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CBN (Central Bank of Nigeria), Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), National Politics, Raw Politics, Top Stories
Thursday, January 17th, 2013
BY EMEKA MAMAH, CLIFFORD NDUJIHE, OKEY NDIRIBE & DAPO AKINREFON LAGOS— CENTRAL Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, yesterday, turned his attention to ethno-religious groups in the country and urged the Federal Government to ban them as a way of curbing insecurity in the country. Sanusi made the suggestion at an inter-faith dinner […]
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CBN (Central Bank of Nigeria), National Politics, Top Stories
Thursday, January 10th, 2013
Former Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Prof Charles Soludo, was Thursday arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC). He was picked up from his Abuja residence, a source in EFCC confirmed to Vanguard. Vanguard gathered that Soludo’s arrest was in connection with the controversial contract he awarded for the printing of polymer […]
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Latest Politics, National Politics
Wednesday, January 9th, 2013
The Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on Tuesday confirmed The PUNCH’s story that the Federal Government’s subsidy account with the Central Bank of Nigeria was empty, blaming the situation on technical hitches in the documentation with the CBN. Okonjo-Iweala, while briefing journalists in Abuja, said the transfer of funds meant for fuel subsidy payments […]
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Biafra, Headlines, National Politics, Top Stories
Wednesday, December 26th, 2012
Late Biafra leader, Chief Chukwuemeka Odemegwu-Ojukwu and his wife, Bianca. The secret daughter ex-Biafran leader left behind was brought up by a prominent Muslim family in Kaduna. She lives among the Northern elite and detests any suggestion that links her with the former warlord. This is the extraordinary story of Ojukwu’s mystery daughter. Even in […]
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Bayelsa, Kaduna, National Politics, State News, Top Stories
Saturday, December 15th, 2012
A military helicopter has reportedly crashed near Yenegoa in Bayelsa State, Saturday evening. Governor Patrick Yakowa of Kaduna State, former national security adviser, NSA, General Owoeye Azazi were said to be in the naval aircraft at the time of the crash. Others in the ill-fated crash include a top politician from Kaduna state Dudas Tsoho, […]
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National Politics, Top Stories
Friday, December 14th, 2012
The mother of Nigeria’s Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has been released five days after she was kidnapped, Delta state governor Emmanuel Uduaghan has told the BBC. He said Kamene Okonjo, a retired professor, was dropped off on a main road near her home in southern Nigeria. Kidnapping is common in southern Nigeria, where it is […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), National Politics, Presidency, Top Stories
Friday, December 7th, 2012
Billions of naira of taxpayers’ money have been expended on the foreign trips of President Goodluck Jonathan despite his January promise to cut down on such trips. This newspaper’s findings show that the President and his entourage have spent not less than N3.354bn on foreign trips since 2010. Our correspondent learnt that in the first […]
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CBN (Central Bank of Nigeria), National Politics, Raw Politics, Top Stories
Thursday, December 6th, 2012
The Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Mallam Lamido Sanusi, on Wednesday fired back at those calling for his removal, saying they missed the point. The CBN governor said his removal would not change the political structure of the country which he said could not guarantee economic development in its current form. “So if you […]
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Biafra, National Politics, Top Stories
Friday, November 30th, 2012
… Recognises new daughter The will of the late Ikemba Nnewi, Chief Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, was on Friday presented to the family with his widow, Bianca, getting the lion’s share. The presentation by the Chief Registrar of the Enugu High Court, Mr. Dennis Ekoh, was witnessed by Bianca, Mr. Val Nwosu, Ojukwu’s first cousin, and Mr. […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), National Politics, Presidency, Top Stories, Uncategorized
Saturday, November 24th, 2012
Over N5tn in government funds have been stolen through fraud, embezzlement and theft since President Goodluck Jonathan assumed office on May 6, 2010, a SUNDAY PUNCH investigation has found. Our correspondents arrived at the stolen sum after poring over the reports of the various committees set up by the President to probe some sectors of […]
