Good morning. These are the top 5 stories you should be monitoring today: President Muhammadu Buhari arrived Turkey late yesterday where he will be participating in the D-8 Summit scheduled to hold on Friday. Among his entourage is the Comptroller-General of the Nigerian Customs Service, Hameed Ali, which hints that one of the topics of... Read More

Atiku, Baru, Buhari, Kachikwu, Osinbajo, The Big 5, Turkey

October 11, 2017

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The Big 5: Three Nigerians killed in South Africa in less than one month, EFCC to begin auction of seized petroleum products, and other top stories

Good morning. Here are the top 5 stories you should be monitoring today. After a closed-door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari over the recent chieftaincy tussle in Oyo state, the state governor Abiola Ajimobi has said he will not dethrone the Olubadan of Ibadanland Oba Saliu Adetunji, despite the Oba’s action. Here’s a bit of context to... Read More

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Ajimobi, Baru, EFCC, Kachikwu, Muhammadu Buhari, Oyo State, south africa, The Big 5, Xenophobia

October 10, 2017

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The Late 5: President Buhari seeks permission to borrow $5.5billion, Over 21,000 teachers in Kaduna fail Primary four test, and other top stories

Good evening. Here are the top 5 stories that drove conversation today: President Muhammadu Buhari wrote the Senate to seek approval for an external loan of $5.5 billion. In a letter read by the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, the President explained that the fund will be channelled towards funding capital projects in the 2017 budget... Read More

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Baru, Kachikwu, kaduna, Muhammadu Buhari, North Korea, The Late 5

October 10, 2017

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The Big 5: Baru continues attack on Kachikwu’s petition, Prof Osinbajo’s plan for 2019 election, and other top stories

Good morning. Here are the top 5 stories you should be monitoring today. National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Group Managing Director, Maikanti Baru, has continued his series of rebuttal against his accuser, the Minister of State for Petroleum, Ibe Kachikwu, over an alleged $26bn contract scam. Adding to his statement yesterday that he was “not mandated to discuss contracts... Read More

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ambode, Baru, Kachikwu, lagos state, nnpc, The Big 5, Tinubu, Yemi Osinbajo

October 10, 2017

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Reuben Abati: Kachikwu, Baru and the NNPC debacle

by Reuben Abati The current NNPC debacle is probably the most embarrassing, even if mercifully, eye-opening crisis in the history of that nationally strategic institution since its creation in 1977. I seek in the following commentary to offer a number of observations that would probably throw some light on the muck and confusion running... Read More

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26 Billion contract scandal, Baru, Buhari, Kachi, nnpc, reuben abati

October 5, 2017

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Femi Fani-Kayode: The travails of Ibe Kachikwu and a lesson for the house niggers

by Femi Fani-Kayode I have little doubt that Ibe Kachikwu, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources and Energy, regrets the day that he left the relative comfort of the private sector and entered the stormy waters of Nigerian politics. I am sure that he curses the day that he met President Muhammadu Buhari, that... Read More

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October 4, 2017

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The Thread: “Kachikwu’s days are numbered” | TwitterNG reacts to Kachikwu’s leaked memo

A leaked memo written by Ibe Kachikwu, the Minister of State for Petroleum resources, surfaced yesterday. In it, Kachikwu blew the whistle on the Group Managing Director for corrupt practices and insubordination. READ: In our last night’s Noisemakers piece, we saw Demola Olarewaju and a few others speak on the implications of Kachikwu’s revelations. Here’s... Read More

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26 Billion contract scandal, Baru, Buhari, corruption, Kachikwu, Leaked memo, nigeria, NNPC CORRUPTION, The Thread

July 10, 2016

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‘Kachikwu recommended me to Buhari’ – NNPC boss

The recently appointed Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Maikanti Baru, on Friday, promised to find lasting solution to the problems facing the petroleum sector. Baru stated this during the handover from his predecessor and Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu. While disclosing that Kachikwu had recommended him to President Buhari... Read More

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The Big 5: Osinbajo meets with Kachikwu and Baru, Court releases Atiku’s son, and other top stories

The Big 5: Three Nigerians killed in South Africa in less than one month, EFCC to begin auction of seized petroleum products, and other top stories

The Late 5: President Buhari seeks permission to borrow $5.5billion, Over 21,000 teachers in Kaduna fail Primary four test, and other top stories

The Big 5: Baru continues attack on Kachikwu’s petition, Prof Osinbajo’s plan for 2019 election, and other top stories

Reuben Abati: Kachikwu, Baru and the NNPC debacle

Femi Fani-Kayode: The travails of Ibe Kachikwu and a lesson for the house niggers

The Thread: “Kachikwu’s days are numbered” | TwitterNG reacts to Kachikwu’s leaked memo

‘Kachikwu recommended me to Buhari’ – NNPC boss

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