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Ex-Niger Delta militant, Asari Dokubo had a private meeting with the pioneer of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, Ralph Uwazurike at Buguma Toru LGA of Rivers State as of late. Motivation behind their ...

APC in early lead in Bauchi: * ALKALERI – APC: 34, 746, PDP: 13, 133. * TAFAWA BALEWA- APC: 40, 708, PDP: 19, 589 * WARJI – APC: 18, 560, PDP: 11, 637 * BOGORO – APC: 9, 914, PDP: ...

Tending to newsmen in the wake of making his choice at his polling unit in Daura Katsina state yesterday April 11th, President-elect Gen Buhari is cited as saying by Tribune that PDP defectors ought not expect automatic appointment as ministers ...

Huge protest presently progressing in Uyo the Capital of Akwa Ibom State over yesterday’s races in the State. Angry dissidents are demanding that a new election be conducted in the State. They are requesting that the decision which they say ...

Ibikunle Amosun of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has been declared winner of the 2015 elections in Ogun State. The INEC Returning Officer who announced the result in Abeokuta, the state capital, said Mr Amosun clinched 306,988 votes closest to ...

Jesusegun, Osun: Names/Parties of winners in Osun State House of Assembly election: Boripe/Boluwaduro Constituency: Mr. Osuolale Bello (APC) Ifelodun Constituency: Mr. Rasheed Afolabi (APC) Ila Constituency: Mr. Ademola Akanni (APC) Ifedayo Constituency: Mr. Olanrewaju Azeez (APC) Irepodun/Orolu Constituency: Mr. Oyedele ...

China is counterbalancing the US’ efforts to bring Venezuela to its knees: Beijing will lend Caracas around $10 billion while the country teeters on the brink of bankruptcy. While the United States is waging an “economic war” against Venezuela and its ...

Twitter user, @CharlieAnekwe tells an amazing story of how some children were miraculously saved from an impending disaster. See his tweets after the cut…

Politics issues should never be a do-or-die thing people, why the anarchy? There were various political conflicts in Rivers state (and different parts of Nigeria) yesterday. Here are a few pics of a percentage of the loss in Rivers. Keep ...

The US RC-135U reconnaissance plane was flying towards the Russian border with its transponder switched off, a Defense Ministry spokesman said in Moscow Saturday.  Maj.-General Igor Konashenkov said that an unidentified airborne target was spotted over the Baltic Sea by Russian air ...