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‘The longer Nnamdi Kanu is detained, the more Nigeria suffers’ – MASSOB

The Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign States of Biafra, MASSOB, has ‘concluded plans to expose the evil plot against Biafra’ at an International Conference on the Rights of Indigenous People and self-determination ‘which will be held in a Western European Country in no distant time’. MASSOB has also vowed to make known Nigeria’s... Read More

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I never signed budget without details – Obasanjo

Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo on Thursday, said he never signed budgets into law without seeing the details and full breakdown, during his tenure. Speaking after a private meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the presidential villa, Obasanjo said as opposed to what was affirmed at the National Assembly, he always studied the nation’s budget before... Read More

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David Mark denies owning 8 offshore companies, threatens lawsuit

After being named in the Panama Papers leak, former Senate President, David Mark, on Thursday, denied the report that he owned eight offshore companies in the Caribbean. In a statement released by his media Assistant, Paul Mumeh, Mark stated that he will institute legal action against the originators of the story. While describing himself as... Read More

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#PanamaPapers: Dangote, Dantata linked to ’13 shell companies’

Africa’s richest man has been linked to Mossack Fonseca, the law firm at the center of the massive Panama Papers leak. Panama-based law firm, Mossack Fonseca helped prominent global figures stash away billions of dollars in secret offshore accounts. According to the leaked papers, Dangote and his half brother, Sayyu Dantata as well as some... Read More

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2016 budget details sent to Buhari… for assent

President Muhammadu Buhari has received the details of the 2016 Appropriation Bill from the National Assembly. Buhari had maintained that he must thoroughly peruse and scrutinize the 2016 budget details before assenting it. The 1,800-page budget details was on Thursday, signed for and collected on behalf of the President by the Chief of Staff, Abba... Read More

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Foreign exchange, pipeline vandalism caused fuel scarcity – Kachikwu (VIDEO)

In a video posted on his Facebook page, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources and General Managing Director of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, Ibe Kachikwu, gave a simplified explanation for the fuel crisis in the country. Wearing a simple shirt that was folded up to the elbow and looking tired and worn, Kachikwu... Read More

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Obasanjo visits presidential villa, meets with Buhari (PHOTOS)

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, visited President Muhammadu Buhari at the Statehouse, in Abuja, on Thursday, April 7. The reason for Obasanjo’s visit to the presidential villa, is momentarily unknown. See photos below.

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‘Accept that you lost the election woefully’ – Wike tells Amaechi

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, on Thursday, urged the Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi, to come to terms with the fact that his party lost the legislators rerun election in the state. Wike advised Ameachi and his party, the All Progressive Congress to join in the effort to rebuild the state, noting that the APC... Read More

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‘We are not responsible for fuel scarcity’ – Petrol marketers

The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association Nigeria (IPMAN) has denied being responsible for the lingering fuel scarcity around the country. According to a statement signed by the National Operations Controller and immediate past National Secretary of IPMAN, Mike Osatuyi, the false accusation which led to the misinformation emanated from one Lawson Ngoa, who claims to be... Read More

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Fuel crisis: 7 cargo vessels arrive Nigeria

About seven cargoes of Petroleum Motor Spirit (PMS) has arrived the country for onward distribution to various parts of the country, so as to solve the lingering fuel crisis in the country, says the Executive Director, Supply and Distribution, Products Petroleum and Marketing Company, (PPMC) Justin Ezeale. Ezeale, who stated this while speaking with oil... Read More

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‘Shiite attack more violent than Liberian, Sierra-Leone wars’ – Army official

The judicial Commission of Inquiry (JCI), instituted by the Kaduna State government to investigate the bloody face-off between the Nigerian Army and the members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), also known as Shiites, had it’s first sitting on Wednesday. The commission began its inquiry without a representative of the IMN. In the past,... Read More

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Why Nigeria can’t execute Boko Haram convicts

The Attorney General of the Federation, Mallam Abubakar Malami, on Wednesday, explained why convicted members of the Boko Haram sect cannot be executed. According to Malami, who’s also the Minister of Justice, said the laws under which the insurgents were tried, does not prescribe death sentence. He disclosed this at the launch of amnesty’s report... Read More

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‘There’s more gold in Kaduna state than in South Africa’ – El-Rufai

Governor of Kaduna state, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, revealed on Wednesday, that the gold deposit obtainable in just one local government area of the state was bigger than South Africa’s gold reserves. While speaking at the Kaduna Economic and Investment Summit held at the Umaru Musa Yar’Adua Hall, the governor said Kaduna state is gearing to... Read More

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MASSOB to FG: Release Nnamdi Kanu to avert ‘catastrophic consequences’

The Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) is set to take the case of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, to the International Court of Justice at The Hague, The Netherlands. Article 93 (2) procedure of the ICJ, otherwise known as World Court, would enable... Read More

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Alamieyeseigha ‘had his own failings, but he stood for Niger Delta’

The funeral rites of former Governor of Bayelsa, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, begins today in Yenegoa, the capital of the state. Former Commissioner for Information, Esueme Dan-Kikile who heads the Publicity Sub-Committee of the burial committee, said Alamieyeseigha, would be given a heroic burial, yet solemn. He said Alamieyeseigha was much loved by Bayelsans, who fondly described... Read More

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‘My father told me not to resign when my mother was abducted’ – Okonjo-Iweala

