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Abubakar Shekau, the acclaimed leader of the Boko Haram terrorist group, on Thursday released a video in which he claimed he was not killed as claimed by the Nigerian and Cameroonian troops recently. The alleged death of Shekau and photographs as proof resulted in jubilation across Nigeria last week as the troops said they killed […]

Ekiti State Governor-Elect, Ayo Fayose, has faulted the appointment of new permanent secretaries by the outgoing administration of Governor Kayode Fayemi, saying Fayemi is engrossed with playing politics with issues that have dire consequences on the welfare of the state. In a statement released by his  Chief Press Secretary, Idowu Adelusi, in Ado-Ekiti on Thursday, […]

The political sacrilege by the National Executive Committee of the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP), to unanimously endorse President Goodluck Jonathan as PDP sole candidate for the February 14, 2015 presidential election is a sad commentary on the character of Nigerian politics and politicians and underscores the bastardization of democracy to have a peculiarly Nigerian […]

Former Managing Director of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Oluremi Oyo, is dead. She was aged 62. Her Husband, Vincent Oyo confirmed the death, saying his wife succumbed to death in the United Kingdom after a battle with cancer. In an announcement on Thursday, Vincent wrote: “with gratitude to God for a life well […]

President Goodluck Jonathan has urged Nigerians to remain patriotic in their support for the Armed Forces fighting the insurgents in the North-eastern part of Nigeria. The president condemned the actions of the terrorists, saying it is now obvious that they do not mean well for anyone. In his Independence Day broadcast on Wednesday, Jonathan thanked […]

Ahead of the 8th October declaration of interest to run for the presidential election in 2015, Muhammadu Buhari leader of Nigeria’s opposition party, All Progressives Congress (APC), has described the election a ‘watershed’ in the history of Nigeria. Buhari said this on Wednesday in Ekiti State where he also declared that Nigeria was no longer […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday said in Osun state that it had displayed notice of the 2015 general elections, adding that this is in line with its timetable and schedule. In the notice, INEC confirmed that presidential and the National Assembly elections would hold on 14th February 2015 while the state Houses of […]

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti State has accused the State Chief Judge (CJ), Justice Ayodeji Daramola of taking sides with the state’s All Progressives Congress (APC) in its attempt to prevent the Governor-Elect, Ayodele Fayose from being sworn into office on 16th October 2014.  PDP made the allegation in a statement signed by […]

…Jonathan isn’t a father, he should be born again, says Dino Melaye Over 500 protesters under the aegis of Citizens Arise Movement of Nigeria (CAMON) on Wednesday staged a protest at the Eagle Square in Abuja to register their displeasure  over the alleged insensitivity of the Federal Government to the plight of the more than […]

On 27th November 2005, 16-year-old Moses Akatugba was awaiting the results of his secondary school exams when his life changed forever. He was arrested by the Nigerian army and was shot in the hand, beaten on the head and back, and then charged with stealing mobile phones. He was initially held at the local army […]

The National Universities Commission (NUC) has said that only 58 of the total number of universities in Nigeria have approval to run postgraduate programmes The commission expressed concern that a lot of tertiary institutions are currently awarding post-graduate degrees against approval and warned the public and prospective students against patronising institutions awarding such illegal degrees […]

Former Vice President has observed that after 54 years of independence, the ordinary Nigerians are still lamenting what independence meant to their lives because of the widening gap between the leaders and the people. Atiku made the observation in a statement issued in Abuja by his media office on Tuesday. He noted that many Nigerians […]