FORMER Kano state governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso’s supporters locked down parts of Abuja on Wednesday as he defiled authorities to make a formal declaration to contest for the presidential ticket under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The Kano Senator had been denied the use of Eagle Square, Abuja after paying the required
Read MoreNot less than 1,331 Nigerians died in road crashes in the second quarter of 2018. This is according to the figure contained in the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) Road Transport Data (Q2 2018) report released on Tuesday. NBS said 1,257 of the 1,331 Nigerians that got killed, representing 94% of the
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In this statement entitled ‘Moving On To The Bigger Playing Field’, former Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State has explained why he defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Read the full text below; The toughest challenge for any leader in the Niger Delta since
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The General Secretary, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Mr peter Ozo-Esan, has assured Nigeria workers of the payment of the reviewed minimum wage before the end of 2018. Ozo-Esan gave this assurance in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Abuja. According to him, in spite of the delay
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TENSION has mounted in the family of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Delta State as a former governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan is reported to have officially declared for the All Progressives Congress (APC). Reports said Uduaghan would be unveiled at the National Caucus meeting of his new party in Abuja
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The Nigerian Prisons Service (NPS) has emerged winner of the 2018 UNESCO Confucius Prize for Literacy due to an education for prisoners programme being run by the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN). The prize is jointly instituted by UNESCO and the People's Republic of China in 2007 to reward outstanding
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The troops of 1 Division Nigerian Army (1 Div NA) under Operation WHIRL PUNCH received credible information on a location near Jumu Village in Chukun LGA, where bandits used as a staging area to perpetrate criminalities along Kaduna - Abuja road. The troops embarked on fighting patrol, located and raided
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In continuation of operations to flush armed bandits out of the Northwestern part of the country, the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Air Task Force (ATF) for Operation DIRAN MIKIYA has, between 25 and 27 August 2018, successfully neutralized several armed bandits at BAYAN RUWA and RUGU FOREST in the Eastern
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Just 24 hours to the highly publicized presidential declaration of Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso due to hold at the Eagle Square on Wednesday, the 29th August, 2018, the Federal Capital Territory Administration(FCTA) has turned down the request earlier approved for some flimsy reasons. In a letter dated August 27th, 2018 and signed
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Fresh developments indicate that the plot by the Leadership of the All Progressives Congress, APC led by Adams Oshiomhole to remove Senate President, Bukola Saraki may have hit a stumbling block as a majority of the party’s senators have washed their hands off the impeachment move. Comrade Oshiomhole has been leading
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