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 All Progressives Congress, APC has said that it will act within the confines of the rule of law in responding to the inconclusiveness of the Kogi State governorship election that held on Saturday. The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC had declared the election inconclusive following the gap between cancelled votes and the wining margin and incidentally, the APC’s candidate, Prince Abubakar Auduimmediately after the election died. It is believed that Audu’s death immediately had prompted a constitutional controversy as the country’s constitution did not envisage the present But for the meantime, the APC said it is still studying the scenario, hoping to take a decision on it soon. In a statement issued by its national publicity secretary, Mai Mala Buni, the party said its response the matter would however be based on the constitution “On INEC’s position that the November 21, 2015 governorship poll in Kogi State was inconclusive,   APC is studying  the...

A group of Islamist gunmen involved in the storming of a luxury hotel in Mali’s capital, Bamako, continued to hold out against security forces on Friday even after the evacuation of all civilians from the building, a security ministry spokesman said. “The attackers no longer have hostages. They are dug in in the upper floors. They are alone with the Malian special forces who are trying to dislodge them,” spokesman Amadou Sangho said.

Nigeria President Buhari on Tuesday night ordered the arrest of the former NSA,  Sambo Dasuki (Rtd), for allegedly siphoning billions of dollars earmarked for arms purchases. In ordering the arrest, President Buhari observed that the actions of the erstwhile NSA brought the nation to international ridicule as the failure to procure the arms incapacitated the military in the face of the insurgency orchestrated by the Boko Haram sect.

The massacre in Paris last friday night was the latest in a series of terror attacks which have brought fear and bloodshed to France this year 2015. Shell-shocked French citizens have seen their country come under repeated attack throughout 2015, starting with the Charlie Hebdo killings in January. Five months later, a suspected Islamist beheaded his boss and tried to blow up a U.S-owned industrial gas plant in the suburbs of Lyon. And in July a machine gun-toting attacker wounded three people on a high-speed train in France before he was overpowered by several passengers The latest horrific attack comes with reports claiming that the terrorists told their hostages that they were carrying out their rampage of violence in retribution for France's use of air strikes against ISIS in Syria and Iraq. Fears remain that France may be the country of choice for another terror attacks, with concerns surrounding about extremists radicalising vulnerable individuals from parts of the capital...

"GOVERNOR Adams Oshiomhole of Edo state disclosed, Wednesday, that he will pack all the files containing alleged fraud perpetrated during the Governor Lucky Igbinedion administration to Abuja next week with a view to commence prosecution. While vowing to prosecute the former governor and his father, Chief Gabriel Igbinedion and send them to jail if convicted, Oshiomhole alleged that both the former governor and his father, converted properties, funds meant for the people of the state to their private use, just as he expressed his readiness to publish the sales of Government properties during the administration of Chief Igbinedion, where he fingered the former Secretary to the state Government, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu as one of the beneficiaries of some of the properties" Vanguardngr new

The full Ministerial List: 1. Chris Ngige – (Anambra) Minister of Labour & Employment 2. Kayode Fayemi- (Ekiti) Minister of Solid Minerals 3. Rotimi Amaechi – (Rivers) Minister of Transportation 4. Babatunde Fashola -(Lagos) Minister of Power, Works and Housing 5. Abdulrahman Dambazau- (Kano) Minister of Interior 6. Aisha Alhassan – (Taraba) Minister of Women Affairs 7. Ogbonaya Onu- (Ebonyi) Minister of Science and Technology 8. Kemi Adeosun – (Ogun) Minister of Finance 9. Abubakar Malami – (Kebbi) Minister of Justice & Attorney-General 10. Sen Hadi Sirika – (Katsina) Minister of State, Aviation 11. Barr. Adebayo Shittu – (Oyo) Minister of Communication 12. Suleiman Adamu – (Jigawa) Minister of Water Resources 13. Solomon Dalong – (Plateau) Minister for Youth and Sports 14. Ibe Kachikwu – (Delta) Minister of State, Petroleum 15. Osagie Ehanire – (Edo) Minister of State, Health 16. Audu Ogbeh – (Benue) Minister of Agriculture 17. Udo Udo Udoma – (Akwa Ibom)  Minister of Bu...

Police IN Nasarawa State command on Monday arrested a 46 year-old pastor, Ifeanyi Bernard, for allegedly raping a 13-year-old teenage girl in the Karu Local Government Area of the state. According to police authorities, the alleged rape took place on November 3 when the pastor was performing deliverance on the teenager. However, the pastor described the incident as the handiwork of the devil. While parading the suspect at the Criminal Investigative Department, the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Sani Mohammed, said the suspect was apprehended following a report by the father of the victim, Mr. Martins Ijiwo. According to the police, the cleric, who lives in the Alikima Mararaba area of the state, lured the victim into his house under the pretext of casting out demons from her. The police boss said the cleric allegedly pushed her to his bed and raped her repeatedly. The commissioner said the suspect threatened to kill the victim if she reported the incident to any member of h...

Nigerians has been yelling for ministers, which is taking longer than expected from appointment to inauguration, come tomorrow the President will inaugurate and assign portfolios to ministers, while Nigerians has patiently been waiting for the new ministers, Permanent Secretaries has been in charge of various sectors , as the owners of the ministeries are coming tomorrow, in President Buhari spirit of cutting down spending, some perm sec will no longer be required, in our opinion this might not be unconnected with the recent retirements going across the federal civil service. president Mohammdu Buhari may have concluded plan to relieve about 17 Permeant Secretaries of their duties Some of the permanent secretaries led by the new Acting Head of Civil Service of the federation, Mrs. Winifred Ekanem Oyo-Ita, held a closed door with the president at the presidential villa. It is not yet known what transpired at the meeting but feelers said that the president may have communicated the dev...