Abuja residents groan as fuel scarcity bites harder
The persistent fuel scarcity in the country is taking its toll on the residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) as transport fare has increased by between 50 and 100 per cent. A correspondent...
View ArticleFG seeks secret trial for 3 Boko Haram suspects
The Federal Government on Monday asked an Abuja Federal High Court to conduct “secret trial’’ for the three men charged with alleged links with the Boko Haram insurgents. A Chief State Counsel, Office...
View ArticleMarket downturn: Capital market stakeholders allay fears of crash
Some capital market operators on Monday allayed investors’ fears on the current downward swing in listed equities on the nation’s bourse. They told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in separate...
View ArticleAkpabio wants successor from Akwa Ibom South Senatorial District
Gov. Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom has appealed to the people of Etinan Federal Constituency to support the emergence of a governor from Akwa Ibom South Senatorial District in 2015. The governor made...
View Article14 sentenced to hang over Egypt revenge killing
A court in Cairo on Monday sentenced 14 men to be hanged for the revenge killing of a merchant and his daughter in a village north of Cairo. The court found the 14, from two families in the village of...
View ArticleRecruitment tragedy: President Jonathan summons Interior Minister,...
President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday in Abuja summoned the Minister of Interior, Abba Moro, and the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), David Parradang. The News Agency of...
View ArticleASUP/FG face-off: Polytechnic students protest in Lagos
Some polytechnic students on Monday in Lagos staged a peaceful protest to appeal to the Federal Government to meet the demands of their striking lecturers to enable them return to classes. The...
View ArticleNational Confab: I have no personal agenda — Jonathan says
President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday inaugurated the National Conference and said he had no personal agenda in convening the conference. Jonathan urged the participants to shun all primordial...
View ArticleText of President Goodluck Jonathan’s address at the Inauguration of National...
Protocols I am delighted to welcome you all to the inauguration of this historic National Conference which promises to be another significant landmark in our efforts to strengthen national unity and...
View ArticleTaraba acting Gov. sacks 24 special advisers
The Taraba acting Governor, Alhaji Garba Umar, has sacked 24 special advisers to the state government and appointed 24 new ones. This is contained in a statement signed by the Secretary to the State...
View Article6 herdsmen killed in Kaduna reprisal attack
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View Article65 die in Yobe,Lagos-Ibadan auto crashes
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View ArticleJos crisis : Fulanis’ suspend dialogue with Berom
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View ArticleAPC seeks extension of voters’ registration in Osun
The APC in Osun has called on INEC to extend the voters’ registration exercise which came to a close on Monday. Mr Kunle Oyatomi, APC Director of Publicity, Research and Strategy in Osun, made the call...
View ArticleClergy urges conference delegates to discuss insecurity
The General Overseer of Intercessors Bible Mission, Calabar, ArchBishop Archibong Archibong, has urged delegates to the National Conference to resolve the issue of insecurity and insurgency in the...
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