> http://youtu.be/zENM6ihnyoE Gov. Adams Oshiomhole of Edo on Friday apologised for the comments he made to a widow in Benin during an inspection tour on Mission Road, in the state capital, a fortnight ago. Oshiomhole said that he now regretted the comments which had become the subject of discourse in the social media. The Governor, […]
A combined team of security operatives including soldiers and riot policemen on Thursday stopped the leaders of the All Progressives Congress from gaining entrance to the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission in Abuja. The leaders were on a peaceful protest march against the commission’s handling of the November 16 Anambra State governorship […]
Minister of State for Finance, Yerima Ngama About $5.4bn (N864bn) has so far been invested in the Nigerian bond market by foreign investors, the Director-General, Securities and Exchange Commission, Ms Arunma Oteh, has said. She said the huge foreign investments in the Nigerian bond were a demonstration of the confidence investors had in the […]
Timilehin Ebun Thirty nine-year-old police sergeant, Rasaki Alowonle, has been arraigned before an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrate’s Court, Lagos State, for shooting and causing the death of a nine year-old-boy, Timilehin Ebun. The sergeant was arraigned for manslaughter on Thursday at the court after a legal advice from the state’s Directorate of Public Prosecution […]
former Governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Timipre Sylva There are strong indications that a former Governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Timipre Sylva and his loyalists in the New Peoples Democratic Party, have finally dumped the party for the All Progressives Congress. Sylva, who was denied a second term ticket by the PDP, […]
Chief Tony Anenih The Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Tony Anenih, has described the defection of five governors of the party to the opposition All Progressives Congress as a sad development. He, however, urged party loyalists across the nation not to panic over the governors’ […]
The New Peoples Democratic Party has said PDP lawmakers in the National Assembly who choose to defect to the All Progressives Congress will not lose their seats. It said that anyone thinking that the lawmakers could lose their seats were living in the past, adding that the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria guaranteed […]
Oginni, Olalude and Ibekwe | credits: File copy A pupil from Osun State leads other girls in the harvest of laurels at this year’s West African Examination Council awards, CHARLES ABAH writes Seventeen-year-old Folafoluwa Oginni has emerged the overall best pupil in the May/June 2012 West African Senior School Certificate Examination. She […]
Dokubo-Asari | credits: File copy LEADER of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force, Mujahid Asari-Dokubo, who was arrested on Tuesday in Cotonou, Benin Republic has been released. Dokubo was allegedly released around 1am on Thursday after intervention by President Goodluck Jonathan. His lawyer, Festus Keyamo, confirmed his release. Meanwhile the Presidency on Thursday described […]
A Former Niger Delta militant, Mujahid Asari-Dokubo, was on Tuesday arrested in Cotonou, capital of Benin Republic. It was learnt that the ex-militant was arrested at about 1.00pm by the Benin Republic’s police. A statement by his lawyer, Festus Keyamo confirmed the arrest, saying Asari-Dokubo was picked up around the Lubeleyi roundabout and taken to […]
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