“The Presidency also commends the generality of the mainstream media whose coverage of the President’s slight health challenge in London was mostly factual, objective, fair-minded and supportive
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Informed sources told our correspondent that the House of Representatives member, elected on the platform of the Labour Party, had been battling with cancer in the last four years
Addressing a press conference in Abuja on Friday evening, INEC Chairman, Prof Attahiru Jega, said the Commission has reviewed the reasons being adduced by those calling for fresh election, saying total cancellation does not arise
The Chairman of INEC, Prof. Attahiru Jega, on Friday announced the date
Jonathan told the meeting: “In 2014, we must not lose this momentum, but rather broaden our interventions to address other difficult issues like the high cost of financing in the country, and the dearth of adequate skills
It was gathered that the identity of the soldier was discovered after the robbers engaged the policemen in a shootout, leading to the death of the two suspected robbers
Among those invited to appear before the committee are the National Chairman and National Secretary of the nPDP, Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje and Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola
A statement by his spokesman, Dr. Reuben Abati, said he has been advised to rest for a few days
He said: “What I see here is a lot of attention being given to issues in the cities and urbanization, which is important but I will like to see some attention paid to the lives of the people in the rural communities
PDP’s Agwuariavwodo had in a landslide victory defeated the candidates of the two rival parties – DPP’s Efe Dafinone and APC’s O’tega Emerhor in the election, conducted on October 12 to fill the vacant seat created by the death of Pius Ewherido on June 30
Ogar said the discovery led to the arrest of five suspected Boko Haram members, including a don, who were allegedly plotting to launch violent attacks in Igalaland in Kogi State
They allegedly chained and strangled 25-year-old Osokogu to death at Cosmilla Hotel in FESTAC Town, Lagos on July 22, 2012
A source in the community said on Wednesday in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, that the gunmen shot sporadically into the air to scare away people in the neighbourhood before going for their target
According to the communiqué, N568.413 billion has been shared out to the three tiers of government as federal revenue generated for the month of October 2013
(Reuters): “Nigerian tycoon Aliko Dangote has acquired a controlling stake in Nigeria’s third-largest refinery in Kaduna for an undisclosed sum, consolidating his grip on the OPEC member nation’s refining sector. It was the second major refinery purchase in a week by Dangote, who is a major financier of the ruling party and ally of outgoing President Olusegun Obasanjo, after he bought the largest refinery in Port Harcourt on May 17
In a statement issued in Lagos on Tuesday by its Interim National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party reminded INEC that it did not wait for a court order to cancel the National Assembly election in 2011, when it was obvious that many voters across the country could not vote due to the late arrival or non-delivery of voting materials
The Police Public Relations Officer of Gombe State Command, Fwaje Atajiri, confirmed to the News Agency of Nigeria that the gunmen attacked the station at about 2am
Sources at the scene of the accident said that the driver of the lorry, loaded with sand, lost control and rammed into those on its way, including the pregnant women, whose foetus was ripped out of her womb as her stomach burst open as the lorry rammed into her
In a letter read on the floor of the Senate on Tuesday, the President noted that the oil price benchmark passed by the House of Representatives is higher than that of the Senate, saying there was the need to comply with the Fiscal Responsibility Act
Report reaching The Eagle Online says the President is insisting on using the $74 per barrel benchmark for the budget, hence his decision to call off the presentation until when the lawmakers are ready to agree to his proposal