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Tompolo, who’s wanted for N45.9bn fraud, drags FG to court

Former Niger Delta militant leader, Government Ekpemulopo (Tompolo), who has been declared wanted, has challenged the N45.9bn fraud charges filed against him. In January 2016, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission had charged Tompolo alongside nine others before Justice Buba for an alleged N45.9bn fraud, however, the former militant leader repeatedly ignored court summons issued... Read More

FG, Fraud, Government Ekpemupolo, Lawsuit, Tompolo

5 aspects of the budget Presidency claims was ‘changed’ by NASS

The Presidency has handed down details of the alleged distortion of the 2016 budget to the leadership of the National Assembly. The federal government made the details available to the National Assembly during a meeting on Saturday night between President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo; Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki and the House of... Read More

2016 budget, FG, NASS, Presidency

Chibok girls: ‘We can’t pay N10bn ransom unless we know who’s asking’

The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed has reacted to recent reports that Islamic terrorist sect, Boko Haram was demanding N10 billion for the release of the kidnapped Chibok girls. Speaking with newsmen on Sunday, Mohammed expressed doubts over the reports, noting that the Nigerian government had gone through such before and cannot act... Read More

boko haram, chibok, FG, lai mohammed, rescue

‘Don’t take $2bn loan from China’ – Falana

Prominent human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana has advised the Federal Government to abandon its plan of borrowing $2 billion from China, saying that such a move will plunge ‘the nation into more indebtedness.’ Falana urged the Muhammadu Buhari administration to instead, make efforts to recover funds that were not remitted... Read More

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‘Nigerians have suffered enough, no more austerity measures’ – VP Osinbajo

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says the federal government has no desire to impose austerity measures on Nigerians, saying that government will rather stimulate the economy through other ways. Osinbajo stated this on Thursday, while speaking at the The Nation’s First National Economic Forum held in Lagos. The Vice President stressed that state and federal governments... Read More

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‘Fuel scarcity hurts me more than Nigerians queuing at filling stations’ – Ibe Kachikwu

After weeks of bitter suffering that has hindered socio-economic activities in the country, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources and the Group Managing Director of Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Ibe Kachikwu, on Tuesday stated that the fuel crisis will end this weekend. Kachikwu said the scarcity of fuel in Lagos and Abuja will... Read More

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‘APC deceived, manipulated us’ – Fayose

The Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, on Sunday, stated that his government will sue the Federal government for harassing and arresting some principal officers in his council as well as members of the Ekiti state House of Assembly. Fayose, who noted that he was being targeted by the Muhammadu Buhari administration, stated this during an... Read More

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Petrol subsidy returns, pump prices remain the same [DETAILS]

The Nigerian government has announced the reintroduction of payment of subsidy on petrol while also revealing that petrol scarcity would end in a few days. The latest pricing templates of the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency released on Saturday, showed that government was paying N5.84 on subsidy – which was scrapped in January after the... Read More

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‘Buhari, Benue governor aren’t taking Agatu killings with seriousness’

A recent meeting of Benue state socio-cultural and religious groups condemned President Muhammadu Buhari, the Benue state governor, Samuel Ortom, the army and the police chiefs for their insensitivity to the killing of Agatu people by armed Fulani herdsmen. The groups expressed bitterness over the fact that neither the President nor any other federal government... Read More

Agatu, benue state, FG, killing

There’s no going back on Computer Based Tests – FG

The Federal Government has said that the Computer Based Tests that was recently introduced by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) will not be scrapped. The Minister of State for Education, Anthony Anwuka, announced this during a press conference on Monday. “The Computer Based Tests have been institutionalised by JAMB and there is no... Read More

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Bukola Saraki at the Code of Conduct Tribunal | YNaija.com

Tribunal rejects Saraki’s petition to quash charges

The Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, threw out the petition of the embattled Senate president, Bukola Saraki. The Senate President had asked the court to quash the criminal charges preferred against him by the Federal Government. While delivering his ruling, The President of the Court, Justice Danladi Umar, stated that... Read More

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Niger Delta ‘clean up exercise will begin at Ogoni in 3 weeks’ – FG

The Federal Government would kick-start the clean up of oil spills in the Niger Delta region within the next three weeks. This development was made known on Wednesday, by the Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta and Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Brig- General Paul Boroh (retd). While speaking in Enugu at... Read More

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This is why Orubebe’s CCT case was withdrawn by FG

More facts are now coming to light as to why the federal government withdrew the criminal charges preferred against the former minister of Niger Delta affairs, Elder Godson Orubebe. Orubebe, who served in former President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration, was charged before the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) for false declaration of assets. According to sources,... Read More

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In 3 years, government officials spent N248bn on local, foreign trips

The Federal Government spent in 3 years, a whooping N248bn on the trips of officials in Ministries, Departments and Agencies of government. According to the Federal Ministry of Finance, the aforementioned sum represents 18 per cent of the total overhead expenditure for the period. A statement was released to this effect- on Tuesday- by the... Read More

3 years, FG, Foreign trips, trips

Just In: Dakuku Peterside appointed DG of NIMASA

The Federal Government has announced the appointment of Dakuku Peterside as the Director General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA). This was disclosed in a statement signed by the Director, Public Relations, Ministry of Transportation, Yetunde Sonaike, in Abuja on Thursday. The statement said the appointment was with immediate effect. Peterside ran an unsuccessful... Read More

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‘Economic terrorists’ at war with the Naira… EFCC called to action [DETAILS]

‘Unscrupulous elements hiding under the cloak of market forces’ are behind the problems bedeviling the Nigerian currency- Naira- says the federal government. Abubakar Malami, the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice made the allegation while briefing newsmen in Abuja on Wednesday. Malami said the government’s initial suspicion that the currency was being... Read More

