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MIT Professor ‘Plays’ Buhari, Rejects NERC Appointment Again

Akintunde Akinwande, President Muhammadu Buhari’s nominee for the position of chairman of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, has again failed to show up for screening at the senate....

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Alleged Bribe: APC Rejects Banire’s Voluntary Resignation

The National Working Committee, NWC, of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, has rejected the offer to step aside by its national legal adviser, Muiz Banire, a senior advocate of Nigeria and a...

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Dear Twitter Overlords, You Can Defend Buhari Without Playing The GEJ Card...

It is funny that some self acclaimed social media overlords are still stucked in self delusion that at every opportunity to knock President Muhammadu Buhari’s dilapidating performance they quickly...

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Mimiko, Jegede Made Huge Sacrifices For Democracy – Coalition

A pro-democracy coalition says the capacity to induce security concern and force the postponement of an election in a state, is within the reach of a governor in Nigeria, but that “Governor Olusegun...

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Insecurity: Save Lagos Group Calls For Gov Ambode’s Resignation

The Save Lagos Group, SLG, has called for the resignation of Lagos State governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, following recent incessant threat to lives and property in parts of the state. The group said in a...

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‘Don’t Be Discouraged By Election Outcome’– Eyitayo Jegede Tells His Supporters

Eyitayo Jegede, the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party in Ondo State, has reached out to his supporters encouraging them to keep the faith despite the result of the just concluded governorship...

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BREAKING: Court Orders Immediate Release of Shi’ite Cleric, El Zakzaky, Wife

An Abuja Division of the Federal High Court on Friday ordered the release of the leader of the largest Shi’ite sect in Nigeria, the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky. Sheikh El-Zakzaky...

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‘I’m Not Dumping The PDP’– Governor Fayose

Ayodele Fayose, the governor of Ekiti State, has dispelled the news making the rounds that he planned to dump the Peoples Democratic Party, saying, “I am a PDP member and I remain a PDP member.” “What...

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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Receives 2016 Global Fairness Award

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, a former minister of finance, was on Thursday, December 1, honored with the Global Fairness Award in Washington DC, United States. The award was presented to her by the Global...

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National Assembly Needs To Publish Its Funding, Operations – Dogara

Yakubu Dogara, the speaker of Nigeria’s House of Representatives, has said that it high time the National Assembly publicly answered questions about its activities and funding. A statement signed by...

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Obey Court Order, Free El Zakzaky, Wife – Group Tells Buhari

A political pressure group, the Wailing Wailers, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari and the secret police, the State Security Services to obey the court order directing the release of the Shi’ite...

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Radio Journalist, Iyuadoo Tor-Agbidye, Kidnapped In Benue

The Benue Police Command said a radio journalist, Iyuadoo Tor-Agbidye, had been kidnapped on Friday, December 2, 2016 in her house in Makurdi. The News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, reports that the...

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CBN Has Been Illegally Funding Buhari’s Government – Sanusi

The Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II has said that the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, is illegally lending to Muhammadu Buhari-led government. Sanusi, a former governor of the Central Bank, made this...

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CBN To Render Financial Services To Rural Villages By 2020 – Emefiele

Godwin Emefiele, the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, on Friday, December 2, 2016 announced plans to render financial services to villages across the country by the end of 2020. Emefiele...

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Paris Club Deductions: FG Approves Refund Of N522.74 Billion To States

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved a total of N522.74 billion to be disbursed to states as reimbursement for over-deductions on external debt service. A statement issued on Friday, December 2,...

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Racism: Doctor Fired After Calling Michelle Obama ‘Monkey Face’ On Facebook

A Colorado doctor has been ordered to stop seeing patients and is being fired from her medical school teaching job after calling the US first lady Michelle Obama “monkey face” on Facebook and defending...

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Donald Trump Files Complaints To Block Michigan, Pennsylvania Vote Recount

President-elect Donald Trump, who has claimed the election was riddled with fraud, has filed an objection to block what his lawyers called a “lawless, insulting” request for a recount in Michigan that...

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Nigerian Appointed Into Donald Trump’s Business Advisory Forum

Private-equity giant Blackstone said on Friday, December 2, 2016 that its CEO, Steve Schwarzman, would head a group of business leaders to “frequently” advise President-elect Donald Trump on economic...

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Kaduna APC: The Ridiculous War Against Shehu Sani (READ)

In this part of the world, those who pick up the courage to stand up against our corrupt, inept, deceitful and morally-bankrupt system are tagged enemies of the state and attacked on all fronts by...

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War Of EFCC Bosses: ‘Don’t Blame Me For Your Political Failure’– Waziri Tells...

Farida Waziri, a former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has warned her predecessor, Nuhu Nuhu Ribadu against using her name anytime he needs public attention or...

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