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Angry reactions trail Clark’s letter to OBJ

The open letter of Elderstates man and Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin Kiagbodo Clark, to former President Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday, opened a can of worms in the polity. Eminent Nigerians who reacted to...

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Again, Nwabueze Asks Jonathan to Shelve 2015 Ambition

Renowned Constitutional Lawyer and respected Igbo Leader, Prof Ben Nwabueze Wednesday in Enugu reaffirmed his last year’s advice to President Goodluck Jonathan to jettison his rumoured bid to seek  a...

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Okonjo-Iweala Raises Alarm over Alleged Doctored Video

By Ndubuisi Francis The Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has raised the alarm over an alleged doctored video of her last appearance before the...

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“President Jonathan Has Brought Light to Nigeria” — Reuben Abati

In an exclusive interview with SaharaTV on Saturday, Jan. 4, 2014, Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to President Goodluck Jonathan Dr. Reuben Abati opened up about the future of Nigeria under the...

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Ekiti guber poll: Police warn politicians

From EMMANUEL ADEYEMI, Lokoja The Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) in charge of Zone 8, Mr. Christopher Dega, has warned politicians in Ekiti State to conduct themselves within the ambit of...

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Nigeria, UK to sign prisoner transfer agreement on today

Nigeria and the UK will today in Abuja sign the Prisoner Transfer Agreement (PTA) , a senior official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed. Spokesman of the ministry, Ogbole Ode, said the...

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We are not training snipers – IGP

NATIONAL MIRROR – The Inspector General of Police, IGP, Mohammed Abubakar, has refuted claim that the Presidency is using the Force to train snipers ahead of the 2015 polls, saying the police as an...

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Chidi Lloyd released on bail

Okafor Ofiebor/pm news The Nigerian Police Command in Rivers State has released the Leader of the House of Assembly, Chidi Lloyd after spending six days in detention over a fatal traffic accident that...

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Kwankwaso: Jonathan Does not Have the Capacity to Deliver

Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso of Kano State has said Nigeria is drifting towards calamity because the serving president lacks the competence and courage to manage the affairs of the country appropriately....

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Lagos-Ibadan Expressway to be completed on schedule —FG

THE Federal Government has assured that adequate financial arrangement has been put in place to ensure that the reconstruction work on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway is completed on schedule. It disclosed...

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Controversial House Video: PREMIUM TIMES replies Okonjo-Iweala

“Our attention has been drawn to a statement by the Finance Minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, through her spokesperson, Paul Nwabuikwu, accusing us of uploading a ‘doctored video’ of what transpired...

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AGAIN!! Femi Fani Kayode Fires Stella Oduah, Calls Her Vampire Minister

It is no longer new that the Minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah is swimming in another scandal. This time, she allegedly forged her Master’s Degree which she claimed she got from a University in...

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EXPOSED: How Nigerian presidents loot oil revenue through NNPC

NEWS EXPRESS – The lid was this morning lifted on one of Nigeria’s best kept secrets: How the country’s successive presidents spend crude oil revenues at will and without accounting to anyone. A former...

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Don’t force Sanusi out- APC warns Jonathan

The All Progressives.Congress (APC) has advised President Goodluck Jonathan to tread softly on his reported plan to force the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Malam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi,...

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2015: Is Jonathan Running Or Not?

The 2015 general elections are getting closer, and President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has expectedly been employed several tricks to create some bubbles around his ambition. To some people, he will not...

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38 Boko Haram suspects killed in Borno

The military said yesterday that they had killed as many as 38 Boko Haram fighters during counter-insurgency operations in Borno State. Army spokesman Colonel Muhammad Dole said troops on patrol foiled...

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Jonathan, ECOWAS Leaders to Meet with Japanese PM in Abidjan

Jaiyeola Andrews   President Goodluck Jonathan will travel to Abidjan, Cote D’Ivoire capital, today to attend a meeting of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Heads of State and...

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I’m not anti-North – Jonathan

AGAINST the rumbling and defections from the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), President Goodluck Jonathan, on Thursday assured members of the party that they have nothing to worry about as its...

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2015 elections: Reps promise adequate funding for INEC

The House of Representatives has promised adequate funding for the Independent Electoral Commission, INEC, in the 2014 budget. The Chairman, House Committee on Rules and Business, Albert Tsokwa...

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Ibori, others may complete jail terms in Nigeria

Nigeria and the United Kingdom (UK) have signed a Prisoners Transfer Agreement (PTA) to pave way for the repatriation of some of the 521 Nigerians serving jail terms in the UK. A top government source...

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