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Abuja – President Goodluck Jonathan was on Friday in Abuja excited by the N10,000 donated toward his re-election by a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member, Ezemagu Nnamdi. The President’s feeling is contained in a statement issued by Dr Reuben Abati, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity. Abati said that Jonathan was deeply touched and encouraged by …

The federal Government has summoned the Egyptian Ambassador to Nigeria, over the bad treatment meted out on a Nigerian teenager, master Joshua Kunle Abdulazeez by the Egypt Air. This is a follow up on the report dated September 13, 2014 on How Egypt Air Wrongly Flew Me to Another Country, Tore My Passport, Locked Me Up. The boy’s passport was …

Ahead of the January 2015 for the implementation of the new auto policy, the Nigeria Customs Service has begun the collection of additional 70 percent on new vehicles and thirty five percent on fairly used ones. The introduction of the new rate on new vehicles also pitched Customs agents against officers at the Port Terminal and Multi-purpose Service Limited, PTML, …

ABUJA—President Goodluck Jonathan promised yesterday that by next month, the security challenge posed by members of the Boko Haram sect who have engaged in massive killing and wanton destruction of property would change drastically. This is just as the troops have killed 60 of the insurgents. Speaking yesterday at the 66th National Executive Committee, NEC of the Peoples Democratic Party, …

Benin, Edo Nigeria – Oladipo Airenakho. A statue to immortalize retired Nigeria’s General Samuel Osaigbovo Ogbemudia, the two-time Governor of the defunct Mid-West and Bendel States was unveiled at the state-owned stadium in Benin City, Edo State on Wednesday. The ceremony was part of various activities lined up to mark the 82nd birthday of the elder statesman who was born …

Scotland has voted to stay in the United Kingdom after voters decisively rejected independence. With the results in from all 32 council areas, the “No” side won with 2,001,926 votes over 1,617,989 for “Yes”. Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond called for unity and urged the unionist parties to deliver on more powers. UK Prime Minister David Cameron said he was …

The Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples democratic Party (PDP) early Thursday morning unanimously adopted President Goodluck Jonathan as the sole candidate of the party for the 2015 presidential poll party The decision of the BOT, according to the former Minister of Information and member of the Board, Professor Jerry Gana was an affirmation of the position of the …

People in Scotland are voting on whether the country should stay in the UK or become an independent nation. Voters will answer “Yes” or “No” to the referendum question: “Should Scotland be an independent country?” With 4,285,323 people – 97% of the electorate – registered to vote, it is expected to be the busiest day in Scottish electoral history. Votes …

Medics carrying out a vaccination programme in rebel-held northern Syria accidentally administered a muscle relaxant to up to 75 children, killing 15 of them, the opposition says. A preliminary investigation by the National Coalition found atracurium was given to the children instead of a solution used to mix measles vaccines. The packaging for the drug is said to be similar …

Aminu Tambuwal, speaker, House of Representatives, on Tuesday, directed the ad hoc committee on Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) to submit its report within 21 days. Tambuwal, who gave the directive while declaring open the 8th legislative session of the seventh Assembly, also directed the clerk of the House to activate the electronic voting system without further delay. The 23-member ad …