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Kolapo Olapoju
February 11, 2016

Houses worth N5bn seized from Amosu, others [DETAILS]

Houses and other properties worth N5bn have been seized from the immediate past Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Adesola Amosu (retd.), and other senior military officers. Punch Newspapers reports that the properties, which were seized by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. According to the report, the properties are located in the Ikoyi, Ikeja... Read More
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INEC
February 10, 2016

INEC to spend N10bn on rerun elections

The Independent National Electoral Commission has budgeted N10 billion for 80 rerun elections in the country. Chairman of the electoral commission, Prof Mahmud Yakubu, revealed this on Wednesday, February 10. While presenting INEC’s 2015/2016 budget before the House of Representatives Committee on Electoral Matters, Yakubu said the required N10 billion is for logistics and other electoral activities.... Read More
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February 10, 2016

‘APC stole our inheritance by deception and propaganda’ – Fayose

Ekiti state governor, Ayo Fayose, says the ruling party, the All Progressives Congress stole the ‘inheritance’ of the Peoples Democratic Party. The governor’s statement which was made on Wednesday, inferred that Nigeria is the birthright of PDP- the main opposition party in Nigeria. While speaking at the thanksgiving service to celebrate the affirmation of Udom... Read More
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February 10, 2016

Supreme Court ruling on Akwa Ibom is ‘victory of light over darkness’ – Oyedepo

Founder of Living Faith Church World Wide, Bishop David Oyedepo, on Wednesday, said the judgment of the Supreme Court, affirming Governor Emmanuel Udom as Akwa Ibom governor, is ‘victory of light over darkness’. Oyedepo said the ruling of the Supreme Court is indicative of the ‘supreme hand of God in the affairs of men’, while... Read More
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February 10, 2016

We can’t pass 2016 budget, it contains ‘too many errors’ – National Assembly

The 2016 budget submitted to the National Assembly by President Muhammadu Buhari, cannot be passed as scheduled, owing to the inconsistencies and anomalies present therein. After weeks on controversies that have sprung up in relation to the budget- on Tuesday, February 9, the two arms of the National Assembly affirmed that the 2016 budget contained... Read More
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February 10, 2016

Saraki will resign as Senate President… only on this condition – Ali Ndume

Nukola Saraki will not resign as Senate President in spite of his ongoing assets declaration trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal. Senate Leader, Ali Ndume, said such an occurrence would only take place if and when Saraki is found guilty by the Conduct Tribunal. Senator Ndume made the disclosure on Tuesday, while adressing journalists... Read More
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February 10, 2016

Otedola listed as ‘second prosecution witness’ in Farouk Lawan’s bribery trial

Billionaire oil and business magnate, Femi Otedola, will testify for the prosecution in the ongoing ‘bribery’ trial of a former Chairman, House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee on Fuel Subsidy, Farouk Lawan. Lawan is being prosecuted by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) for allegedly receiving $500,000 out of the $3m bribe... Read More
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February 10, 2016

EFCC arrests Air Force chief at Abuja airport over arms deal fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested Air Vice Marshal Rufus Adeniyi Ojuawo, a serving senior officer of the Nigerian Air Force. AVM Ojuawo, was on Sunday, reportedly arrested by operatives of the EFCC at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, over his role in the alleged diversion of $2.1bn arms purchase funds. Punch... Read More
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February 10, 2016

‘Dakuku is childish and infantile’ – Wike

Rivers state governor- Nyesom Wike has described as ‘childish and infantile gibberish’, the reaction of the All Progressives Congress’ Dakuku Peterside- to his victory at the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court had last week, declared Wike as the duly elected governor of the state while striking out the appeal of the APC governorship candidate, Peterside.... Read More
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Tara Fela-Durotoye
February 9, 2016

Tara Fela-Durotoye, Chude Jideonwo, Afua Osei, others to speak at Lagos Business School Africa Business Conference 2016

Tara Fela-Durotoye, CEO of House of Tara; Chude Jideonwo, Managing Partner of RED, and Ndidi Nwuneli, Founder of LEAP Africa have been announced as speakers for the 2016 edition of the Lagos Business School Africa Business Conference (LBSABC2016) holding on Thursday, March 3 at its Lekki/Epe Expressway Campus, Lagos. The LBSABC is a forum that... Read More
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February 9, 2016

‘This was not what we submitted’ | How Health Minister, Prof Adewole disowned strange budget

