THE 2015 TRACKLIST: Dame Patience goes MIA on Dickson | Gowon & Buhari visit IBB | Presidency lashes out at Amaechi | More stories

As you count down to the February General Elections, we show you what to read and what to skip today. Dame Patience goes MIA on Gov. Dickson. YNaija There’s a plot to assassinate me, Omisore cries out. YNaija Presidency lashes out at Amaechi. Premium Times David Mark is miffed by police conduct. Nation APC believes... Read More

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November 20, 2014

Today’s Daily Brief: OBJ gets voter card, Ozekhome calls for Tambuwal’s resignation, PDP says GEJ’s not involved in NASS chaos, and more

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo was on Thursday presented with his Permanent Voter Card at his presidential Hilltop residence in Abeokuta by the Ogun State Residential Electoral Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Mr. Sam Olumekun. The former president, who promised to guard his own PVC carefully, advised Nigerians to also do same. While commending... Read More

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November 12, 2014

THE 2015 TRACKLIST: GEJ declares for re-election | APC is clearly not impressed | Guess who missed the presidential declaration | More stories

GEJ declares he’s seeking for re-election. Leadership APC is clearly not impressed. YNaija Atiku, Tambuwal, others meet over consensus. Punch Buhari, Atiku intensify campaign for APC ticket. Punch Guess who missed the presidential declaration. YNaija Ihedioha denies being a political hijacker. Leadership 4,658 voter cards stolen in Edo – REC. Punch It’s a season of defection in... Read More

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December 13, 2013

Opinion: The NNPC is simply a metaphor for impunity, something has to be done

by Jaye Gaskia What is the annual budget of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture [Less than N90bn] for example? What is the annual budget of Ekiti, or Osun, or Taraba, or Cross River states for example? Less than N120bn! Yet by some calculations, we lost N5.2tn to corruption and leakages in just 2 years [June... Read More

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August 22, 2013

N1trn expenses: Ezekwesili challenges NASS to public debate

by Oge Okonkwo The former minister of education and immediate past vice-president of the World Bank (Africa), Obiageli Ezekwesili, has said she is prepared to appear before a public hearing to defend her surprised revelation that from 2005 to 2013, the National Assembly had received over N1 trillion from the federal purse. In a statement made available yesterday... Read More

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January 26, 2013

Temie Giwa: Stealing from the police (Y! FrontPage)

So if we spend so much on the Nigerian police, how come the state of the Police Colleges are so bad? Last week, it seemed that the Presidency was set on a course to reform the Nigerian police, starting with the institutions that trains new recruits. The documentary created by the Channels Television station promised... Read More

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July 7, 2012

Supreme Court sacks senators, House member

by Isi Esene There was a legal avalanche yesterday with the courts’ sacking of three members of the House of Assembly. The members who got their marching others are Senators John Emeka and Yusuf Musa Nagogo, with the third being the former spokesman of the House of Representatives, Eseme Eyibo. While dismissing the appeal filed... Read More

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