The House of Representatives’ ad hoc Committee on Rail Transport has summoned three former national chairmen of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to appear before it on Thursday over an alleged N1 trillion rail contracts scam. Those summoned are Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje, and Dr. Haliru Bello. The committee also invited Ambassador […]
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Six hundred days after the abduction of the 219 Chibok Secondary School girls by the Boko Haram terrorists, the Chibok Girls Ambassadors have called on President Muhammadu Buhari to ensure that the girls were rescued and united with their families to celebrate this year’s Christmas. The Chibok Girls Ambassadors comprising of primary and secondary school […]
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Organised labour in the country may embark on Industrial action over the decision of state governors decision to reduce the N18,000 minimum wage for civil servants. Already, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has urged the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to call their governors to order or be prepared […]
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The Department of State Services (DSS) said yesterday that it has arrested two out of its five personnel said to have carried out a robbery operation in which a Bureau De Change operator was robbed of N310 million. Similarly, the military authority also said it has arrested one Capt. Hussein Ishaku Mshelia, who was said […]
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The army announced yesterday that its men “have advanced deep” into the Sambisa forest in Borno State in the bid to deliver the final blow on Boko Haram. They are “clearing most of the camps therein, rescuing persons held captive, arresting some terrorists and destroying most of their weapons and equipment,” Acting Director Army Public […]
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The country home of the Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, in Ekeremor , Bayelsa State, was yesterday riddled with bullets by thugs in one of the several cases of violence during the governorship election. Lokpobiri who doubles as the Director-General of Sylva/Igiri Campaign Organisation, was inside the building, along […]
Read More The Department of State Services (DSS) yesterday raised a fresh alarm about covert plan by the terror sect, Boko Haram, to unleash mayhem on residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Boko Haram, according to the agency, has “continued to establish and operate sleeper cells whose (sole) mandates are to conduct surveillance and carry out […]
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•Four journalists escape death by the whiskers •Card reader fails to recognise Jonathan again; rejects Dickson, wife, mother The guns boomed yesterday in Bayelsa State as voters went to the polls to elect a new governor for the next four years. Five people laid dead by the time the guns went quiet. Four journalists covering […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alh. Yahaya Bello as the winner of the Kogi governorship election. INEC announced that APC polled 247,752 votes to defeat PDP who came second with 204,877 votes. The PDP candidate, Wada lost in his LGA in the supplementary poll.
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Governor Seriake Dickson, who voted at Unit 4, Ward 2 of his Toru-Orua hometown in Sagbama local government area of Bayelsa State at 3:45pm on Saturday, said he was not satisfied with the electoral process. He accused the Minister of State for Agriculture, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri and the Federal Government of manipulating the electoral process, […]
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Nigeria’s telecom regulator says it made a $500m (£330m) typing error when announcing a reduction in a massive fine imposed on Africa’s largest mobile operator, MTN. The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) initially said the $5.2bn fine had been reduced to $3.4bn. But NCC spokesman Tony Ojobo says the correct amount is $3.9bn (£2.5bn). The original […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has said he enlisted former President Olusegun Obasanjo to mediate in the political crisis in Guinea Bissau because of his wide political and military experience and strong commitment to the unity of Nigeria and Africa. He made the disclosure during an audience with the President of Guinea Bissau, Mr. Jose Mario Bavz, […]
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