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FG to pump N350bn into Nigeria’s economy ‘in the forthcoming months’

The federal government intends to stimulate the Nigerian economy by pumping N350 billion to cushion the impact of the recession on the citizenry. Speaking on Tuesday, at the end of the two-day National Economic Council (NEC) retreat, held at the conference hall of the Presidential Villa, Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, said the N350 billion... Read More

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Garba Shehu: It doesn’t matter if Boko Haram is defeated by a Christian or Muslim coalition

A good number of the reactions to President Muhammadu Buhari’s announcement that Nigeria has joined the Islamic Coalition Against Terrorism, show quite clearly that many Nigerians do not fully understand the president’s motives for this decision. With the rise of the Boko Haram Terrorist group of the past few years, Nigeria faces a threat such... Read More

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Jonathan’s uncle released by abductors, 34 days later

Inegite Jonathan, the uncle of former President Goodluck Jonathan, has been freed by his abductors. The 72-year-old was on February 17, kidnapped at his residence in Otuoke, Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa. Also kidnapped alongside Jonathan was Samuel Oki- another relative of the former president. Spokesperson of the Bayelsa Police Command, Asinim Butswat, on... Read More

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Minister of Education orders probe into sexual assault crisis rocking Queens College

Responding to public calls for an intervention in the alleged sexual assault of a female student of Queens College, Lagos, by a male teacher, the Minister of State for education, Anthony Anwukah, has constituted a panel to investigate the reports. This directive was contained a statement issued by the Director of Press, Federal Ministry of... Read More

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58 killed as Nigerian troops dislodge Boko Haram from 10 Borno villages

Despite last week’s suicide attack on Umarari village, in Maiduguri, Borno state, the Nigerian Army, on Tuesday, announced that it has secured another victory over Boko Haram insurgent group. In a statement signed on Tuesday, by Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman, Acting Director, Army Public Relations, the security force disclosed that Boko Haram’s base -in Musari... Read More

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‘God is angry with Buhari’ – Fayose

Ekiti state governor, Ayo Fayose, said on Tuesday, that the elections conducted in the past few months has proven that God is angry with President Muhammadu Buhari. Fayose said all the polls conducted since Buhari became president have been violence-ridden and bloody. Speaking with journalists in Abuja on Tuesday, the Peoples Democratic Party chieftain stated... Read More

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5 things to know about the proposed Kaduna state Religious Preaching Bill

Since it was announced that the Kaduna State government, led by Governor Nasir El-Rufai, had proposed an executive bill seeking to make illegal and regulate certain religious activities in the state, citizens across the country have condemned the bill, with many describing it as anti-religious. The bill, currently before the Kaduna state House of Assembly,... Read More

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‘I hereby disqualify myself’ | Judge withdraws from Saraki’s case

Following media reports that he has been compromised by Senate President, Bukola Saraki, a Federal High Court in Abuja, Justice Abdukadir Abdu-Kafarati, has withdrawn from the case brought before him. Saraki, who is facing criminal prosecution by the Code of Conduct Bureau, had filed a petition urging the court to stop his false assets declaration... Read More

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Senate to ‘concentrate’ on passing 2016 budget this week – Saraki

After months of drama and plot twists, the report on the 2016 Appropriation Bill has finally been received by both chambers of the National Assembly. It would be recalled that the 2016 Appropriation Bill was presented to the National Assembly by President Muhammadu Buhari on December, 2015. However, the passing of the bill was delayed... Read More

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US, UK governments react to widespread violence in Rivers rerun election

The United States of America and United Kingdom embassies in Nigeria, on Tuesday, condemned the outbreak of violence during Saturday Rivers State legislative rerun election in the state. It would be recalled that the election was characterized by several reports of violence, electoral frauds and thuggery. The two top parties in the country, All Progressive... Read More

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Parents get paid N5000 for sending girls to school – Sokoto govt

The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) in partnership with Sokoto government, is set to train 830 female teachers. The scheme, which is to provide enough role models for female students especially in rural communities in different parts of the state, is being executed under UNICEF’s Girls Education Project (GEP3). In a statement released by the... Read More

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IPOB: ‘All Biafrans should stop eating Fulani cows’

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), the group agitating for secession from Nigeria, has urged ‘Biafrans’ to stop eating Fulani cows in order to avoid the infiltration and attacks of their villages by Fulani herdsmen. IPOB advised people of the South East region to breed their own local cows, which are in abundance, in Abakaliki,... Read More

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‘2016 budget is ready, will be passed tomorrow’

A member of the Federal House of Representatives, Abdulmumin Jibrin, who represents Kiru/Bebeji Federal constituency of Kano State, has stated that the 2016 budget is ready and will be passed on Wednesday. Jibrin, who serves as the Chairman House Committee on Finance, in a series of tweets, noted that the 2016 budget has been the... Read More

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How 20-year-old JAMB candidate was raped, stabbed to death in Ogun

A 20-year-old female, Joan Egemba, was on Thursday, March 3, stabbed and strangled to death in Ijebu Igbo, Ogun state. According to Punch Newspapers, Joan, who was a candidate for the 2016 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), had left her home in the Odo Eran, Sabgo-Ota area, for Awa Ijebu -where she was supposed to... Read More

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EFCC boss, AGF in Dubai to recover ‘over $200bn’ stashed away by corrupt Nigerians

Over $200billion stashed in the in the United Arab Emirates by some former governors, ex-ministers and other public officers would soon be recovered by the Nigerian federal government. The Nation reports that those under the radar -for stashing funds and acquiring properties in the UAE- are seven former governors, six former ministers, an ex-presidential aide... Read More

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‘We’ve recovered stolen funds from them’ | AVM Amosu, others released on bail by EFCC

