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STRONG indications from Abuja emerged yesterday that following yesterday’s defection of some governors in the G7 group and Abubakar Kawu Baraje led defunct splinter group of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP to the All Progressive Congress, APC, – arrangements were being made by the opposition to have governor Rabiu Kwankwaso of Kano State and Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State to ... Read More »

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN),Monday donated the sum of N10 billion as intervention fund to the Usman Danfodio University, Sokoto to build infrastructure, capacity and manpower development. The CBN Governor, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, disclosed this yesterday during a meeting with the management of the institution at the main campus of the university in Sokoto. He described the N10 ... Read More »

Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State, has likened Dr. Doyin Okupe, senior special assistant to President Goodluck Jonathan on public affairs, to a monkey dancing to crave the attention of its master. Gov. Amaechi made this statement in Port Harcourt on Monday while reacting to comments Okupe made in a live radio programme in Abuja last Saturday.​ While reacting through ... Read More »

This is the release as issued by Dame Patience Jonathan press Aide OFFICE OF THE FIRST LADY, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA PRESS RELEASE Leave Me Out of Rivers State Politics – First Lady The attention of the First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, has been drawn to reports carried in some sections of the media alleging that top officials of the ... Read More »

National leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and former governor of Ogun State, Chief Olusegun Osoba, the three senators and eight House of Representatives members from the state as well as 10 members from the state House of Assembly, were among prominent party stalwarts that shunned the official lunch of the newly registered party, in the state. The launch, ... Read More »

The Maryland State Police Department, USA, yesterday confirmed the arrest of the Executive Chairman of Udim Local Government in Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Nse Ntuen, for smuggling $82, 000 into the United States without declaring it with the Customs officials both in Nigeria and the US. Nse Ntuen, was arrested on Friday by operatives of the Maryland State Police Department ... Read More »

Ondo State House of Assembly has set machinery in motion to impeach the state Deputy Governor, Alli Olanusi, over alleged non-performance brought about by ill health. The Deputy Governor’s state of health was a subject of concern to his boss, Olusegun Mimiko, and other stakeholders in the state mid-way into the first tenure of the Labour Party-led government. However, the ... Read More »

Tunde bakarePastor Tunde Bakare, the founder of the Latter Rain Ministries in a recent interview talks about the newly approved political party in Nigeria, APC. The former running mate to General Buhariblasts the member of All Progressives Congress calling them bunch of looters. Tunde Bakare claims most of the member in this new party are even richer than their states ... Read More »

The Jigawa State Agency for the Control of HIV/Aids (JISACA) said it has so far registered 6000 people living with HIV/AIDS in the state. This was disclosed by the JISACA Executive Secretary,Dr.Bashir Ahmed, while speaking at the election of the state chapter of Network of People living with HIV/AIDS in Dutse yesrtday. “We have registered 6000 PLWHA in Jigawa State, ... Read More »

Adamawa State governor Murtala Nyako declared yesterday that Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State would not step down as chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) because the governors did not trust Jonah Jang of Plateau State to lead them. Nyako, who spoke to State House Correspondents after meeting with President Goodluck Jonathan at the presidential villa, Abuja, is one ... Read More »