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Kalu, The Sun, slam N2billion libel suit on The Nation, Omatseye
By Akeeb Alarape Former governor of Abia State, who is also the publisher of the Sun Newspapers titles, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, has sued the Chairman, Editorial Board of the The Nation Newspapers for...
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MASSOB replies Obasanjo: ‘Nothing will stop Biafra’
From Petrus Obi, Enugu Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB0, yesterday said the self-determination struggle remained on course despite efforts by some ‘bad eggs’ to...
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FG appoints 6 Acting Customs DCGs, 8 ACGs
By Uche Usim Barely four days after a tsunami pushed out 34 Customs officers, Comptroller-General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ali (retd) has approved the appointment of six acting Deputy...
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EFCC declares Maina wanted over alleged N195bn pension scam
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday, declared AbdulRasheed Maina, former chairman of Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT), wanted over alleged complicity in N195 billion pension...
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Corps member collected N23m pension, witness tells court
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja heard yesterday how a serving youth corps member allegedly collected N23 million pension payment. Saleh Yerima Tsojon, a former corps member, was accused of the...
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Afenifere leaders meet over Fasoranti’s resignation
• He didn’t discuss with us before he resigned –Associate From Bamigbola Gbolagunte, Akure Leaders of the pan-Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere may have begun moves to reach out to...
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Kalu, The Sun, slam N2bn libel suit on The Nation, Omatseye
By Akeeb Alarape Former governor of Abia State, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu and The Sun Publishing Limited, publishers of Daily Sun, Saturday Sun, Sunday Sun and Sporting Sun, have taken Vintage Press Limited,...
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LASU: Activities disrupted as workers celebrate VC’s exit
By Gabriel Dike For several hours yesterday, academic and administrative activities in Lagos State University (LASU) were paralysed as workers celebrated the exit of Prof John Obafunwa. The workers and...
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Fuel queues resurface in Lagos over N291bn subsidy debt
By Adewale Sanyaolu Fuel queues reappeared in major parts of Lagos yesterday, an indication that the N291 debt owed fuel marketers was already taking a toll on the petroleum supply chain. From Egbeda...
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Tax: Ebonyi gov, House of Assembly at war
…Lawmakers set for showdown, summon 3 commissioners From Emmanuel Uzor, Abakaliki A tax war is brewing in Ebonyi State. Already, the state’s House of Assembly has invited some commissioners over a...
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Juicy committees: Dogara, Gbaja’s war gets messier
•House Leader absent at speaker’s meeting From Fred Itua and Kemi Yesufu, Abuja THE feud between Speaker Yakubu Dogara and House Leader, Femi Gbajabiamila, over the alleged lopsided composition of the...
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NNPC cancels 44 oil-swap deals
IN a bid to entrench transparency in the oil sector, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC yesterday, scrapped the highly controversial offshore processing arrangement (OPA) in favour of...
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Amaechi: PDP Senators reject confirmation
From Fred Itua, Abuja THERE was a mild drama yesterday during Senate plenary when Senators from the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) refused to support the approval of the votes and...
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Jubilation as South East roads get Senate’s attention
From Emmanuel Uzor, Abakaliki There was wild jubilation in major cities across the South East geopolitical zone as the deplorable condition of federal roads across the zone received attention from the...
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Nigeria not broke, Babatope replies Buhari
By Charles Adegbite Former minister of transport and aviation, Chief Ebenezer Babatope, yesterday took a swipe at President Muhammadu Buhari for declaring that Nigeria is broke. Babatope, who is a...
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Buhari: Why I insist Nigeria is broke
•President may reduce number of ministries, meets Saraki behind closed-doors From Juliana Taiwo- Obalonye, Abuja PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari yesterday stood his ground, insisting Nigeria is broke and...
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NDLEA seizes 41 bags of Indian hemp concealed in bullion vans
… Arrests one From Segun Olatunji, Abeokuta OPERATIVES of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Ogun State have impounded two specially-built bullion vans and a Ford bus loaded with...
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Kogi decides: APC accuses PDP of buying voters’ cards
…. It’s a ruse, says PDP By Emmanuel Adeyemi, Lokoja ALL Progressives Congress (APC), yesterday accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of purchasing Permanent Voters’ Cards (PVC) for a fee all in...
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Bayelsa decides: Yenagoa communities back Dickson
THE community to community ‘meet the people’ campaign tour of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) flag bearer, Governor Henry Seriake Dickson was received by a jubilant crowd in five communities in...
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You’re Ndigbo’s saboteur, Uwazuruike hits Okorocha
… MASSOB gives military 48hrs deadline to release 5 members LEADER of the Movement for Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), Ralph Uwazuruike yesterday urged Ndigbo to disregard any...
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