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President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday in Paris called on world leaders to forge a united front to save Lake Chad’s ecosystem from further depletion caused by the adverse effects of climate change. Speaking at the Leaders Event of the United Nations Climate Change Conference, commonly referred to as COP 21, in Paris, Buhari said climate […]

Some Union leaders engaged in a political strategy to make sure that the Director General of Industrial Training Funds, Mrs. Juliet Chukkas Onaeko, is fired from her job, shifted the battle ground from their serialized campaign of blackmail and calumny on the pages of newspapers and online media to the ITF headquarters in Jos, on […]

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has described the last six months of President Mohammadu Buhari’s administration as that of “deceitful change,” lamenting that the President was destroying the image of Nigeria and its people for cheap international recognition. The governor, who also described the claim by the Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun that […]

The trustees of ‎Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) will on Monday, November 30, 2015 be arraigned before a Lagos State High Court in Ikeja over the collapse of a six-story building in the church on September 12, 2014, which led to the death of 116 persons.   Senior Pastor of the church, Prophet T.B […]

The Court of Appeal sitting in Makurdi, the Benue State capital,Saturday, nullified the electoral victory of former Senate President, David Mark, and ordered a fresh election to be held within 90 days. The court’s judgment came as a result of the petition brought before it by the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade […]

President Muhammadu Buhari is expected in Lagos on Friday for his first official visit and he is expected to meet with the state governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode. His visit comes at a time the state is grappling with insecurity and when the state governor has expressed concerns and acquired security gadgets and equipment to combat […]

The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) on Wednesday clarified earlier reports that the United Kingdom deported 500 Nigerians earlier in the day, saying only 48 Nigerians were deported. The deportees were dropped off at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos by a chattered aircraft. The British Broadcasting Corporation had claimed that about 500 Nigerian deportees […]

As controversies and varied legal arguments continue to envelope the recently held but inconclusive governorship election in Kogi State, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has warned the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to declare its candidate in the election and current Governor of the State, Idris Wada, as winner of the election. INEC had declared […]

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The All Progressives Congress(APC) mourns the death of its governorship candidate in Kogi State, Late Prince Abubakar Audu. He was described as a stars, a democrat par excellence, a  development-oriented leader and a beacon  for the liberation of Kogi State from its apparent decay. “He was a Prince of hope, a symbol of peace and […]

 Prince Abubakar Audu, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the just concluded governorship election in Kogi State, has died.  Audu, a former governor of the state, who was ahead  in the just concluded election, died of heart attack according to sources within the APC. Prince Audu was said to have suffered a […]

Former President of Nigeria, Dr.  Goodluck Jonathan has dismissed as mere lies, allegations that his administration awarded contract for arms procurement to the tune of $2 billion. Jonathan dismissed the allegation while talking on “Presidential elections and democratic consolidation in Africa: Case studies on Nigeria and Tanzania,” a conversational forum, co-hosted by the National Democratic […]