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‘Sheriff has political madness’, ‘Fayose will apologise to Aisha Buhari’ and 3 other things we learnt from Bode George

Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Bode George has advised embattled former National Chairman of the party, Sheriff Modu Ali to desist from his political lunacy by insisting that he remains the chairman of the party despite being ousted. Bode George in an interview with Vanguard newspaper, spoke on the issues plaguing the PDP as... Read More

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Why Saraki, Ekweremadu must face trial for forgery – AGF Malami

The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami has insisted that the senate president, Bukola Saraki and his deputy, Ike Ekweremadu must face the charges of forgery and corruption brought against them. The minister, on Thursday, through a statement released by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Salihu Isah, reacted... Read More

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Why Buhari did not fire ex-IGP, Arase

President Muhammadu Buhari has revealed why he retained former Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase until his retirement from active service on Tuesday, June 21. Arase was appointed by the government of Goodluck Jonathan and was retained by Buhari even after the change of government in May 2015. The President, through his Special Adviser on Media... Read More

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The late 5: These are the stories that drove the conversation today

Here are the top five stories that drove the conversation today. 1. AMCON takes over Silverbird The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) has taken over Silverbird Group which is owed by Senator Ben Bruce. 2. Aisha Buhari gives Fayose an ultimatum Wife of President Muhammadu Buhari has told the Ekiti state governor, Ayodele Fayose,... Read More

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‘Fayose lied, we didn’t sponsor any party’ – Sahara Energy

Sahara Energy has denied making any donations to the campaign of the All Progressives Congress in the 2015 general elections. Governor Ayodele Fayose had in a statement released on Wednesday said “Nigerians are interested in the $60 million allegedly donated to the APC campaign by Sahara Energy, on which EFCC has been forced to suspend... Read More

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War of the lawmakers: APC, LP Senators pass vote of confidence on Buhari (PHOTOS)

Senators under the platform of the All Progressive Congress (APC) and Labour Party (LP), on Thursday, passed a vote of confidence on the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration. This comes on the heels of the Peoples Democratic Party’s announcement that it will no longer cooperate with the APC-led federal government. The APC lawmakers have now expressed... Read More

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‘Were you called to bar before going to law school?’ | Fayose’s camp attacks Falana

Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media to Ayodele Fayose, Ekiti state governor, Lere Olayinka has described a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana as a hypocrite. Olayinka’s criticism of Falana was in response to the senior lawyer’s position on the restriction placed on the Governor’s Zenith bank account by the Economic and Financial... Read More

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‘Tough times don’t last’ | Ben Bruce reacts to AMCON’s takeover of Silverbird

The Assets Management Company of Nigeria, AMCON on Thursday took over the assets of Silverbird Group, owned by Ben Bruce, the Senator representing Bayelsa East constituency. 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... Read More

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Fayose’s allies go into hiding… ‘in the Government House’

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have claimed that individuals suspected to be complicit in the N4.7billion arms cash probe have gone into hiding following the freezing of the Ayo Fayose’s account, Governor of Ekiti state. Detectives from the agency were in Ekiti state on Wednesday to arrest some of the people connected... Read More

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‘Buhari should lead negotiation with militants’ – IYC

The Ijaw Youth Council Worldwide (IYC), on Wednesday, called on President Muhammadu Buhari to personally lead the negotiation with Niger Delta militants in the oil rich region. This was said by the IYC President, Udengs Eradiri, while speaking with newsmen in, Yenegoa, Bayelsa State. Eradiri noted that the President should emulate his predecessors by heading... Read More

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National Assembly members reject Buhari’s dinner invitation

Members of the National Assembly have reportedly shunned a dinner with President Muhammadu Buhari for undisclosed reasons. The most likely of the reasons why the dinner was shunned however, would be the ongoing crisis rocking the Senate as its principal officers are to be tried for alleged forgery and corruption. In the build up to the... Read More

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‘If you don’t touch public funds, you’ll sleep soundly’ – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has for the umpteenth declared his desire to rid the country of corruption and punish anyone found guilty in effect. He reiterated his resolve against corruption when he spoke with a congregation of the Aso Rock house staff on Wednesday. Buhari’s address of the collective state house staff is the first recorded by a... Read More

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‘Military officials planning to remove Buhari’ | Militants let the cat out of the bag

Top military officers intent on overthrowing the President Muhammadu Buhari administration have approached Niger Delta militants to bomb oil installation, the Joint Niger Delta Liberation Force (JNDLF) has alleged. The group made this known in a statement signed by its General Duties, Joint Revolutionary Council (JRC) of JNDLF, General Akotebe Darikoro. The JNDLF noted that... Read More

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‘Zenith Bank funded my campaign’ | ‘Aisha Buhari should visit the USA’ – Fayose has more to say

“I have no financial transaction whatsoever with the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) under Col Sambo Dasuki (rtd) and former Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro either by cash, cheque or electronic transfer.” Those were the words contained in a statement issued on behalf of the Ekiti State govenor, Ayodele Fayose,... Read More

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Aisha Buhari wasn’t a child bride – Fayose’s SA possibly needs a maths tutor

In a burst of unusual anger, wife of President Muhammadu Buhari, Aisha, on Tuesday, tweeted this: While some justified her over-the-top attack on Ekiti state governor, Ayodele Fayose, for linking her to the Haliburton fraud case, others thought she overreacted. Aisha has since deleted the tweet, and possibly moved on with her life. But not... Read More

