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Latest Politics, Oil Politics, Raw Politics
Thursday, August 20th, 2015
Group Managing Director, NNPC, Dr. Emmanuel Kachikwu ADVERTISEMENT The fixing of petroleum products’ prices is denying the country investment in the downstream sector of the oil and gas industry and depriving Nigerians certain benefits from the country’s petroleum resources, industry stakeholders said on Thursday. The Federal Government currently regulates the prices of […]
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Latest Politics
Thursday, August 20th, 2015
Mr. Buruji Kashamu The Federal Government has not appealed against the ruling of Justice Gabriel Kolawole of the Federal High Court in Abuja, which dismissed a suit seeking the extradition of the Ogun-East Senator, Buruji Kashamu, to the United States of America to face illicit drug charge, findings by our correspondent have shown. […]
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Latest Politics, National Politics, Top Stories
Thursday, August 20th, 2015

Nuhu Ribadu | credits: thewillnigeria.com A former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr. Nuhu Ribadu, on Wednesday alleged that a lot of investments being done in the country were from funds earned through illegal activities. He also identified illicit financial activities such as terrorism financing and money laundering as a major challenge […]
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Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics
Thursday, August 20th, 2015
he Nigerian embassy in Delhi, India, has written to the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs to see the two Nigerians that were arrested in Punjab recently while on their way to Pakistan, allegedly to join the Islamic State terrorist group. The two youths from Kano, identified as Imran Kabeer and Sani Jamiliu, are currently being […]
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Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics
Thursday, August 20th, 2015
By Ronald Mutum, Francis Okeke and Joshua Odeyemi President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered an investigation into how an Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) leader secured a valid Nigerian visa in Lebanon, Daily Trust learnt yesterday. Imam Ahmed Al-Assir, who was sentenced to death in absentia and had been on the run since 2013, […]
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House, Latest Politics, Legislature, Sokoto, State News
Tuesday, August 11th, 2015
By Our Reporter on August 11, 2015 National From Tunde Omolehin, Sokoto Sokoto State governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has said his unflinching support for the Speaker, House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, was not based on sentiment and personal relations. The former Speaker said he supported the Dogara project against the candidature of his main […]
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General Politics, Latest Politics, Top Stories
Tuesday, August 11th, 2015

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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]