Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega, says the only regret from his tenure was his inability to create a separate salary structure for INEC workers. Jega said this in Abuja, on Monday, June 15, during a retreat organised for the electoral officers of the commission to review the report of the 2015 elections. The INEC...
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Since his election as the Senate President on June 9, Bukola Saraki, has been running the affairs of the Senate from his private residence in the Maitama area of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. This is because the official homes being built for National Assembly’s principal officers are still under construction. The former official residence of the Senate...
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Former Governor of Kano State, Rabiu Kwankwaso, says the crisis in the National Assembly has led to a division within the party. He also believes that the party may have underrated the capability of the G-5 governors in deciding on those that should vie for top positions in both the Senate and the House of Representatives. The...
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The Oodua People’s Congress, has instructed its men to refrain from guarding all the pipelines of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation. In March, the Federal Government headed by Goodluck Jonathan, had awarded a multi-billion naira contract to OPC to protect NNPC pipelines in the South-West region. According to Yinka Oguntimehin, spokesman for Gani Adams faction of...
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With Timipre Sylva going in and out of court over the fraud case becoming something of concern, a section of youths from Bayelsa State have decided to defend their former Governor and have asked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to stop further persecution. The youths were reacting to a fresh 50-count charge slammed on Sylva by...
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So still on the NASS issue, it’s like everything is working against Femi Gbajabiamila as some major stakeholders in the All Progressive Congress (APC) are opposing him from emerging as house majority leader. Gbajabiamila who lost the position of speaker of the house to Yakubu Dogara, career seems to be on the balance, because as...
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Remember the North Korean defense chief that was executed for dozing off during a military event? North Korea has officially dispatched bulletins announcing his execution , South Korean media reports. South Korean news network YTN on Monday reported that the news was sent from North Korean embassies in China and other locations to the host governments,...
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Tania Attiba is the founder of Connex’ences and a volunteer at Francophonie. Trained as a personal assistant, she spent the early part of her career helping executives organize their lives. While working as a personal assistant in a TV show production company, Tania had an introspective moment where she realized she was far from her...
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The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, John Oyegun, says that non-members of the party could possibly serve as Ministers in the cabinet of President Muhammadu Buhari. Oyegun said to journalists in Abuja on Monday, June 15, that the background of ministerial candidates does not matter as long as the person is capable of delivering and serving...
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Whitney Houston’s daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown, who has been unresponsive in hospital for four months, ‘is being taken home to die peacefully’. According to reports, the 22-year-old – who has been in hospital since she was found unconscious in a bath on January 31 – will be moved to the house in which she lived...
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Senator Buruji Kashamu, has withdrawn a N20.1 billion libel suit he instituted against former President Olusegun Obasanjo. Kashamu, who represents Ogun-East in the National Assembly, had filed the suit before a Federal Capital Territory court in Abuja. According to Punch Newspapers, the presiding judge, Justice Valentine Ashi, struck out the suit on May 26, 2015, following the notice...
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On behalf of all men with a penis (big or small), I’d like to say- can the eggplant pictures stop already! It took the contribution of Skuki’s Vavavoom to break the camel’s back. Vavavoom has no business sharing eggplant pictures on Instagram till he’s managed to put together a decent record. For those who don’t...
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While many were set to lay their heads for the night on Saturday, gossip blogger Stella Dimokorkus (SDK), broke the biggest gossip story of the month, maybe year. Toke Makinwa’s husband, Maje Ayida had been cheating on her with another woman, Anita Solomon. Even knocking her up in the process. So big a story that it’s been trending...
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Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court, has arrived Khartoum, Sudan, after attending the African Union summit in South Africa. According to a report by AFP, while arriving Khartoum on Monday afternoon, Al-Bashir, waved his trademark cane in the air as he stepped off the plane and shouted: “God is greatest!”. On Sunday,...
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As part of initiatives geared towards giving back to the society, Lucky Fibres Plc, makers of Nobel Carpets and Rugs, the largest manufacturer of carpets and rugs in the whole of West-Africa, has donated sets of specially designed children’s rugs and carpets to the Hearts of Gold Children Hospice in Lagos. General Manager, Lucky Fibres,...