Minister of Health Prof. Isaac Adewole on Monday, informed members of the Senate Committee on Health that the original budget of his ministry was largely misrepresented and falsified. YNaija had a few weeks ago, brought to the fore– some questionable appropriations in the 2016 budget of the Federal Ministry of Health. One of such strange... Read More
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February 9, 2016

Okonjo-Iweala reacts to alleged EFCC probe (READ)

The former Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has reacted to Monday’s media reports that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, is looking into her activities while she served in public office. It was widely reported that the EFCC Chairman, Ibrahim Magu had made the revelation, while fielding questions during the commission’s budget presentation/defence at the... Read More
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February 9, 2016

Directors, Permanent Secretaries in worry-mode over probe of inflated 2016 budget

Directors and permanent secretaries in ministries, departments and agencies of government are said to be jittery over the Presidency’s claims that the 2016 budget was inflated and over-bloated. The Presidency had over the weekend, revealed that a ‘mafia in the civil service’ had sabotaged the Federal Government’s budget The unnamed mafia were said to have... Read More
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February 9, 2016

Why Senate committee threw out SGF, FRSC representatives during budget defence

During a budget defence session on Tuesday, February 8, the Senate Committee on Federal Character walked out the representatives of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation and the Federal Road Safety Commission. The committee members collectively agreed that the SGF, Babachir David Lawl and the FRSC boss, Boboye Oyeyemi must appear before them... Read More
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February 9, 2016

$2.1bn arms fraud: Alex Badeh detained by EFCC, AVM Amosu to be held till further notice

The immediate past Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh (retd.), is being detained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over his alleged role in the $2.1bn arms procurement fraud. Badeh, who had initially visited the EFCC office last week Thursday, was asked to return to the commission on Monday, February 8.... Read More
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February 8, 2016

Okonjo-Iweala, Diezani, others being investigated by EFCC [DETAILS]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is investigating former Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as well as the former Minister of Petroleum, Diezani Allison-Madueke. The former Ministers are being investigated in connection with corruption acts and diversion of public funds carried out during the Goodluck Jonathan administration. Chairman of the anti-graft agency, Ibrahim Magu,... Read More
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February 8, 2016

Ekitigate: Former PDP chieftain, Tope Aluko sings like a canary… to the DSS

The whistle-blower- former Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ekiti State, Dr. Temitope Aluko has been quizzed by the Department of State Services over his revelation that the last governorship election in the state was rigged by Governor Ayo Fayose. Aluko was interrogated at the national headquarters of the DSS in Abuja on Friday,... Read More
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Bukola Saraki at the Code of Conduct Tribunal | YNaija.com
February 7, 2016

Clamour for Saraki’s impeachment resumes as assets declaration trial beckons

The senators of the ‘Senate Unity Forum, have resumed moves to unseat Bukola Saraki as Nigeria’s Senate President. Following the prospective resumption of his trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal, the calls for his resignation and clamour for his impeachment have yet again, resurfaced. The Supreme Court had on Friday, ruled that Saraki’s trial... Read More
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February 7, 2016

$1m on foreign trips: Fayose can say ‘whatever he likes’ – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari says he is yet to undertake any ‘frivolous journey’ abroad while stressing that every one of his trips were absolutely necessary, whether politically or economically. . The President had been recently criticised by Ekiti state governor, Ayo Fayose, who urged him to stay at home and govern, rather than embark on incessant... Read More
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February 7, 2016

Buhari says Nigerians have a reputation for crime… Ben Bruce replies with #IAmANigerianNotACriminal

A hashtag- #IAmANigerianNotACriminal, is currently trending on Twitter, as a result of the comments of President Muhammadu Buhari, in a recent interview with the Telegraph UK. The President was quoted to have advised Nigerians against seeking asylum in the United Kingdom, noting that the country’s reputation for criminality ‘has made it hard for them to... Read More
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February 6, 2016

‘I resign my membership of the PDP’ – Former Senate President, Ken Nnamani

Former Senate President, Ken Nnamani, has announced his resignation from partisan politics as well as his departure from the main opposition party- the Peoples Democratic Party. Nnamani, the Senate President from 2005-2007, released a statement to this effect, to Premium Times on Saturday, February 6. In the statement titled: ‘PDP, the Burden and My Conscience’,... Read More
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February 6, 2016

Oshiomhole to Obasanjo: ‘You’re more of an emperor than Nigerian governors’

Edo state governor, Adams Oshiomhole says former President, Olusegun Obasanjo is more deserving of being tagged an ’emperor’, than the state governors he recently described as ‘acting like emperors’. The former president had recently unleashed heavy chaste on state governors, whom he said live like emperors and prevent the local governments from performing their statutory... Read More
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