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A 27-year-old barber was on Tuesday shot dead by gunmen suspected to be cultists at New Benin in Ikpoba Okha Local Government Area of Edo State. It was learnt that the late barber, simply identified as Patrick, was accosted by his assailants in front of his shop and shot at a close range. Another man was reportedly killed...continue reading

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Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State, has promised to initiate empowerment programmes to check youth restiveness. The governor made the pledge on Tuesday when he received community leaders from Ilorin Emirate in his office. The community leaders had visited the governor to commiserate with him over weekend’s violence orchestrated by some hoodlums who had attacked NDLEA operatives in...continue reading

President Goodluck Jonathan DISPLAYING utter contempt for the 1999 Constitution he swore to uphold, President Goodluck Jonathan has sacked Suleiman Abba as the Inspector-General of Police. He replaced him immediately with Solomon Arase, a Deputy Inspector-General, in an acting capacity. Both the dismissal and the acting appointment are gross violations of the 1999 Federal Constitution, Nigeria’s supreme law....continue reading

President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday said his administration had nothing to hide in respect of the claim by a former Central Bank of Nigeria Governor,   Lamido Sanusi, that   $20bn oil money was not remitted to the Federation Account by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation. To prove this, he said he had directed that the full report by PriceWaterHouse...continue reading

The President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, has said the claim by the Boko Haram sect that it is a religious group is a fraud. He also said the sect would be denied a recruitment base the moment people in local communities realised that its claim of being a religious group was nothing but a fraud. Buhari said this while receiving...continue reading

Move over Maheeda. Tiwa Savage isn’t just as gusty. Not even Adokiye has the wild streak, the new sensational singer, Harmony is letting off to the world. Born as Emike Ekwe, Harmony, as she is called, announced her arrival on the Nigerian music scene with a single, Chocolate, which is billed for release on Monday. HarmonyA hot item...continue reading

Okocha wants to be President of NFF on April 28, 2015 / in Sports 12:41 am / Comments Former Super Eagles captain Austin Okocha says he has no plans of going into coaching but hopes to one day be the president of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF). “No, not for the moment. I’m more interested in the executive...continue reading

2015: The end of the matter in Delta, Imo and Abia on April 27, 2015 / in Politics 12:56 am / Comments By Emmanuel Aziken, Political Editor THe last word for now in the 2015 general elections came to an end yesterday after the results in three governorship contests and a major Senate contest were released. There were...continue reading

 The Lagos State House of Assembly, former deputy minority leader of the Senate, Senator Olorunimbe Mamora was the deputy director general of the successful All Progressives Congress, APC Presidential Campaign Organisation. In this interview, Senator Mamora bares his mind on the person of the president-elect, the challenges of the campaign and developments emanating from the victory of the...continue reading

The Federal Polytechnic Oko has released the 3rd batch admission list of those admitted into ND and HND Regular 2 programmes of the institution for 2014/2015. To check your admission status simply click here Select your Programme and session from the drop down Enter your Registration Number in the space provided. Enter your Scratch Card PIN and serial...continue reading