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June 2015
First letter to my President
By Ugoji Egbujo Dear PMB, You shall live long sir. You will leave positive legacies that will entrench you in the hearts of men and long ...
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Probe of Amaechi begins
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State on Friday kicked off a probe into the activities of his predecessor, Rotimi Amaechi by inaugurating a...
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OBASANJO APPOINTED CHAIRMAN OF WORLD EX-PRESIDENTS
Nigeria’s former President, Chief Mathew Olusegun Aremu Obasanjo has added another feather to his big cap as he was appointed as the co-...
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El-Rufa’i stops free Ramadan rice, oil, sugar
By Agaju Madugba Kaduna State Governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufa’i, has ordered a stop to government’s free distribution of grains during fastin...
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Only enemies of Ndigbo would call for Ekweremadu’s resignation – WIC
By Francis Igata The World Igbo Congress, WIC, a global network of Ndigbo has congratulated the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike...
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Buhari needs more money to heal the economy – Akpabio
Senator Godswill Akpabio has said that given the parlous state of the nation’s economy, he would support moves to shrink the cost of gover...
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Akpabio, Udom meet Obasanjo
The new Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Emmanuel Udom, on Friday visited former President Olusegun Obasanjo at his hilltop private residence i...
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Why Buhari Has Refused To Meet Saraki
President Muhammadu Buhari has refused to meet one-on-one with Senator Bukola Saraki two weeks after the latter connived with top officials...
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NNPC: So Refineries Can Work?
By Sonny Atumah Call it facing the realities of change that seemed impossible before now and you may not be wrong. Let us again remind th...
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Photo: Ogun deputy Gov stops her convoy to help accident victim
Ogun State Deputy Governor, Chief Mrs. Yetunde Onanuga pictured above in the middle as she worked with her staff to save a truck driver wh...
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Another fallen hero...RIP Amos!
Amos Erekose, a section commander in the Nigerian military lost his life recently during a battle with Boko Haram members in the Northeast...
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Cher trashes Donald Trump on Twitter, calls him an obnoxious A-hole and a loudmouth bigot"
The iconic performer, 69, took to Twitter yesterday Tuesday June 16, to rant against Trump, also 69, and his recent decision to run in th...
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Meet the African king with 100 wives
Abumbi II, the 11th fon, or king, of Bafut, Cameroon, has close to 100 wives. They weren't all his to start with. According to local ...
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Femi Adesina 'Buhari is not too old to govern Nigeria' - Presidential aide says
The President is said to be very fit and capable to discharge his duties as at when due.
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I Was Forced To Sleep Under A Cocoa Tree-Ondo Regent Tells SaharaReporters
"I was hit on the head several times when they kidnapped me and I slept under the Cocoa tree. It was raining and I was drenched.
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Ekiti State Government Clarified That It Only Owes Workers May Salary
For the May salary that went unpaid he said, "allocation of May that was received was not enough to pay salary, leaving the government ...
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LADY ATTRACTS HUNDRED OF SUITORS WITH CAR, CASH, MARRIAGE OFFER
A drama played out at the Freedom Radio Kano on Wednesday when hundreds of teenagers besieged the station to marry a lady who promised to g...
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Impersonators approach Kashamu with plan to poison Obasanjo
By Evelyn Usman Lagos —Two persons posing as daughter of former President, Chief Olusegun Obsanjo and an intelligence officer respectivel...
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Senators to earn N506,600 each per annum as wardrobe allowance – Saraki
The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has cleared the air on the ward-robe allowance for the members of the National Assembly, saying each ...
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Saraki’s election unacceptable, says Abdulsalami panel
With the Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar-led National Peace Committee declaring Senate President Bukola Saraki’s and Deputy Senate President Ike...
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NEWS AND EVENTS Corps member raped to death by 51-year-old, others’
A prosecutor of the Kwara State Police Command, Mr. Matthew Ologbon, has informed an Ilorin Magistrate’s Court, presided over by Mr. K.A.Ya...
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Breaking news: Winners pastor abductors demand N80m ransom
By Emma Una CALABAR – FORTY EIGHT hours after Pastor Seyi Adekunle, the Winners Church pastor for Airport branch Calabar was abducted, hi...
