Month: June 2016
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FG Threatens To Sue Lawyer Over Comments On Buhari’s Certificate
By Peter OSSAI The Presidency has carpeted a lawyer, Mr. Nnamdi Nwokocha, over his public comment on a pending suit on President Muhammadu Buhari’s certificate. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu who reacted on behalf of the Presidency in an interview with journalists in Abuja warned the lawyer…
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19 Feared Dead in Lagos-Ibadan Expressway Auto Crash
By Our CORRESPONDENT Eighteen passengers of a commercial bus and the driver were feared dead as the bus they were travelling in had a head-on collision with a tanker on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway in the Fidiwo/Ajebo area. The accident occurred around 1pm at a section of the road where there is a diversion of traffic…
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Insurgency: 10 Police Stations, 7 other Projects Inspected in Yobe – PINE
By Yahaya WAKILI, Damaturu As part of its strategic intervention, the Presidential Initiative for North East (PINE) has commenced Monitoring/ Media Assessment of contracts awarded for the rehabilitation and building of schools and Police formations destroyed by insurgents in the region. The intervention by the Presidential Initiative is aimed at supporting the affected areas destroyed…
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Sheriff has Capacity to Reconcile, Rebuild and Reposition PDP – Arabi
By Yahaya WAKILI, Damaturu Members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP North-East Region have thrown their weight behind the leadership of Senator Ali Modu Sheriff as the Party’s national chairman. Six states of the region comprising Adamawa, Borno, Bauchi, Gombe, Yobe and Taraba have described the choice of Ali Modu as auspicious and apt considering…
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Odds Favour Shinaba As Next Police IG
Arase Lobbies For Extension, DIGs On The Fringe Wakama, Doma, Nasarawa Others Go Spiritual The appointment of a new Inspector General of Police, IGP for the nation may be one of the most important assignments on President Muhammadu Buhari’s table as he resumes work Monday 20th June, 2016 after his 14-day sick leave in the…
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N195Bn Fraud: Gaya In Trouble For Misleading Senate
By Sam ADEGBE, Abuja Chairman of the Senate Joint Committee on States and Administration, Senator Kabiru Gaya may be in trouble with his colleagues for misleading them into taking a stance on members of the defunct Presidential Task Team on Pension Reforms, who were wrongly accused of stealing N195 billion. Senators after reading Gaya’s interview…
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Ebonyi Pays N87.1m IFAD’s Counterpart Fund
By Our Reporter The Ebonyi Government said it had paid N87.1million as one year counterpart fund to the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) to boost rice production. Mr Sunday Ituma, The state Programme Coordinator of IFAD, Mr. Sunday Ituma who disclosed this in Abakaliki at the conclusion of its national office assessment of some…
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Southern Borno Elders Decry Neglect In Rehabilitation Efforts
By Musa ALI, Biu Elders from the Southern part of Borno State, under the aegis of the Lardin Gabas Elders Forum have cried fowl over discriminatory tendencies in the rehabilitation of areas affected by Boko Haram, even as they accuse the Borno State Government of deliberately neglecting their areas for political reasons. Rising from an…
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Buhari is Nigeria’s problem – US intelligence
Amidst general belief among Nigerians that President Muhammadu Buhari is Nigeria’s messiah, a former chairman of the U.S. House Intelligence Committee, Pete Hoekstra has said that Buhari is actually Nigeria’s problem, not its solution. Pete Hoekstra, Senior Fellow, The Investigative Project on Terrorism, Washington and former chairman of the U.S. House Intelligence Committee from 2004…
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I SHALL REMAIN LAWFUL NO MATTER THE PROVOCATION- Sheriff
PRESS RELEASE I SHALL REMAIN LAWFUL NO MATTER THE PROVOCATION- Sheriff National Chairman of the Peoples democratic Party, PDP, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff wish to condemn as shameful acts of hooliganism and brigandage being employed by the Illegal Caretaker Committee led by senator Ahmed makarfi. He views the sack of the secretariat of the party…