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Avengers list conditions for dialogue with Federal Government
The Niger Delta Avengers have accepted the Federal Government's offer of dialogue.The militants, however, gave conditions for the peace talks.In a statement published on its website and signed …
Compulsory Retirement: Army exchanges words with 38 affected officers
There was a war of words yesterday between the Army high command and 38 senior officers who were compulsorily retired last week. While the Army and Defence Minister, Mansur Mohammed Dan Ali, said the…
EFCC set to arraign FFK, Nenadi Usman, others, for N1.5bn fraud
Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode; a former Minister of Finance, Senator Nenadi Usman; a firm, Joint Trust Dimensions Limited; and one Jimoh Yusuf, are all set to be arraigned by the Econ…
FG online employment portal records over 400,000 registrations within 36hours
It was revealed by the Presidency, yesterday, that the newly launched Federal Government jobs portal for unemployed youths, "N-Power.gov.ng,"? has recorded over 400,000 successful registrations withi…
Ekwueme, Gana, Obi, Ezeife insist on restructuring of the Federation
The issue of re-structuring came up again on Sunday, as some eminent Nigerians, including a former Vice-President, Dr. Alex Ekwueme; Afenifere chieftain, Chief Ayo Adebanjo; a former Minister of Info…
Army partners with local hunters for anti-terrorism war
As the Army continues with its "Operation Lafiya Dole" counter-insurgency war against terrorist elements in the North-East, the GOC of 7 Division of the Nigerian Army, Brig General Victor Ezugwu, has…
Sheriff finally gains access into PDP National Secretaria
After being denied access into the PDP National Secretariat by security operatives this morning, embattled former Chairman of the opposition party, Ali Modu Sheriff, has finally gained access into th…
Dutch woman to be deported by Qatar for having 'illicit sex' after filing rape report
A Dutch woman who was arrested in March after she told police she had been drugged and raped was convicted of having sex out of wedlock by a Qatari court on Monday and given a one-year suspended sent…
Bayelsa State Government House reportedly came under heavy gunfire on June 12
According to reports, the Bayelsa state government house came under heavy gunfire on Sunday, June 12, as suspected kidnappers attempted to abduct some Chinese nationals, who were lodging in the expat…
CBN may limit across-counter bank withdrawals to N10,000
Nigerians are in for hard time as the country's apex bank, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has been told to limit across-the-counter withdrawals to N10,000, following a major drop in customers' deposit…
Ali Modu Sheriff storms PDP National Secretariat with his supporters
Embattled former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Ali Modu Sheriff, led his supporters to storm the party's National Secretariat at Wadata Plaza, Abuja, early Monday morning. But he was…
High Court sacks Enugu Federal Rep over illegal primary
Mr. Dennis Amadi has been removed as a member of the House of Representatives, representing Udi/Ezeagu Federal Constituency of Enugu State, by a Federal High Court in Abuja.Justice Okon Abang, who de…
Cracks appear in Militants' camps as groups take differing positions on issue of negotiating with FG
A crack is steadily forming in the camp of the Niger Delta militants, as various militiant groups take different positions on whether or not to engage in dialogue with the Federal Government. This wa…
Every Governor can pay salaries- Peter Obi
Even in the face of the nations' current bleak economic situation, the former Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, still disagrees with the notion that Nigerian states are incapable of paying salari…
OBJ says he planned to make vehicles run on gas
During a courtesy visit by the management of Nipco Plc to his Presidential Hilltop residence in Abeokuta, Ogun State, on Sunday, Former President Olusegun Obasanjo said his intention during his regim…
FG's School Feeding Programme is a fraud- Fayose
Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose of the PDP, insists that the APC-led Federal Government's School Feeding Programme, must be done without demanding 40% counterpart funding from the State Governme…
Bola Tinubu pays tribute to MKO Abiola
National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has paid glowing tributes to the late Chief MKO Abiola, for sowing the seed of the democracy Nigerians are currently enjoyi…
MKO Abiola's family demands for entitlement from FG
During the annual June 12 remembrance day proceedings on Sunday, the family of the late Chief MKO Abiola, the presumed winner of the June 12 1993 presidential election, called on the Federal Governme…
Shock prevails as Nigerian Army compulsorily sacks officers for alleged corrupt practices
Widespread shock prevailed in the Nigerian Army on Friday, as close to 200 officers- including high ranking officers- were retired, following what the authorities said was a consequence of 'ser…
THE MURDER OF BRIDGET PATIENCE: IS NIGERIA A SECULAR STATE?
There has not really been an outright answer to the question of whether Nigeria is a secular state or not. Within the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, section 10 states that "The Gove…