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Funds used in executing last week’s re-run elections in Rivers State by the All Progressives Congress (APC) was donated by Plateau, Benue, Kano and Bauchi State governors, Chief Nyesom Wike, has revealed.The Rivers State governor in a state-wide broadcast last Wednesday to thank the people of the state for being law- abiding and supporting the […]

The Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal, yesterday, adjourned sine-die (indefinitely), hearing on the leadership crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).A three-man panel of Justices of the appellate court led by Justice Ibrahim Saulawa suspended hearing on the matter to await the outcome of a related case pending before the Port Harcourt Division […]

Amina Mohammed(15th December, 2016): The opportunity and responsibility to serve people and planet as the next United Nations Deputy Secretary-General is truly humbling. I am most grateful for the confidence and trust demonstrated by the United Nations Secretary-General-designate Antonio Guterres and President Muhammadu Buhari. As directed by Mr President, I will continue in the meantime […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC), has said that a leaked audio recording in which Governor Nyesom Wike allegedly bribed and threatened to kill electoral officers, has confirmed its worst fears that the December 10 rerun elections in Rivers were rigged. The ruling party noted that the content of the recording made public by SaharaReporters on […]

A court in eastern Turkey arrested a Russian national, accused of links with the Daesh militant group, the province’s governor’s press service said Friday. Syndicated from Sputnik News

A number of Premier League clubs will be anxious over the festive period, as some of their players walk the disciplinary tightrope with four yellow cards. Players who pick up five bookings before January 1, will be handed a one-match suspension. 27 Premier League players are currently one foul away from missing one fixture. Chelsea […]

The Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike has expressed satisfaction with the quality of work at the Port Harcourt Pleasure Park.Speaking when he inspected ongoing work at the Port Harcourt Pleasure Park, Wike noted that the project when completed would be the first of its kind in the country.He said that the contractor, Julius Berger […]

The Federal Government on Thursday absolved itself of any wrongdoings in the present economic woes ravaging the country, which has brought so much hardship in the land. The Minister of Budget and National Planning, Senator Udo Udoma, made the claim on Thursday while answering questions from reporter s after the last meeting of the National […]

A pro-democracy and non-governmental organization, the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, on Thursday handed a 74-hour ultimatum to the Kano State government to reopen the prosecution of the five suspects linked to the killing of the 72 year old Igbo woman in Kano Mrs. Bridget Agbaghime. It threatened that if by the end […]

The child will not be prosecuted ‘even though the police found out who did it,’ a senior Serbian police officer said Syndicated from Independent.co.uk

Joan Walsh As 67 members of the Electoral College ask for a briefing on what the intelligence community is telling Congress, right-wingers fight back. Syndicated from The Nation

Idris Obaro, The Accused Person The Spokesperson of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, said that on Thursday, December 15, 2016, the Agency arraigned one Idris Obaro before Justice A. I. Kutigi of the Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting in Apo, Abuja on a 3-count charge of fraud to the tune of N300,000.00 […]