Aminu Tambuwal

 “Why are you hiding?” the president asked the speaker. 

A mild drama occurred at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa on Tuesday night as President Goodluck Jonathan dragged the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu …

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Tony Uranta says these men and women are dead woods

This may include scrapping of FRSC, EFCC and ICPC.

The Executive Council of the Federation, FEC, may approve the recommendations of the Stephen Oronsaye-led presidential committee on the rationalisation …

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Bisi Akande

The party settled for Mr. Akande as interim national chairman, but dropped Mr. El-Rufai as secretary, a source said.

The Joint Inter-Party Merger Committee of the All Progressive Congress, APC, said it would soon submit its final …

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3, 000 new HIV infections were recorded in 2012.

The Aids Healthcare Foundation, a Los Angeles-based global organisation that provides medicine and advocacy in 28 countries on Monday declared its commitment towards reducing HIV transmission in Nigeria.

In …

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The minister stated this in Abuja.

The Minister of Police Affairs, Caleb Olubolade, has identified some of the factors inhibiting the Nigerian police from performing their jobs effectively.

Mr. Olubolade listed the factors to include corruption, poor funding and …

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The company officials declined to comment on the judgment.

The Societe International Telecommunication Aeronautiques, (SITA) on Tuesday continued operation at the International terminal, Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, despite a Lagos High Court order that it should vacate the …

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Seven students and two teachers were killed by the gunmen.

Some students of Government Secondary School, Damaturu, on Tuesday narrated how they were attacked by suspected insurgents on Sunday night.

PREMIUM TIMES had reported how seven students and two …

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PDP Chairman, Bamanga Tukur

Anxiety at PDP Secretariat as national chairman confirms the pending resignation of 8 NWC members and their deputies.

The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Bamanga Tukur, has said contrary to reports …

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Olajumoke Akinjide, state minister of FCT

The move will ensure a clean environment.

The Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, said on Tuesday that it has certified 22 concessionaires to handle the waste collection responsibilities in the Area Councils and …

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Boko Haram has become Nigeria's biggest headache of the moment

The Boko Haram leader said they now see the youth as their enemies.

A spokesperson for the Boko Haram, Abu Zinnira, has said his group will launch a manhunt …

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The Boko Haram leader declares war against youths in Borno, Yobe.

Residents of Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, said suspected members of Boko Haram on Monday killed 22 persons in separate attacks. They said the terrorists were on a revenge …

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In Adamawa State, the heavy rainfalls caused floods that killed two people and ravaged properties worth millions of naira.

Professor Edwin Iguisi said that Nigeria also lost about N2.6 trillion.

No fewer than two million families in Nigeria were displaced …

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Snowden senior says he prefers his son is a prisoner in US than a free man in Hong Kong.

The father of Edward Snowden, the ex-CIA worker who leaked classified information about the US internet and phone spy programmes, …

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Forum says editor touched the lives of many.

The Northern States Governors Forum, NSGF, has condoled with Media Trust Limited, publishers of Daily Trust, Weekly Trust, Sunday Trust and Aminiya, over the death of its Managing Editor, Suleiman Mohammed…

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Minister Of Education, Ruqayyatu Rufa’I

The minister stated this on Tuesday.

The Federal Government on Tuesday in Abuja approved cut-off marks for admission into tertiary institutions for the 2013/2014 academic session.

The Minister of Education, Ruqayyatu Rufa’i, announced the …

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