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Oyedokun Trying To Create Rift Between Jonathan And Obasanjo – Oyinlola
Former Osun State Governor Olagunsoye Oyinlola has accused a Peoples Democratic Party Board of Trustees’ member, Alhaji Shuaib Oyedokun of attempting to frustrate moves to reconcile aggrieved members...
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Reps seek to ease removal of President, VP
A bill to ease the process of impeaching a president and vice-president scaled the second reading yesterday in the House of Representatives. The debate on the bill was hot as members took divergent...
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Amaechi asks court to stop impeachment moves against him
PORT HARCOURT— JUSTICE George Omereji of a Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, has adjourned till June 18, to hear the suit by Governor Chibuike Amaechi, seeking to restrain the 32...
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CBN reacts to PREMIUM TIMES report on Governor Sanusi
The Central Bank of Nigeria has sent a rebuttal to PREMIUM TIMES faulting the paper’s report which accused its governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, of abuse of office. The full statement by the bank’s...
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Obasanjo now problem to Nigeria – N-Delta monarch
WARRI— FORMER National President of Traditional Rulers of Oil Minerals Producing Communities of Nigeria, TROMPCON, and Pere of Seimbiri Kingdom, in Delta State, HRM Charles Ayemi-Botu, yesterday,...
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First Bank shuts operations Thursday, reopens Monday
Customers of First Bank Limited may find it difficult to carry out some banking transactions from Thursday to Monday due to the decision to shut down the bank’s branches nationwide during the period....
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PDP chief accuses Alao-Akala of anti-party activities
A Peoples Democratic Party stalwart in Oyo State, Alhaji Rasheed Adebisi, has urged the party leadership to caution former Governor Adebayo Alao-Akala against engaging in anti-party activities. Adebisi...
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WAEC offers employment to wives of three employees killed by Boko Haram in Borno
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) on Tuesday in Lagos held a commendation service for three slain staff members, with a vow to keep alive their memories. The staff members killed during the...
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Gov Obi donates N220m to churches in two days
Governor Peter Obi of Anambra State has within the last two days handed over cheques totalling N220m to churches in the state to run their schools and hospitals. The governor on Wednesday gave a cheque...
View ArticleIllegal arms: Fawaz, 3 other Lebanese kept in custody
ABUJA—An Abuja Chief Magistrate Court sitting at Karu, yesterday, gave the Federal Government the nod to keep in the custody of the Department of State Service, DSS, four Lebanese, Mustapha Reda...
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US issues fresh travel alert on Nigeria
The United States has issued fresh travel alert on Nigeria, warning its citizens not to travel to North and nine other states in South. The US predicated the alert on the emergency rule in Yobe,...
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Emergency Rule: Don’t touch states, LG funds, Northern Senators urge Jonathan
ABUJA—BARELY three weeks after the 109 Senators took a position to back the declaration of State of Emergency in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe States by President Goodluck Jonathan, Northern Senators,...
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Babalakin asks court to quash N4.7bn fraud charges
The Chairman of Bi-Courtney Ltd., Wale Babalakin and his co-defendants on Wednesday asked a Lagos High Court, Ikeja to quash the N4.7bn charges preferred against them by the Economic and Financial...
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Lagos PDP tackles ACN over attack on Maku
The Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has described the comment of the spokesman for the state’s chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria, Joe Igbokwe, on the Minister of...
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Boko Haram proscription: It’s long overdue – CAN
ABUJA—The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, yesterday, hailed the Federal Government’s decision to proscribe Boko Haram and Ansaru Islamic fundamentalist sects, saying the action was long overdue....
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Boko Haram Ban: ACF, Northern Elders Caution FG Against Abuse Of Citizens’...
The apex northern socio-cultural organisation, the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), and the Northern Elders Forum yesterday cautioned the federal government about the proscription of Jamaatu Ahlis-Sunna...
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PDP ignores Rivers court ruling on Amaechi
The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has ignored the ruling of a River State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, restraining it from taking any further action against the...
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Lagos Senator, Gbenga Ashafa Lavishes Millions On Unilag Undergrad, Lamide
One of the popular politicians representing Lagos at the Upper Chamber of the National Assembly, Sen. Gbenga Ashafa is in a sizzling romance with a girl old enough to be his last daughter, and this...
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Russian President Putin, wife divorce
RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin and his wife Lyudmila announced their divorce Thursday after nearly 30 years of marriage. The Putins made the statement on state television after attending a ballet...
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“I Don’t Know Nigeria’s Unemployment Rate” – Labor Minister, Emeka Wogu
President Jonathan and Emeka Nwogu, Minister of Labour and Productivity. while at the the background job seekers scramble for few job opportunities. The second session of the 2013 ministerial platform...
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