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Presidential Library fullfilment of my vision, mission to collect vital civil war materials – Obasanjo

Xenophobia: Henry Okah, others attacked in South Africa prisons, says MEND

US tourists allege N125,000 extortion at Seme Border

Osinbajo directs oil companies to relocate headquarters to Niger-Delta

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Posted by admin Latest Politics Sunday, March 5th, 2017

By Anthony Ogbonna President Muhammadu Buhari, Sunday, called the Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo via telephone from London and felicitated with him on the occasion of his 80th birthday. In a statement made available to newsmen by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, Buhari recalled his days in the military with the […]

Posted by admin Latest Politics, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency Sunday, March 5th, 2017

By Leke Adeseri, South West Editor & Daud Olatunji …Obasanjo is helping Nigeria secure its future – Osinbajo In what can be described as an endorsement of former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s unmatched contributions to Nigeria’s history, Acting President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, yesterday said the former President, through the establishment […]

Posted by admin Africa, Headlines, Niger Delta Sunday, March 5th, 2017

-Punch Ovie Okpare The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta has called on the Nigerian parliamentary delegation to South Africa to extend its fact-finding mission to other Nigerians being kept in solitary confinement in various South Africa prisons. MEND said secret xenophobic attacks take place in South Africa prisons. It listed its […]

Posted by admin (NIS) Nigerian Immigration Service, American Politics, Headlines Sunday, March 5th, 2017

Mudiaga Affe, Calabar Two citizens of the United States of America on expedition to Nigeria on Thursday accused officials of the Nigeria Immigration Service of extorting N125,000 from them at the Seme Border in Lagos State despite having complete travel documents. The US citizens, who identified themselves as Dr Randy McKinney and Lana McKinney, […]

Posted by admin Headlines, Niger Delta, Oil Politics Sunday, March 5th, 2017

By Dennis Udoma UYO-Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has directed the International Oil Companies operating in the Niger-Delta region to relocate their headquarters to their States of operation to mitigate tension in host communities. Osinbajo, gave the directive at a Town Hall meeting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State capital on Thursday during continuation visit to […]

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