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President Goodluck Jonathan has commended the people of the South-East and South-South zones for their patience over delays in the construction of the 2nd Niger Bridge. “My sincere promise during my

Former Governor of Kwara State and serving Senator representing Kwara Central, Bukola Saraki, on Sunday said his defection from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress was to

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Kenneth Minimah, has shifted base to the North-East to personally supervise the war against Boko Haram insurgents in the zone. It was reported

Bayelsa State Government has asked an Abuja Federal High Court to order the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to immediately remit to it the N1.4bn, and another $1.3m recovered from

The Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, on Sunday blamed the current scarcity of petrol nationwide on the diversion of the commodity by some marketers. Nigeria has been hit by

President Goodluck Jonathan and some top government officials on Saturday escaped an air mishap at the Minna Airport, Niger State, when a presidential jet developed a technical fault, while they

No fewer than 50 armed men attacked  the Enugu State Government House in the early hours of  Saturday, the Chief Security Officer to the Governor, Fidelis Ogarabe,  has said. Mr.

President Goodluck Jonathan has appealed to Nigerians to continue to trust the PDP in their choice of candidates for elective offices. “We know PDP is Nigeria and Nigeria is PDP,”

Twelve governorship aspirants of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ekiti State have purchased the party’s nomination form to contest the March 15 primaries in the state. On Monday, four aspirants

  Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 carrying 239 people crashed into the sea, reports Vietnamese state media citing a Navy official. The craft disappeared from radars early on Saturday morning over

The House of Representatives’ Committee on Pensions on Thursday summoned the Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, over the alleged diversion of N29bn from the Police Pension Fund to other

The All Progressive’s Congress, APC, held their National Summit yesterday in Abuja. The party, a merger of some leading political parties in the country registered on July 31, 2013, has