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Constitution Review: How Adoke scuttled amendments –Ekweremadu
From Aloysius Attah, Onitsha Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu has revealed how former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Mohammed Bello Adoke, scuttled...
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Ministerial screening: Nominees lobby Dogara
• Senate dismisses petition against Sokoto nominee, silent on Amaechi From Fred Itua, Abuja As the ministerial resumes today, some nominees, yesterday laid siege to the office of the Speaker of the...
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Government to open communication centre in effort to counter Boko Haram
(ABUJA) The Federal Government is to set up a crisis communication centre that will provide information to counter violent extremist ideology especially in the North-East. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo...
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Army probes role in Fayose, Aregbesola elections
From Molly Kilete, Abuja The Army headquarters in Abuja, yesterday disclosed it has set up a high-powered Board of Inquiry (BOI) to investigate alleged malpractices and unprofessional conduct involving...
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How I survived in kidnappers’ den, by Sir Uduji, Cometstar boss
By Tessy Igomu Sporting a black short and green Tee shirt, Sir James Uzochukwu Uduji, the Chairman of Cometstar Manufacturing Company, yesterday welcomed guests that streamed into his expansive living...
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Saraki suspends screening over perjury trial
•Amaechi, Lokpobiri, others to face lawmakers Thursday …Senator submits 10 petitions against Imo nominee From FRED ITUA, Abuja The Senate yesterday announced that it will not hold its regular plenary...
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Radio Biafra: Protest turns bloody
…4 shot, 15 injured in Onitsha as agitators storm Port Harcourt, Asaba From Chris Anucha & Tony John, Port Harcourt; Paul Osuyi, Asaba and Aloysius Attah, Onitsha Port Harcourt, the Rivers State...
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Ijaw youths blame FG, Britain for Alamieyeseigha’s death
From Femi Folaranmi, Yenagoa The umbrella body of Ijaw youths, Ijaw Youth Council Worldwide (IYC), has expressed anger over the death of former governor of Bayelsa State, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha,...
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Igbo’ll bid for 2019 Presidency –Nwabueze
•If we fail, we’ll get it in 2023 From Chidi Nnadi, Enugu Hopes of a Nigerian president of Igbo extraction was rekindled yesterday with eminent constitutional lawyer and elder statesman, Prof Ben...
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Fresh plot to bomb Abuja foiled
• Police arrest 5, recover huge explosives • Suspect confesses: We planned to bomb Wuse Market before our arrest From Molly Kilete, Abuja A plot by some suspected terrorists to plant Improvised...
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Head of Service, Kifasi, goes on terminal leave
From Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, Abuja Head of Service of the Federation, Danladi Kifasi, has begun his pre-retirement leave as he is set to retire in December, the Presidency confirmed yesterday evening....
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Breaking News: CCT adjourns trial of Saraki
The Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) this morning adjourned the trial of Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki. The adjournment was announced shortly after the Tribunal commenced sitting. It...
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Biafra protest: Police arraign 20 MASSOB supporters
From Tony John, Port Harcourt ABOUT 20 supporters of the Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) and Director of Radio Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, who were arrested on Tuesday,...
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Radio Biafra director petitions Amnesty
… Nigeria’s unity not negotiable – Okorocha From George Onyejiuwa, Owerri INDIGENOUS people of Biafra has, on behalf of director of Radio Biafra, dispatched petition to Amnesty International over the...
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Tribunal orders rerun in Akwa Ibom guber
From Godwin Tsa, Abuja AKWA Ibom State Governorship Tribunal sitting in Abuja on Wednesday cancelled elections in 18 out of the 31 local government areas in the state. The tribunal has also ordered...
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Senators, Reps desert NASS
PDP lawmakers can’t stop Amaechi–Ndume From Fred Itua and Kemi Yesufu, Abuja MEMBERS of both chambers of the National Assembly yesterday deserted their offices. While over half of the Senators...
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Saraki, Senators in 53-minute drama at CCT
Stalemate as Senate President delays entering dock Tribunal postpones trial by 2 weeks From Godwin TSA, Abuja THE trial of Senate President Olubukola Saraki at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) was...
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Mahmood Yakubu: Task before new INEC Chairman
News analysis By Willy Eya YESTERDAY, the Council of State meeting took a critical decision that would have a major influence on the polity in the next five years. The decision was the approval of the...
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Polls gulp N108.851bn
Buhari names Yakubu as new INEC chairman • Council hails Jega over successful elections From Juliana Taiwo- Obalonye, Abuja THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said yesterday that it...
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Many trapped as 3-storey building collapses in Lagos
85-year-old, 5 others rescued By Philip Nwosu, Tessy Igomu and Oluwole Farotimi TRAGEDY struck yesterday in Lagos as a three-Storey building located at No 87 Odunfa street , off Adeniji Adele Street...
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