Following the unconducive environment that now exists for the Boko Haram Terrorists in the North Eastern part of country, the remnants of the terrorists now hide in fox holes to escape the routing of the Nigerian Soldiers, The Nation report. According to the Army Acting Director of Public Relations Colonel Sani Usman the terrorists who […]
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The Edo State Government has increased the minimum wage of civil servants in the state from N18,000 to N25, 000, with immediate effect. The State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, announced the new wage on Sunday, during the 2016 May Day celebration held at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin. “When the going gets tough, that is […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari said yesterday that his administration will have no reason to give excuses for failure to deliver on its electoral promises, as it is determined to tackle all socio-economic ills troubling the nation. The President said his administration was prepared to evolve solutions to emerging threats to the nation’s well-being and the realisation […]
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The All Progressives Congress senator representing Kwara South Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Rafiu Ibrahim, has appealed to Nigerians to remain calm as both President Muhammadu Buhari and the leadership of the assembly are working to ensure that the 2016 budget takes care of all interests in the country. He told Punchng in an interview […]
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The abductors of Senator Iyabo Anisulowo, who was kidnapped on Wednesday have asked family for a ransom of N200 million. Premium Times reported on Saturday that her abductors contacted the family by phone on Friday night demanding the payment. According to reports, the abductors made the phone call using her mobile phone number. The abductees’ family […]
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The 19 Northern Governors have taken a strong exception to the branding of perpetrators of crimes around the country as Fulani. The Governors, rising from a meeting in Kaduna on Friday, said inasmuch as they condemned the recent attacks by suspected herdsmen in Enugu and other parts of the country, it was out of place […]
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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo yesterday gave an assurance that the 2016 budget will become operational “in the next few days” as Nigerians anxiously await action from the National Assembly on the budget which was returned to it by the presidency for correction. The reconciliation committee of the National Assembly on the budget is currently working […]
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has obtained a remand order to keep the Managing Director of Fidelity Bank Plc, Mr. Nnamdi Okonkwo, and the bank’s Head of Operations, Mr. Martins Izuogbe, pending the outcome of investigations. A reliable source at the EFCC told our correspondent on Friday that the EFCC had been given permission […]
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The Transition Monitoring Group (TMG), a coalition of over 400 civic organizations on Friday alleged that agents of the Jonathan administration offered it a bribe of N2 billion for the purpose of compromising the outcome of the 2015 elections. According to The Nation, The bribe offer came by way of what the TMG chairman, Comrade Ibrahim […]
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The Federal Government will not provide funds for government officials travelling abroad for treatment unless the case cannot be handled in Nigeria, the Federal Ministry of Health said yesterday. A statement by its Director, Media and Public Relations, Mrs. Boade Akinola, in Abuja, said President Muhammadu Buhari made this known at the opening of the […]
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The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, says it has become difficult running states in the face of the dwindling economy. He said it is necessary to do something drastic whenever financial inflows do not tally with fixed costs as it is currently the case in many states of the federation. According to Punchng, Ambode spoke […]
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has decided to send evidence linking former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, to the $115million (N23, 299,705,000billion) poll bribe to the National Crime Agency (NCA) in the UK. The commission also yesterday grilled and detained an oil chief, Leno Olaitan Adesanya, in connection with the ongoing […]
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