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    Politics Fayose sacks 2 board members – The Sun News

    Ekiti Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has sacked two members of the board of the state Teaching Service Commission, Chief Gabriel Falayi and Chairman, Governing Council of the College of Education, Ikere Ekiti, Prof. Babajide Alo. Their sack … Read more via The Sun News –...
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    Politics Buhari Has Kept His Campaign Promises, He Deserves A Second Term - Tinubu - Naijaloaded

    The national leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC, Bola Tinubu, has said that President Buhari deserves a second term in office as he has kept his 2015 campaign promises to Nigerians. READ MORE HERE
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    Politics '‘Please, Show Mercy. I Was Misled, The Prisons Are Congested’' - Ex Governor Dariye - Nairaland

    Former Plateau state governor, Joshua Dariye, today pleaded with Justice Adebukola Banjoko to temper justice with mercy as she handed him a 14-year jail term for diverting N1.1 billion from the state when he was governor. READ MORE HERE
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    Politics Finance: How MKO Abiola made and spent his fortune – pulse.ng

    Late Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola was arguably the richest Nigerian living in Nigeria with a large share of his businesses situated in the country while he was alive. A brilliant mind with an impeccable CV, Abiola was widely referred to as a tycoon and the biggest philanthropist in...
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    Politics Those behind June 12 annulment will soon be known – Kalu – Newtelegraph

    Former Governor of Abia State, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, has said that the coming years would reveal the real personalities behind the annulment of June 12, 1993 election, adding that the story as it is being told is not complete yet. Speaking … Read more via Newtelegraph –...
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    Politics Buhari, Tinubu, Akande, 14 govs endorse Oshiomhole as APC chair – Newtelegraph

    The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu; former Interim National Chairman of the ruling party, Chief Bisi Akande and 14 governors have so far endorsed former governor of Edo State, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole for the party’s chair. The endorsement is coming...
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    Politics Court threatens Lai Mohammed over looters’ list suit – Vanguard News

    A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has granted former Minister of Finance, Nenadi Usman, leave to serve the Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, notice to appear before the court and explain why he should not be committed to prison for publishing the name of the applicant in looters’ …...
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    Politics PDP: President Buhari’s image laundering in Morocco a mockery – TODAY.NG

    The Peoples Democratic Party has dismissed what it termed the image rescue effort by President Muhammadu Buhari before Moroccan Prime Minister, Saadeddine Othman, as a poorly packaged deception to sugarcoat his deep-seated disdain for Nigerian youths...... Read more via TODAY.NG –...
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    Politics Ekiti Elections Will be Difficult to Rig, Says INEC – Thisdaylive

    Barely one month to the governorship election in Ekiti State, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has assured Nigerians that the poll would be … Read more via Thisdaylive – https://ift.tt/2l3RT6C Get More Nigeria Political News
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    Politics PDP Campaign Funds: Court Stops Shekarau from Performing Lesser Hajj – Thisdaylive

    Justice Zainab Bage Abubakar of the Federal High Court in Kano yesterday refused an application by a former Governor of Kano State, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau, for the release of his international passport to enable him travel to Saudi Arabia for lesser hajj. Shekarau approached the court with a...
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    Politics Oshiomhole: If I Were Buhari, I’ll Jail Obasanjo – Thisdaylive

    Former Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomole, has said he would have arrested and prosecuted former President Olusegun Obasanjo if he were President Muhammadu Buhari. This is coming as the former Edo State governor received more endorsements … Read more via Thisdaylive –...
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    Politics Buhari Signs 2018 Budget Wednesday – Thisdaylive

    Barring any last-minute change, President Muhammadu Buhari will Wednesday sign the 2018 Appropriation Bill into law, THISDAY learnt Tuesday. In fact, but for the June 12 activities, including the investiture of late Chief Moshood Abiola, Ambassador Babagana Kingibe and late … Read more via...
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    Politics Timipre Sylva Vows To Chase ‘Rat’ Seriake Dickson Out Of Bayelsa Govt House – Sahara Reporters

    Sylva Timipre Sylva, former Governor of Bayelsa State and flagbearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2016 governorship election in Bayelsa State, says he will someday take over from the “rats” currently occupying the state government house. Although he didn’t … Read more via...
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    Politics June 12: Prof. Humphrey Nwosu Writes Buhari On Abiola’s Award - Punch Newspapers

    The Chairman of the defunct National Electoral Commission, Prof. Humphrey Nwosu, has announced that he will not be able to attend the posthumous investiture of the presumed winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, the late Chief Moshood Kashimawo Abiola, as the Grand Commander of the...
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    Politics 2019 Elections: RCCG Pastor Declares For Presidency Under Obasanjo’s ADC - Daily Post Nigeria

    A Pastor at the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Emmanuel Ikechukwu, has declared his intention to run for the office of the President in 2019. Declaring his intention in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Ikechukwu disclosed that his mission was to rescue the nation from ‘economic doldrums.”...
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    Politics PDP Speaks On Changing Symbol & Slogan Ahead Of 2019 – Naijaloaded

    The Chairman of Board of Trustees, BoT, of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Senator Walid Jibrin, has said that there is no plan by the party to change its symbol, the umbrella. He also said that the party’s slogan, “Power to … Read more via Naijaloaded | Nigeria’s Most Visited Music &...
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    Politics Ex-NEC chairman lauds Buhari for honouring June 12 – PM NEWS Nigeria

    Prof. Humphrey Nwosu Prof. Humphrey Nwosu, Chairman of the defunct National Electoral Commission, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for designating June 12 as Nigeria’s Democracy Day. The commendation was contained in a letter Nwosu wrote to the Secretary to the Government of the...
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    Politics How Diezani’s 19 US, UK, Nigeria properties we uncovered – EFCC ‎ – INFORMATION NIGERIA

    The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission revealed to the Federal High Court in Abuja how it uncovered about 19 houses allegedly bought by former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Maduke, in Nigeria, the United Kingdom and the United States of America. The EFCC explained...
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    Politics 2019: Stop heating up the polity, Moghalu tells Buhari, Obasanjo – Vanguard News

    FORMER Deputy Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Professor Kingsley Moghalu has advised President Muhammadu Buhari and former President Olusegun Obasanjo to be cautious and mindful of their utterances so that the country would not be set on fire. Kingsley Moghalu Moghalu, a presidential...
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    Politics President Buhari has failed – Donald Duke allegedly says – Laila’s Blog

    Former governor of Cross Rivers State and Presidential hopeful, Donald Duke, has allegedly described the President Buhari led government as................ Read more via Nigeria News | Laila’s Blog – https://ift.tt/2JwcSO8 Get More Nigeria Political News
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