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President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday appointed immediate past Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, as the Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The President also fired the Executive Secretary/Chief Executive Officer of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Dr. Femi Thomas with immediate effect. In his stead, Jonathan appointed Mr. Olufemi A. Akingbade […]

President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari says the Boko Haram will be denied a recruitment base the moment our local communities realize that its claim to being a religious group is nothing but a fraud. “The fraud called Boko Haram can be defeated by denying it a recruitment base,” General Buhari told visiting leaders of Nassarawa State […]

The Presidency has described the defeat of President Goodluck Jonathan at the 2015 presidential polls as a brief holdup for the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Special Adviser to the President on Political Affairs, Prof. Rufai Ahmed Alkali, made the statement during an interview in Abuja on Monday. According to Alkali, Jonathan’s defeat by the […]

When he becomes President on 29th May, General Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria’s President-elect, says he would probe the allegation of missing $20 billion by former Governor of Central Bank, now Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammad Sanusi II. The missing fund has continued to generate controversies, especially because of the way the Federal Government handled the issue […]

Embattled Deputy Governor of Ondo State, Alhaji Alli Olanusi, was Monday morning impeached by the state House of Assembly. Olanusi had become endangered after he defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) just few days before the general elections. He had earlier defected with the State Governor, Olusegun Mimiko, […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Sunday decried the last-minute looting of the nation’s resources, hurried recruitment into the public service and rushed privatisation of key financial institutions by the President Goodluck Jonathan-led administration, warning that such egregious actions would have serious repercussions. In a statement issued in Lagos on Sunday by its National Publicity […]

The Kano State Police Command have arrested 15 persons in connection with the recent burning of Baptist Church at Gidan Maso village in Rogo Local Government Area of the state. Recalled that the incident happened on 1st April at about 7:30 pm, when the residence of the Pastor, Rev Habila Garba, was burnt by irate […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC), on Sunday, said it would not disappoint Nigeria and her citizens irrespective of status and ethnicity contrary to reports of some pessimists, who dashed the hope of Nigerians in the last 16 years. The party, therefore, assured that it would keep faith with all promises it had made to guarantee […]

To ensure effective oversight on the Supplementary Governorship Elections coming up in Abia, Imo and Taraba states on Saturday, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it has deployed three National Commissioners to each of the states on supervisory duties.  According to INEC the National Commissioners will be assisted in each of the states by […]

…Says “I’m the most qualified”  A former deputy speaker of the Lagos state House of Assembly and fourth term member of the House, Hon (Mrs) Funmilayo Tejuoso has formally joined the race for the Speakership of the 8th Assembly with a declaration that she is the most qualified for the job. Addressing a gathering of […]

Two soldiers lost their lives on Saturday  while one was seriously wounded after a blast rocked the Maxwell Khobe Cantonment, 3 Armoured Division, Rukuba Barracks, Jos, Plateau State. While giving details of the incident, Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, Col. Texas Chukwu, said the incident was not an attack on the barrack, but an explosion that […]

Deputy Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Kolawole Taiwo, aimed to become the Speaker in the eighth session of the Assembly. This is because, apart from being the oldest member of the House, he thought as a grassroot person, he would be returned a fifth time to the House. But his ambition could […]