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Trial of looters begins soon – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday said the prosecution of persons found to have stolen national resources would begin in a matter of weeks. A statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, quoted the President as speaking while granting audience to members of the National Peace Committee led by […]

[UPATED] Abdusalami panel meets Buhari, advocates fairness in anti-graft war

Posted by admin Abdulsalaami Abubakar (1998-99), General Politics, Latest Politics, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Presidency, Top Stories Tuesday, August 11th, 2015

A former military Head of State, Gen. Abdusalami Abubakar | credits: File copy Members of the National Peace Committee for the 2015 General Elections led by a former Head of State, Gen. Abdusalami Abubakar (retd.), on Tuesday met with President Muhammadu Buhari with an appeal to him to ensure that his administration follows due […]

Terrorism: NIS bars 4,916 from travelling abroad

Posted by admin Latest Politics Tuesday, August 11th, 2015

Comptroller General, Nigeria Immigration Service, David Shikfu Parradang | credits: http://www.immigration.gov.ng The Nigeria Immigration Service said it barred no fewer than 4,916 Nigerians from travelling out of the country between January and March, 2015. The Nigerians were suspected to be on their way to join international terrorist organisations, including the Islamic State of Syria […]

Opinion: The randy UNILAG lecturer

Posted by admin Headlines Tuesday, August 11th, 2015

Bayo Olupohunda Before I begin my thought today, let me sound a caveat that neither the title of today’s piece nor the views I am going to express subsequently should be construed as an indictment of the University of Lagos lecturer at the centre of an alleged rape case. I strongly believe that accused persons […]

Ribadu later realised Obasanjo was using him –Soyinka

Posted by admin Headlines, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency, Wole Soyinka Tuesday, August 11th, 2015

Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka | credits: File copy Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, said that former President Goodluck Jonathan was becoming authoritarian while in office. Soyinka also said that the pioneer Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu admitted to him in the UK that he (Ribadu) realised late that […]

Buhari orders ministry to reunite IDPs with families

Posted by admin Headlines, State News Tuesday, August 11th, 2015

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday directed the Ministry of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs, to intensify efforts to re-unite families whose members are currently scattered in different camps for Internally Displaced Persons as a result of activities of the Boko Haram sect. This was just as the authorities of the Ministry of the Federal Capital […]

Nigeria to establish weapons factory, says President Buhari

Posted by admin Armed Forces, Headlines Saturday, August 8th, 2015

Nigeria is going to establish a domestic weapons factory in an effort to cut its dependence on imported arms, President Muhammadu Buhari has said. The defence ministry had been told to develop plans for a “modest military industrial complex,” the president, who came to power in May, said Nigeria has been battling the militant Islamist […]

NNPC: Kachikwu redeploys GGM crude oil marketing

Posted by admin Headlines, Oil Politics Saturday, August 8th, 2015

Group Managing Director, NNPC, Dr. Emmanuel Kachikwu ADVERTISEMENT The restructuring at the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation continued on Friday as the oil firm’s new Group Managing Director, Dr. Emmanuel Kachikwu, redeployed the Group General Manager, Crude Oil Marketing Division, Mr. Gbenga Komolafe. Komolafe, according to the NNPC, is to now serve as the […]

Buhari, Obasanjo meet in Aso Villa

Posted by admin Latest Politics, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency Saturday, August 8th, 2015

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Friday evening visited President Muhammadu Buhari inside the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The two leaders met for a few minutes behind closed-doors inside the official residence of the President. Obasanjo, decked in blue Agbada and a cap to match, arrived at the premises after the day’s work when the President had […]

US yet to give Buhari oil thieves’ list

Posted by admin American Politics, General Politics, Latest Politics, Top Stories Saturday, August 8th, 2015

President Muhammadu Buhari ADVERTISEMENT The United States has yet to give the list of oil thieves to President Muhammadu Buhari, findings by our correspondents have shown. Saturday PUNCH learnt on Friday that during Buhari’s visit to Washington in July, 2015, the United States did not give any list. Sources at the US embassy […]