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$321m loot: FEC okays MoU with Switzerland

Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja The Federal Executive Council on Wednesday approved a Memorandum of Understanding between Nigeria and Switzerland that would lead to the repatriation of $321m stolen fund to the...

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I won’t be used to frustrate Diezani’s UK trial – Judge

Oladimeji Ramon The Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday rejected an application by a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, seeking to be joined as a defendant in a...

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I was pressurised to influence FUNAAB VC’s appointment – Obasanjo

Samuel Awoyinfa, Abeokuta Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said that some unnamed persons pressurised him to influence the emergence of a certain candidate for the position of the...

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Grazing bill, plot to colonise South-East, says MASSOB

Chukwudi Akasike, Port Harcourt The Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra has described the National Grazing Reserve Bill as a plot to colonise the eastern part of Nigeria....

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PDP chairmanship aspirants fail to reach consensus

Olusola Fabiyi and John Ameh, Abuja Candidates jostling for the position of the national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party met in Abuja on Monday night. However, the candidates failed to reach...

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Senate excludes Kano, Plateau from N’East commission

Leke Baiyewu, Abuja Members of the Senate on Wednesday demanded development commissions for their respective geopolitical zones. The demands were made during the debate on a motion moved by Senator...

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Misau: IG shuns Senate, lawmakers threaten arrest

Leke Baiyewu, Abuja The Inspector General of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Idris, on Wednesday failed to appear before the Senate committee probing into allegations made against him by the lawmaker representing...

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Masterminds of Ozubulu killings in S’African prison —Police

Tony Okafor, Awka Two Nigerian-born South African prisoners have been fingered in the killing of worshippers at St. Philip’s Catholic Church, Ozubulu, Ekwusigo Local Government Area of Anambra State,...

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I’m unhappy Salami rejected anti-graft job – CJN

Ade Adesomoju, Abuja The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, on Wednesday expressed regret over the sudden resignation of a former President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Ayo Salami,...

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Dasuki claims memory loss, courts insists Jonathan must appear

Ade Adesomoju, Abuja The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday struck out an application by former President Goodluck Jonathan seeking an order setting aside the subpoena issued on him to appear in...

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Ekwueme still in coma, Enugu may fly ex-VP abroad

Ihuoma Chiedozie, Enugu Indications emerged on Wednesday that the Enugu State Government has made arrangements to fly a former Vice-President, Dr. Alex Ekwueme, out of the country for medical...

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Cabal bought houses abroad in my name —Magu

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has raised the alarm over an alleged plot to frame its Acting Chairman, Mr. Ibrahim Magu, with ownership of assets abroad. The spokesman for the commission,...

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Leaked memo: Buhari summons Kyari, Oyo-Ita after FEC clash

•Reps invite AGF, HoS John Ameh, Olusola Fabiyi, Olalekan Adetayo, Olaleye Aluko and Peter Dada President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday summoned his Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari, and the Head of the...

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FG files six charges against fleeing Maina

Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja The Federal Government has filed six counts against the embattled former Chairman of the Pension Reforms Commission,  Abdulrasheed Maina. The charges, filed before a Chief...

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New York attacker should be put to death, says Trump

US President Donald Trump called Wednesday for the man charged with carrying out a New York City truck rampage that killed eight people to be put to death. “NYC terrorist was happy as he asked to hang...

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N13bn Ikoyi cash: EFCC invites Oke, wife, NIA officials

Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja The Economic and Financial Crimes has invited the immediate past Director General of the National Intelligence Agency, Ambassador Ayodele Oke, and his wife, Folasade, over the...

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Buhari, Dogara, Akeredolu mourn as Tinubu’s first son dies

Olalekan Adetayo, Eniola Akinkuotu and Oladimeji Ramon The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday lost his eldest son, Babajide, to a heart-related ailment....

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Catalan separatist leaders arrive in court, but not Puigdemont

Catalan separatists, including the region’s deposed vice-president, arrived in two Madrid courts on Thursday for questioning but former leader Carles Puigdemont was conspicuously absent. Of the 14...

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Benue women march in support of grazing law

Benue women marched round Major roads in the capital city in support of the new law prohibiting open grazing in the state. The law took effect on Wednesday, November, 1st, 2017. Details later…

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EFCC will hunt human traffickers – Magu

Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr Ibrahim Magu, has expressed the commission’s resolve to go after human traffickers. Magu said this when a delegation from the...

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