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Buratai says, ‘Army acted within law’ justifies Shi’ites’ killing

CHIEF of Army Staff, Gen. Tukur Buratai, on Tuesday spoke for the first time on the bloody clash between soldiers in his convoy and members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (also known as Shi’ites) in Zaria on December 12, 2015, justifying the action of his men which reportedly resulted in the death of scores […]

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FG reopens N10.7 bn fraud case against Citi, Union Banks chair, MD

THE Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, state, presided over by Justice I. N. Buba, has summoned the Chairman of Nigeria International Bank Limited (Citi Bank), Chief C. S. Sankey; its former Managing Director, Emeka Emuwa now Managing Director of Union Bank Plc and its Legal Adviser/Company Secretary, Mrs. Olusola Fagbure, to appear before […]

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Visa partners UBA on launch of SmartMoney

GLOBAL electronic payments company Visa, in partnership with United Bank of Africa Plc (UBA), have announced the launch of “SmartMoney”, a 21st century banking solution comprising a prepaid card and a mobile app for the African market. The two global brands said the partnership brings together Visa Inc’s trusted payments technology and SmartMoney’s mobile app […]

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Nigerian students in Ukraine are safe – Envoy

The Ukranian Ambassador to Nigeria, Valerii Aleksandruk, has said the 5,000 Nigerians currently studying in various higher institutions in Ukraine are safe despite the Ukrainian- Russian face-off. Aleksandruk told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Tuesday that Nigerians in the crisis-prone areas had been evacuated to safer zones. The Ukranian envoy said […]

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Nigeria, UAE sign agreement on stolen funds’ recovery

NIGERIA and the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday in Abu Dhabi signed six agreements to enhance bilateral relations between them. According to a statement by the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, the signing of the agreements on trade, finance and judicial matters was witnessed by President Muhammadu Buhari and the Crown […]

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Senate adopts 2016 revised budget

NIGERIA Senate on Tuesday adopted the revised version of the 2016 budget estimates. The adoption of the corrected version of the budget followed a letter by President Muhammadu Buhari to the Senate President, Abubakar Bukola Saraki, on the revised budget proposals. Saraki read the Presidential letter in plenary on Tuesday. The letter personally signed by […]

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Julius Berger, RCC’s Lagos-Ibadan Expressway contracts illegal – Babalakin

Bi-Courtney Highway Services Limited on Monday said the recent court injunction, which it secured setting aside a new concession agreement granted to Motorway Assets Limited to finance the reconstruction of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway and manage the road was not meant to stall the redevelopment of the road, the Punch report. The firm, owned by Dr. […]

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Arms Deal: ‘Military to release indicted officers to EFCC’

The Director of Defence Information, Brig. Gen. Rabe Abubakar, told journalists on Monday that the military would release any of its indicted personnel in the ongoing arms sale scam to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for prosecution. Abubakar spoke against the backdrop of an alleged plan by the EFCC to arrest some of the […]

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Boko Haram has been driven to fall-back positions, Says Buhari

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari said yesterday that Nigeria has made significant progress towards ending Boko Haram insurgency since his assumption of office. Speaking at a meeting with United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Mr. Ban Ki Moon on the sidelines of the World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi, Buhari said in collaboration with the Multinational Joint Task […]

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15 ex-govs, 40 others allegedly stole N1.34tn in 8 years – FG

FEDERAL Government has alleged that 55 former government functionaries and top businessmen stole N1.34tn from public treasury in eight years. Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, made the allegation at a press conference to announce a National Sensitisation Campaign against Corruption in Abuja on Monday. Although Mohammed did not disclose the authority for […]

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N34b: Why I didn’t appear in court, by Tompolo

A Leader of the defunct Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), Chief Government Ekpemupolo, has explained why he has not appeared in court on the alleged N34 billion fraud, for which an order of arrest was issued on him. Ekpemupolo, in an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari, said he has nothing […]

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MASSOB: Pro-Biafra protset turns Bloody in Aba, Abia State

The Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) and the Independent People of Biafra (IPOB) yesterday resumed the protest against the continued detention of their leader, Nnamdi Kanu, The Nation report. The protest which was announced on friday, turned bloody in Aba, Abia State, when protesters clashed with security men. Unconfirmed reports said about […]

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