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November 9, 2015

Why the US will not support cash exchange for Chibok girls

Walter Carrington, a former United States’ Ambassador to Nigeria, says it is important to rescue and bring back as many Chibok girls as possible. The retired diplomat however, said the US government will not support any moves to offer financial reward to the Boko Haram insurgents in exchange for Chibok girls. The Boko Haram terrorists abducted over... Read More
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November 9, 2015

How wanted Boko Haram terrorist was arrested en route Lagos

One of the 100 suspects Boko Haram insurgents declared wanted, was arrested on Sunday evening, by Aviation security. The suspect, Chindo Bello was nabbed at the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja by Aviation Security, while boarding Aero Contractors’ Airline flight to Lagos. Acting Director Army Public Relations, Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman, released a statement, saying the suspect was later handed... Read More
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November 9, 2015

Presidency releases programme schedule for inauguration of ministers-designate

The Presidency has confirmed that the inauguration of the ministers-designate will be carried out on Wednesday, November 11. From a statement released by Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President, Femi Adesina, it was revealed that the ministers-designate are allowed to invite only two guests for their inauguration. The Presidency also revealed that the... Read More
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November 8, 2015

These are the best and worst performing Nigerian governors in October

Governors of Kaduna and Sokoto, Nasir el-Rufai and Aminu Tambuwal, respectively, have been adjudged the best performing governors for the month of October. The evaluation was conducted by the Centre for International Advanced and Professional Studies (CIAPS) The Governors of Kogi, Yobe, Ebonyi, Zamfara and Akwa Ibom, according to the monthly performance review, are Nigeria’s... Read More
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November 8, 2015

Why Saraki’s lawyers won’t be punished for walking out on tribunal

The lawyers of Senate President, Bukola Saraki, who walked out on the Code of Conduct Tribunal, have been cleared by the Nigerian Bar Association. Senior Advocates of Nigeria, Saka Issau, Ahmed Raji and Mahmud Magaji, led 23 lawyers out of the courtroom in protest against the ruling of the Justice Danladi Umar-led tribunal. Justice Umar had... Read More
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November 8, 2015

3 reasons why Taraba election tribunal sacked Governor Darius Ishaku

The Taraba Governorship Election Tribunal, on Saturday, nullified the election of Governor Darius Ishaku. The tribunal ruled that all the votes Ishaku secured at the election was invalid, and ordered that the All Progressives Congress candidate, Aisha Alhassan, who scored the second highest votes at the poll, should be sworn-in as the winner of the governorship election... Read More
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November 7, 2015

Kolapo Olapoju: Mama Taraba’s quest to be first female elected governor in Nigeria

On April 11 2015, womenfolk, feminists and progressives were almost certain that Senator Aisha Alhassan would be victorious in the Taraba state governorship election. Many were convinced that Alhassan would emerge the first female (elected) governor in Nigeria. Several media outlets reported she had won, albeit prematurely. Alhassan of the All Progressives Congress was squaring-up with... Read More
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November 7, 2015

Taraba Governor sacked by tribunal, Aisha Alhassan declared election winner

The Taraba State Governorship Election Tribunal has nullified the election of Governor Darius Ishaku. The judgement is in response to the petition filed by Aisha Alhassan, candidate of the All Progressives Congress, in the last governorship election. Alhassan had challenged the election of Governor Darius Ishaku, the Peoples Democratic Party candidate in the April 11 election. Delivering judgement... Read More
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November 7, 2015

Jude Ndukwe: Fani-Kayode, Cambridge, Ugwu and a dog that doesn’t hear its master’s whistle

The obsession of Emmanuel Uchenna Ugwu of Chief Femi Fani-Kayode is one that has assumed a frightening proportion to the extent that one really needs to call in renowned exorcists to help get him completely extricated from the shackles of suspected demonic possession that lead a man of puerile mind to excessive obsession of another... Read More
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November 7, 2015

Timipre Sylva faces another encumbrance in Bayelsa governorship contest

The Peoples Democratic Party is attempting to disqualify the candidature of Timipre Sylva of the All Progressives Congress, in the December 5 governorship election in Bayelsa. Governor of Bayelsa State, Seriake Dickson and the PDP have reportedly approached the Federal High Court in Abuja to stop Sylva from contesting. The PDP’s suit is on the grounds that... Read More
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November 7, 2015

Why lack of portfolios won’t be a problem – Chris Ngige

Minister-designate, Senator Chris Ngige, says it won’t matter if himself or any of his colleagues, aren’t given a portfolio by President Muhammadu Buhari. Ngige, former governor of Anambra, said that the most important thing is that all the ministers will be part of the President’s cabinet and get to contribute, regardless of portfolios. He also... Read More
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November 7, 2015

