The Late 5: Kachikwu says FG won’t sell refineries, Court dismisses corruption case against Nnamani, and other top stories

These are the top five Nigerian stories that drove conversation today. Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike has said the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is incapable of conducting credible election in Nigeria. Wike said this when the German Ambassador to Nigeria. Dr. Bernhard Shlagheck, visited him at the Government House in Port Harcourt. He urged... Read More

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April 25, 2016

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Buhari consults Nnamani, Masari on 2016 budget

As the 2016 budget crisis continues to drag on, President Muhammadu Buhari has consulted experienced former legislators on ways to settle the impasse with the National Assembly. The President, on Monday, met with former Senate President, Ken Nnamani and former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Bello Masari, behind closed doors. The 2016 budget has... Read More

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September 20, 2013

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Akin Osuntokun: The rebellion of the godsons

by Akin Osuntokun We have saved the big masquerade for the last encore. And in so doing I hope I’m not liable to the charge of speaking ill of the dead if I reasoned that the honeymoon between President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua and his godfather ended prematurely and long before death did them apart My... Read More

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April 8, 2012

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Ken Nnamani says OBJ is a liar

by Hauwa Gambo As we reported on Friday, former President, Olusegun Obasanjo had claimed, in an exclusive interview with Channels Television, that he had never instructed anyone, including his Special Adviser on National Assembly Matters, Florence Ita-Giwa to lobby for tenure elongation; adding that if he wanted such, he would have gotten it as God.”... Read More

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