Former Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has revealed that her mother was abducted – simply because she urged former President, Goodluck Jonathan, to remove fuel subsidy. Okonjo-Iweala, while speaking in an interview with Le Monde, said the abductors demanded that she resigns on national television – as one of the conditions for releasing her 83-year-old... Read More

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Filed photo: Soldiers with Boko Haram suspects | YNaija.com

‘800 Boko Haram insurgents surrender’ – Military

Not less than 800 members of the Islamic terrorist sect, Boko Haram have surrendered to the military in the last three weeks, says the Defence authorities. This information was disseminated on Wednesday, by the Acting Director, Defence Information, Brig. Gen. Rabe Abubakar. He was quoted to have said: “I can confirm that about 800 of... Read More

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Goodluck Jonathan’s cousin arrested over $40m contract scam

The Managing Director of Katakar Civil Engineering Company, Azibaola Robert, and an Executive Director of the company, Dakoru Atukpa, have been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over a $40m pipeline contract. Azibaola Robert is a cousin of former President, Goodluck Jonathan. The contract was said to have been awarded by the Office... Read More

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FG bans government officials from flying first class

The Federal Government has banned all top government officials from flying first class while going on official trips. The directive was contained in a statement released on Wednesday, by the Media Adviser to the finance minister, Festus Akanbi in Abuja. Moving forward, all top officials of government such as ministers, Permanent Secretaries, Chairmen of Federal... Read More

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Chevron acknowledges ‘fire incident’ at Escravos plant

Chevron Nigeria Limited has acknowledged the fire incident that rocked a container storage facility at its Escravos Gas to Liquid (EGTL) location in Warri, Delta state. The fire incident, which occurred at about 7:00 am on Tuesday, caused the death of two staff of a contracting firm working in the oil plant. Speaking on the... Read More

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Bukola Saraki at the Code of Conduct Tribunal | YNaija.com

Power failure leads to adjournment of Saraki’s trial

The Code of Conduct Tribunal trial of Senate President, Bukola Saraki, was on Wednesday, adjourned to April 18, as a result of power failure. The power failure took place while prosecuting counsel, Rotimi Jacobs (SAN), was conducting cross examination on a witness. Saraki’s counsel, Kanu Agabi had initially pleaded with the Chairman of the Tribunal,... Read More

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President Buhari summons Kachikwu over fuel crisis

President Muhammadu Buhari has reportedly requested the presence of his Minister of State for Petroleum, Ibe Kachikwu to get a brief on the distribution of fuel across the country. Before the invitation, Kachikwu was billed to have an interactive session with the media, a session which he has since shelved. According to Channels Television, Kachikwu... Read More

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NASS finally sends details of 2016 budget to Buhari

The Appropriation Committees of the Senate and House of Representatives have forwarded to the Clerk of the National Assembly for submission to the Presidency the 2016 Appropriation Bill. The Chairmen of the committees, Danjuma Goje and Abdulmumin Jibrin released a joint statement to the effect of the submission of the budget document on Wednesday. The... Read More

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Saraki was paid ‘salary’ as Kwara governor… months after leaving office

The first prosecution witness in the trial of Senate President, Bukola Saraki, on Wednesday, revealed that he was being paid salary even after leaving office as Kwara state governor. Although the trial is about Saraki’s alleged false declaration of his assets, the first witness, Michael Weskat, an operative of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,... Read More

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Witness reveals how Saraki purchased UK property with loan

The prosecution of Senate President Bukola Saraki for false asset declaration at the Code of Conduct Tribunal continued on Wednesday, with the tendering of bank documents to the court by Micheal Wetkas. Wetkas, who is the first prosecution witness in the trial is an investigator with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The prosecuting lawyer,... Read More

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Law enforcement officer shoots man over fuel crisis in Festac

With the increased pressure and queues experienced at fuel stations across Nigeria, an unfortunate incident has occurred at Forte Oil Filling Station located on 21 road, Festac, Lagos, which lead to the death of a man and subsequent breakdown of law and order. It was learnt that trouble started when exasperated civilians had a disagreement... Read More

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Saraki at the CCT… with the remaining supporting Senators (PHOTOS)

Following the continuation of his trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal for false asset declaration, the Senate President, on Tuesday, arrived at the court premises with a slew of senators. Since the commencement of his trial, Saraki had always been accompanied by a gang of senators, in a show of solidarity. While the number... Read More

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Mother petitions JAMB over poor UTME result of ‘brilliant son’

A petition has been submitted to the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board in Abuja by Victoria Oshibowale on behalf of her son, Isaac Oluwatobi Oshibowale, disputing the result credited to him upon the release of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination results. In the petition, Victoria revealed that Isaac has, through primary and secondary education, been... Read More

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#PanamaPapers: Theophilus Danjuma linked to 3 offshore companies

Billionaire businessman and retired army general, Theophilus Danjuma, has been linked to the Panama Paper, the biggest leak in the history of data journalism, released by German newspaper, Süddeutsche Zeitung. Süddeutsche published documents from Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca, which showed how world leaders, politicians, celebrities and criminals hid money using anonymous shell corporations across... Read More

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Loyalty deficiency: 19 Senators present… as Saraki’s trial starts

The second court session is ongoing, at the trial of Senate President, Bukola Sraaki, at the Code of Conduct Tribunal. Saraki is being tried on a 13-count charge of false assets declaration and corruption – discovered in documents submitted to the Code of Conduct Bureau during his tenure as Kwara State Governor. The Senate President... Read More

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