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11,000 ‘potential ghost workers’ discovered on FG payroll

The Federal Government has uncovered 11,000 ghost workers on its payroll in its second batch of staff audit. This new discovery is coming on the heels of the 23,000 ghost workers that were deleted from the government’s payroll in February. Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, made the disclosure to State House correspondents on Wednesday at... Read More

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‘APC members in Rivers state are fast becoming endangered species’

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described the Rivers State under the administration of Governor Nyesom Wike, as a killing field. This was disclosed in a statement by the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) Segun Oni, the acting national chairman of APC, on Wednesday. The party urged security agencies and other relevant bodies to take into cognizance... Read More

APC, FG, PDP, Rivers State, security agencies, wike

NNPC broken into 7 divisions, 20 subsidiaries [DETAILS]

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has finally been unbundled by the Federal Government into seven divisions- which comprises of 20 subsidiaries. The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources and Group Managing Director of the corporation, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, made the disclosure while speaking to journalists in Abuja on Tuesday. Kachikwu also made it known that... Read More

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How FG plans to end herdsmen attacks, farmland encroachment (READ)

The Nigerian government is putting together a legislation that would prohibit herdsmen from allowing their cattle graze in villages and cities, says the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Audu Ogbeh. The prospective legislation is coming in the wake of the recent massacre of hundreds in Aguta, a farming community in Benue State. The Minister... Read More

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Finance Ministry workers accuse Presidency of impunity, illegality [DETAILS]

The Presidency’s attempt to extend the tenure of Jamila Shu’ara, the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Finance, has been met with stiff resistance by the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN). According to Punch Newspapers, Shu’ara was supposed to retire on February 17 when she attained the age of 60, however, a notice... Read More

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THE YNAIJA TRACKLIST: Zika virus can cause paralysis | Super Tuesday results | Top Army officers lose positions | More stories

PENGASSAN ‘has no hand’ in PPPRA leadership crisis. Punch Top military officers involved in the $2.1bn arms deal lose positions. Nation Replace 23,000 ghost workers with unemployed youths – Reps advises FG. Vanguard FG won’t probe former minister of agriculture, Akinwumi Adesina. Leadership Adetunji to be installed as Olubadan on Friday – Kingmakers. Punch Kogi speaker,... Read More

Adesina, APC, Fayose, FG, Olubadan, Rivers, Tracklsit, wike

Why FG will not probe former Agriculture Minister, Akinwumi Adesina

“We need to support him in order to succeed,“ says the incumbent Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, about his predecessor, Akinwumi Adesina, who is the immediate past Minister of Agriculture and now the President of the African Development Bank (ADB). Ogbeh averred that the federal government will give Adesina maximum support... Read More

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THE YNAIJA TRACKLIST: Shi’ite Sect severs ties with judicial panel| Republicans desperate to stop Trump | More stories

Shi’ite Sect sever ties with judicial panel. Leadership EFCC challenges Rickey Tarfa’s fresh application. Vanguard Why Badeh was moved to Lagos. Leadership FG doesn’t plan to sell NIPOST to foreigners. Punch There is fraud in NDDC projects in Imo – Okorocha alleges. Vanguard APC chieftain, Oke vows to never return to PDP. Punch APC brands Sheriff, Fayose, as... Read More

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February 29, 2016

14-year-old Ese Oruru rescued by FG

14-year-old Ese Oruru has been rescued from her captors, and she’s now in the custody of the Federal Government. Ese Oruru was abducted eight months ago from Bayelsa State by a tricycle driver known as Yinusa, a.k.a Yellow. Yinusa had taken the girl to Kano, converted to Islam and forcefully married her. Following Sunday’s launch of the... Read More

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February 28, 2016

23,846 ghost workers yanked off FG payroll

The Federal Government on Sunday, revealed that it has removed 23,846 ghost workers from its payroll. As a result of the commencement of the BVN audit process in December 2015, it came to the fore in January 2016 that tens of thousands of faceless workers were on the payroll of the government. The removal of the... Read More

23, 846, FG, ghost, non-existent workers

February 27, 2016

‘We are Nigeria’s landlord… we can’t leave our house for tenants’ – Ndigbo

The Youth Council of Ohaneze Ndigbo, has stated that people of the South East region have the largest stake in Nigeria, hence it is unrealistic to agitate for secession from the country. The group, while appealing to the federal government to release the Director of Radio Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, alos urged him to seek better... Read More

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biafra, FG, Landlords, Ndigbo, nigeria, Nnamdi Kanu

February 23, 2016

Sacked VCs: ‘Buhari, Jonathan both broke the law’ – ASUU

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), on Tuesday, stated that the sacking of the 12 vice-chancellor of the newly estblished federal universities was a clear violation of the law. It would be recalled that President Muhammadu Buhari, through the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, recently fired the VCs of the new federal universities established... Read More

ASUU, FG, vice-chancellors

February 21, 2016

‘We support ex-militants’ 31-day ultimatum to FG’ – MASSOB

Secessionist group, Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) has declared its support for the 31 day ultimatum issued by the Niger Delta Militants to the Nigerian government. The ex-militants are demanding the release of the embattled leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. Both MASSOB and IPOB... Read More

ex-militants, FG, IPOB, MASSOB, MOSSOB, Niger Delta, ultimatum

February 16, 2016

‘Boko Haram has been scattered, demoralized and decimated – Lai Mohammed

The federal government has said that in spite of the recent wave of attacks by the insurgent group, Boko Haram, they remain largely decimated, dispersed and disoriented. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed disclosed this at a world press conference in Abuja on Tuesday. Mohammed, while commiserating with the victims of those attacks,... Read More

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