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We simply do not have enough power – Fashola

The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has declared that the power being generated by Nigeria is insufficient to cater to millions of Nigerians. ‘The simplest way I can put it is to say that we do not have enough power.’ According to the Minister, the maximum energy Nigeria has generated since 1950... Read More

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How Jonathan pressured me to resign over leaked letter – Emir of Kano

Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi 11, said the former Minister Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, was extremely powerful during the administration of ex-President, Goodluck Jonathan. In a recent Forbes TV interview with Peace Hyde, the monarch said no one ever opposed Diezani, and came out unscathed. “I knew that taking on the Nigerian National Petroleum... Read More

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Death be unto kidnappers, says the Nigerian Senate

The Nigerian Senate is expected to enact a legislation that would prescribe death penalty for kidnappers. Senator Adamu Aliero (Kebbi Central), on Wednesday, proposed that the National Assembly should enact a law prescribing the death sentence. Senator Dino Melaye (Kogi West) subsequently seconded Aliero’s motion. The motion was put to vote by Senate President, Bukola Saraki,... Read More

Buhari ‘not satisfied’ with reworked budget, ‘returns’ document

President Muhammadu Buhari may have returned the 2016 appropriation bill to the National Assembly for the third time. The re-worked budget was reportedly sent to the President around 1:15am but he sent it back by 12 noon on Tuesday, Vanguard reports. The report further states that the principal officers of the National Assembly and members... Read More

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Fidelity Bank appoints Mohammed Balarabe as acting MD

The Executive Director, North, of Fidelity Bank Plc, Mohammed Balarabe, has been named as the Acting Managing Director/Chief Executive of the bank with immediate effect, subject to regulatory approval. A statement was released on Monday, May 2, indicating the decision made by the bank’s Board of Directors. Balarabe’s appointment is as a result of the... Read More

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‘The constitution allows us to move freely’ – Fulani herdsmen

Herdsmen have described as ‘unconstitutional’, the attempts to stop them from grazing their cattle in any part of the country, especially in the south. The herdsmen, under the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association, said the constitution guaranteed their movement into any part of the country. Chairman, Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association, Plateau State, Nuru Abdullahi,... Read More

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Ezekwesili to Buhari: ‘What didn’t work in 1984 can’t be a solution today’

A former Minister of Education and co-convener of BBOG advocacy group, Oby Ezekwesili, has said President Muhammadu Buhari is trying to impose on the Nigerian state, the same economic policies that failed him during his military regime of 1984. Ezekwesili said the ‘archaic’ and ‘opaque’ economic principles of Buhari have led to the suffering of... Read More

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‘It’s an insult to say criminals are Fulani herdsmen’ – Northern Governors

Northern Governors have described as ‘an insult’, the ethinicisation of attacks being carried out by herdsmen around the country. The 19 governors held a meeting in Kaduna on Friday, where they noted that it was out of place to label all criminals as Fulani. Chairman of the Northern States Governors Forum and Governor of Borno... Read More

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EFCC launches ‘manhunt’ for Diezani’s son; Ugonna Alison-Madueke

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has intensified its search for Ugonna Alison-Madueke, the son of tghe former Minister of Petroleum, Diezani Alison-Madueke. Ugonna was alleged to have supervised the disbursement of N23bn to officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission and election monitors to manipulate the 2015 polls. Punch Newspapers reports that apprehending Ugonna... Read More

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Corp members will be posted to IDP camps – NYSC boss

Youth corps members would be posted to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps across the country during their service year. This was disclosed on Thursday, by the recently appointed Director-General of the National Youth Service Corp (NYSC), Sule Kazaure. The NYSC boss said this in Yola during the flag-off of NYSC intervention and donation/ distribution of... Read More

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Buhari holds crunch meeting with state governors, Fayose absent

President Muhammadu Buhari is currently holding a crunch economic meeting with the 36 state governors. The meeting which is holding inside the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa, Abuja, started at exactly 2pm on Thursday, April 28. Most of the state governors are in attendance while some are represented by their deputies. Ekiti state governor,... Read More

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House of Reps says no to N390bn bond to finance power sector

The House of Representatives, on Wednesday, halted the plans of the federal government to raise a N309 billion bond to finance the shortfalls in the the power sector. The Federal Ministry of Power/Works and Housing had planned to use the Nigeria Bulk Electricity Trading Company to raise the bond. The House however, called on the... Read More

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How Alex Badeh acquired ‘N320m Abuja property for his last son’

Former Chief of Defence Staff, Alex Badeh, spent N320m belonging to the Nigerian Air Force, to purchase a house in Abuja for his 28-year old last son, Kam. This was revealed on Wednesday by a retired Air Commodore, Aliyu Yishau, who appeared before a Federal High Court in Abuja. Badeh and a firm, Iyalikam Nigeria... Read More

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Two houses belonging to former Minister seized by EFCC

Two houses belonging to Senator Nenadi Usman, a former Minister of Finance, have been seized by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Usman was last week, arrested in connection to the N2.5bn which was allegedly paid into her company account, Joint Trust Dimensions Limited, and another N140m allegedly paid into her Zenith Bank Account. The... Read More

Boko Haram insurgents ‘have laid landmines on farms’

The Defence Headquarters has disclosed that Boko Haram insurgents in the North East ‘have laid land mines on stretches of farm land’. Brigadier General Rabe Abubakar, Director Defence Information, in a statement released on Tuesday, also said the insurgents now carry out attacks on isolated villages on horseback. “It is also instructive to alert the... Read More

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800 Lagos houses to be demolished… for Fourth Mainland Bridge

