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Area Controller of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) for Borno and Yobe States, Joshua Angbalaga, has cleared the air about reports on mass recruitment exercise by the agency. Angbalaga told newsmen at a parley in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, on Wednesday, that the reports were false...

The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council, Worldwide, OYC, on Wednesday came hard on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, over its handling of the case involving former first lady, Dame Patience Jonathan. It could be re-called that an Abuja Federal High Court had ordered the anti-graft...

The Peoples Democratic Party has dismissed the emergence of a new faction with the name, Fresh PDP. The main opposition party insisted that it remained a one and united family, saying that such emergence does not hold waters. Some aggrieved members of the former ruling party had on Wednesday, …...

The Senate President, Bukola Saraki has said the Senate is pushing for laws that will tackle the menace of drug abuse in the country. The Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi II, had earlier called for the enactment of a law that will compel public officers and traditional rulers … via Daily...

Mikel Obi of Tianjin Teda and former Chelsea midfielder, has dismissed reports linking him with a move back to English Premiership side, Everton. Obi said he has no plan to abandon the Chinese Super league in January. Speaking with Tianjin television, the 30-year-old said, “I don’t know where...

Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi, has accused the past administration of awarding construction of railways to quacks. Amaechi said this when he appeared on Channels TV where he spoke extensively on the transport policy of this administration. The former Rivers State governor said the...

Former Commissioner for Investment, Trade and Industry, Ayekeme Masa, in Bayelsa state has been shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Yenagoa, the state capital. He died at the Federal Medical Centre Yenagoa where he was rushed to. The late Masa, who served in the first tenure of Governor...

Lagos State Government on Tuesday sealed off the premises of Chisco Transport, Ifex Express Limited, GUO Transport, and other major commercial transport operators in Jibowu area of Yaba, Lagos. Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Transportation, Olufemi Salami, acting on the approval of the Acting...

Speaker of the house of representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has revealed that former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar backed Bukola Saraki’s ambition to be Senate President in 2015. Saraki’s bid was met with serious opposition from the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC), apparently...

Nigerian Senator representing Ekiti State, Sylvester Ayodele Arise, has been reportedly kidnapped by unknown gunmen. According to the Sun, the APC chieftain was reported by a very close and reliable source to have been abducted on his way to Abuja from Akure on Sunday night. It was gathered...