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  1. Iroka Chinedu

    Politics PDP, APC trade words over $1bn equipment for military • Fund meant for APC campaign – Punch Ng

    The Peoples Democratic Party has called on Nigerians to resist the attempt by the presidency to take $1bn from the national coffers under the guise of financing the military. The Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali, had told State House correspondents in Abuja on Wednesday that Buhari had...
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    Politics Nigerian youths deserve prosperous country, says Buhari - Punch Ng

    President Muhammadu Buhari on thursday said Nigerian youths deserved a stable and prosperous country they could be proud of. He also said his government would prevent waste and the depletion of the nation’s resources by corrupt Nigerians. Click here to read more
  3. Iroka Chinedu

    Politics Fayose raises alarm over Buhari’s approval of $1bn for arms – The Tribune Ng

    Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has raised the alarm over the approval by President Muhammadu Buhari of $1 billion for the procurement of security equipment to fight Boko Haram insurgency, saying it was rather for the conduct of the 2019 election. Fayose in a statement by his Special...
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    Politics APC governors backtrack; join President against tenure extension – The Guardian

    At last, governors on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have moved against the controversial tenure extension for the Chief John Odigie-Oyegun-led executive and opted to hold congresses at all levels of government. The development came less than 24 hours after a meeting in...
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    Politics Alleged $49.8bn unremitted oil funds: Why Diezani was not indicted—Makarfi – Vanguard news

    Nearly five years after the allegation by then governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, now Emir of Kano, Lamido Sanusi, that Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, failed to remit about $49.8 billion into the Federation Account, Senator Ahmed Makarfi has given insight into why former...
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    Politics INEC issues notice of 2018 Ekiti gov election – Punch Ng

    The Independent National Electoral Commission has issued a notice of election for the July 14 governorship election in Ekiti State. The Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Prof. Abdul-Ganiyu Raji, at a press conference in Ado Ekiti on Wednesday said this was in accordance with Section...
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    Politics APC and PDP’s goalless draw – Punch Ng

    Following the back and forth between the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party over the latter’s apology to all Nigerians over their misgovernance while in power, the Buhari government, in one-upmanship crassness, released a list of “looters” who are alleged to have stolen...
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    Politics Melaye, accusers get May 10 court date – The Nation Ng

    The Police said yesterday that Senator Dino Melaye and the four suspects rearrested for alleged conspiracy and unlawful possession of prohibited firearms will be arraigned at the Federal High Court in Lokoja, Kogi on May 10. The Force said the suspects would be arraigned in court for...
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    Politics Buhari urges caution as APC governors split over Oyegun – The Nation Ng

    Despite President Muhammadu Buhari’s admonition, some All Progressives Congress (APC) governors are still bent on tenure extension for the party’s National Working Committee (NWC), led by Chief John Odigie-Oyegun. They say the party does not need to conduct congresses and national convention...
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    Politics Obasanjo: What does he want? – Vanguarg Ng

    No one has been gifted with the opportunity Dr. Olusegun Obasanjo had in presiding over the affairs of Nigeria for a cumulative 11 years. Does that privilege give him the justification for his repeated incursions and interventions in directing the moral compass of the nation? Dr. Obasanjo’s...
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    Politics Labour rejects plan to reinstate ex-SEC DG – Vanguard Ng

    The organized labour, yesterday in Abuja, rejected alleged plan by the Federal Government to reinstate the former Director-General of the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC), Mr. Mounir Gwarzo, currently on suspension. On the platform of Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria...
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    Politics NASS, most misunderstood arm of government ―Senate leader – Tribune Ng

    The Leader of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan on Tuesday said that the National Assembly, NASS is the most misunderstood arm of Government Since its inauguration in 1999 under the new political dispensation. Senator Lawan stated this in Abuja yesterday while speaking at the inaugural meeting of...
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    Politics Looters list: You can’t divert attention from your misrule, PDP tells FG – Tribune Ng

    The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday observed that the Presidency and the All Progressives Congress (APC) have failed in their ploy to use their so-called looters’ lists to divert public discourse from the raging questions “on their numerous scandals, manifest sleazes and overall...
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    Politics Kwara House approves N4bn loan facility to pay arrears of LG staff, pensioners – Tribune Ng

    KWARA State House of Assembly has authorised the state government to access a term loan facility of N4bn to settle the payment of outstanding salaries and pensions of the 16 Local Government Councils in the state. The legislature which reconvened from its recess, resolved to approve the loan...
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    Politics Buhari congratulates Oshiomhole at 65 - Punch Ng

    President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday joined the All Progressives Congress family in congratulating a former governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomhole, on his 65th birthday. In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, the President Buhari felicitated with the...
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    Politics PDP, CNM back Obasanjo’s Buhari is a failure comment - Punch Ng

    The Peoples Democratic Party and the Coalition for Nigeria Movement have supported former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s assertion that President Muhammadu Buhari administration is a failure. The PDP and the CNM, which stated this in separate interviews with our correspondents on Tuesday...
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    Politics Tenure elongation: Buhari, APC governors’ meeting deadlocked - Punch Ng

    There were indications that President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress governors’ meeting at the Presidential Villa on Tuesday ended in deadlock as the two parties failed to make any decision on the tenure of the APC National Working Committee members. It was learnt that both...
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    Politics Ajimobi, party Chairman, excos approve consensus candidates ―Media Director – Tribune Ng

    The director, media, research and Strategy of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State, Dr Abdulazeez Olatunde has denounced notions that Governor Ajimobi imposed LG candidates on the party. According to Olatunde, the party Chairman, Chief Akin Oke, other members of the state executive...
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    Politics Nigerians tired of Buhari’s fake integrity image ―Fayose – Tribune Ng

    Ekiti State governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has said President Muhammadu Buhari was presiding over the most corrupt government in the history of Nigeria and protecting looters of the country’s commonwealth, adding that; “Nigerians have seen through their deceit and will no longer buy that fake image...
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    Politics Fani-Kayode: N800m I Used To Run Jonathan's Campaign Not Stolen From Government – Sahara reporters

    Mr. Femi Fani Kayode, a former Minister of Aviation has protested the inclusion of his name in the list of alleged looters of the national treasury released by the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed on Sunday. Fani Kayode, who was director of publicity of the campaign...
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