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Ben Murray Bruce
April 22, 2017
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[The Legislative Blog]: Are you ready? Senator Murray-Bruce wants to produce a Hollywood/Nollywood movie

Senator Ben Murray-Bruce has come a long way with his Common Sense series, we just realised. To celebrate the 100th episode in the series, the Senator wants to shoot “a Nollywood/Hollywood movie that will take the world by storm”. So he’s calling on professionals and amateurs who desire worldwide fame to send in their scripts.... Read More
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April 10, 2017
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[The Presidential Blog] Garba Shehu’s attempt to jump on the #BBFinale trend is cute but are you feeling it?

The Senior Special Assistant to the President just got on the Big Brother Nigeria finale trend and sadly, he’s not the first one in the political class to do so. Suspended legislator, Abdul Mumin Jibrin was the first to take a stab at it when he tweeted this: “I have put up my eviction bet... Read More
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March 21, 2017
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The Thread: Does Nollywood really need to ask for our support?

When recession officially set in, the common sense Senator, Ben Murray Bruce, tooted his horn about patronising Made In Naija goods. From bags to cars, computers to make up products, we have been admonished to patronise our own. The entertainment industry (e.g Nollywood) has not been left out in requesting we go see their movies, download their... Read More
Opinion
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February 26, 2017
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“I will be the Vice President of Nigeria, even the President soon” | See our top 10 quotes from last week

As we already know that one week can hardly pass without a President Trump meltdown on Twitter, a tinge of drama by Governor Fayose and controversy from the stable of Nollywood, we bring you our top 10 quotes from Nigeria and beyond in the past week: “I am still resting. Thank you for holding out... Read More
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February 25, 2017
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Dollar fall: Osinbajo should teach Buhari his magic – Murray-Bruce

by Azeez Adeniyi Senator representing Bayelsa East, Ben Murray Bruce has applauded acting President Yemi Osinbajo over the increasing value of the naira. The naira has been traded between 400 and 460 against the dollar at the parallel market on Friday. In a tweet on Saturday, Bruce said whatever the acting President was doing is... Read More
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February 23, 2017
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Gift to Justice Ademola has damaged Buhari – Murray-Bruce

by Dolapo Adelana The Senator representing Bayelsa East senatorial district Ben Murray-Bruce says the gift given to Justice Adeniyi Ademola by a lawyer to President Muhammadu Buhari has damaged him. Bruce, who stated this on Thursday via his Twitter account added that the grass cutting scandal of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation... Read More
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December 20, 2016
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Nigerians are not corrupt, the system is – Ben Bruce

The Senator representing Bayelsa-East Senatorial district, Ben Murray-Bruce says Nigerians are not corrupt. Bruce, commonly known as the Common Sense, who said this on Tuesday argued that the Nigerian system is corrupt, not Nigerians. “It is not Nigerians that are corrupt. It is their system that is corrupt. If you don’t change that system, you can’t... Read More
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December 9, 2016
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We need a common sense minister – Ben-Bruce

The Senator representing Bayelsa-East, Ben Murray-Bruce says the country ought to have a minister for ‘common sense’. According to The Cable Bruce made the remark during an interview with Peace Hyde on ‘My Worst Day in Business’. “A lot of people in government do dumb things. I’ve told successive presidents in this country to appoint a... Read More
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November 29, 2016
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[The Legislative Blog]: Maybe Senator Ben Murray-Bruce got a good deal with Volkswagen Nigeria

Senator Ben Murray Bruce has been up to a great deal of good work recently and it’s hard to ignore. Last week, he was out in Maiduguri with the other members of the Ad hoc committee investigating the humanitarian crisis in the North East. During their visits to the various IDP camps in the region,... Read More
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November 12, 2016
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Eye on Ambode: Governor unveils Black Pearl Towers, Lagos invites investors to its agricultural sector

This week on Eye on Ambode, as al we bring you a recap of some of the activities of the Lagos state governor in the past week. Governor Akinwunmi Ambode was in Edo state on Tuesday and participated in the commissioning of major infrastructural projects recently completed by Governor Adams Oshiomole including the new Edo University... Read More
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November 5, 2016
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[The Legislative Blog]: What’s better than common sense? | Dino Melaye and Ben Murray-Bruce explain

https://www.instagram.com/p/BMYfjuljd_v/ This is how we imagine this conversation between Senators Dino Melaye and Ben Murray-Bruce: Sen BMB: Senator, about this $29.9 billion loan that the Federal Government is requesting from World Bank and the rest that they want us to approve, it’s not making common sense to me… Sen Dino Melaye: Well, that really does... Read More
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October 4, 2016
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[The Legislative Blog]: The Senate has done well with the proposed N300,000 donation to IDPs

