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SERAP to FG: ‘Publish names of looters’

Civil rights group, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), on Sunday, called on the federal government to “publish the names of high-ranking public officials from whom the public funds were recovered” According to a statement released by SERAP’s executive director, Adetokunbo Mumuni, the group commended the federal government for publishing the recovered funds, saying that... Read More

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‘The looters list is not correct’ – Femi Falana

Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, has said some of the figures inputted in the looters list by the federal government, are not accurate. Falana said he is certain that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has recovered a lot more than 39,169,911,023.00- said to be cash at hand and 19,267,730,359.36... Read More

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Full breakdown of the assets, cash FG recovered from looters

The Federal Government on Saturday released the amounts recovered in the past one year from the looters of the nation’s treasury. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed released however, failed to release the names of the looters and the location where the funds were domiciled/stashed. A statement released by the Minister inferred that the figures... Read More

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BREAKING: FG releases list of recovered cash, assets from looters [DETAILS]

The Federal Government has released the amounts recovered in the past one year from the looters of the nation’s treasury. The figures released is based on the interim report on the financial and assets recoveries made by the various government agencies from May 2015 to May 2016. In a statement released on Saturday, the Minister... Read More

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The Big 5: These are the stories you should be monitoring today

These are the top five stories to monitor today. 1) Buhari, Jonathan meet behind closed doors President Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday night, met with his predecessor, Goodluck Jonathan, at the Presidential villa, to discuss the Niger Delta Militancy. 2) FG relocates top government officials to Niger Delta According to the senior special assistant to the... Read More

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FG orders banks to immediately stop sacking staff

The Federal Government has directed commercial banks to forthwith, put a halt on the retrenchment of their employees. In the past few weeks, Diamond Bank and Ecobank have laid off thousand of workers as a result of the financial crisis in the sector and the country at large. A statement was released to this effect... Read More

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Finally, FG scraps post-UTME exams, cut off mark now 180

The Federal Government on Thursday scrapped the examination applicants write when seeking admission into tertiary institutions in the country. This was disclosed by the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, at the 2016 Policy Meeting of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB). He said universities can screen candidates admitted by JAMB but students should not... Read More

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Jude Ndukwe: Travel ban on Wike, Fayose and other expensive jokes

By Jude Ndukwe When news broke out late last week that President Muhammadu Buhari had allegedly placed travel ban on two governors of the opposition party, PDP, in the persons of governors Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State and Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, an already unsettled nation became even more distressed. If the report is... Read More

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How FG will ‘exploit’ the maritime sector

The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, on Thursday, disclosed that the federal government will exploit the potential of the maritime sector by establishing a national shipping line. The Minister said this while giving a keynote address at the 14th Maritime Seminar for Judges organized by the Nigerian Shippers’ Council, in collaboration with the National Judicial... Read More

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Niger Delta militants (not Avengers) declare ‘war’

While militant group, Niger Delta Avengers continuously destroy oil pipelines, the original Niger Delta militants on Wednesday gave the Federal Government a 2-day ultimatum to release the corpses of 10 pro-Biafra agitators. Representatives of the militants are leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Democratic Front, Precious Iyoyo, aka General Playboy; and Concerned Militant Leaders, General... Read More

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The Big 5: These are the stories you should be monitoring today

Here are the top five news stories to monitor today 1) Army says force is the best course of action The Nigerian Army has disclosed that it will use force to quell the raising spate of militancy in the Niger Delta region. They, however, denied any involvement in the allegations abuse in the region. ... Read More

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FG to make it easy to do business in Nigeria – Here’s how

President Muhammadu Buhari has given the green light for the formation of a Presidential Commission on the ease of doing business in Nigeria, says Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. According to a statement released by the Senior Special Assistant (Media and Publicity) to Vice President, Laolu Akande, the VP made the disclosure on Friday while presiding... Read More

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Adaobi Nwaubani: 5 ways Nigeria has changed in Buhari’s first year

Novelist and writer, Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani gives five examples of what has changed in Nigeria since 29 May 2015 when President Muhammadu Buhari was sworn in. 1. Are we safer? Those of us who travel regularly in Nigeria’s north-east had become used to what should be a 15-minute journey turning into an hour-long ordeal. You had... Read More

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What Governor Amosun is selling – no one is buying

The Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun, on Sunday, disclosed that he was unable to secure jobs for his relations in a recruitment exercise in the state because his relations were unqualified for the job. Answering questions at an event to mark Democracy Day at the June 12 Cultural Centre, Abeokuta, the Governor admitted that he... Read More

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‘After one year in office, Buhari sounds like he’s campaigning for votes ‘ – Fayose

President Muhammadu Buhari’s one year in office has been a year of untold hardship, deception and problems, says the Ekiti state Governor, Ayodele Fayose. According to a statement signed by the Governor’s Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, Nigeria’s economy has been ruined under the All Progressives Congress (APC) government. Fayose... Read More

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Niger Delta Avengers strike again… and ‘something big is about to happen’