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Senate orders return of Ambassadorial list over ‘irregularities’

Citing irregularities in the ambassadorial list forwarded by the Presidency, the Nigerian Senate, on Wednesday, summoned the secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Babachir Lawal, and the Minister of foreign affair, Geoffrey Onyema, to appear and explain the anomalies therein. The Senate reached the decision to summon the duo after a point of... Read More

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’26 dead, 1000 displaced’ as herdsmen attack 4 Benue communities

Four communities in Benue state were reportedly attacked by suspected Fulani herdsmen on Tuesday – leaving over 26 people dead, several injured and many houses and huts destroyed. The attacks, Vanguard reports, came after the invasion of Dusa villages in Turan council ward of Logo local government on Saturday – where a Village Head and five others were murdered.... Read More

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Kashamu to Fayose: ‘You’re a drowning man who’s throwing juvenile tantrums’

The Senator representing Ogun East Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Senator Buruji Kashamu has asked Governor of Ekiti state, Ayo Fayose to stop chasing shadows and address the allegations against him “instead of dragging the wife of the president, Aisha Buhari into the Williams Jefferson bribery scandal.” Fayose, in a statement on Monday alleged... Read More

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‘Nigeria is moving towards totalitarianism’ – PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party Governors’ Forum, on Tuesday, joined several other Nigerians to criticise the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for freezing the bank account of Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti state. The Governors described the action by the EFCC as an abuse of the constitution of Nigeria. Speaking through its chairman, Olusegun Mimiko,... Read More

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Pro-Biafrans weren’t born when there was Biafra – Buhari

Governing Nigeria is not an easy task, President Muhammadu Buhari has said. The President said this on Tuesday while breaking his Ramadan fast with members of the Federal Executive Council at the Presidential banquet hall, Aso villa, Abuja. While urging Nigerians to pray for the country, President Buhari also said Nigerians need to be instilled... Read More

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The late 5: These are the stories that drove the conversation today

These are the top five stories that drove the conversation today. New Police IG appointed President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Ibrahim Kpotun Idris as the new Acting Inspector General of Police. 2. Wife of President Buhari not involved in bribery scandal Former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Lamorde, has confirmed... Read More

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Fayose is ‘childishly obsessed with attention’ – Presidency

The Presidency has described as ridiculous the attempt by the Governor of Ekiti state, Ayo Fayose to implicate President Muhammadu Buhari’s wife, Aisha in the bribery scandal for which American senator, William Jefferson was convicted for in 2009. Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, on Tuesday reacted to... Read More

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‘Integrity and respect for diversity’ | This is the new IGP’s agenda

The newly appointed acting inspector-general of police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris has promised Nigerians that he will do everything possible to give his best to Nigeria. Speaking to state house correspondents at the end of the meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari, Idris promised to focus on making sure that communities are safe and the police operates with... Read More

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‘Saraki, Ekweremadu are accused of a fraud that doesn’t exist’ – Dino Melaye

The Nigerian Senate has reacted to the criminal charges preferred against the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, and his Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, describing it as a threat to the unity of Nigeria and the legislature. Among the Senators who voiced their opposition to the charges against the presiding officers of the senate... Read More

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BREAKING: Pres. Buhari appoints Ibrahim Idris as new Police IG

Ibrahim Kpotun Idris has been appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari as the new acting Inspector General of Police Idris, an Assistant Inspector General of police, from Niger State, takes over from Solomon Arase, who has attained the compulsory retirement age of 60. Before his appointment, Idris was the AIG in charge of operations at the... Read More

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Life pension, immunity: ‘Senators don’t fear Nigerians’ – Itse Sagay

Itse Sagay, Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to ignore any bill on life pension and immunity for the principal officers of the National Assembly. Life pension and immunity for principal officers of the Assembly were suggested by some lawmakers at a recent retreat on constitution review organised by... Read More

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Jude Ndukwe: President Buhari’s WAEC certificate drama and karma

By Jude Ndukwe President Muhammadu Buhari’s certificate saga is getting messier by the day. Although a majority of his supporters who are now blaming themselves for imposing this willful and unfortunate reversal of fortunes on Nigeria after declaring in the run up to the last presidential election that even if the president presented a “NEPA... Read More

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Opinion: FG’s tubers of yam and 4 other things

By Simon Kolawole The naira has just been effectively devalued — so why are some people jubilating? The way economists, financial experts, bankers and analysts were celebrating on Wednesday would make you think crude oil price had just hit $120 per barrel and Nigeria’s production level has risen to 2.5mbpd. But no. The CBN had... Read More

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Fayose uncovers (yet another) plot to impeach him [DETAILS]

Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has accused the Federal Government of planning to use the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), to cause unrest in his state with the aim of illegally impeaching him. He revealed this during a press conference in Abuja on Sunday. Fayose alleged that part of the plan was to arrest... Read More

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PENGASSAN will shut down oil sector in 7 days except this is done

The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has given the government 7 days to call employers of labour in the oil sector to order over what the union described as anti-labour practices. PENGASSAN in a statement by its National PRO, Emmanuel Ojugbana, said the union would shut down the oil sector... Read More

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