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Africa & World Politics, Headlines, Top Stories
Thursday, April 6th, 2017
From: Louis Ibah About 50 Nigerians were, on Thursday, deported from various European countries for the violation of immigration laws and for drug related crimes. The deportees were brought into the country through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos with a chartered aircraft with flight number P6-6991. The countries that deported the Nigerians are: […]
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Latest Politics, National Politics, Presidency, Top Stories
Thursday, March 30th, 2017
esident Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday changed a plan by which he was due to return to London this weekend for another round of medical treatment, barely two weeks after his return from a hospital there. Instead, his doctors will be arriving on Friday to carry out further medical examination on him. Sources at the Presidency informed SaharaReporters […]
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American Politics, General Politics, Latest Politics, National Politics, Top Stories
Sunday, March 26th, 2017
New York – Amb. Hakeem Balogun, the Chargé d’affaires of the Embassy of Nigeria in Washington, says different reasons are responsible for the extreme vetting Nigerians face during entry into the US. Balogun, in an interview in Washington, added that the President Donald Trump’s travel ban did not affect Nigerians. “The executive ban on immigration […]
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Headlines, Religion, Top Stories, Women Politics
Monday, March 20th, 2017
By Onozure Dania Lagos—The Police yesterday arraigned a lady, Stephanie Otobo, 23, who claimed to have had affair with Apostle Johnson Suleiman, the President and founder of Omega Fire Ministry Worldwide before a Tinubu Magistrate’s court Lagos, over alleged intent to steal, and blackmail. Stephanie Otobo and Apostle Joshua Suleiman Otobo was charged alongside Wisdom […]
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Corruption Politics, Headlines, Top Stories
Tuesday, March 14th, 2017
Ramon Oladimeji An official of Fidelity Bank Plc, Mr. Timothy Olaobaju, on Monday, narrated how a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, stashed a sum of $115,010,000 in the bank with subsequent instructions to convert it to naira and be distributed among individuals in the 36 states of the federation. Among the […]
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General Politics, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), National Politics, Presidency, Top Stories
Friday, March 10th, 2017
President Buhari has returned to Nigeria, after 51 days of vacation in London, United Kingdom. Femi Adesina, the special adviser on media and publicity, said President Buhari’s plane landed in Kaduna well after 7.am today in Kaduna, debunking earlier reports that the President flew in at about 4.am. “We are now at the helipad at […]
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Corruption Politics, First Ladies, Latest Politics, Patience Jonathan, Top Stories, Women Politics
Tuesday, March 7th, 2017
Ramon Oladimeji A Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the freezing of multiple bank accounts linked to the wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience. The accounts, opened in the names of companies and an individual, had a cumulative balance of N7,418,829,290.94 (N7.4bn) and $429,381.87. The court presided over by Justice Mojisola Olatoregun […]
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Saturday, March 4th, 2017
Story Time with Baba. By Daud Olatunji ABEOKUTA – Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has disclosed that loss of values in the society and high rate of criminality and delinquencies amongst the youth forced him to write ‘Tortoise stories’ books . Obasanjo who spoke in Abeokuta at 2017 International Youth Variety Day and Public Presentation […]
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Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Presidency, Top Stories
Sunday, February 26th, 2017
Lekan Adetayo Family members, friends and senior government officials who attempted to call or pay visits to President Muhammadu Buhari in the United Kingdom are having a difficult time getting access. SUNDAY PUNCH can authoritatively report that four aides of the president control access to President Buhari, who is on extended medical vacation in […]
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Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics, Top Stories
Monday, February 20th, 2017
The Federal Government has directed the Nigerian High Commission and consulate in Pretoria and Johannesburg to investigate the xenophobic attacks on Nigerians in South Africa. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Sola Enikanolaiye, explained that the findings of the probe would be on his table this week. This was occasioned by the killing […]
