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Latest Politics, National Politics, Top Stories
Saturday, February 20th, 2016
-Vanguard Dollar scarcity: Parents of overseas students weep in banks Fisayo Falodi, Success Nwogu, Jesusegun Alagbe, Demola Olonilua and Armstrong Bakam As dollar scarcity worsens in Nigeria, parents who have children schooling abroad have taken their frustrations to banks, with some of them weeping openly, as Saturday PUNCH observed. Investigations by our correspondents […]
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Thursday, February 18th, 2016
By Levinus Nwabughiogu ABUJA — It was nothing short of a melodrama at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, yesterday, between State House correspondents and the Federal Government over the many foreign trips of President Muhammadu Buhari during a press briefing. Lai Mohammed, the Minister of Information, who justified the trips, said they were necessary to bring […]
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EFCC Politics, Latest Politics, Raw Politics
Wednesday, February 17th, 2016
EFCC re-arraigns Dokpesi over ‘N2.1bn fraud’ The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has re-arraigned The Founder and former Chairman of DAAR Communications PLc, Chief Raymond Dokpesi, before Justice John Tsoho of the Federal High Court, Abuja. Dokpesi was first arraigned before Justice Gabriel Kolawole of the same court in December 2015. On Wednesday, he pleaded […]
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General Politics, House, Latest Politics, Legislature, National Politics, Oil Politics, Top Stories
Tuesday, February 16th, 2016
$24bn crude oil swap deal has no contract –Reps From Kemi Yesufu, Abuja The House of Representatives Ad-hoc committee investigating $24 billion crude oil swap, yesterday, heard how there was no official contract for the deal between Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Duke Oil and Transfigura, another oil company. Indications emerged from the Hon. Zakari […]
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Latest Politics, Oil Politics
Tuesday, February 16th, 2016
Nigeria relied too long on oil –Buhari • Calls for international support to resettle IDPS From Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, Abuja Before a team of British parliamentarians, President Muhammadu Buhari conceded that Nigeria relied too long on oil as a single source of revenue. He, however, assured Britain that his administration would rebuild Nigeria, adding that he […]
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General Politics, Latest Politics, Legislature, Raw Politics, Senate, Top Stories
Saturday, February 13th, 2016
The Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, and the authorities of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on Saturday agreed with the Senate to halt the alleged abduction of the senator representing Ogun East Senatorial District, Buruji Kashamu, to the United States. Kashamu had alleged penultimate week that the anti drug agency was conniving with […]
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Saturday, February 13th, 2016
Fraudulent federal civil servants may have defrauded the Federal Government of more than N5bn annually, estimates made by SUNDAY PUNCH have shown. The minimum wage of a government worker is N18,000. This means that a worker earns a basic salary of N216,000 annually, excluding allowances. The Federal Government has concluded plans to probe no fewer […]
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Saturday, February 13th, 2016
Lt. Gen Theophilus Danjuma on Saturday said he was the third person on the list of those marked for assassination during the failed 13 February, 1976 coup d’état that claimed the life of the then Head-of-State, Gen. Murtala Muhammed, and many others. He said this at the Murtala Muhammed 40th Memorial Lecture held at the […]
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Budget, Latest Politics
Saturday, February 13th, 2016
By Omoniyi Salaudeen THE much awaited 2016 appropriation bill before the National Assembly may take a little longer than expected to be passed into law in view of the latest development arising from the debate of the document by the lawmakers. This time around, the issue is about the discrepancies in the figures contained in […]
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Latest Politics, Murtala Ramat Muhammed (1975-76), Presidency
Friday, February 12th, 2016
By Peter Okutu 40 years ago, after the calamitous coup failed, Lt. Colonel Buka Dimka who played a leading role in the events of February 13, 1976 sought refuge in the arms of an old girlfriend in Afikpo in the then Anambra State. An indigene of the town, Chief Jasper Okoro, a native of Afikpo […]
