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Tuesday, June 14th, 2016
I’m not a thief –Ex-petroleum minister, Alison-Madueke — 15th June 2016 Nigeria’s immediate past Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke has denied reports that she accumulated wealth by stealing from the public treasury. Mrs. Alison-Madueke made the denial yesterday while reacting to a story by a television channel, Al Jazeera, that she procured her Abuja […]
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Tuesday, June 14th, 2016
…shifts capital adequacy compliance date for banks Oyetunji Abioye The new flexible exchange rate policy will be released today (Wednesday), the Acting Director, Corporate Communications of the Central of Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Isaac Okoroafor, has said. The CBN’ Monetary Policy Committee had on May 24 risen from its bi-monthly meeting and announced plans to […]
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Latest Politics, National Politics, Top Stories
Thursday, June 9th, 2016
In what is the first roll-out of its N500billion social investment programmes, the Nigerian government is set to begin taking applications online for positions in the 500,000 direct teacher jobs scheme, through an internet portal namednpower.gov.ng. While the portal would be live on Saturday June 11, applications are expected to start coming in on June 12. Young […]
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Latest Politics, Legislature, Senate
Thursday, June 9th, 2016
FG presents names of Ambassadorial nominees to Senate — 9th June 2016 President Muhammadu Buhari has released the names of 47 ambassadorial nominees. The names were contained in a letter sent to the senate, and read on the floor of the upper legislative chamber by Senate President Bukola Saraki on Thursday. In the letter, the […]
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Thursday, June 9th, 2016
Mass sack: FG threatens to withdraw licence of GSM operators — 9th June 2016 Bimbola Oyesola Federal Government in Geneva threatened to withdraw operating license of banks or telecom operators who violated its order to put on hold the current mass sack in the two sectors. Speaking at the on-going 105th Session of the International […]
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EFCC Politics, Latest Politics
Wednesday, June 8th, 2016
-Punch Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Monday and Tuesday arrested key leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party in the North-East states of Borno, Adamawa, Yobe and Gombe. The arrests, it was learnt, were part of investigations into the $115m (N23bn) allegedly disbursed by a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. […]
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Tuesday, June 7th, 2016
No Change: Buhari flies to London for ear-infection treatment President Muhammadu Buhari advertisement Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari will on Monday begin a 10-day vacation to attend to an ear infection that has forced him to shelve some local and foreign trips lately. According to a statement on Sunday […]
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Monday, June 6th, 2016
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Monday said the Federal Government refrained from publishing names of those it recovered looted funds from in order not to jeopardise further investigations. According to a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mr. Laolu Akande, the Vice-President spoke during a meeting […]
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Corruption Politics, Latest Politics, National Politics, Presidency, Top Stories
Monday, June 6th, 2016
In an interview on “Bloomberg Surveillance,” former President Goodluck Jonathan admitted that he is being investigated for corruption. Former President Goodluck JonathanThe Trent Nigeria Mr. Jonathan revealed this while discussing the state of the Nigerian economy and the impact corruption has had on it. “Corruption has been routine since the collapse of the First Republic,” […]
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Friday, June 3rd, 2016
Olalekan Adetayo, Friday Olokor, Ade Adesomoju and Femi Asu Some legal practitioners and economists have expressed support for the refusal of President Muhammadu Buhari to unveil the names of looters and the amount of looted assets so far recovered. The President, had, in an interview in London, while attending the anti-corruption summit organised by British […]
