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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti State has said no amount of stolen money deployed by the All Progressives Congress (APC) will buy the votes of the people in the July 14 governorship election. State Publicity Secretary of the party, Mr Jackson Adebayo, made this known on Thursday, while reacting to media report that […]

The Bayelsa State Executive Council has threatened to arrest and prosecute any parent who refused to send his or her child to school to acquire formal education. The decision came on the heels of the signing into law of the Compulsory Primary and Secondary Education Law‎ by Governor Henry Seriake Dickson. Speaking with journalists on […]

Sokoto state government said it will spend the sum of N1.4 billion to subsidise the price of fertilizer for its farmers in the 2018 cropping season. Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal stated this in Sabon Birni LGA at the flag-off of fertilizer sales for dry season farming and distribution of improved seeds to farmers across the […]

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has challenged the media to contextualize their reporting so that those who destroyed Nigeria will not be made to look like the country’s new saviours. The Minister said this when the Chief Executive Officer of TVC Communications, Mr. Andrew Hanlon, led a team of top officials […]

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has told the federal government to publish all the properties it claimed to have recoveredand their owners as well as buyers of the properties when they are eventually sold. The governor, who said Nigerians were no longer interested in being governed with propaganda, said “Nigerians want to know how […]

The Emir of Kano, Alhaji Mohammed Sanusi 11 and the National President of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), Alhaji Muhammadu Kiruwa, have commended the Ekiti State Governor, Chief Ayodele Fayose, for the enactment of the Anti-Open Grazing Law in the state, saying it is for the protection of all interest groups. […]

President Muhammadu Buhari Monday in Daura, his hometown, said all mismanaged and misappropriated national assets recovered will be sold off and proceeds paid to the treasury for the benefit of the country. President Buhari who gave the assurance when he received representatives of social groups in Daura Emirate said his administration will continue to pursue […]

Pope Francis has bowed to rebels of Ahiara Diocese in Imo state and abandoned Bishop Peter Ebere Okpaleke, after priests and laymen rejected his appointment for six years. In a reaction, Okpaleke has resigned from his post. A Vatican statement said the pope had accepted the resignation. It said the position had been declared vacant […]

The hope of Nigerian longs fuel queues in Nigeria to disappear was rekindled as President Obasanjo Launches one of the modular refineries licences awarded by President Mohamadu Buhari. Azikel Refinery is the first of all the initial 22 licences award by President Mohammadu Buhari in the initial phase of his Government to have commenced construction […]

A popular Kano based woman notorious for different criminalities has been arrested and charged to court for impersonation and other related offences. The suspect, one Maryam Umar A.K.A Kofar Mata, 38, of Kano metropolis was arrested February 11, 2018 and was immediately arraigned in Court 29 at Sabon Gari, Kano. According to the police report, […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has called on all citizens of the country, particularly the elites, to be prepared to make sacrifices as a foundation for national growth and development. Speaking at a meeting Sunday in Daura with Katsina Senior Citizens, President Buhari said that in the life of a country, there are occasions when citizens must […]

A serious crisis is brewing in Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), following the recent election Rt. Rev. Humphrey Olumakaiye as the new Bishop of Lagos. There had also been serious allegation of corruption and inducement of members with money during the election held in Ilorin. During the recent Episcopal Synod of the Church in Ilorin, […]