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THERE was an explosion last night in the home of Gombe State Governor Ibrahim Dankwabo. An Armoured Personnel carrier (APC) in front of the house exploded, killing the two security…

Nigeria’s foreign minister will attend a meeting in London next week to discuss how to tackle Boko Haram and terrorism in the African country. British Foreign Secretary William Hague will…

A Biafra separatist group yesterday failed in its bid to overrun the Enugu State Government and seize a radio station. The police stopped the Biafra Zionist Movement (BZM) from achieving…

With heavy hearts, mothers of some of the abducted Chibok schoolgirls yesterday in Lagos recalled their nightmares since the April 15 incident. The women, at a gathering at the Intercontinental…

Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Godwin Emefiele yesterday promised a gradual reduction in interest rates, signalling a shift from the monetary policy of his predecessor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi. This…

President Goodluck Jonathan has called the bluff of the five governors and other chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that defected from the party to the All Progressives Congress…

Mrs. Hafsat Abiola-Castello, daughter of democracy martyrs Moshood and Kudirat Abiola, has said her father is greater than former President Olusegun Obasanjo. Responding to a recent statement by Obasanjo, she…

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan on Thursday appointed Prof. Rufa’i Alkali as his new Special Adviser on Political Affairs.The President also picked Hajia Baraka Sani as his Senior Special Assistant for…

The Lagos State Police Command, yesterday, paraded three suspected members of a notorious kidnap gang that killed former Deputy Governor of Anambra State, Dr. Chudi Nwike. Nwike was kidnapped on…

Today we publish the second batch of the South South’s reaction to the “Key Issues before the Northern delegates to the 2014 National Conference,” issued by the North. INTRODUCTION: One subject…