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THE military has arrested three suspects in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, for snatching six laptops belonging to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from the commission’s ad hoc staff in Jere

UNIDENTIFIED arsonists have set ablaze the secretariat of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ngor, headquarters of Andoni Council of Rivers State. Meanwhile, the state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party

THE Minister of State for Finance, Mr Bashir Yuguda, on Friday urged state governments to adopt the austerity measures recently announced by the Federal Government to mitigate the effect of dwindling oil

THE Lagos State governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Jimi Agbaje, on Friday promised to return illegally acquired lands to their owners, if elected. Agbaje made the promise at

Two supporters of a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain in Oyo, Chief Adebisi Ilaka were on Thursday night shot by unknown gunmen. The incident, which happened barely two months after the party

REACTIONS have continued to trail the death of President Umar Yar’Adua in Abuja on Wednesday after a protracted illness. In a statement by its President, Chief Ajibola Ogunshola, the Newspaper Proprietors’ Association

FORMER Vice-President, Dr. Alex Ekwueme, has lamented that nearly half a century after Nigeria gained its independence, Nigerians have not forged a strong sense of nationhood that would transcend ethnic cleavages and

* Power Brokers Favour Yayale Ahmed * President May Visit Yar’Adua Family Today THOUGH the lobby to fill the vacant office of the nation’s Vice President has intensified in Abuja, President Goodluck

* Labour, Conservatives Hit Stalemate A 27-year-old Nigerian, Mr. Chuka Umunna, has won a seat with a Labour ticket in the United Kingdom (UK) election. But there is no clear majority winner

A LEADER of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Lawal Kaita yesterday urged President Goodluck Jonathan not to vie for the presidency in 2011 in the interest of peace and tranquility in