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The All Progressives Congress in Rivers State on Thursday alleged that the Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate in the state, Mr. Nyesom Wike, planned to have some of the state’s oil wells ceded to Bayelsa, Akwa Ibom and Abia states ...

Punch Report; The race to get political appointments in the forthcoming Muhammadu Buhari-led All Progressives Congress government has begun, Saturday PUNCH learnt on Friday. It was learnt in Abuja that although consultations for cabinet and National Assembly positions are still ...

President Goodluck Jonathan and his family members have started moving their personal belongings out of the Presidential Villa, Abuja, few days after the President lost his re-election bid, ooduarere can authoritatively report. Some buses loaded with travel bags were sighted moving out ...

The All Progressives Congress has urged Nigerians to come together, aside from the fault lines separating them, for a national rebirth, in the spirit of Easter, being celebrated in the nation and round the world. In its Easter message, found in a release on Saturday ...

Kano Resident Electoral Commissioner, Alhaji Abdullahi Mukaila who alongside his wife and two daughters died in a strange fire (though police have since said there is no foul play) in their house early today have now been buried. The funeral prayer ...

INEC Chairman, Professor Attahiru Jega says he will be leaving office in June not long from now when his tenure as Chairman of the appointive body closes. In a meeting with BBC Hausa, Professor Jega said regardless of the fact ...

Let me first use this opportunity to congratulate the President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari. Congratulations on your hard won victory which is a testimony to your resilience. You give a new meaning to the lyrics of a song by the late ...

An announcement from Mrs Bola Shagaya’s kin denying late reports that she’s planning to host First Lady in waiting , Mrs Aisha Buhari to an extravagant supper.  Continue bellow. Our attention has been drawn to a false and misleading story ...

President Goodluck Jonathan and the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, have met for the first time after last week’s presidential election. The two leaders met behind closed-doors at the Aso Rock presidential villa Friday. Both sides are expected to commence transitional processes ...

An Urhobo militant group, Urhobo Gbagbako, on Friday claimed responsibility for Thursday night’s bombing of the NPDC Oil pipelines at Ighrenene, Afiesere and Ekiugbo communities in Delta State. The group, which made the claims in an email sent to some reporters, ...