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Why I am dumping Spain to play for Nigeria — Real Madrid star
Spain youth international defender Derik Osede Prieto has revealed that he is dumping the opportunity of playing for the Spanish senior tea...
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469 NASS members have five aides each – Deputy Speaker
By Emma Ovuakporie & Johnbosco Agbakwuru ABUJA – DEPUTY Speaker of House of Representatives, Hon. Lasun Yussuf, yesterday said that t...
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Apologize within 7 days or face Yoruba gods, OPC tells APC’s spokesperson
The Oodua Peoples Congress, OPC, has asked the Lagos state publicity secretary of the All Progressive Congress, APC, Joe Igbokwe, to apolo...
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Buhari settles down to work, calls for MDAs’ Bank Account Balances
By Emma Ujah, Abuja Bureau Chief As President Muhammadu Buhari settles down to work, the Presidency has called for the Bank Account Balan...
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Strong men have destroyed instititutions in Nigeria —BUHARI
Says ‘I joined politics to keep Nigeria one’ By Ben Agande A buja —President Muhammadu Buhari regretted yesterday that those he regarde...
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President Buhari Getting ‘Better With Age,’ State House Says
The government on Wednesday dismissed insinuations that President Muhammadu Buhari has admitted being too old to cope with the demands of hi...
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Deputy Speaker Lasun Defends NASS Budget And Allowances
His statements are in response to the public outcry that has followed the release of the budget of the National Assembly. The Nigerian publi...
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Wardrobe Allowance: Ben Bruce mocking Nigerian workers — Osun govt
The Osun state government has described as ‘mockery’ the gesture of Senator Ben Murray Bruce to donate his wardrobe allowance to the publi...
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Ben Bruce donates wardrobe allowance to Osun workers
Senator representing Bayelsa East and philanthropist Mr. Ben Murray Bruce of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has pledged to donate his w...
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Old Age Will Limit My Performance –Buhari
Buhari, who was a military governor at 33 and Head of State at the age of 40, said he would have loved being a President when he was at ...
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Buhari ‘Resign now,’ PDP Media Watchdog urges President following age limitation comment
The group further described Buhari and the All Progressives Congress (APC) as a gang of hypocrites and liars
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Ben Bruce Under Fire On Twitter, Nigerians Question Stance On Government Abuse
Bruce's statements are efforts to curb the criticism he has received from Nigerians about his silence on budget allocations. One of Bruc...
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El-Rufai Governor reportedly takes son to public hospital without security detail [PHOTO]
El-Rufai reportedly took his toddler to the Barau Dikko Hospital at about 5:30am and was not escorted by his security detail.
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FOCUS: Dormant Lawmakers In The 7th Assembly
A new official report released recently has shown that out of the 360 members in the 7th National Assembly, 191 of them did not sponsor a s...
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President Bashir Of Sudan Arrives In Khartoum After Escaping Possible Arrest At AU Summit
Shortly after his arrival the South African High Court began deliberating whether to arrest him after the International Criminal Court (ICC)...
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Buhari may appoint non-APC members as ministers – Oyegun
…says I am not interested in SGF position By Levinus Nwabughiogu ABUJA – National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief...
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Don’t take bribe, Aisha Buhari tells President’s men
By Ben Agande A buja— The wife of President Muhammadu Buhari, Aisha has warned those around the President not to use their position to cu...
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Why I Have Not Appointed Ministers Yet – Buhari
“But the ministers knew that they were going but the technocrats, the permanent secretaries and directors and so on, they know they would re...
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Navy Rating Killed By Sea Pirates In Bayelsa Waterways
Eyewitness accounts said that armed pirates, numbering about three, opened fire at the Nigerian Navy crew during a routine check in the Akas...
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Aisha Buhari Slams Jonathan Administration, Alleges Corruption In Office Of First Lady
Vanguard The wife of President Buhari, Aisha Buhari, has made comments alleging officials within the Jonathan administration charged mone...
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U.S. Commits $5 Billion In Military Assistance Against Boko Haram
“We are having discussions with President Buhari on how we might bolster our support. We have already been working with them and providing i...
