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It is no longer news that an Army of Imo State contractors under the aegis of unpaid Imo contractors are being owed over N180bn since 2011. The contracts range from road construction, buildings, supply and other civil engineering works. Unfortunately, ...

A former Niger-Delta militant, Mujahid Asari-Dokubo, says with the defeat of President Goodluck Jonathan, he and other militants may be forced to return to the creeks. Asari-Dokubo, who hails from the same state as Jonathan, said the voting pattern showed ...

Watching how the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega, was relating with his colleagues, all professors and heads of universities in the country, at the presidential election collation centre, is a lesson in civility for us ...

Palestine has formally attained membership of the International Criminal Court, a move that could open the door to possible war crime indictments against Israeli officials despite uncertainty over its wider ramifications. The accession on Wednesday is another landmark in the Palestinian diplomatic ...

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Masked gunmen have attacked a university in the town of Garissa in northeast Kenya, police said, as ongoing gunfire could be heard from the university premises. Witnesses said explosion and heavy gunfire rocked Garissa University College early on Thursday as ...

Mr. President Sir, I have watched in the past years up till this moment how things have unfolded since you came into power as The President Of The Federal Republic Of Nigeria and I will commend your efforts so far ...

The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party has congratulated Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari(retd.) for winning the March 28 Presidential Election. It said if the outcome of the election, which its candidate, President Goodluck Jonathan, lost, was the wishes of ...

Major A. Hassan was killed on Sunday March 29 by Boko Harram men that assaulted Bauchi state. He was the flush authority of 33 ordnance Brigade, Bauchi. Sun re O. Ase !

Previous Inspector General of Police, Alhaji Muhammadu Dikko Yusuf has kicked the bucket at 85 years old. The previous police boss kicked the bucket the previous evening April first in his home after a long fight with an undisclosed ailment. ...