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  The dream of the wife of the governor of Anambra State, Chief Mrs. Ebelechukwu Obiano to touch the lives of the young and old people through her pet project, Caring Family Enhancement Initiative (CAFÉ) nears realization as she has acquired sizeable hectares of land for the establishment of Old …

Following a renewed attack in the Borno State, Wednesday, by the Boko Haram insurgents, the Nigerian Army has consequently imposed a fresh twenty-four hour curfew on the city, just as normalcy is said to have been restored in the area by the military. The curfew was announced Thursday morning by …

Delta State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal commenced formal sitting in Asaba, Wednesday, hearing the petitions filed by three candidates in the April 11 gubernatorial elections in the state. The petitioners include; Chief Great Ogboru of the Labour Party, Olorogun O’tega Emerhor of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Mr. Paul …

All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State has called for the arrest and prosecution of the National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olisa Metuh, for allegedly inciting members and supporters of PDP to violence. Rivers APC made the call in a statement issued in Port Harcourt …

Enugu State chapter of All Progressives Congress, (APC) has dashed the desperate moves by former governor of Old Anambra State, Chief Jim Nwobodo along with former Power minister, Prof. Barth Nnaji, to defect to the party, saying it was not in a hurry to admit any member of Peoples Democratic …

Following appeals by residents of Benin City, as reported, Monday, by Global Patriot Newspapers, newly-confirmed Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase, has dispatched a special crack squad to stem the spate of cult clashes, kidnappings, robberies and other related vices ravaging the state. It would be recalled that Global Patriot Newspapers …

Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Wednesday, May 13, arraigned the Kwara State Commissioner for Information, Prince Olatunji Oyeyemi Moronfoye, and Ope Saraki, cousin to Bukola Saraki, former governor of Kwara State and Senior Special Adviser on Millennium Development Goals to Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed, before Justice A.O Faji of …

Nigeria Police Council has confirmed Solomon Arase as the substantive Inspector-General of Police. Arase was appointed ‎by President Goodluck Jonathan after removing the former Inspector-General of Police, Suleiman Abba summarily in April 2015. The new IG, who spoke with State House correspondents on his new status, said that his main …

  National Coordinator of the Oodua People’s Congress, Otunba Gani Adams, has said the next phase of the struggle in Nigeria will be the implementation of the report of the National Conference held last year. Adams, who is also the Convener of the Oodua Progressive Union, an association of the …

Justice Valentine Ashi of the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja has ordered the embattled chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Bayelsa State chapter, Col. Sam Inokoba (rtd), to stop parading himself as the party leader, pending the determination of the motion of notice before court. The former …

Chief of Staff, Imo State Government, Sir Jude Ejiogu, has urged members of the Destiny Organization in Owerri North local government area of the state to register with the All Progressives Congress (APC) so as to enjoy the same benefits enjoyed by bonafide members of the party. Sir Ejiogu gave …

  Ekiti State Government has described as ‘evil, wicked and insensitive’ the claims by the All Progressives Congress (APC) lawmakers in the state that the ‘stop and search’ operation ordered by the State Security Council to stem cases of kidnapping in the state was an orchestrated plot by the governor …

THE Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Female Parliamentarians Association (ECOFEPA) has conveyed a letter of nomination to the Director-General, National Centre for Women Development, Lady Onyeka Onwenu as its Ambassador at a ceremony, planned for Abuja on May 18. The Bureau of ECOFEPA, which is a Network of …

Former Director-General, National Sports Commission (NSC), Chief Patrick Ekeji, Tuesday, distanced the commission from a letter purportedly from the Ministry of Works granting the Nigeria Football Association (NFA) request to purchase two luxurious buses. Ekeji’s action came at the continuation of his cross-examination in connection with the corruption charges against …

The Governorship and Legislative Houses of Assembly Election Petition Tribunal has received 19 petitions in Gombe State. The tribunal Secretary, Alhaji Bello Doro-Abdullahi, who disclosed this when he spoke with newsmen in Gombe, said two of the petitions were for governorship, 10 for National Assembly while seven were for the …

The shareholders’ funds of five commercial banks dipped by N312 million in 2014, following fines they paid to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for contravening the Banks and Other Financial Institutions Act. Investigations by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) showed that they are GT Bank, Zenith Bank, First …

The National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), has assured Lagosian that there would be free traffic flow as more depots are now loading petroleum products in the city. South-West Chairman of NUPENG, Mr Tokunbo Korodo, said in Lagos, Tuesday that more petroleum tankers came down from the …

The Ekiti State chapter of Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), Tuesday said seven of their members had so far received threats of kidnap from unknown gunmen. This is coming barely one week after the former Chief Medical Director of Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital, Dr Patrick Adegun and a nurse with …

National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Olisa Metuh, Tuesday accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) of trying to manipulate tribunal processes in Rivers, Delta and Akwa Ibom states. Addressing a news conference in Abuja, Metuh noted that while the APC may not be held responsible for …

The Senate has passed the bill on an Act to provide for the regulation, advertising, promotion and sponsorship of tobacco or tobacco products in Nigeria. The objective of the bill, according to the Senate, includes ensuring that Nigeria has comprehensive tobacco legislation for ‎effective regulation and control of production, manufacturing, …

President Goodluck Jonathan has commiserated with the family of Nigeria’s first President, Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe, over the passing away of his first son, Chief Chukwuma Bamidele Azikiwe. This is contained in a statement issued in Abuja,Tuesday by the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Dr Reuben Abati. The President …

  Following the chaotic traffic situation caused by illegally parked petrol tankers in the state, the state government has directed tanker drivers, whose vehicles are illegally parked and abandoned on Alaka and Eko bridges to vacate the areas immediately. The State Government, which reiterated its determination to ensure safety of …

Osun State Governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has dismissed reports that his son, Kabir Aregbesola, was arrested, Tuesday, at the Muritala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos with a huge sum of money in foreign currencies. “We have discovered that the authors of the wicked and malicious lie are doggedly pursuing their …

Medical workers in Ekiti State have gone on an indefinite strike to protest the abduction of their member, Dr. Femi Omisore. This is just as members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Akure Zone, called for the overhauling of the security chiefs in Ekiti State over what they called …

Osun State Governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has dismissed reports that his son, Kabir Aregbesola, was arrested, Tuesday, at the Muritala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos with a huge sum of money in foreign currencies. “We have discovered that the authors of the wicked and malicious lie are doggedly pursuing their …