Senator Baba Kaka Bashir Garbai representing Borno Central in the Upper Chamber moved the motion on the humanitarian crisis in the North East region of Nigeria. He was supported by 17 other lawmakers. He reminded the House that the almost 10 billion naira IDP support fund proposed by the Executive in the national budget had... Read More
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September 22, 2016
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[The Legislative Blog]: Plenary ended at 4.21pm…the Nigerian Senate goes hard

Shall we give a resounding applause to the Nigerian Senate for closing plenary at 4.21pm today? It must be a first for the lawmakers as Senate President, Bukola Saraki shared the information via his Twitter handle hours ago. Just finished plenary at 4:21pm, we stayed back to make sure EVERY Senator had the opportunity to... Read More
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September 8, 2016
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[The Legislative Blog]: What have some Nigerian senators been up to since recess?

by Tolu Omoyeni The National Assembly has been on recess since July 21 and has now postponed resumption from 13th till the 20th of this month. Why? They said Sallah break. For ordinary Nigerians, hustle resumes on the 14th, we can’t be sleeping through a recession. Don’t they say that while a man is asleep,... Read More
The News Blog
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June 27, 2016
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Inside the Ekiti drama with Ayo Fayose & Zenith Bank… and more on The Slab with Isime‎ [LISTEN]

It’s another edition of The Slab with Isime. On this edition, Adebayo Emuleomo who has been away for a while, is back to join the rest of the YNaija crew – Chukwukere Okpani and Oreoluwa Peters. Today was about Gov. Ayo Fayose‘s issue with Zenith Bank and the whole begging episode; AMCON‘s seizure of Ben Murray-Bruce‘s assets;... Read More
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AMCON
June 25, 2016
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AMCON publishes names of 100 ‘chronic debtors’ (Full List)

The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) has announced that it has in its books, 217 chronic debtors – which include companies and individuals. AMCON has published on its website 100 of the 217 chronic debtors, as directed by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). “Further to our various publications advising debtors to come and settle their obligations... Read More
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June 23, 2016
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Ben Murray-Bruce loses Silverbird Group to AMCON [DETAILS]

The Assets Management Company of Nigeria, AMCON on Thursday took over the assets of Silverbird Group, owned Nigerian Senator, Ben Bruce. Bruce’s companies under the group in Lagos, Port Harcourt and Abuja were sealed with the help of security operatives who prevented entrance and exit into the buildings over unpaid debts totaling N11 billion. Silverbird... Read More
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OPENNASS
June 1, 2016
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Opinion: Father forgive them, for Nigerian politicians know not what they do

By Abdul Mahmud It would be unfair to criticize the operatives of the Department of State Security (DSS) for barring Senator Bruce from having a handshake with President Buhari at the presidential anniversary dinner- a subject I will return to later- that was held in Abuja early this week. There are two issues here that... Read More
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May 31, 2016
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Call it petty… but Ben Bruce is hurting and you must know about it

Senator representing Bayelsa East constituency zone, Ben Murray-Bruce, is pretty upset and he’s letting the world know. The outspoken critic of President Muhammadu Buhari says he was barred from greeting the leader of the nation on Monday night at the presidential villa. Ben Bruce was a guest at the state house alongside other federal lawmakers, who... Read More
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March 7, 2016
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Ben Bruce points out the hypocrisy in denying forex to Nigerian students abroad

Senator Ben Murray-Bruce has criticised President Muhammadu Buhari’s decision to deny forex access to Nigerians studying abroad. President Buhari made the statement during an interview he had with Al Jazeera while on a trip to the Middle East. When asked by his interviewer if his government would allow Nigerian students abroad have access to forex,... Read More
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February 7, 2016
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Patience Jonathan, Dickson, Ben Bruce, others attend Wike’s thanksgiving (PHOTOS)

Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike held a thanksgiving service and subsequent reception following his recent victory at the Supreme Court. Governor of Akwa Ibom state, Emmanuel Udom, Bayelsa governor, Seriake Dickson former First Lady Patience Jonathan, Senator Ben Murray-Bruce, and other dignitaries were present at the reception. See photos below.
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December 27, 2015
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5 reasons why it’s a bad idea to ban use of ATM cards abroad – Ben Murray-Bruce

Senator Ben Murray-Bruce says the proposed ban on the use of Nigerian ATM cards abroad, will adversely affect average Nigerians, who have come to depend on it for various modes of foreign transactions. Murray-Bruce, advised the Central Bank of Nigeria and the Federal Government that ‘politically exposed people’ like himself should be stopped from using... Read More
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December 4, 2015
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Read the original text of the infamous anti-social media bill

Nigerians have vehemently kicked against the proposal of the Prohibition of Frivolous Petitions; and Other Matters Bill a.k.a the anti-social media bill. To press home the message, social media activists created the hashtag #NoToSocialMediaBill to fire a note of warning to the Senate on where the general public stands concerning the proposed bill. Read the... Read More
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