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In very strong terms on Monday, the All Progressives Congress told Nigerians that the truth about the Boko Haram insurgency was out and that the two prominent people fingered as sponsors of terrorism by Dr. Stephen Davis, the Australian negotiator contracted by Nigerian government in the heat of the abduction of the Chibok girls, must […]

The presidency has faulted those criticizing the Nigerian Army in their fight against Boko Haram, saying anyone criticising them is betraying the sacrifices they are making to defend the nation. The presidency encouraged Nigerians to pray for the troops instead of turning their backs on them in acts of betrayal. Reno Omokri, the president’s special […]

Enugu State Governor, Sullivan Chime has sworn Reverend Raphael Ifeanyichukwu Nwoye in as the new deputy governor for the state. Chime swore in Nwoye on Monday at the EXCO Chambers of the Government House, Enugu. The state House of Assembly had impeached the former occupant of the position, Mr. Sunday Onyebuchi a week ago for […]

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan will travel to Nairobi tomorrow to participate in a meeting of the African Union’s Peace and Security Council scheduled to hold in the Kenyan capital on Tuesday. The Nairobi meeting, which is a follow-up to talks by President Jonathan and other African leaders at Pretoria, South Africa in May this year […]

The Afenifere Renewal Group (ARG) has slammed Governor Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso of Kano State for endorsing an alleged immutability of the 1999 Constitution while also calling on all Nigerians to condemn the comment as selfish and unpatriotic. In a recent media interview, the Kano State Governor was quoted as saying that any Constitution other than […]

. Says Ex-milad will stabilize security in North East A socio-political group made up of young Nigerians across the country, Democratic Young Patriots, DYP, has called on PDP delegates in Adamawa to support the governorship aspiration of former Lagos state military administrator, Gen. Mohammed Buba Marwa in the interest of the state and the North […]

The National Universities Commission (NUC) on Friday warned parents and prospective students of tertiary institutions to avoid having anything to do with 55 tertiary institutions which it declared as illegal. In a statement by the commission, describing the tertiary institutions as  “Degree Mills”, the universities were said to have not been licensed by the federal […]

The screening panel set up by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Saturday evening disqualified the acting Governor of Adamawa State, Umaru Fintiri, from contesting the October 11 governorship election in the state. With this disqualification, he cannot be made the candidate of the PDP in the election. The panel ,however, approved the qualification of former […]

A frontline governorship aspirant in Lagos state and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Senator Ganiyu Olanrewaju Solomon popularly called GOS has held discussions with top officials of local governments in all the 57 council areas of the state. The meeting which was held to seek the support of the council bosses for his […]

The Federal Government on Friday ordered that all the sacked 16,000 resident doctors in the country be reinstated with immediate effect.Sacked on August 13 because of the strike embarked upon by the Nigerian Medical Association, the government reinstated them unconditionally. Announcing the recall of the resident doctors, the Nigerian Minister of Health, Onyebuchi Chukwu, through […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described as an unprecedented national embarrassment the increasing seizure of Nigerian towns by the terrorist group Boko Haram and the reported fleeing of 480 Nigerian soldiers to Cameroon during an attack on a Military base in Gamboru-Ngala on Monday. In a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji […]

The rank of the All Progressives Congress (APC) dwindled further on Tuesday as Chief Tom Ikimi, one of its leaders and face of the merger that saw four parties becoming APC, dumped the party. Ikimi had threatened to leave the party after he had complained of not being carried along in the scheme of things. […]