Militant group, the Niger Delta Avengers, in the wee hours of Saturday, blew up oil pipelines in the South south region. According to a tweet by the militant group, the act of vandalism was carried out at about 2:15am. https://twitter.com/NDAvengers/status/736429227340365828 It followed this up with another tweet: https://twitter.com/NDAvengers/status/736430638287474688 While this incident is yet to be confirmed,... Read More

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Morning Devotion: Another big announcement from Ambode, FG to put states on the right fiscal path & Nigeria to sign a visa free agreement with 8 countries

On this morning’s episode, Joachim MacEbong discusses Ambode’s new project, FG’s plan to put states on the right fiscal path & Nigeria to sign a visa free agreement with 8 countries. Take a listen. https://soundcloud.com/ynaijaonline/morning-devotion-episode-12

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The money the FG and states just shared is much smaller than last month’s

The Federal Government, State Governments and Local Government Councils will share N207.878 billion as Federal allocation for the month of April, 2016 with the Federal Government taking 52.68%, states 26.72% while local governments take 20.60% while a statutory 13% goes to oil producing states as derivation. The allocation was revealed in a communique released by... Read More

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Increase in minimum wage may be coming sooner than you think

The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and the Federal Government, on Wednesday agreed to set up a 16 man committee that will work out the new minimum wage as well as palliatives that will soften the effects of the increase in the pump price of fuel. The federal government announced Mohammed Buba as the chairman of... Read More

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NNPC returns N6 billion | FG suffers $45.90 million revenue loss

The Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has reportedly refunded the sum of #6.330 billion to the federal government, even as the federal goverment suffered a revenue loss of $45.90 million. This was contained in a statement signed by Kene Offie, Head of Press and Public Relations, Office of the Accountant General of the Federation. The... Read More

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Appeal Court says no bail for Biafra leader, Nnamdi Kanu

The Court of Appeal in Abuja has today, dismissed the appeal of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu and his co-accused for bail. Kanu has been in the custody of the Federal Government since December 2015 when he was arrested by operative of the Department of State Services. He is currently being... Read More

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They have found 43,000 ghosts in Nigeria’s security agencies

According to the Head of the Continuous Audit team of the Federal Government, Mohammed Dikwa, about 43,000 ghost workers have been discovered in the payroll of security agencies in the country. Dikwa revealed this yesterday in a meeting with the Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun and the heads of para-military agencies in Abuja. Dikwa said... Read More

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‘There is no money to run government’ -Amaechi

The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, on Tuesday said that Nigerians are more interested in having money in thier pockets rather than the structural changes the Buhari administration is aiming to build. The minister said this while speaking in Abuja at a forum organised by News Agency of Ngeria (NAN). While pleading with Nigerians to... Read More

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‘FG spends N165bn every month on salaries and allowances’ -Adeosun

The Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, on today disclosed that the Nigerian government spends N165 billion on salaries and allowances per month. Adeosun stated this during a joint meeting with the security chiefs of paramilitary agencies under the Ministry of Interior on continuous audit and moving from manual to automated payment system. The Minister noted... Read More

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FG commends NLC for calling off strike

The federal government, on Monday, commended the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) for suspending its five-day-old strike. It would be recalled that the NLC had last week gone on a protest strike over the recent increase in the cost of fuel. This was stated by the Minister for Information, Culture and Tourism, Lai Mohammed, while speaking... Read More

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FG set to begin dialogue with Niger Delta militants

Following the recent increase in the spate of militancy in the Niger Delta region, the Nigerian government, on Monday, disclosed that it is considering opening discussion with the militants in the region. This was disclosed by the Minister of State for Petroleum, Ibe Kachikwu, and the Minister for Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed. The duo... Read More

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Another round of fuel scarcity looms as PENGASSAN threatens strike action

The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association (PENGASSAN) has served the Federal Government its notice to go on strike- an action which would cause widespread scarcity of petroleum products in the country. The Union had on Monday, last week served the government a 7-day ultimatum to meet its demands. PENGASSAN had demanded that the... Read More

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How NNPC failed to remit $3.8bn, N358.3bn to FG in 2013

A recently released report by the Nigeria Extractive Industries and Transparency Initiative (NEITI) has alleged that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation failed to remit $3.8 billion and N358.3 billion to the Federation account in 2013 This was disclosed by the Chairman of NEITI, Kayode Fayemi, while presenting the 2013 audit reports of the agency in... Read More

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FG set to implement 65 percent reduction in meal allocations for its officials

The Nigerian government is planning a 65 percent reduction in allocations for refreshment and meals given to top government officials, Punch reports. The proposal is said to be prepared by an Efficiency Unit set up by the Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, and will be forwarded to the Office of the Secretary to the Government... Read More

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How Jonathan’s government withdrew $40m to negotiate for Chibok girls’ release

The Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) has been fingered in the alleged disappearance of $40 million (N13.6billion) which was approved by former President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration for the negotiation of the Chibok girls’ release. According to The Nation, the ONSA had attempted to strike a deal with Boko Haram insurgents for a ceasefire,... Read More

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