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Plateau Assembly demands details on Jang's N12 bn loan deal
Plateau legislators insist for details of Governor Jang

Jonathan threatens to sack heads of MDAs for distorting 2012 budget
President Jonathan says he will sack some heads of government agencies for trying to distort the 2012 budget
Orientation Agency advocates second stanza of national anthem as prayer in public places
The National Orientation Agency pushes for the adoption of the national anthem as prayers in public functions
Fire Service to introduce 3 digit telephone number for emergencies
Fire Service says the new emergency number will soon be activated
NAPTIP rescues 135 victims of human trafficking in Cross River
NAPTIP says most trafficking victims are from Ikom and Yala in Cross River State
Buhari to contest again in 2015
Muhammadu Buhari says he will not quit politics until the system is sanitised
Lagos asks Federal Government to lead fight against climate change
The state also wants an increased synergy in climate change policies, strategies, and responsible institutions among various levels of governance
The Street Kids of Jos Road
Kids from poor homes in Nigeria often assume street life to support themselves and sometimes, their families, through life. Along Jos-Abuja highway, these kids stake their futures.
Okonjo-Iweala blasts governors for depleting Nigeria's huge savings
The depletion of the account has made the Nigerian economy susceptible to collapse
Ikhana calls 53 to Super Falcons
Super Falcons coach, Kadiri Ikhanam, prepares his team
Pakistan can aid Nigeria
Pakistani security policy students visit Nigeria with a view to helping resolve the country's security crisis
Jonathan vows to end culture of favouritism
President Jonathan formally hands over cheques to beneficiaries of the youth entrepreneurial programme, YouWin
Jonathan can't crush us, Boko Haram boasts in new video
The extremist sect says the President lacked the capacity to clamp down it
National Assembly scrambles to deny new bribery allegation
A suspect, Esai Dangabar, spart of the money were shared among government officials and two committees of the National Assembly overseeing pensions.
Police plot arrest of Chidi Odinkalu, Nigeria's human rights chief
Mr. Odinkalu is in trouble for accusing the police of extra-judicial killings
Traders in Lagos complain of shortage of PoS terminals
Traders in Lagos say there are not enough PoS terminals to meet the new CBN cashless policy
Adamawa: Water scarcity hits Yola, as residents cry for help
Residents of Yola say the state water system has not supplied them water in over two years
Kano earmarks N2 million in dowry for 100 divorcees, widows
Kano State says it plans to curb prostitution by paying the dowry for widows and divorcees in the state
Former Western Region administrator dies at 96
Mr. Majekodunmi died at the St. Nicholas Hospital. where he was chairman.
Lagos govt locks doctors out of own secretariat as they begin warning strike
No reason was given by state authorities for the decision to bar the doctors from holding their meeting.
Police arrest suspected child, husband abuser
Mr. Onyenagecha says his wife turned herself in on her own, but refuses to disclose the police station where she is being detained.
Despite mounting poverty, government claims Nigerians
The claim is in sharp contrast with the realities on the ground
Best of West African investigative journalists gather in Senegal
The theme of the conference is ICT for better investigative Journalism