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General Politics, Latest Politics, Ministries, Oil Politics, Top Stories
Wednesday, October 14th, 2015
By Emeka Anaeto, Economy Editor, with agency report There is an indication that the Presidency has reversed itself on the petroleum ministerial position. The portfolio will now have no minister, while a ministerial nominee in the person of Emmanuel Kachikwu, current Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, would be Minister of State for […]
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Latest Politics, Legislature, Senate
Sunday, October 11th, 2015
By Clifford Ndujihe & Dapo Akinrefon NATIONAL Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, yesterday, lambasted Senate President, Bukola Saraki, describing him as an indisciplined, disloyal and member of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in soul. Tinubu spoke yesterday while denying media reports (not Vanguard) that he was conspiring with Senate President […]
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Tuesday, October 6th, 2015
Ministers nominated by President Muhammadu Buhari The names announced ministerial nominees read out by the Senate President are: 1. Rotimi Amaechi 2. Babatunde Fashola 3. Adebayo Shittu 4. Audu Ogbeh 5. Kayode Fayemi 6. Chris Ngige 7. Amina Ibrahim 8. Kemi Adeosun 9. Lai Mohammed 10.Ogbonnaya Onu 11. Ibe Kachikwu 12.Aisha Alhassan 13. Hadi Sirika […]
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American Politics, Latest Politics, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), National Politics, Presidency, Top Stories
Monday, October 5th, 2015
The Federal Government has signed a $2.3bn assistance agreement aimed at fighting extreme poverty with the United States Agency for International Development. The Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Laolu Akande, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday. Akande said the agreement would help the government to combat extreme […]
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Monday, October 5th, 2015
Nigeria ex-minister’s cash seized A court in London has approved the seizure of cash from Nigeria’s former oil minister Alison Diezani-Madueke, reports BBC Africa’s Sam Piranty. The amount seized from the former minister is about $41,000 (£27,000), following an application brought by the UK’s National Crime Agency under the Proceeds of Crime Act. The court […]
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Latest Politics, Niger Delta
Sunday, October 4th, 2015
-Vanguard Former Niger Delta militant leaders, have declared that the December 2015 termination deadline set by President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration for the amnesty programme is not feasible. The ex-militant leaders, under the aegis of the Leadership, Peace and Cultural Development Initiative, therefore, demanded an extension of the programme. The group made the declaration in Yenagoa, […]
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Saturday, October 3rd, 2015
Former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke The British National Crime Agency has dispatched a team of detectives to Nigeria who are now working with the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to probe Diezani Alison-Madueke, Nigeria’s former Petroleum Minister, during the administration of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan. Findings by SUNDAY PUNCH revealed […]
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Friday, October 2nd, 2015
The immediate past Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, was on Friday arrested in the UK National Crime Agency, PREMIUM TIMES can exclusively and authoritatively report. The former minister, who was one of the most powerful officials of the President Goodluck Jonathan administration, was arrested Friday morning alongside four other people by the British law […]
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Headlines, Latest Politics, Legislature, Senate
Thursday, October 1st, 2015
-Punch The Senate will on Wednesday decide the procedure for screening ministerial nominees submitted to it by President Muhammadu Buhari. The Senate Leader, Ali Ndume, who said this in an exclusive interview with one of our correspondents on Thursday in Abuja, assured Nigerians that the screening of ministerial nominees would not be delayed by the […]
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Thursday, October 1st, 2015
-Punch Former President Goodluck Jonathan Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai, has hailed President Muhammadu Buhari for budgeting N70m for the Independence Day anniversary. El-Rufai noted in a Facebook post on Thursday that under former President Goodluck Jonathan, the Federal Government spent billions every year on Independence Day. He noted that between 2011 and 2014, […]
