The Director, Centre for American Studies University of Nigeria, Nsukka Professor Jona Onuoha has given an insight on what he believes was the reason why former American President Barrack Obama meddled in 2015 general election in Nigeria against former President Goodluck Jonathan. Prof. Onuoha in an interactive forum with journalists in Nsukka said the immediate […]
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Members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, party from Kano, Katsina and Kaduna states who have defected to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, have said that electing Muhammadu Buhari as Nigeria’s president in 2015 was a huge mistake. Meanwhile, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says Nigerians are eager to elect its Presidential candidate, Atiku […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has said that he would continue to hold the former President of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, in high esteem because he (Jonathan) conceded defeat at the 2015 presidential election. President Buhari made the statement on Thursday night when he hosted members of the Kannywood entertainment industry to a dinner at the Presidential Villa, […]
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The Economic and Financial Commission (EFCC) Friday said that some named some top officers of the Nigerian Police Force and civil servants who allegedly benefited from a bribe scandal totaling $115m doled out by former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke. The purpose of the bribe, offered in cash disbursements, was apparently to enlist the […]
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday urged Justice Mohammed Idris of the Federal High Court in Lagos to withdraw from the trial of two Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) employees accused of receiving bribe. Christian Nwosu and Tijani Inda Bashir were accused of receiving N30 million bribe from former Petroleum Minister Mrs. Diezani […]
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The United Kingdom has denied an allegation by Jonathan that it supported President Muhammadu Buhari during the 2015 presidential election. The UK High Commission, in a statement on Saturday by its Press and Public Affairs Officer, Joe Abuku, said the 2015 elections were a credit to Nigerians. It said, “Prior to the 2015 elections in […]
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Nigeria former President Goodluck Jonathan has dismissed claims by respondents in a book written by the Chairman of the Editorial Board of ThisDay, Mr. Segun Adeniyi. Jonathan, who stated this in his twitter handle on Saturday, faulted claims by respondents in the book, “Against the Run of Play.” He said many of those that responded […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday said some of its staff accused of benefit-ting from a N3.4 billion bribe money in the 2015 general elections have refunded their share. The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmud Yakubu, disclosed this when he visited the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Ibrahim […]
Read More Nigeria’s Federal High Court on Wednesday charged a former oil minister with money-laundering in an election bribery scandal over efforts to ensure former President Goodluck Jonathan won the 2015 election. Diezani Allison-Madueke is the first minister from Jonathan’s Cabinet to be formally charged. Prosecutors allege that she paid bribes totaling 264 million naira (nearly $1.4 […]
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has submitted an official report to the Independent National Electoral Commission on the 100 electoral officials who allegedly received part of the $115m (N23bn) disbursed on the instruction of a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, during the build-up to the 2015 presidential election. Sources within the EFCC […]
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Former Governor of Imo State, Achike Udenwa has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission arrested, for allegedly receiving N350m from the Director of Finance of the Goodluck Jonathan Campaign Organisation, Senator Nenadi Usman, during the build-up to the 2015 presidential elections. The money was said to have been part of the N4bn […]
Read More As part of the ongoing probe and preparation for the arraignment of a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, some investigators from the United Kingdom have visited Nigeria to gather evidence. According to The Nation, The ex-minister is under investigation over the missing $20billion oil cash, phoney crude oil lifting contracts, $115million poll […]
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