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    Politics 2019 Elections Will Be Better Than 2015 – Jega – Leadership Nigeria Newspapers

    Former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Attahiru Jega has said the current leadership of the Commission has made significant and commendable progress since taking over in November 2015. Jega who spoke as a keynote speaker at the National Judicial Institute...
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    Politics House Of Reps Member Shares N200 Sachet Of Garri To His Constituents In Delta - Nairaland

    Hon. Julius Pondi, member representing Burutu Federal Constituency in Delta state was pictured sharing sachet garri to some of his constituents while in a boat cruise. According to report,the content of the sachet is not more than half basket of garri which goes for N200 market price. It...
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    Politics "Igbo Presidency 2023 Is Arrant Nonsense" - Ex Governor Achike Udenwa - The Sun News

    Saying that voting for Buhari is the easiest way for the Igbo to produce the president of this country is arrant nonsense. If you like, give Buhari 100 per cent vote, it would not improve your chances of producing the president of this country. READ MORE HERE
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    Politics 2019: Tambuwal, Wamakko Working Against Buhari – Dahiru Yabo, APC Chieftain - The Sun

    Alhaji Dahiru Yusuf Yabo is a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in Sokoto State, and an avid supporter of President Muhammadu Buhari. He was the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) governorship candidate in the state in 2011. Yabo is also a member of a political frontier known as APC...
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    Politics "Bill Gates' Opinion On Buhari’s Economic Policy Not Correct" - Governor El-Rufai - Sahara Reporters

    Governor Nasir El-Rufai has said the assessment of Mr. Bill Gate, the founder of Microsoft Corporation, about President Muhammadu Buhari’s Economic Policy is not correct. Mr. Gates had faulted President Buhari’s Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP), stating the plan does not have the...
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    Politics You Lied, Jonathan Replies Osinbajo - Premium Times

    A former President, Goodluck Jonathan, on Tuesday said Vice President Yemi Osinbajo lied over claims that the Jonathan administration embezzled some funds a few weeks to the 2015 general elections. Mr. Jonathan’s reaction was contained in a statement by his former spokesperson, Reno Omokri. The...
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    Politics Dino Melaye Gave Us Three Guns & N430,000 Cash, arrested suspect tells police – OluFamous.Com

    The Police have charged Senator Dino Melaye and three others with criminal conspiracy and unlawful possession of prohibited firearms before a Federal High Court in Lokoja. Police spokesman Jimoh Moshood, an assistant commissioner of police, told reporters in Lokoja yesterday that the case was...
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    Politics We Haven’t Effectively Tackled Corruption, Osinbajo Admits, Blames Jonathan Again – Thisdaylive

    In a departure from the mantra of the administration, Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo Monday in Abuja admitted that the federal government is yet to deal effectively with the menace of corruption in the country. Speaking at the 7th Presidential Quarterly Business Forum for private sector...
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    Politics Obasanjo Meets Kwankwaso, Duke, Agbakoba, 35 Parties In Lagos - Punch Newspapers

    Former President Olusegun Obasanjo; the immediate past Governor of Kano State, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso and some political parties have been meeting as part of moves to strategise for the 2019 elections, The PUNCH has learnt. In one of such meetings, which held at Protea Hotel, located at 42/44...
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    Politics Electoral Act: Saraki, Dogara React To Buhari’s Refusal To Sign Bill - Daily Post Nigeria

    Senate President, Bukola Saraki and Speaker, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara, have jointly reacted to withholding of assent by President Muhammadu Buhari on the Electoral Act Amendment Bill. Recall that Buhari on Tuesday turned down the amended Electoral Act bill in letters addressed to Saraki and...
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    Politics Again 300 APC Members Dump Party For NNPP In Bauchi - Daily Post Nigeria

    About 300 members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Bauchi State have again defected to New Nigerian People’s Party NNPP chairman Bogoro LGA branch in Bauchi State, Mr Andrew Simon received the decampees in Boi Ward. READ MORE HERE
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    Politics Buhari skips order of elections in talks with Saraki, Dogara – The Nation Nigeria

    There were indications last night that the order of the 2019 general election was not one of the issues President Muhammadu Buhari discussed with the Senate President Bukola Saraki, House of Representatives Speaker Yakubu Dogara and other leaders of the National Assembly at a meeting they held …...
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    Politics Senate To Write CJN Over Court Judgment Stopping Electoral Act Amendment - Punch Newspapers

    The Senate has resolved to write the Chief Justice of the Federation, Justice Walter Onnoghen, to expressed their reservations about the judgment by a Federal High Court stopping the National Assembly from overriding President Muhammadu Buhari’s veto on the amended Electoral Act. READ MORE...
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    Politics Banned From America, Atiku Sells Controversial $2.95 million U.S. Home - Premium Times

    A luxury mansion co-owned by a former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, and his fourth wife, Jennifer Douglas, in the posh neighbourhood of Potomac, Maryland, United States, has been auctioned. The property gained international notoriety in 2005 after it was searched by the Federal Bureau of...
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    Politics Buhari, Jonathan at ‘war’ over Dapchi schoolgirls – Vanguard News

    PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, in Yobe State, said his administration’s prompt response to the abduction of 110 students of Government Girls Technical College, Dapchi, was a clear departure from what he described as “the insensitivity of the past administration” that couldn’t do anything...
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    Politics Benue Killings: I Rebuked IGP Quietly - Buhari - Daily Trust

    President Muhammadu Buhari said he quietly reprimanded the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, over the killings in Benue State. Buhari said this at the Government House Makurdi yesterday during a town-hall meeting with leaders of various groups in the state. Presidential spokesman...
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    Politics Plateau Governor Misled Buhari To Inaugurate Bridge Built By GEJ" - Sports Minister - The Cable

    Solomon Dalung, minister of youth and sports, has accused Simon Lalong, governor of Plateau state, of misleading President Muhammadu Buhari to inaugurate a bridge which was completed by ex-President Goodluck Jonathan. Buhari paid a two-day working visit to Plateau last week – his first since he...
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    Shehu Sani: Why I revealed how much we earn as senators – TODAY.NG

    Shehu Sani, the Nigerian senator who revealed that he and his colleagues receive N13.5 million as running cost monthly, has explained why he exposed his colleagues. Mr. Sani in an interview with BBC said the payment is a ‘moral issue.’ “I decided to burst it open. Read more via TODAY.NG –...
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    Politics Senate Confirms Members Receive N13.5m Monthly, Separate From Salaries - Premium Times

    The Senate has formally confirmed that its members receive N13.5 million monthly as running cost. Premium Times reported how a Kaduna senator, Shehu Sani, confirmed the amount, which was hitherto kept from the public. The money is illegal as it is not approved by the Revenue Mobilisation...
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    Politics N13.5M Monthly Allowance: Lawmakers Angry, Plot Against Shehu Sani - Premium Times

    The Senator representing Kaduna Central, Shehu Sani, has angered a number of his colleagues for lifting the veil on the N13.5million illegal allowances members of the upper legislative chambers receive each month in addition to their legitimate salaries and allowances. Some lawmakers who spoke...
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