The immediate past Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Adesola Amosu (retd.), and other senior officers arrested over the $2.1bn arms deal scam, have been released by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Amosu, as well as a former Chief of Accounts and Budgeting of the Nigerian Air Force, Air Vice Marshal J.B. Adigun and... Read More

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Genocide: Shiite Muslims drag Nigerian Army to ICC over Zaria massacre

The Nigerian Army has been dragged before the International Criminal Court of justice, by the Islamic Movement of Nigeria -Nigerian Shiites- over allegation of genocide. Over 300 Shiite Muslims were reported to have been killed by Nigerian troops between December 12 and 13, when the army destroyed the headquarters of the sect and arrested the... Read More

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Rivers rerun: Murdered corps member was ‘an orphan’ – NYSC

The National Youth Service Corps has revealed that Okonta Samuel, a youth corp member who was killed during the re-run elections in Rivers State, was an orphan. Samuel, who served at GCSS Ukpeliede, was shot dead by unknown gunmen in Ahoada West Local Government Area, on Saturday. While announcing the death of Samuel in a... Read More

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Orubebe’s CCT trial is still ‘ongoing’

The Code of Conduct Tribunal has said the charges against former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godsday Peter Orubebe, have not been dropped. The Tribunal stated on Monday, that Orubebe’s false assets declaration case was simply substituted with a newly filed charge by the prosecution. Ibraheem Al-hassan, Head, Press & Public Relations at the CCT,... Read More

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Okupe advocates ‘death sentence, life imprisonment’ for perpetrators of election violence

Doyin Okupe, a former Senior Special Assistant to ex-President, Goodluck Jonathan, has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission to stop deploying youth corpers for electoral services. While condemning the spate of violence in last weekend’s Rivers rerun election, Okupe called on the stakeholders in the polls to take responsibility for the lives lost. “The... Read More

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Everything you should know about the Queens College sexual molestation saga (READ)

Queens College, Lagos, is currently embroiled in a sexual molestation scandal. The mother of a student of the school had on Friday, accused a teacher- Olaseni Oshifala, of sexually molesting her daughter, a JSS 2 student of the girls-only school. In a letter which she wrote to some online blogs, she recounted her daughter’s experience... Read More

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‘We’re waiting for Buhari to declare state of emergency in Ekiti’ – Fayose

Governor of Ekiti state, Ayodele Fayose has dared President Muhammadu Buhari to declare a state of emergency in Ekiti and Rivers state. Fayose uttered the boastful remarks on Monday, after the opening of the National Economic Council (NEC) retreat on the economy at the presidential villa, Abuja. “They have been insinuating that (state of emergency)... Read More

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Nigerian Air Force fighter jets destroy Boko Haram ‘logistics base’ in Yobe

The Nigerian Air Force Alpha Jet aircraft on Friday, ‘successfully attacked’ suspected Boko Haram logistics Base at Allagarno, in Yobe. According to Group Captain Ayodele Famuyiwa, Director of Public Relations & Information, the target was carefully selected after Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) was carried out by an Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle (UCAV). “The mission,... Read More

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Boko Haram insurgents are ‘relocating to Taraba state’

Senator Emmanuel Bwacha, the Senate Deputy Minority Leader has said Boko Haram terrorist sect is working towards the establishment of a new base in Taraba state after been dislodged from Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states. While speaking in Abuja on Sunday, Bwacha raised an alarm over recent what he described as ‘silent killings by Boko... Read More

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The National Economic Conference will focus on these 4 sectors

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday, declared open the National Economic Council. The president stated that for the economy of Nigeria to grow, the agriculture, manufacturing, power, housing sectors must be well oiled and serviced. On Agriculture, President Buhari stated that: Today, both the peasant and the mechanized farmers agree with the general public that food... Read More

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Boko Haram kingpin, 18 others killed by Nigerian troops (VIEWER DISCRETION)

Nigerian troops on Sunday, killed 19 Boko Haram insurgents during a ‘clearing operation’ at Dalore camp, Borno state. The operation which was carried out by troops of the 22 Brigade Garrison of the Nigerian Army also resulted in the death of a Boko Haram kingpin, who was known as the ‘Ameer of Dalore’. A statement... Read More

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‘DSS told Nnamdi Kanu he’d be killed in the same manner as Abiola’ – Lawyer

Lawyer of the leader of the Indigenous People of Bifra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has alleged that the Department of State Services (DSS) has threatened to murder their client the same way late politician/businessman Moshood Abiola was ‘killed’. His lawyer, Ifeanyi Ejiofor revealed to journalists over the weekend, that Kanu has been informed that such an... Read More

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Buhari, VP Osinbajo, others attend National Economic Council Retreat (PHOTOS)

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday, declared open the National Economic Council Retreat. During the retreat, which is taking place at the state house conference center, Abuja, stakeholders are expected to discuss measures to move the economy of Nigeria forward. See photos below.

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Benin Republic elects new president | Prime Minister concedes defeat

Fifty-seven year old businessman and opposition candidate in the Benin Republic presidential election, Patrice Talon, has emerged winner of the country’s election after garnering majority of votes. Talon, who vied for the presidential seat alongside the Prime Minister of Benin, Lionel Zinsou, will replace the incumbent president, Boni Yaya. Yaya has completed his two five... Read More

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‘Melaye’s lifestyle doesn’t match what he earns as a lawmaker’ – Group tells EFCC

An anti-corruption group, Civil Society Network Against Corruption (CSNAC) has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to investigate Senator Dino Melaye, over his opulent lifestyle. Melaye, who is known for his ostentatious lifestyle and love of exotic automobiles, is a senator representing Kogi West at the National Assembly. According to a petition... Read More

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