JUST IN: Two Female Suicide Bombers Hit Crowded Maiduguri Market

The relative peace enjoyed by residents of Maiduguri, the Borno State capital was this morning shattered as two powerful bomb explosion ripped through a popular market in the town, ABUSIDIQU.COM reports. An eye witness said the explosion was carried out by two female bombers at the crowded Monday market in Maiduguri early this morning at about 11.30 am, killing several people. However, another source...

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Taraba Assembly Confirms Deputy As Acting Governor

confirmed the Deputy Governor of the state, Alhaji Sanni Danladi, as the Acting Governor. The confirmation came barely 72 hours after Danladi was reinstated by the Supreme Court's ruling which nullified his impeachment two years ago by the House. The motion for the confirmation was moved by the Majority Leader, Joseph Alkinjo, and seconded by the member representing Jalingo Two constituency, Aminu...

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FCT Authorities Have Had 25 ‘Okada’ Riders Jailed In Abuja

Authorities of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have secured jail sentences for 25 motorcyclists (okada) who flouted the ban on use of motorcycles in Abuja city centre. The Special Task Team on City Cleaning and Management prosecuted the offenders who were recently convicted and sentenced to jail without option of fines. FCT Minister, Bala Mohammed, made this disclosure on Monday during the FCT...

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Is Nigeria Going Broke? National Debt Rises To N10.8 Trillion.

The total debt of the Federal Government, the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory rose from N8.32tn on September 30, 2013 to N10.84tn on September 30, 2014. This means that the nation's total debt stock rose by N2.52tn or 30.29 per cent within one year period. Statistics obtained from the website of the Debt Management Office in Abuja on Monday indicated that the N8.32tn...

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Invest Your Money: Oando Opens Rights Issue At N22

Oando Plc has commenced a rights issue on the basis of one new share for every four ordinary shares held as of July 25, 2014....

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Oil Slump: Allocation To States, LGs To Drop By N32 Billion

The decline in the price of crude oil in the international market may have led to a reduction in the 2015 allocation to states and local governments from N3.969tn in the 2014 budget to N3.937tn in 2015....

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PDP Moves To Stop President Jonathan's Impeachment

The Peoples Democratic Party may have started offering 're-election tickets' to its members in the National Assembly as a means of dissuading them from supporting the reported   drive by the All Progressives Congress lawmakers to impeach President Goodluck Jonathan....

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President Jonathan Replies Obasanjo: I Am The Best Leader Nigeria Has Ever Produced

President Goodluck Jonathan has described himself as the best leader to be produced by Nigeria. The President said no leader since the country gained independence in 1960 had done better than himself for the country....

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APC To Sue Department Of State Service Over Lagos Office Raid

he All Progressives Congress has said it will sue the Department of State Service for Saturday's invasion of its Lagos State secretariat by the operatives of the DSS.The National Publicity Secretary of the APC, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said this in an interview with one of our correspondents on Sunday.Asked what the APC would do to redress the invasion, he said, "We will definitely go court to seek redress...

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President Jonathan Is Supervising A Highly Corrupt Govt, Says Gov. Amaechi

Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State has said President Goodluck Jonathan "is supervising a highly corrupt government." He also claimed that "there is no democracy yet in Nigeria." The governor, who spoke in Abuja on Saturday, insisted that he had no personal quarrel with President Jonathan, adding that if governance could be separated from the President, he (Jonathan) "remains a good man." He,...

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