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It was with great relief that I received the news of the All Progressives Congress (APC) acceptance to work with Bukola Saraki and Yakub Dogara as Senate President and Speaker of the House of Representatives respectively. This was against the earlier stance of the party when it in fact “rejected” both men, and the entire...
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In a normal clime bereft of ethnic and regional bias, Femi Gbajabiamila, should ordinarily be the unopposed candidate for the Majority Leader of the House of Representatives. However, we are not in a normal clime! After losing out to Yakubu Dogara in the race for Speaker, some leaders of the All Progressives Congress, are hell bent on...
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When we hear things like this, it makes one want to identify with your root, country apart from the general things we hear that makes us feel we have been let down. Innovations born out of the failure the country has created like this always want one to be proud of the country where one...
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We are the generation that pops up Google to search for anything including love :-). We use Instagram to share the food we’re eating but can’t cook. We spend hours on Facebook daily with no “real connection” to show for it. We don’t even want to go to work. We prefer to hide behind our...
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Since the alleged cheating scandal which involves media personality Toke Makinwa, her hubby Maje Ayida and his alleged baby-mama-to-be, Anita Solomon, the Nigerian social media space has been set on fire. Even after 24 hours, the fire is still on. Not a lot is known about the mystery woman Anita Solomon, but we can authoritatively...
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Everybody has an opinion about why former President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration failed. The former registrar of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ayorinde Ogunruku, said corruption reached its peak during Jonathan’s tenure because of his careless attitude towards corruption and because he took things for granted. Ogunruku, who spoke at the 51st Annual General Meeting of the...
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by Irene Nwaukwa A bailout from FG will punish the entire country for the excesses of these states. It will greatly affect our economy and is unfair to states that have performed better. It’s equivalent to taking a state problem and making it a national problem. So… let’s talk about this bailout since this subject...
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President Muhammadu Buhari, can’t come to the terms with the fact that Nigerians are particularly in a hurry for him to appoint ministers. In an interview with ARISE TV, the President blamed the delay in appointing ministers on the lateness in getting handover notes from former President Jonathan’s transition committee. Buhari said: “I don’t know why people are...
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by Ben Murray-Bruce Even out of office Jonathan continues to show that he is a man who believes in Nigeria. I have three urgent and important things to say to Nigeria and I will not beat about the bush. Let me start out this piece by saying that even though I am of the Peoples...
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A Northern group has advised politicians against undermining the National leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu. According to the ‘Patriotic Northern Coalition for Justice, Peace and Equity’, Tinubu is a powerful and influential politician who has immense support across various regions in Nigeria. The national coordinator of the coalition, Alhaji Babangida Sule Jnr,...
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NASS in a new battle. YNaija PDP wants Ambode to declare his assets. Vanguard APC senators makes impossible demand as Saraki moves for peace. YNaija Kukah tells Buhari not to discard confab report. Vanguard Buhari gives Jonathan kudos over peaceful transition Premium Times Sylva in another fresh fraud charges. Vanguard Falana wants Buhari to withhold...
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Rauf Aregbesola, the Governor of Osun state, has promised to pay workers the salaries they are being owed before the end of June. He made the promise in a statement issued in Osogbo on Sunday, June 14, by his media aide, Semiu Okanlawon. Aregbesola stated that he had a dream to develop the state and make it...
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Now that the National Assembly leadership brouhaha is finally beginning to simmer, a new kind of battle is brewing in the nation’s legislature. The new battle appears to be the intense jostle for the control of the 90 standing committees of the National Assembly. According to reports, the upper and lower chambers of the assembly...
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First Lady of Nigeria, Hajia Aisha Buhari, has advised all the people who will work with and around her husband, President Muhammadu Buhari, to genuinely serve the masses. While hosting women and youths to a ‘thank you’ dinner, Mrs. Buhari said the people around Buhari will determine how successful his administration will be. She made reference to the immediate past...
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After emerging Senate President in murky circumstances, Bukola Saraki has reportedly began to reach out to his colleagues and the leadership of the All Peoples Congress, that are averse to his victory as the head of the National Assembly. Senator Rafiu Ibrahim, who is loyal to Saraki, revealed to Punch Newspapers, on Sunday, June 14, that the APC leadership...
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