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April 5, 2016

Money laundering: Diezani to appear before UK court

Former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke is expected to appear at the Westminster Magistrate’s Court in London on Tuesday. Diezani, who was arraigned in October 2015, is expected to answer to money laundering and bribery allegations. She was arrested alongside four others by the United Kingdom’s National Crime Agency (NCA) and was subsequently granted... Read More
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April 5, 2016

How Nasarawa lawmakers turned State Assembly into a fight arena (WATCH)

Lawmakers of the Nasarawa State House of Assembly on Monday, shamefully threw decorum to the gutter and engaged in a physical brawl over the appointment of sole administrators for 11 local government councils by Governor Tanko Al-Makura. According to a faction of the House, the governor’s action was illegal while another faction supported the governor’s... Read More
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April 4, 2016

#PanamaPapers: ‘I’m not required to declare assets owned by my wife’s family’ – Saraki

Senate President Bukola Saraki has said the Nigerian law does not mandate him to declare the assets of his wife’s family. The Senate President on Monday, reacted to reports that he failed to declare four assets listed in a massive leak of documents showing how a Panama-based law firm, Mossack Fonseca helped prominent global figures... Read More
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April 4, 2016

‘Jonathan’s men worked against him’ – Ali Modu Sheriff

National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Ali Modu Sheriff has revealed that the associates of former President, Goodluck Jonathan worked against him in the last presidential election. Sheriff, who’s acting in interim capacity as PDP Chairman, said on Monday, that some members of the PDP sold out during the election campaign, hence, the electoral... Read More
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April 4, 2016

‘We have no connection with Boko Haram’ – Nigerian Shiites

The Islamic Movement of Nigeria has lambasted the alleged intelligence report gathered by the Nigerian Army linking the religious group with deadly terrorist sect, Boko Haram. In a statement released by Ibrahim Musa, the spokesperson of the IMN, the group denied any link with Boko Haram or any plan to attack the military. The group... Read More
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April 4, 2016

Opinion: The time has come to take the climate seriously

Let us take the statement credited to Professor James Hansen, NASA’s Chief Climate Scientist, which he wrote in a report (in 2007): ‘The Earth today stands in imminent peril and nothing short of a planetary rescue will save it from the environmental cataclysm of dangerous climate change’. This statement only proves that the challenge of... Read More
April 4, 2016

Before Buhari heads to China, here are 2 things Nigerians want from him

From Niger Republic to the United States of America, President Muhammadu Buhari has made not less than 26 trips overseas since his inauguration in May 2015. In spite of the criticisms trailing his frequent trips, the Presidency has repeatedly stated that the President’s journeys are aimed at boosting the country’s foreign relations. President Buhari, who... Read More
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April 4, 2016

Nigerian soldiers rescue 275 Boko Haram captives

The Nigerian Army has revealed that 275 hostages have been rescued from Boko Haram terrorists around Madawaya general area, in Borno. According to a statement released by the Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman, troops of the 152 Task Force Battalion alongside troops of Sector 1 of Multinational Joint Task Force on... Read More
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