Edo Election:Body Of INEC Staff Who Drowned July 14 found in Kolokolo village

Mrs Sule Imondu, INEC’s Public Relations Officer on Saturday saidthat the missing INEC ad hoc staff involved in a boat mishap duringthe July 14 governorship election had been found.

Sheik Gumi: Soldiers Are Fighting Innocent Muslims, Not Boko Haram - Sahara Reporters

Outspoken Islamic cleric, Sheik Ahmad Abubakar Gumi, has demanded that the Nigerian government withdraw soldiers from violence-ridden northern cities because the government and soldiers are not really serious about fighting Boko Haram.

There'll be no Election in 2015 - Tunde Bakare (Saturday Sun)

Vice presidential candidate of Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) in the 2011 elections, Pastor Tunde Bakare, is convinced that the trial of oil marketers accused of oil subsidy theft is all a show. Or “I can guarantee you that the best is to ask them to refund the money they took and they will not tell us whether it was refunded or not.

ACN Decries Murder of Its Akwa Ibom State Spokesman’s Mother And Brother

The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has condemned the gruesome murder of Mrs. Erasmus Effanga and Mr. Basil Effanga, the mother and brother respectively of its Akwa Ibom State spokesman, Francis Effanga.

El-Rufai retorts to Okupe's criticism; Jonathan's administration has failed

In what seems to be a fight back at the sharp critcisms made by Doyin Okupe, President Goodluck Jonathan’s Senior Special Assistant on Public Affairs, former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nasir el-Rufai, has replied in defence of his stand on the issue. In a press statement released today by the media advisor to mallam El-Rufai, Muyiwa Adekeye, said “After the needless drama at the Lagos airport when the SSS tried to truncate his trip abroad, Malam Nasir el-Rufai was greeted at his destination with evidence of further misguided action by the Jonathan government.

Okupe Lampoons el-Rufai, Bakare for disparaging Jonathan

The Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to the President on Public Affairs, Dr Doyin Okupe, on Wednesday, lambasted the former FCT miniter, Mallam El-Rufai, over his call for the resignation of President Goodluck Jonathan if he could not solve the present security challenges in the country.

Lawan Stopped at Airport from Travelling Abroad - Thisday

The suspended Chairman of the House of Representatives Ad Hoc Committee on the Monitoring of the Fuel Subsidy regime, Hon. Farouk Lawan, was Tuesday night barred from travelling out of the country at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos.

Death Toll rises after okene church attack.

The death toll in yesterday's attack on a Deeper Life Church in Okene, Kogi State, have been raised to 17. Unknown gunmen had on Monday night invaded a Deeper Life Church in the Otite area of Okene, Kogi state, behind the Federal Collage of Education in the area, opening fire on worshippers observing night Bible studies.

‘Nigeria not broke, only has cash-flow trouble - Guardian

FAR from the belief in some quarters, the nation’s economy is buoyant and the Executive arm of government has not breached any law in the implementation of the budget. This was the position of the Minister of Finance and Coordinator of the Economy, Mrs. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, during an interactive session with the Senate Joint committee on Appropriation, Finance, Public Account and National Planning.