Oyegun holds separate secret meetings with Dogara, Gbajabiamila over fresh crisis

To nip in the bud, the emerging dispute in the Federal House of Representatives, National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, John Odigie-Oyegun, has intervened. A conflict is brewing in the House of Representatives over the sharing of standing committees by the Speaker, Yakubu Dogara. The All Progressives Congress lawmakers feel shortchanged by Dogara’s appointments, which... Read More
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November 6, 2015

Nnamdi Kanu protest: 83 Pro-Biafrans arrested in Bayelsa, 1 reported dead in Anambra

The Indigenous People of Biafra held its ‘One Million Man March’ across the South-East, South-South and other locations within the country, and beyond. In Anambra, over 30,000 people were reported to have gathered at Odumegwu Ojukwu Statue by Niger Bridge Head, where the protest-march began. The protest by IPOB members brought to a halt, most commercial activities... Read More
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November 6, 2015

7 Nigerian female celebrities that could play ‘Bond girl’

As you head to the cinemas to watch Spectre -the 24th installment of Hollywood action blockbuster franchise, James Bond (007)… imagine for a moment– that a cast call was made for a Nigerian female celebrity to fill the role of ‘Bond girl’. Are these the 7 Nigerian female celebrities you would expect to see at that... Read More
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November 6, 2015

‘Why was MASSOB quiet under Jonathan, only to wake up under Buhari?’ – Okorocha

As far as Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, is concerned, Ralph Uwazuruike’s Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), is an unnecessary distraction. Okorocha has questioned the genuineness of the Uwazuruike-led MASSOB, noting that they were largely invisible during the administration of Goodluck Jonathan, only to emerge now that President Buhari, is in... Read More
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November 6, 2015

What Saraki said after his lawyers walked out on Conduct Tribunal

Thursday, November 5, will be remembered in years to come, as the day Bukola Saraki’s lawyers walked out on the Code of Conduct Tribunal. Whether it was staged or an impulsive/principle-based decision, it may never be known. The lawyers of the Senate President, evidently displeased with the tribunal’s ruling that the trial should proceed, in... Read More
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November 6, 2015

DSS lied, I wasn’t invited by committee on $2bn arms purchase – Sambo Dasuki

Former National Security Adviser, Colonel Sambo Dasuki (retd), has countered the claim of the Department of State Services, that he was invited for questioning, but he never showed up. The DSS had stopped Dasuki from travelling abroad for medical treatment on Thursday, after a Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja, had ordered the agency to release his... Read More
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November 5, 2015

Saraki’s lawyers walk out as tribunal rules on continuance of trial

Bukola Saraki’s 13-count charge of false asset declaration at the Code of Conduct Tribunal, will proceed as scheduled. In spite of the Senate President’s appeal at the Supreme court, the tribunal ruled on Thursday, that the trial will continue. Federal government’s counsel, Rotimi Jacobs, told the tribunal that the Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal had delivered a... Read More
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November 5, 2015

We tried to help Jonathan… but he was dancing Azonto on television – NEF

The Northern Elders Forum, has said that former President, Goodluck Jonathan, was his own undoing in his attempt at fighting the war against Boko Haram. According to new revelations by the NEF, Goodluck Jonathan failed to heed good counsel on the best approach to employ in defeating the insurgents. Deputy National Leader of the Northern... Read More
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November 5, 2015

‘I came into the world to achieve Biafra’ – Ralph Uwazuruike

Leader of the Movement for Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, Ralph Uwazuruike, says his sole purpose of existence is to liberate Igbo people from Nigeria. Uwazuruike also condemned Imo State governor, Rochas Okorocha, on his criticism of the agitations of MASSOB for a Biafran state. Okorocha had said: “The Igbo will not use the... Read More
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November 4, 2015

Deji Adeyanju: President Buhari is unruly, lawless, crude and rude

Recall that on October 1, 2015, Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari in his independence day broadcast called Nigerians unruly people who do not like to obey rules and regulations, he went further to say progress could not happen without a change in citizens’ attitudes. The BBC and other international media immediately started raising fundamental questions about... Read More
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Fasoranti resigns as Afenifere leader | YNaija.com
November 4, 2015

How Afenifere leader, Reuben Fasoranti withdrew his resignation letter

Leader of Afenifere, Yoruba socio-political group, Reuben Fasoranti, has withdrawn his letter of resignation and reversed his decision to step down. During an emergency meeting of Afenifere on Wednesday, leaders of the group rejected Fasoranti’s resignation and succeeded in convincing him to withdraw his letter. After the meeting which was convened by Ondo State Governor, Olusegun Mimiko, in... Read More
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