Arms Deal: ‘Yes, I received money from Dasuki’ – ThisDay boss writes EFCC The publisher of ThisDay newspapers, Mr. Nduka Obaigbena, has denied collecting any illegal money from former National Security Adviser (NSA), Col. Sambo Dasuki. The publisher was one of the people fingered as the beneficiaries of the sum of $2.1 billion meant for […]
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Trade volume between Japan and Nigeria has reached a record $5.28 billion, the Trade Commissioner and Managing Director, Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO), Mr. Taku Miyazaki, has said. He said Japanese companies were keen on expanding their businesses in the country with high technology, According to The Nation Miyazaki urged the government to make the […]
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Fourteen people were killed, some of them decapitated, in a Boko Haram raid on a village in Borno State on Thursday, a resident and a civilian vigilante assisting the military said Friday, According to The Nation The attack happened at about 8:00 pm on Thursday in Kamuya, hometown of mother of the Chief of Army […]
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Hundreds of women and youths from Yenagoa Local Government Area, Bayelsa State have demanded the cancellation of the election in the area. They said the election in the capital city was marred by irregularities and inconsistencies in the results announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). According to them, INEC officials refused to listen […]
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The Nigeria Police Force has cautioned unsuspecting job seekers not to fall victim to the activities of fraudsters parading themselves to be agents of the force, DailyPost report. This was disclosed in a statement on Friday by the Force Spokesperson, Acting Assistant Commissioner of Police, ACP Olabisi Kolawole, in Abuja. According to the statement, many […]
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The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, on Friday said government ministries, departments and agencies as well as the military must pay for electricity supplied to them by power firms. Fashola, who stated this in Lagos during the inauguration of the dispatch of additional 220 megawatts at Egbin Power Plant, said the […]
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Yaya Toure has been voted the BBC African Footballer of the Year 2015. The 32-year-old Ivory Coast midfielder becomes only the third player, after Nigerians Nwankwo Kanu and Jay-Jay Okocha, to receive the honour twice. Football fans voted for Manchester City’s Toure, who first won in 2013, ahead of Yacine Brahimi, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Andre Ayew […]
Read More President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday explained why his administration was yet to release names of corrupt former officials of the past administration who voluntarily surrendered their loot. Speaking in Abuja at this year’s edition of the annual Osigwe Anyiam-Osigwe Foundation Lecture, President Buhari said “any disclosure now may jeopardize the possibility of bigger recoveries”. Mr. […]
Read More “President Muhammadu Buhari would not hesitate to step on big toes in the current war his administration is waging against corruption in the country” The Presidency said. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, said this at the opening of a three-day retreat organised for State House correspondents […]
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The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Friday upheld the election of the Senate Minority Leader, Godswill Akpabio, as Senator representing Akwa Ibom North West Senatorial District after dismissing the appeal by the All Progressives Congress’ candidate in the March 28, 2015 poll, Chief Inibehe Okori, ThePunchNg report. The Justice Abdul-Rahman Oredola-led three-man panel in […]
Read More It appears there is no end in sight to criticisms coming the way of the immediate past administration as Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna state has reiterated that the All Progressives Congress, APC-led Federal Government inherited a country at the brink of collapse from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. El-Rufai, who spoke on Friday at […]
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Mr David Emmanuel, an expert in agriculture and environment, has warned that climate change is depleting the soil nutrients needed for the cultivation of high quality food crops. Emmanuel made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Friday. According to him, it is important for stakeholders to […]
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