2019: No automatic ticket, Buhari will follow due process, says Tinubu
All Progressives Congress (APC) stalwart Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu said yesterday that President Muhammadu Buhari’s nomination for second term will follow the due
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Apple sells MekaMons, robots developed by a Nigerian, Adekunle
A budding Nigerian robotic, Silas Adekunle is on the verge of breaking into the Millionaire group as Apple Stores in the United States
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Drama as DSS operatives stop EFCC from arresting ex-DG, Oke
Officials of the Department of State Services and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission were involved in a showdown for over 13 hours
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NNPC completes 539km of gas pipelines
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation on Tuesday said it had so far completed 500 kilometres of gas pipelines between 2010 to date as
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Rumble in PDP over the race for chairman
Leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) remain divided ahead of the party’s December 9 convention. The convention, which is billed as the panacea for
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Army raids militant camp in Rivers State, recovers decomposing human skulls and ammunition
The Nigerian Army says it recovered from militant camp in Omoko, Ogba-Egbema-Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers, cache of arms and seven decomposed
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Buhari congratulates Obiano, promises Nigerians credible elections
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday promised to give Nigeria free and fair elections, no matter which way the results swing. Buhari made the
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BREAKING: Kaduna Education Commissioner, Prof. Nok, dies
The Kaduna State Commissioner for Education, Prof. Jonathan Andrew Nok, is dead. He was born on 11 February 1962 and hailed from Nok
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Nigeria floats $3bn bond to fund budgetary expenditures
The Federal Government has floated the much awaited US$3 billion dual series bond to fund approved budgetary expenditures. A statement from the Federal Ministry of
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Buratai should produce Kanu in court not me says Abaribe
The Senator representing Abia South, Eyinnaya Abaribe, has accused the Chief of Army, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, of frustrating his role as a
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Presidency: Another $321m Abacha-loot coming
The Federal Government and Switzerland have agreed on the repatriation of $321 million looted from Nigeria by next month. The Senior Special Assistant
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The man, Alex Ekwueme
He was an excellent example of a technocrat in politics. To him, politics was not an occupation, but a vocation. His compatriots describe
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INEC disowns recovered Anambra voter register
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has denied ownership of the reported voter register, which was intercepted by the Police in an undisclosed
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Controversy over alleged $1.4m scam in defence ministry
There was controversy on Wednesday over a contract deal totalling $1.4m awarded by the Ministry of Defence for a United Nations project. While
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IGP frustrates Senate probe of Misau’s allegations against him
Inspector General of Police Ibrahim Idris yesterday succeeded in blocking the Senate’s probe of corruption and misconduct allegations leveled against him by Senator Isah
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Senate abolishes Excess Crude Account
Citing fragrant misuse of funds from the Excess Crude Account (ECA) by the Executive arm of government, the Senate has demanded the abolition
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N8.612TRN 2018 BUDGET: No vote for South East in FG’s regional allocations
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday presented the 2018 Budget proposal of N8.612 trillion to the joint session of the National Assembly. This was against the N7.44
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Obasanjo gets UN advisory board job
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has been appointed as a member of an 18-man United Nations Secretary General’s High-Level Advisory Board on Mediation. The
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Jersey Island gives conditions for return of $300m Abacha loot, warns against third party
The government of Jersey Island yesterday insisted that about $300million Abacha loot would not be released to Nigeria if a third party representation
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Buhari proposes N8.6tr ‘Budget of Consolidation’
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday proposed a N8.612 trillion expenditure for next year. The “Budget of Consolidation” is a nominal increase of 16 per
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Italy arrests Libyan, Egyptian over death of 26 Nigerians
Two men, one of them an Egyptian and the other a Libyan,have been arrested and charged in Italy as investigators look into the
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Masterminds of Ozubulu killings in S’African prison —Police
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
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Buhari fires Babachir, NIA Boss
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday terminated the appointment of suspended Secretary to Government of the Federation (SGF) Babachir Lawal and Ambassador Ayo Oke,
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IMF: Nigerian banks must recapitalise
Many commercial banks need to raise new capital and boost their capital adequacy ratios for them to drive the desired growth in the
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OGFZA orders 10-year audit of Intels for ‘unlawful operations’
The Oil and Gas Free Zones Authority (OGFZA) has ordered a comprehensive compliance audit of Intels Nigeria Limited’s operations in the last 10
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Maina: EFCC finds £6m pension cash in UK bank
Detectives have traced about £6m pension funds to a United Kingdom bank account being managed by the Office of the Head of the
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N2bn pension fraud: How minister begged EFCC operative to spare Maina
The row over the dismissed former chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms Task Team, Mr. Abdulrasheed Abdullahi Maina, has deepened
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Buhari’s govt rotten, it’s one week one scandal –Fayose
The Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has described the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government as one that is rotten and covered with scandalous
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Corruption, tribalism, religion hamper development – Osinbajo
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Friday declared his stand on raging issues, including corruption, tribalism and religion which he said were the key problems
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Grumbling in Buhari’s camp over appointments, hijacking of govt.
A crack appeared in President Muhammadu Buhari’s camp yesterday with key supporters of the President complaining publicly that he had abandoned them. Led
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