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    Politics Abduction of Yobe schoolgirls a ‘national disgrace’, CNN journalist tells Buhari – Punch...

    The kidnap of 110 students from a school in Yobe State is a “national disgrace”, a CNN anchor and correspondent, Isha Sesay, has said. Last Monday, in a raid similar to the attack that led to the abduction of over 200 schoolgirls in Chibok on 14 April 2014, … Read more via Punch Newspapers...
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    Politics What will happen if Igbo doesn’t produce president in 2023 – Uzodinma – Daily Post Nigeria

    Senator Hope Uzodimma has said that the South-east should be given the chance to produce the country’s president in 2023. He stated that if anything short of this happens, it would be clear that Nigeria is not home to people of the region. Uzodinma added that it … Read more via Daily Post...
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    Sports Samir Nasri banned from football – Daily Post Nigeria

    Ex-Manchester City midfielder Samir Nasri has been banned from football for six months because of a drip treatment he took at a Los Angeles clinic in 2016, his lawyer said. Nasri, 30, took the treatment while on holiday, but it contravened World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) rules leading …...
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    Politics Malabu oil: Reps react to AGF’s letter, insist Jonathan, Diezani, Adoke must be tried –...

    The House of Representatives has reacted to the no-case submission the Attorney General of the Federation, and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, made to President Muhammadu Buhari on the lingering Oil Prospecting Licence 245 deal. About $1.1 billion of the Malabu Oil deal was allegedly...
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    Politics 2019: Why Obasanjo, Babangida are envious of Buhari – Senator Kurfi – Daily Post Nigeria

    The Vice Chairman, Senate Committee on Finance, Senator Umaru Ibrahim Kurfi, has declared that those who don’t want President Muhammadu Buhari to run in the 2019 election are envious of him. According to him, the former heads of state such as Olusegun Obasanjo and Ibrahim Babangida who …...
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    Politics Dapchi Abduction: Buhari will visit Yobe when the need arises – Femi Adesina – Daily Post...

    President Muhammadu Buhari’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina has spoken on when the President will visit Government School in Dapchi where 111 girls were abducted by Boko Haram. Adesina speaking on Channels Tv said Buhari is the president of the nation and would visit …...
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    Politics Boko Haram not totally defeated – Presidency – Daily Post Nigeria

    The Presidency has admitted that Boko Haram has not been defeated completely. ‎ Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, said this during his appearance on Channels Tv. Recall that the Nigerian military recently claimed that the sect had been completely defeated...
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    Business NBS to release 2017 GDP figures Tuesday – TODAY.NG

    With non-oil sector of the economy still in recession by the third quarter of 2017, National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) is set to release the fourth quarter gross domestic product data and full 2017 figures on Tuesday according to its data release calendar for 2018. Read more via TODAY.NG –...
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    Politics Tinubu’s reconciliation c’ttee not needed in Ondo — Akeredolu – Vanguard News

    He’s afraid of his shadow, says aggrieved party member By Dayo Johnson Akure—DESPITE the crisis within All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ondo State, Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, weekend, said the reconciliation committee led by Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has no business in the state, saying Ondo is at...
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    Politics My critics have been away from Delta — Okowa – Vanguard News

    Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State is unarguably one of the country’s more sturdy political office holders having learnt the ropes as a local government secretary, local government chairman, commissioner, state government scribe, senator and now governor. It is against the background of his...
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    Politics Tinubu’s letter to Buhari unfortunate —Oyegun’s aide – Vanguard News

    AN aide to the National Chairman of All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, Mr Sunny Idahagbon, has described the letter written by the party’s National Leader, Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu, to President Muhammadu Buhari as unfortunate, noting that the said letter was supposed to be …...
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    Politics We’ll use police owned radio, TV stations to tackle herders, farmers clashes, says IGP...

    THE Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has said that the radio and television stations intended to be launched soon by the Nigeria Police Force would be used mainly to tackle the ceaseless clashes between herdsmen and farmers in the country. Ibrahim Idris, … Read more via Vanguard...
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    Politics President Buhari to address the nation on whether he’ll run for a second term or not –...

    President Buhari will soon address Nigeria on his plans to run for presidency for a second term or not. Governor of Imo state and Chairman of the APC Governors forun, Rochas Okorocha, disclosed this while speaking to state house correspondents after the Council of State meeting in Abuja last …...
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    Business Access Bank wins Euromoney’s award – Newtelegraph

    Access Bank Plc has emerged winner of the best ‘Commercial Banking Capabilities’ award by Euromoney, one of the leading global financial publications. According to a statement from the lender, the award was presented to Herbert Wigwe, Access Bank’s Group Managing Director/CEO at the Euromoney...
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    Business ‘Fidelity, Access, FCMB, 4 others not affected by dividend policy’ – Newtelegraph

    As reactions continue to trail tough dividend rules recently introduced by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), analysts at SBG Securities have said that seven lenders are not affected by the policy from a Capital Adequacy Ratio (CAR) perspective and using 9M 2017 unaudited figures. The analysts...
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    Business NDDC awards scholarships to slain policeman’s kids – Newtelegraph

    approves training of 100 youths at Innoson The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has awarded scholarships up to university level to all seven children of Sergeant Chukwudi Iboko, the policeman who lost his life while courageously aborting an armed robbery attack on a bank in Owerri, Imo...
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    Politics Jonathan asks court to jail CEOs of 3 banks – Newtelegraph

    Former first lady, Mrs. Patience Jonathan, has asked a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja to commit the Chief Executive Officers of three major banks, First Bank, Skye Bank and Diamond Bank to prison for their persistent refusal to obey the order of court which lifted an embargo placed …...
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    Politics Governors’re not elected to only pay salaries – Akeredolu – Newtelegraph

    Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, marked his one year in office last week. He speaks on the achievements of his administration in the last 365 days, the debt burden left by his predecessor, and the solution to the herdsmen crisis bedeviling the country, among other issues. WALE...
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    Politics Anambra Govt appoints 8 board members for hotel – Newtelegraph

    The Anambra State Government has appointed eight board members to take charge of the daily business activities of Golden Tulip Hotels. The hotel governing board according to a statement, would be chaired by the former Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Prof. Charles Soludo. Other members...
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    Politics How Mimiko emptied Ondo treasury, by Akeredolu – Newtelegraph

    Ondo State Governor, Mr. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu SAN at the weekend painted a graphic picture on how his predecessor, Dr Olusegun Rahman Mimiko emptied the state’s treasury while leaving office last year, insisting that he inherited an empty treasury from the immediate past governor. Akeredolu...
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