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ABUJA—THE Nigerian Army, for the first time, yesterday, admitted that some of the country’s territories have fallen into the hands of Boko Haram terrorists. It, however, assured that in no distant time, its troops in the North-East would overrun the insurgents and retake the lost areas. The Army made the admission on a day Governor James Bala Ngilari of Adamawa …

Benin, Edo, Nigeria – By Oladipo Airenakho. Yesterday’s political gathering of The All Progressive Congress (APC) in Benin City, Edo State, provided the opportunity for former Lagos State Governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu to take a swing at President Goodluck Jonathan, restating his demand for the president’s resignation. The occasion which took place at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium was the six-year …

Benin, Edo, Nigeria – By Oladipo Airenakho. Two days after Nigeria’s President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan formally declared his intention to seek a second term in office, Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has challenged him and his party to show their report cards, describing the president’s Subsidy Reinvestment Program as a fraud. Subsidy Reinvestment Program, otherwise known as SURE-P is …

The Chairman of the Nigerian Railway Corporation, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, has said that train services in the Eastern Railway District will commence before the end of the year. Tukur made the announcement in Enugu on Monday while inspecting ongoing projects on the Port Harcourt-Enugu railway. The board chairman expressed satisfaction with the work so far done, hoping that train services …

President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday unveiled the new N100 centenary commemorative banknote at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Vice-President Namadi Sambo, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Godwin Emefiele and ministers were present during the unveiling. Briefing the president and his cabinet on the new note, the CBN governor said it was designed to commemorate 100 years of nationhood, adding that …

Three months after successfully carrying out three Open Heart Surgery (OHS) on patients at the hospital, the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) has achieved another milestone by successfully carrying out two kidney transplant. Speaking at a recent media parley in the hospital, the Chairman, Medical Advisory Committee of the hospital, Prof. Chris Bode who described the surgeries as another feat …

The Inspector General of Police (IG), Suleiman Abba, has promised that the 2015 general elections will be devoid of any form of rancour and will be accepted by all. Abba, who stated this on Wednesday during the monthly meeting with the rank of Commissioners of Police (CPs) and above at the Force Headquarters, ‘Abuja, said the mopping of arms and …

The current controversy over the distribution of Permanent Voter’s Card, PVC, by the Independent Electoral Commission, INEC, has for the umpteenth time, thrown up fears about the commission’s capability at rewriting Nigeria’s history of flawed elections. Indeed, the apprehension is so terrible that the little sympathy the commission had garnered among Nigerians, is beginning to wane. Though it does not …

Success, my dear President, Aliko Dangote, the Nigerian 25th richest man on earth today, would admit, is not by accident. It is purely an act and art of deliberate planning. Hence, the saying that “to be successful has nothing to do with luck” is gaining global acceptability than it hitherto did in the past. People plan to succeed in business, …

The crisis rocking the Cross River State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP after the conduct of Ward congresses, yesterday took a new turn as governorship aspirants and other stakeholders from the state, warned that it was capable of scuttling the chances of the President and the party in 2015. Briefing Journalists yesterday in Abuja on behalf of PDP …