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New Zealand police commissioner Mike Bush said the death toll in the two mosque attacks has increased to 49. The vast majority, 41 people, were killed in the attack on the Deans Avenue mosque shooting, Bush said. According to the…

As Nigerians await the announcement of the winners of the just concluded gubernatorial and house assembly election results nationwide, a pressure group Peace and Media Advocacy has condemned in strong terms the contrived delay by the…

By Omoba Kenneth Aigbegbele The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) is a para-military institution that was established in May 1967 by the Federal Republic of Nigeria with the Act of the National Assembly. The Act was…

A 3-man panel of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja is hearing the ex-parte motion filed by the Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, seeking an order granting them access to…

Nigeria’s foremost driver of its robust private sector, the Institute of Directors (IoD) on Thursday inducted three directors of the country’s leading engineering construction company, Julius Berger Nig. Plc as members of the IoD. The…

Applauds Civil Defence for Its Professionalism and Contribution to the Sustenance of Democracy March 3, 2019 Firstcall News PR  A civil society and pro-democracy advocacy group, Citizens Wcy Initiative (CWAI), has…

By Emmanuel Iriogbe, Abuja. An Abuja Federal High Court sitting in Apo, has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to stay action on the issuance of a certificate of return to any candidate in Akwa…

March 1, 2019 By Emmanuel Iriogbe, Abuja The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in last week’s election, Alh. Atiku Abubakar has presented a six-point demand to the Federal Government . Top on the…

By Emmanuel Iriogbe, Abuja The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has declared Muhammad Buhari of the APC winner of the presidential election conducted on Saturday, Feb. 23. According to results released and announced…

*as PDP kicks with agency reports Mr Buhari has won seven of Nigeria's 36 states, while his rival Atiku Abubakar took two states and the capital Abuja. As results came in, Mr Abubakar's People's Democratic Party (PDP) alleged…