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Amaechi directs FAAN’s management to erect befitting headquarters’ building
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The Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi, on Wednesday directed the management of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria to erect an appropriate and befitting headquarters within the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos for itself. Read More…
INTERVIEW: Why Buhari insisted on having Amaechi, Fashola in his cabinet despite massive opposition — Itse Sagay
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Itse Sagay, a professor of Law, is the Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee on Anti-Corruption. In this interview with PREMIUM TIMES’ Ben Ezeamalu, he spoke about his committee’s assignment as well as the present and immediate past administrations’ fights against corruption. Read More…
2016: Borrowing N2tr to finance budget, fraudulent – PDP Culled from: The Citizen Ng
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described the N6.8 trillion 2016 federal budget presented by President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday as a big fraud and executive conspiracy tailored towards mortgaging the future of the nation. Read More…
Ogun: Police arrest 116 robbers in six months
No Comments 350 Views | by nadumThe Ogun State Police Command says it arrested 116 armed robbers across the state in the last six months. Read More…
ASP, 2 other policemen die in gun battle with alleged kidnappers
No Comments 307 Views | by nadumTHREE policemen reportedly lost their lives yesterday when they went to foil an attempted kidnapping of the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the Rivers State Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Mr. Jerry Needam. Read More…
Semenitari takes over as acting MD, NDDC, promises devt
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The new acting Managing Director, Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Mrs Ibim Semenitari, assumed office yesterday, with an assurance that she will aggressively pursue the developmental programme of President Muhammadu Buhari for the region. Read More…
EFCC Charges Tompolo And Akpbolokemi For Unlawful Conversion
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday at the Federal High Court in Lagos filed a 40-count criminal charge of unlawful conversion against a Niger Delta militant, Read More…
FG directs issuance of single identification numbers to citizens
No Comments 318 Views | by nadumThe Federal Government has directed all agencies capturing the biometrics of Nigerians to urgently aggregate their records so as to provide a unique identity for each citizen. Read More…
N1.4trn fine: FG calls MTN’s bluff, says Dec 31 deadline subsists
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The Federal Government, yesterday, said it would neither be cowed nor threatened by MTN’s court action against the N1.4trn fine which was later reduced to N780 billion, insisting that the telecommunications company risks another fine if it fails to pay on deadline. Read More…
Saraki rejects NUJ’s media regulation plea
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PRESIDENT of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki, yesterday, rejected an appeal made by the national president of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ),
Police van driving against traffic kills final-year UNIPORT student
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A police van driving against traffic has crushed to death a final-year student of the University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Edah Oghenekevwe. Read More…
Nigerian Tribune Newspaper Fires Reporter, Editor Over Concocted Interview Berating Buhari
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The Nigerian Tribune, a newspaper owned by the family of late Nigerian political sage, Obafemi Awolowo, has fired a senior reporter, Olakunle Timothy Taiwo, for concocting an interview with Itse Sagay, a constitutional lawyer, and scholar. Read More…
Buhari sacks NDDC chairman, Bassey Dan Abia
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President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked the Chairman of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Bassey Dan Abia. Read More…
Leave ex-militant leaders alone, INC tells FG
No Comments 325 Views | by nadumThe Ijaw National Congress has called on the Federal Government to leave former Niger Delta militant leaders alone and avoid provoking any crisis or insecurity in the oil-rich region. Read More…
I Never Granted Any Interview To Nigerian Tribune About Buhari’s Anti-Corruption War—Itse Sagay
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Itse Sagay, a legal scholar, has denied ever granting an interview to the Nigerian Tribune to deride President Muhammadu Buhari’s anti-corruption efforts. Read More…
Dasukigate: The Sun Newspaper Returns N9million It Got From Ex-NSA, Dasuki
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The management of The Sun newspaper issued the statement below, Sunday, to announce its return of the N9million it received from the office of the National Security Adviser “as compensation for the seizure of its newspapers and stoppage of circulation during the Goodluck Jonathan administration in June 2014.” Read More…
Nigerian Troops Kill Boko Haram Amir And Others
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As part of their determined efforts to rid the society of all known Boko Haram terrorists enclaves and hideouts, troops of 25 Task Force Brigade based on tip-off conducted a fighting patrol along Damboa-Njaba-Bale road in Borno State. Read More…
Abacha Loot: Nigerian Activists Demand Prosecution Of Ex-Minister, Okonjo-Iweala
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One of Nigeria’s most prominent anti-corruption coalitions, the Civil Society Network Against Corruption (CSNAC), has urged the chairman, Code of Conduct Bureau to immediately prosecute the immediate past Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, for “abuse of office and contravention of institutionalised procedures for public office holders while in office”. Read More…
Reps fault review of $5.2bn fine imposed on MTN
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THE House of Representatives has expressed concerns over the controversy and implications of fine imposed on one of the major telecoms operator in the country, MTN. Read More…
Okonjo-Iweala named in N1.17b ‘suspicious’ transfer
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A House of Representatives ad hoc committee is probing the “suspicious” transfer to another account of N1.17bilion approved for a Federal Government agency. Read More…
Northern Nigeria Governors Endorse Action Against Shiites
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Governors of Nigeria’s 19 Northern States on Saturday in Kaduna endorsed the actions of Kaduna State, the location of last weekend’s violence involving Nigeria’s Shiites. Read More…
Aero Airline “Ladder Scandal”: Minister Sets Up Urgent Investigation
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A statement from the Ministry said the Mr. Sirika had received the video from several online publications, as well as individuals who claimed to have been on the flight, which was an Aero Contractors charter flight from Abuja to Bauchi. Read More…
Woman vomits padlock, delivers live turtle in Lagos
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It sounds like tale by moonlight but it is indeed a verifiable fact that a woman was delivered of a live turtle and a padlock in the presence of thousands of worshippers during a church service in a Lagos church. Read More…
Money Laundering: Coalition Urges Investigation Of Bureau De Change Operator And Bank
No Comments 434 Views | by nadumIn line with the aim to constructively combat corruption, the Civil Society Network Against Corruption (CSNAC), has sent a petition to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Read More…