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Enugu, Headlines, State News
Wednesday, December 20th, 2017
— 20th December 2017 …As banks hurry to make payment The Enugu State Internal Revenue Service in the early hours of Wednesday sealed up five hotels in a bid to recover the N6.6 billion owed the state government in taxes by companies and organisations doing business in the state. The five hotels that were affected […]
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All Peoples' Congress (APC), Headlines, House, Legislature, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP)
Wednesday, December 20th, 2017
— 20th December 2017 From Ndubuisi Orji, Abuja House of Representatives members elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) staged a walkout from the plenary yesterday following the defection of Nnanna Igbokwe to the All Progressives Congress (APC). They were joined by their colleagues elected on the platform of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Wednesday, December 20th, 2017
— 19th December 2017 The Managing Director, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Ms Christine Lagarde, says by 2030, over half of new workers entering the global labour force will come from Africa. A statement obtained from the Economic Commission for Africa’s (ECA) website on Tuesday said Lagarde made the prediction at a special event hosted by […]
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Latest Politics
Tuesday, December 19th, 2017
— 20th December 2017 From Laide Raheem, Abeokuta President Muhammadu Buhari has charged Muslim clerics and Islamic religious leaders in the country to preach against the evils of corruption in their mosques. The president equally urged them to pray for the survival of the country, just as they prayed for his recovery when he was sick. […]
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Benue, EFCC Politics, Latest Politics, National Politics, State News
Tuesday, December 19th, 2017

Former Senate President, David Mark, has described accusations by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) that he purchased his Apo residence illegally as spurious, contrived and baseless. Mark said, yesterday, that the EFCC, or any other agent of government were chasing shadows because the property was duly offered for sale, bided for, and he purchased […]
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EFCC Politics, Headlines, Top Stories
Tuesday, December 19th, 2017

The chief executive of Innoson Technical Manufacturing Company, Enugu, Chief Innocent Chukwuma was yesterday arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged undisclosed financial deals. Chukwuma was arrested at about 11-30am from his Government Reserved Areas (GRA), Enugu residence by armed police officers after an initial resistance mounted by him […]
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General Politics, Latest Politics, Legislature, Senate
Tuesday, December 12th, 2017

— 12th December 2017 From: Agaju Madugba, Katsina Senate President Bukola Saraki has described the on-going national discourse on restructuring as triviality in the face of overwhelming socio-economic problems plaguing the country along with endemic poverty especially in the North. “My idea of restructuring is when we work towards economic development in every part of […]
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Bayelsa, Headlines, State News
Tuesday, December 12th, 2017
— 12th December 2017 …As trailer crushes woman to death, injures 15 others From: Femi Folaranmi, Yenagoa Less than 72 hours after a reporter with the African Independent Television(AIT) Miss Onisofie Owei survived after she was attacked and shot in Yenagoa, a former Commissioner, Mr. Ayakeme Masa has been shot dead by suspected gunmen. Masa, […]
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Corruption Politics, Latest Politics, Legislature, National Politics, Senate, Top Stories
Tuesday, December 12th, 2017

BREAKING: Appeal Court orders retrial of Saraki on 3 charges — 12th December 2017 From: Segun Adio The Court of Appeal has ordered the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) to conduct a retrial of Senate President Bukola Saraki on three of the 18 count amended charges on false declaration of assets brought against him by […]
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Budget, Latest Politics
Tuesday, December 12th, 2017
— 12th December 2017 The Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, has disclosed that funds so far released by the Federal Government for capital projects in the current fiscal year now stand at N1.2 trillion. She said N750 billion was made available for capital project recently, in addition to N450 billion earlier released in the year. […]