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Amaechi’s Screening: Hoping Against Hope Over Ministerial Clearance

Nigeria’s upper legislative chamber, the Senate on Tuesday, against all hopes, excluded the name of embattled Rivers State former Governor,…

11 years ago

Pope Leaves Out Nigeria in Planned Visit to African Mosque, Slum, Refugee Camp

Pope Francis will not be visiting Nigeria as he visits a refugee camp and a mosque in the Central African…

11 years ago

Tribunal Victory: PDP Mocks APGA Over Protest In Abia

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has berated the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) over what it describes as “its embarrassing…

11 years ago

Anxiety As Senate Suspends Further Ministerial Nominees Screening

Tension mounts as the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria has further delayed the slow efforts of President Muhammadu…

11 years ago

10th Wole Soyinka Award For Investigative Reporting: Center Fixes Oct 23 Deadline For Entries

The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) has fixed 4pm on Friday, October 23, 2015 as deadline for submission of…

11 years ago

Senate Confirms 18 Ministerial Nominees

After a rigorous screening exercise, the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on Wednesday approved 18 ministerial nominees to…

11 years ago

Fresh Maiduguri Bomb Blasts Kill 20, Many Injured As Residents Arrest Suspected Boko Haram Bomber in Birnin Kebbi

Fresh multiple explosions, which hit Maiduguri, the Borno State capital on Tuesday, killed no fewer than 20 persons and left…

11 years ago

Senate Begins Ministerial Nominees’ Confirmation, Refuses to Uphold ‘Bow and Go’ Tradition

The Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on Tuesday began confirmation of Ministerial nominees against its tradition of ‘bow…

11 years ago

Senate in Closed-Door Session, Unveils Second Ministerial List

Nigerian Senate at about 10:35am on Tuesday resolved to go into a closed-door section in order to, among other things,…

11 years ago

How Falae Abduction was Planned At a Wedding – Suspect

A kidnap suspect, one Abdullahi Usman (AKA Kadiri) on Monday gave a racy narration of how he helped to pinpoint…

11 years ago