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The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, yesterday, said it has deployed more of its depots and other throughput facilities to enforce the N133.28 per litre Ex-Depot price of Premium Motor Spirit, otherwise known as petrol, to marketers directly. From left: Minister of State for...

Taraba State has been thrown into mourning following the death of a kidnapped lawmaker, Honourable Hosea Ibi. Late Ibi, the member representing Takum II Constituency in the Taraba State House of Assembly, was found dead after he was abducted by gunmen in December 2017. The Police Public...

The Chairman, Senate Committee on Power, Steel Development and Metallurgy, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, has described the N-Power programme of the Buhari government as “propaganda”. Abaribe, who doubles as Chairman, South-East caucus in the Senate,also declared that the Peoples Democratic Party...

Tiv Youths Council (TYC) of Benue State has vowed to defend their land against marauding Fulani herdsmen, warning that their silence should not be taken for granted. Describing the spate of killings levied on their people as outright genocide, particularly in the face of alleged silence of the...

Prominent leaders from Benue State have told President Muhammadu Buhari that there is no land to allow for the establishment of cattle colonies as being proposed by the Minister of Agriculture, Audu Ogbeh. They made their position known to the president on Monday after they held a … via...

The leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Taraba State chapter, on Monday called on President Mohammadu Buhari to end herdsmen killings across the country so as to prevent the country from going into a civil war. At a press conference in Jalingo, CAN Chairman in the … via Punch...

Ibrahim Magu, acting Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), and Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State have decried endemic corruption in the country. via TODAY.NG – http://ift.tt/2myJJTV -- Get More Nigeria Political News

Fight yesterday erupted at the wedding fatiha in Kano between supporters of Kwankwasiyya and members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) loyal to Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje. The clash is coming a week after the state Commissioner for Special … via Thisdaylive –...

Governor Darius Ishaku of Taraba State has denied the allegations by the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi, that there was genocide against Fulani herdsmen by some political leaders, especially in Taraba, claiming that these killings were causing anxiety. via TODAY.NG – http://ift.tt/2qZe9o4...

The minister of Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi, has declared that the All Progressives Congress (APC) will be finished politically if the party fails to defeat the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 governorship election in Rivers State. This is as he encouraged those accusing …...

Governor Rochas O korocha of Imo state continues to attract unnecessary attention to himself and ridicule to the country for wrong reasons. His recent creation of the Ministry of Happiness and Purpose Fulfillment and his appointment of his younger sister, Ogechi Ololo (nee Okorocha) to head the...

The Nigeria Labour Congress ( NLC ) is demanding the arrest and prosecution of the Special Assistant to the Kaduna state Governor on Public Affairs, Mouktar Maigamo for allegedly mobilising thugs to attack workers during the mass rally organised by the Congress in Kaduna to protest the sack of...