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FG To Pay Unemployed, Poor Nigerians Monthly
The federal government is on the verge of fulfilling one of its campaign promises as the president Muhammadu Buhari-led administration is s...
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I armed cult group for N30,000 – 65-yr-old blacksmith
My wife is aware I am a cultist — Suspect By Esther Onyegbula A 65-year-old, arrested alongside three others for allegedly indulging in...
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Tinubu is a selfish leader - Bode George (IS TINUBU A LEADER?)
A former Deputy Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Bode George, has described former Governor of Lagos State, and All Progress...
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Military alone cannot wipe out insurgency – Obasanjo
Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo has declared that the use of only military operations to fight insurgency and other militant groups ac...
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You Tambuwaled Me, I Sarakied You
“Senator Bukola and Hon. Dogara are not the candidates of the APC and a majority of its National Assembly members-elect for the positions o...
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Buhari without convoy
President Buhari spotted leaving the mosque this yesterday afternoon after Jumaat service without convoy or siren. What's your view?
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State House News Photos, AU Summit, 13 June 2015
Johannesburg, South Africa, 13 June 2015: President Muhammadu Buhari chairs the meeting of the Peace and Security Council at the 25th AU Su...
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What President Buhari, VP Osinbajo will earn
The Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission, RMAFC, has reviewed the salaries of the President, Vice President, Senate Presid...
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I hate to be tagged as female musician – Waje
While performing last weekend, you recounted how you worked with a record label for 10 years without producing an album. How did it happen?...
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Falana warns Buhari over plan to remove fuel subsidy f
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode; Professor of International Law and Jurisprudence, Akin Oyebode; Lagos based Human Right Lawyer,...
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Man Bags 28 Months Jail Term For N15m Land Scam
T he convict was alleged to have impersonated the son of the petitioner and sold the land to Alhaji Alhassan Idris, at the sum of N15 millio...
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Jega’s five-year tenure changed the face of Nigeria’s electoral process — REC Igini
By Simon Ebegbulem, Benin City T hursday , June 11, 2015 will be a memorable day in the life of the Resident Electoral Commissioner in Ed...
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My title as DJ disgusts some people -DJ Nana on Bitter-sweet tales of DJs before fame
My title as DJ disgusts some people -DJ Nana In an industry once dominated by men,women are beginning to blossom and prove that they can ...
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I feel guilty about cheating on him
Aunty Julie, My guy and I have been together for the past 10 years. We have been living together but we are not married and my family is ...
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FUJI MAESTRO, PASUMA PULLS A-LIST YORUBA ACTORS FOR ‘ORUKA’ VIDEO SHOOT [PHOTOS]
If you happened to be around the popular Jahlobia Garden along Airport Road in Lagos on Tuesday, you could have spotted a big party going ...
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The Boko Haram war: The Nigerian Army and Amnesty International
It is difficult to know what the military means by ‘concocted’. But since ‘tactical withdrawal’ can mean soldiers turning their backs on th...
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Political Cartoon - Buhari The Snail
A Nation in waiting...
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Buhari Slowed Down By Deliberate and Bureaucratic Nature—Aides
As President Muhammadu Buhari headed out this morning to South Africa to attend an African Union Summit, several of his close aides and asso...
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Emeka Ike takes on Wale Adenuga
Veteran movie maker and entertainment entrepreneur of the popular Super Story TV series, Wale Adenuga was our guest last Saturday as the Sh...
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This Is Why Celebrities Fly Coach. Jolie fly economy
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are seen flying out of Los Angeles International Airport in June with their children (left to right) Pax, Madd...
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3 Trekkers for Atiku stranded in Yola
Yola – Three men, who trekked to Yola in honour of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, are now stranded in Yola. The men, Salihu Jibrin...
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Ex-VP appoints new Head for Atiku Media Office, solicits support for President Buhari
Abuja, Nigeria, 11 June 2015: Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has appointed Mazi Paul Ibe as Head of Atiku Media Office (AMO) and Spok...
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Fashola, Amaechi, Utomi Makes Buhari's Ministerial List
As Nigerians await the ministerial nominees that will be forwarded to the Senate on Monday, The Nation has revealed some of the names that ...
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