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Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics, National Politics, Top Stories
Friday, April 1st, 2016
British govt: Those with no right to stay should leave From Fred Itua, Abuja A Nigerian-British politician and activist, Professor Alexia Thomas has raised the alarm over what he described as underreported deaths and mass burial of Nigerian and other African immigrants in the United Kingdom. In an exclusive interview with Daily Sun, Professor […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), National Politics, Presidency, Top Stories
Sunday, March 27th, 2016
Pressure mounts on Buhari to arrest Jonathan — 27th March 2016 …Nigerians divided By Chidi Obineche THE ongoing investigations of former President Goodluck Jonathan’s aides and calls for his probe may have stirred unease across the nation, especially within the camp of the former president, fuelling speculations that agents of the Economic and Financial Crimes […]
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EFCC Politics, Judiciary, Latest Politics, Legislature, National Politics, Nigerian Police, Raw Politics, Senate, Top Stories
Thursday, March 24th, 2016
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA— Abuja Division of the Federal High Court has restrained the Senate and the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Solomon Arase, from arresting the former Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ibrahim Lamorde, over his alleged complicity in N1 trillion fraud. Justice Gabriel Kolawole issued the order on the basis […]
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Latest Politics, Legislature, National Politics, Senate, Top Stories
Thursday, March 17th, 2016
Saraki: FG may drop charges on foreign accounts — 17th March 2016 There may be a new twist to the on-going prosecution of Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki by the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) as the Federal Government is considering dropping or amending two of the 13 charges preferred against him. The planned move, […]
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Headlines, National Politics, Rivers, State News, Top Stories
Monday, March 14th, 2016
The Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress in Ondo State, Abayomi Adesanya, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to declare a state of emergency in Rivers State. Adesanya said a state of emergency was necessary in order to forestall political violence and the breakdown of law and order in the state. The APC chieftain, in […]
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Air Force, Armed Forces, EFCC Politics, Latest Politics, National Politics, Top Stories
Sunday, March 6th, 2016
Immediate past Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh (retd.) 29198 Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has recovered $1m cash from one of the houses belonging to the immediate past Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh(retd.), The PUNCH has learnt. Our correspondent learnt the money was […]
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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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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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EFCC Politics, Governors, Latest Politics, National Politics, Raw Politics, Top Stories, Women Politics
Monday, February 8th, 2016
The Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu on Monday, disclosed that the agency had commenced investigation of the former Finance Minister and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Dr Ngozi Okonjo- Iweala, the former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Allison-Madueke and a close associate of the former Petroleum Minister, Kola Aluko. The EFCC […]
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Headlines, National Politics, Top Stories
Sunday, January 31st, 2016
Nigerians have expressed outrage at the Economist for labeling the country’s past president, Goodluck Jonathan, as an ‘ineffectual buffoon.’ In an article titled “Crude Tactics: Cheap oil is causing a currency crisis in Nigeria. Banning imports is no solution”, published in The Economist last Thursday, the magazine, while analysing the economic policies of President Muhammadu […]
