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Bayelsa guber: APC holds fresh primary today
From Femi Folaranmi, Yenagoa AFTER days of speculation over the outcome of the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary election in Bayelsa, the National Working Committee ( NWC) of the...
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You lack capacity to rule Nigeria well, Igbo Diaspora group tells Buhari
From Chinedu Asadu, Enugu Igbo World Assembly (IWA) yesterday said President Muhammadu Buhari has given himself away as a leader who cannot rule the country effectively. The group made this assertion...
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Village head, 14 others killed in Nigerien Boko Haram attack
…Three villages attacked, 50 houses destroyed From David Molomo, Yola BOKO Haram, has attacked N’gourtoi, a Nigerien village, sharing borders with Yobe State, killing a village head and 14 people....
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Intrigues over Buhari’s ministerial nominees
•Senate ‘ll get list Wednesday –Presidency By Adetutu Folasade-Koyi, Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, New York, Fred Itua and Kemi Yesufu, Abuja Intrigues andw u-turns trailed President Muhammadu Buhari’s...
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We’ll wipe out B’Haram by Dec, Defence spokesman insists
•Borno govt sends 50 orphan girls to school By Philip Nwosu and Timothy Olanrewaju, Maiduguri The Nigerian military has declared there is no going back on President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive to end...
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Boko Haram kills 20 in midnight attack
From Molly Kilete, Abuja No fewer than 20 people were killed and many others injured in a midnight attack by Boko Haram insurgents in Malari and other communities in Konduga Local Government Council of...
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Falae: We’re not privy to ransom –IGP Arase
Inspector General of Police (IGP), Solomon Arase has maintained that its operation put pressure on kidnappers of the former Secretary General of the Federation, Chief Olu Falae and also led to his...
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Cabinet: Lagos Assembly on collision course with Ambode
…Raises 15-man panel to screen nominees •Buhari seeks approval for $200m loan By Chinelo Obogo, Kemi Yesufu and Fred Itua, Abuja In a move that could set the Lagos State House of Assembly against...
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Onosode, foremost industrialist, dies at 82
•Buhari, Kalu, Dogara, others mourn late boardroom guru By Omodele Adigun, Tessy Igomu, Charles Adegbite, Sam Otti, Kemi Yesufu, Fred Itua, Abuja Mr. Gamaliel Oforitsenere Onosode, foremost...
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Cabinet: I will head Petroleum Ministry –Buhari
By Adetutu Folasade-Koyi In far-away New York, President Muhammadu Buhari opened the veil on the shape of his cabinet with the disclosure that he will head the Ministry of Petroleum Resources. Speaking...
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Reps stop NNPC, NLNG probe
By Kemi Yesufu, Fred Itua, Abuja and Noah Ebije, Kaduna A mild drama played out at the first plenary session of the House of Representatives yesterday as a motion to investigate the alleged...
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Stormy session in Senate over Saraki’s confidence vote
• Ex-Senate President Mark walks out • Saraki read out ministerial nominees today By Adetutu Folasade-Koyi, Fred Itua and Kemi Yesufu, Abuja Senators almost came to fisticuffs yesterday when the...
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BREAKING NEWS! Saraki receives ministerial list
The President of the Senate Bukola Saraki said he has received the document containing President Muhammadu Buhari’s ministerial nominees from the Chief of Staff to Mr. President, Abba Kyari (with cap),...
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Fashola, Amaechi, Ngige, Onu, Lai, Kachikwu make Buhari’s ministerial list
President Muhammadu Buhari’s ministerial list contains a number of familiar All Progressives Congress (APC) names such as Babatunde Fashola, former governor of Lagos state, and Rotimi Amaechi, former...
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Bayelsa guber: Sylva faces Dickson for Dec poll
Why I withdrew from race -Alaibe From Femi Folaranmi, Yenagoa FORMER governor of Bayelsa State, Timipre Sylva, has emerged the standard bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the December...
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MASSOB has gone into hiding in Onitsha, says Police boss
From Jeff Amechi Agbodo, Onitsha THE Police Area Commander in Onitsha, Anambra State, Mr. Philip Ezekiel an Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) yesterday said that the command has finally clamped...
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Change is collective responsibility of all Nigerians
Being a text of the President Muhammadu Buhari’s broadcast on occasion of Nigeria’s 55th independence anniversary. OCTOBER 1st is a day for joy and celebrations for us Nigerians whatever the...
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Ugwuanyi, workers meet over N32.2bn debt
From Chidi Nnadi, Enugu ENUGU State Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi yesterday confirmed that he inherited N32.27 billion debt comprising arrears of salaries, pensions and gratuities owed workers in the...
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NASS battles Buhari over N64bn constituency project funds
From Fred Itua, Abuja THE frosty relationship between the leadership of the National Assembly and President Muhammadu Buhari, may again be strained, as lawmakers have upped their game and are...
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A new Nigeria of possibilities
FIFTY-FIVE years ago, Nigeria got her independence from British colonial masters and our nation was born as an act of faith. Today, it is holding up still as an act of faith. All the predictions that...
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