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Sadness on Twitter over Audu’s death
TWITTER: AUDU: Saturday’s dramatic news of the death of APC candidate for the governorship of Kogi state came as an anti-climax to political watchers and his supporters considering that the veteran...
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Audu: Legal war begins
•INEC assembles advisory team as APC govs vow to keep mandate From Romanus Ugwu, in Lokoja AS confusion and legal crisis trail the inconclusive Kogi State governorship election following the death of...
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Tor Tiv dies at 71
The Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has confirmed the demise of the paramount ruler of Tiv nation, Tor Tiv Dr Alfred Akawe Torkula (Ochiviri IV) The Governor who confirmed the death of the Tor Tiv...
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Kogi Guber Poll: INEC fixes supplementary election December 5
…Orders APC to fill vacancy created by Audu’s death From ROMANUS UGWU, in Lokoja The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has finally fixed December 5, 2015 as official date for the conduct...
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Pro-Biafra protest: South-East traders warn MASSOB, IPOB
From Jeff Amechi Agbodo, Onitsha South-East Amalgamated Market Traders Association (SEAMATA) has condemned the invasion of markets and the destruction of private property by the pro-Biafra protesters...
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CBN reduces MPR to 11%, CRR too
…Blasts banks for withholding credit to real sector From Isaac Anumihe, Abuja and Blaise Udunze The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) yesterday reduced the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) from 13 per cent to...
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Anti-graft war: My hands are tied – Buhari
‘Looters returning stolen funds’ From Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, Abuja PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has said that compared to his first coming as a military Head of State in 1984 when he could order the...
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HID Awolowo goes home
By Moshood Adebayo AN eventful, golden era in Nigerian politics comes to a close today with the interment of Mrs. Hannah Idowu Dideolu Awolowo. Mama Awolowo, wife of the first Premier of the Western...
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Fears in Bayelsa as gunmen abducts Sylva’s cousin
From Femi Folaranmi, Yenagoa There are fears in the camp of the All Progressives Congress (APC) over the kidnap of Mr Koinpreye Douglas, a cousin of the APC governorship candidate and former governor,...
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Senate seeks creation of North East Development Commission
From Fred Itua, Abuja SENATE, yesterday, received a bill seeking to establish the North-East Development Commission (NEDC), which will have legal powers to receive and manage funds from the Federation...
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Fuel scarcity: Buhari escapes summons, Senate probes shortage
From Fred Itua, Abuja ALL Progressives Congress (APC) Senators yesterday shut down moves by the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to summon President Muhammadu Buhari, who is also the Minister...
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Confusion over Kogi poll
• INEC asks APC to nominate Audu’s replacement, fixes Dec 5 • Ruling party agrees to hold fresh primaries, lists condition as PDP kicks From Taiwo Amodu, Romanus Ugwu (Abuja) and Emmaneul Adeyemi,...
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Boko Haram: We’ll meet December deadline –Army chief
From Judex Okoro, Calabar In Obudu, Cross River State, Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai, has stated unequivocally that the military will meet President Muhammadu Buhari’s December...
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Inuwa Wada dies at 100
…Buhari mourns Tor Tiv, ex minister From Desmond Mgboh, Kano and Juliana Taiwo- Obalonye, Abuja NIGERIA’S first Minister of Defence and the Magaji Garin Kano, Alhaji Inuwa Wada, is dead. He died...
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Reps probe status of 90, 000 slain policemen
Want replacement, adequate funding From Fred Itua and Kemi Yesufu, Abuja MOVED by the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Solomon Arase’s recent disclosure that 90,000 men and officers of the Nigeria...
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Biafra: MASSOB rejects South East governors’ intervention
Protests sponsors are from outside -Okeke FROM David Onwuchekwa, Nnewi, Emmanuel Uzor, Abakaliki, Jeff Amechi Agbodo, Onitsha , George Onyejiuwa, Owerri and Chuks Onuoha, Umuahia THE lingering...
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DHQ alerts on new terror plots
Why Boko Haram thrives, by Buratai From Timothy Olanrewaju, Maiduguri and Molly Kilete, Abuja THE Defence Headquarters (DHQ) yesterday alerted the public on new plots by terrorists who now plant...
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PDP youth, women storm court, want Secondus to step down
THE crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over the chairmanship position, yesterday deepened as angry youth and women stormed the Federal High Court premises, in Abuja, demanding the...
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Kogi guber poll: Kalu wants Audu’s son as new candidate
.. Extols late Tor Tiv’s virtues FORMER governor of Abia State, Dr. Orji Kalu, has appealed to the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC), its National Executive Committee (NEC),...
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HID Awolowo buried in gold casket
From Moshood Adebayo and Segun Olatunji, Abeokuta CHIEF (Mrs) Hannah Idowu Dideolu (HID) Awolowo went home yesterday in a blaze of glory when the matriach of the Awolowo family was buried in gold...
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