The Lagos State Government on Monday, announced that 800 houses will be demolished for the construction of the proposed 4th Mainland Bridge as opposed to the 3,000 houses that were initially expected to go down when the project begins. Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure Ganiyu Johnson said the number houses to be demolished reduced as... Read More

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Our ancestors are watching, hoping we’d do the right thing – Tinubu

National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Ahmed Bola Tinubu has said that Nigeria would ultimately overcome its present challenges and ‘give birth to its better self’. Tinubu spoke in Abuja on Saturday at the dinner/award ceremony organised by the Ahmadu Bellow University Alumni Association. The former Lagos state governor said the nation can no... Read More

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Nigerian troops ambush insurgents trying ‘to link up with their wives and children’

Nigerian troops on Sunday morning, ambushed Boko Haram insurgents who were trying to link up with their ‘wives and children’ and other terrorists. Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman, Acting Director Army Public Relations, in a statement, said the insurgents were gunned down at Fulawani village. According to the army spokesperson, the wives and children of the... Read More

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Boko Haram: ‘1.9m Nigerians live in IDP camps’ – NEMA

As a result of the Boko Haram insurgency, a total of 1, 934, 765 displaced persons are currently living in formal camps, host communities and satellite camps in liberated communities, says the Yola Camp Coordinator, Saad Bello. The states most affected by Boko Haram displacement are said to be – Borno, Yobe, Taraba, Gombe, Bauchi... Read More

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‘Utterly incompetent people, snakes and saboteurs lurk in Buhari’s government’

Bashir Tofa, the veteran politician who contested the June 12, 1993 presidential election against the late MKO Abiola, has affirmed that President Muhammadu Buhari may have appointed some ‘utterly incompetent’ into his administration. Tofa, a member of the Board of Trustees of the ruling All Progressives Congress, has urged the President to ‘purge his administration’... Read More

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Ex-Finance Minister returns N23m, promises to return more

A former Minister of Finance, Senator Nenadi Usman, has reportedly returned N23m to the Federal Government. Usman, the Director of Finance of the Goodluck Jonathan Campaign Organisation, was on Thursday, April 21, arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for receiving N2.5bn worth of taxpayers money – which was shared to some party chieftains... Read More

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Boko Haram now use birds as suicide bombers

Major General Lamidi Adeosun, the Commander of a multinational force in the war against Boko Haram has revealed that the insurgents have devised the strategy of strapping bombs to birds. The Army General said the Boko Haram insurgents have continued to develop more deadly weapons for carrying out their bloody attacks. The Independent, a United... Read More

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$2.1bn fraud: EFCC detains ex-Finance Minister… ‘Fani-Kayode was chief beneficiary’

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Thursday, detained former Finance Minister, Nenadi Usman. Usman was said to have reported at the Lagos office of the agency and was immediately taken into custody for interrogation. The anti-graft agency picked up the Minister over her role in the billions withdrawn from the Central Bank of Nigeria... Read More

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‘We are still talking’ | 2016 budget signing not happening soon

At the moment, the Federal Government cannot give a specific date when the 2016 budget would be signed into law. While Nigerians groan and grumble over the continuous delay in assenting the budget, the executive says it’s still holding talks with the National Assembly to sort out grey areas in the document. Speaking after the... Read More

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Boko Haram recruiting young entrepreneurs, artisans by ‘providing loans’

The Defence Headquarters has revealed that Boko Haram insurgents now recruit new members by ‘providing loans to young entrepreneurs and artisans’. Brigadier General Rabe Abubakar, Acting Director Defence Information, released a statement on Wednesday, stating that: “In this clandestine dispensation, Boko Haram terrorists have resorted to providing loans to young entrepreneurs and artisans in the... Read More

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VP Osinbajo addresses rumours of resignation as a ‘Redeemed Church pastor’

Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo has described as ‘baseless and misleading’ – a news report insinuating that he had stepped down from his position as a shepherd of the flock in the Redeemed Christian Church of God. A statement was released to this effect, on Wednesday, by Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant-Media & Publicity to... Read More

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House of Representatives to spend ‘N3.6bn on 360 exotic cars’

Reports have it that the Peugeot Automobile Nigeria Limited will as from June 2016, begin the delivery of 360 exotic cars to members of the Federal House of Representatives. Punch Newspapers reports that each of the 360 lawmakers would be issued with a Peugeot 508 Salon car. The report further states that the cars are... Read More

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‘Nigeria may have to release some terrorists to get Chibok girls back’ – Shehu Sani

Senator Shehu Sani said on Monday, that Nigeria may pay ‘a very high price’ for the release of abducted Chibok girls. According to the Senator representing APC, Kaduna Central, the supposed high price would be the release of some captured Boko Haram members. Sani said this while speaking to journalists in Kaduna after donating some... Read More

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‘The area is now cool and calm’ | Army claims victory over Boko Haram in Kareto

Troops of the Nigerian Army ‘successfully repelled’ the attack launched on Monday morning, by Boko Haram insurgents in Kareto, Borno state. Colonel Sani Usman, spokesperson of the army, had said: “Please be informed that our troops are currently engaged in fierce battle with Boko Haram terrorists. The troops have been battling the insurgents since early... Read More

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Nigerian troops engage Boko Haram insurgents in ‘fierce battle’

Troops of the Nigerian Army are currently involved in a ‘fierce battle’ with Boko Haram insurgents in Borno state. Colonel Sani Usman, spokesperson of the army, revealed this in a statement put out on Monday morning. The specific location of the gun fight between the insurgents and troops of 113 Battalion, is said to be... Read More

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