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Governor of Bayelsa State , Mr. Seriake Dickson, yesterday lambasted the federal government for serially undermining his authority as the Chief Security Officer of the state, maintaining that the government at the centre was playing politics with the stability of the oil-rich state. Dickson who spoke during a media chat …

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has announced a conditional suspension of its nationwide strike. This comes after a series of meetings between top government officials and members of the union. ASUU has now directed its members to return to classrooms with immediate effect. President of the Union, Professor …

Isaac Alfa, retired Air Marshal, has asked Senate President Bukola Saraki to obey the court order which affirmed him as the senator representing Kogi East. In January, the apex court struck out the appeal of Atai Aidoko, incumbent Kogi East senator, who had appealed the decision of the appeal court. …

Mr Ayuba Wabba, President, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has promised to double his efforts in protecting the interest and rights of the Nigerian workers. Wabba made the promise in his acceptance speech, which he read at the end of the 12th Delegates Conference of NLC on Wednesday in Abuja. The …

The first national spokesperson for the Coalition of United Political Parties, Imo Ugochinyere, in a statement said the CUPP had uncovered plan by the EFCC to arrest the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen on Wednesday (Today). “The secretariat of the CUPP has uncovered the latest plot by …

  Embattled Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen has written a petition to the acting Inspector General of Police, Mr. Mohammed Adamu, over alleged threat to the lives of workers on his farm in Masaka, Nasarawa State. According to Thisday newspaper, the petition written filed yesterday by his counsel, …

The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has urged the people of the South West to take vengeance through their votes on Nigeria’s former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, over his alleged roles in election rigging in the country. The former Lagos State Governor, who stated …

  President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, in Ondo State asked Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to stop making noise about plans to rig elections when their mentor, former President Olusegun Obasanjo had always rigged elections on the platform of the party. According to him, PDP has no right to complain about election …

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has registered 1,205,187 candidates for the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, which is scheduled to take place between Saturday, March 16 and Saturday, March 23, with Lagos and Kaduna states recording the highest registrations of 161,654 and 76,049 candidates, respectively. The board also said …

Immediate-past governor of Delta State and All Progressives Congress 2019 Delta South senatorial candidate, Dr. Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan, has revealed why he decided to team up with Chief Great Ovedje Ogboru, the state APC governorship candidate to ensure all-round victory for the party in the coming elections. Speaking at the …