natural endowments to be agents of stability and progress in their respective communities. She made the call in...
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2015 Elections: Obasanjo Calls for Prayers
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Wednesday called on religious leaders to pray and fast for Nigeria ahead of the 2015 general elections. Obasanjo made the call when he received the National...
View ArticleUPDATE: Former Ondo Information Commissioner is dead
A former commissioner for information, Orientation and Mobilisation in Ondo State, Mr Ranti Akerele is dead. Family sources said the former commissioner died in his sleep at the early hours of today....
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UPDATE: Ewelike, President Jonathan’s photographer shot
Gunmen have shot Mr Callistus Ewelike, President Goodluck Jonathan’s photographer and staff of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). The shooting took place on Monday in front of his residence in Nyanya,...
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Bamanga Tukur Resigns as PDP Chairman, Patience Jonathan to install Tukur’s...
After few weeks of grandstanding and talking tough, the embattled Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, has resigned as a result of pressure of some governors and the First...
View ArticleEXPOSED: Stella Oduah Says She’s Going on Medical Leave to Escape Certificate...
The embattled Minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah, has not returned to Abuja after Sahara Reporters broke the news of her certificate scandal, insider Presidency sources revealed on Tuesday. They...
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Jonathan, others honour fallen heroes
Abuja - President Goodluck Jonathan in Abuja on Wednesday led leaders of the legislature and judiciary as well as military and para-military organisations to honour Nigeria’s fallen heroes. The...
View ArticleNigeria won’t break in 2015 – Dickson
Bayelsa State Governor, Mr. Seriake Dickson, on Wednesday derided some politicians over their predictions that Nigeria would be a history in 2015. Dickson advised “the prophets of doom,” to desist from...
View ArticleInsecurity, Handiwork Of Politicians — Wamakko
Sokoto State governor, Aliyu Wamakko, yesterday said recent happenings in the country, especially security-wise, were simply the handiwork of politicians who do not mean well for the unity of the...
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