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There is a big buzz in the South –South region of Nigeria as three Heads of Governments from across the West African sub –continent gather for the elaborate commissioning of one of the most magnificent sporting infrastructure in Africa. President Goodluck Jonathan, GCFR lead Ghanaian leader, Dr. John Dramani Mahama and Ivorian Head of State, Dr. Alassane Ouattara to the …

Rivers State Governor and Chairman of Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has challenged the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega to ensure the smooth conduct of elections next year. Governor Amaechi spoke while addressing journalists at Government House, Port Harcourt on the need for registered voters in the state to go and …

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday said women in politics are more reliable than their male counterparts; hence they should be given more positions of authority to en­sure the nation’s growth. Obasanjo said this yesterday, while receiving the leadership of Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ) in his hilltop residence in Abeokuta. The women were there to present to him the …

ABUJA— Governor James Ngilari of Adamawa State, yesterday, cried out to President Goodluck Jonathan to save his state from being overrun by Boko Haram insurgents who have already taken over five local governments and are advancing to other towns. Governor Ngilari took his case to the Presidential Villa, Abuja on a day Boko Haram renamed another town it captured as …

Boko Haram went away with eight Toyota Hilux vans loaded with dynamite after their raid on Ashaka Cement, on Tuesday, Residents say. The sect, same day, attacked border towns of Yobe and Gombe states including Nafada and Funakaye Local Government areas of Gombe State and Ngalda and Fika in Fika Local Government Area of Yobe State, which claimed lives in …

BENIN CITY –The victims of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) recruitment exercise held march 15, 2014 have cried out to the government and well meaning Nigerians saying that eight months after the Federal Government was yet to fulfill its promise to them. It will be recalled that after the nationwide exercise which was marred by stampede and trauma that led …

KOTON-KARFE (KOGI) – The Minister of Interior, Mr Abba Moro, has ordered the contractor handling the new Koton-Karfe medium prison in Kogi to complete the facility within two weeks or risk sanctions. Moro gave the order on Tuesday in Koton-karfe while assessing the level of damage done to the old facility by gunmen who attacked the prison on Sunday night. …

Abuja—Nigeria approved borrowing of $945 million from the International Development Association, an arm of the World Bank, for irrigation and drainage projects, Minister of State for Finance, Bashir Yuguda said. The borrowing consists of $495 million for irrigation projects in states including Kano, Sokoto and Zamfara; $250 million for urban water projects in Bauchi, Ekiti and Rivers states; and $200 …

Mrs. Mulikat Akande-Adeola was in pole position to emerge speaker of the House of Representatives in 2011 having been nominated by her party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, when Aminu Tambuwal wiggled through party and zonal objections to emerge speaker. She was then compensated with the position of House Leader. As the House Leader, she is the fulcrum upon whom …

BENIN—Following the protest last week by casual workers at Benin Central Hospital, Edo State governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, yesterday, ordered the suspension of the Managing Director of the hospital, Dr. Kayode Iyasere, and the demotion and compulsory retirement of the Permanent Secretary in the state Ministry of Health, Dr. Ofure Eboreme. Comrade Adams Oshomole Comrade Adams Oshomole Casual workers in …