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Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Monday, August 15th, 2016
Chibok girls: Many killed, 40 married off, Boko Haram claims Chris Agbambu – Abuja with Agency Report Monday, August There was confusion on Sunday as the Boko Haram sect released a video showing that the abducted Chibok girls had been killed by air strikes launched by the Nigerian Air Force on their locations. The Abubakar […]
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Headlines, Lagos, Latest Politics, State News
Monday, August 15th, 2016
Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu Oyetunji Abioye The Oba of Lagos on Monday advised President Muhammadu Buhari to be civil in his approach to governance, saying he should realise that he is no longer a military man. Even as the monarch said former Goodluck Jonathan could not be totally blamed for the nation’s current economic […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Monday, August 15th, 2016
Chibok girls Niyi Odebode, Fidelis Soriwei, Olalekan Adetayo and Eniola Akinkuotu There were strong indications on Monday that the Federal Government was in a dilemma over the faction of the Boko Haram sect, it should hold talks with. The PUNCH gathered that the Federal Government had in the past four months been holding talks with members […]
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Corruption Politics, EFCC Politics, Latest Politics
Monday, August 15th, 2016

Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has declared billionaire businessman and Managing Director of Aiteo Group, Mr. Benedict Peters, wanted for his alleged role in the $115m (N23bn) bribe given to officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission by a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, during the build-up to the […]
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Latest Politics, Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS)
Monday, August 15th, 2016
Adelani Adepegba, Abuja The Federal Government has approved the review of the case of 2,000 applicants who were dismissed during recruitment training into the Nigeria Immigration Service in February, 2015. The applicants had on many occasions staged protests over their dismissal at the Ministry of Interior in Abuja, prompting the government to hold several meetings […]
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Economy, General Politics, Latest Politics
Wednesday, August 10th, 2016
LAGOS— EMINENT Nigerians, yesterday, called on President Muhammadu Buhari to urgently provide the right response to the current hardship across the country, lamenting that his ministers had performed below expectation. BuhariBuhari They warned that if appropriate answers were not provided within the shortest possible time, the country might experience a total economic collapse. While calling […]
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House, Latest Politics, Legislature
Wednesday, August 10th, 2016
By Emma Ovuakporie ABUJA—CHAIRMAN of the House of Representatives Committee on Public Petitions, Uzoma Nkem-Abonta, yesterday said more than 340 of the members of the House are in support of Speaker Yakubu Dogara, which renders attempts for his removal an impossibility. Yakubu Dogara Abonta also pointed out that the Speaker was human, and so could […]
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First Ladies, Hajiha Aisha Buhari, Latest Politics
Wednesday, August 10th, 2016
By Gabriel Enogholase THE Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu Support Group, has described the statement credited to the wife of the President, Mrs. Aisha Buhari to the effect that women’s support for the APC governorship candidate, Mr. Godwin Obaseki in the forthcoming election in the state was not negotiable as laughable. The group, in a statement in […]
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Corruption Politics, General Politics, Latest Politics, Top Stories
Tuesday, August 9th, 2016

The General Overseer of Latter Rain Assembly, Lagos, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has blamed materialism for the monumental corrupt practices in the country. The cleric, who spoke at the launch of a foundation to celebrate the 52nd birthday of the 2nd Vice President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Monday Onyekachi Ubani in Lagos, lamented that […]
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Latest Politics, National Politics, Sultan of Sokoto
Tuesday, August 9th, 2016

Review anti-people policies, Sultan tells FG — 10th August 2016 From Ndubuisi Orji and Basil Obasi, Abuja The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III yesterday appealed to the Federal Government to review policies and programmes that are not in the interest of the people, noting that if policies do not work, there was nothing […]