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Governor of Niger State, Dr. Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu has denied that Monday’s death of 46-year-old Hajiya Belkisu Mahmoud occurred in his office, but rather at the Minna General Hospital some 30 minutes after she was rushed there by an ambulance. Speaking on Tuesday during the inauguration of the board of Niger State Geographic Information Service […]

Notwithstanding the series of defection of its members to the opposition, incumbent members of the National Assembly willing to re-contest in 2015 will not have automatic tickets, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) said on Tuesday. Confirming the development, Chairman of the party in Zone 3 of Kaduna State, Mr. Joseph Gumbari said no one will have […]

Chief Obasanjo’s 18-page letter to President Goodluck Jonathan is so well known that it deserves no preambles here. In discussing this topic, I find myself in a state of discomfiture because the two principal actors in the ACT are people I hold in esteem. Both are my political idols. Even now, in spite of everything, […]

Human rights lawyer, Barrister Festus Keyamo has written President Goodluck Jonathan to protest non-adherence with the judgement of Honourable Justice A. Bello of the Federal High Court, Abuja nullifying the appointments of service chiefs for lacking the approval of both the Senate and the Federal House of Representatives. A copy of the letter, titled Refusal […]

Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest person and the President of Dangote Group, one of the continent’s largest conglomerates is estimated to have added a whopping $9.2 billion during 2013 outgone year. He remains the 30th-richest person in the world, according to Bloomberg, a global financial intelligence. While the widely respected media corroborated Forbes Africa, reporting that […]

Ogun State Head of Service, Mrs. Modupe Adekunle and Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Barrister Yusuph Olaniyonu have implored Nigerians to always be their brothers’ keeper, spare a thought and when necessary, and bend back to provide a shoulder for fellow compatriots to lean on. Both were speaking in Abeokuta ahead of the annual Armed […]

Protocols The Rt. Hon Speaker, Deputy Speaker, Honourable members of the Rivers State House of Assembly, it gives us great joy to be able to present the appropriation bill for 2014, a year of sustained action. We are thankful that today has been made possible by the grace of God and your very kind support […]

As is common with most politicians, especially heads of government, they are full of promises, but usually the end of the matter is worse than its beginning, and Nigeria has had more than its fair share of broken promises from past administrations. So when President Goodluck Jonathan, repeated the oft-annoying promise made by past leaders […]

Former Minister of Information and ardent supporter of President Goodluck Jonathan, Chief Edwin Clark is the latest to write a scathing open letter, this time to former President Olusegun Obasanjo, whom he described as an unrepentant trouble maker, a liar, manipulator and hypocrite guilty of the very accusations he levelled against the current president. In […]

Governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomhole on Monday disclaimed reports of his hospitalisation following a road mishap at Ewu in Esan Central Local Government Area of the state on 28th December 2013. Speaking in Benin City with members of the State Executive Council, Oshiomhole confirmed that his official vehicle was indeed involved in an accident […]

An accident involving the convoy of Governor of Borno State, Governor Kashim Shettima has resulted in the death of one person. Governor Shettima was en route to the burial of late Emir of Shani, Alhaji Mohammed Mailafiya, who died last week in India after a lengthy illness, when one of the jeeps convoying him lost […]

A-46-year-old woman identified as Hajiya Belkisu Mahmoud on Monday slumped and died in the office of Niger State Governor, Dr. Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu. According to an eyewitness, the mother of three had been waiting for several hours to see the governor but was denied access on the ground that the governor was attending to an […]