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    World Israel finalising deal to deport thousands of African migrants to Uganda – Premium Times

    Israel is finalising deal to deport thousands of African migrants to Uganda under a new scheme after agreements with Rwanda and the UN’s refugee agency to find homes for those expelled fell through. Read more via Premium Times Nigeria – https://ift.tt/2GSUbyL Get more World News
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    Politics You Won't Win Second Term - APC Senator Vows To Block APC Gov's Reelection In Jigawa - Premium Times

    A serving senator representing Jigawa North-east, Ubale Shitu, has vowed that Governor Abubakar Badaru will not be reelected in next general election due to his alleged graft and favouritism. Although both men belong to Nigeria’s ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), they are political...
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    Politics Why I Was Arrested – Ekiti Lawmaker - Premium Times

    The Minority Leader of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, Gboyega Aribisogan, has said his arrest on Wednesday by security operatives had nothing to do with his involvement in wrongdoing. Speaking on Thursday in Ado Ekiti, Mr. Aribisogan said it was in relation to a report done by Rotimi Brown...
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    Metro I want to upgrade Yoruba culture – Oluwo of Iwo – Premium Times Nigeria

    The embattled Oluwo of Iwoland, Abdulrasheed Akanbi, has said that God is using those against his lifestyle (swag) to make him popular, insisting that he has the right as a king to bear the tag ’emir’ and other kingship titles in Nigeria. Read more via Premium Times Nigeria –...
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    Politics Senator Joshua Lidani Held Hostage By Angry Protesters - Premium Times

    The senator representing Gombe South, Joshua Lidani, is currently being held hostage by protesters in his constituency. A live Facebook update by an activist, Ibrahim Wala, monitored on Monday said Mr. Lidani paid an unscheduled visit to Talasse town, the headquarters of Balanga Local...
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    Politics PDP speaks on Mantu’s rigging confession - premium times

    The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has dismissed the advice by the All Progressives Congress (APC) that it should learn from former senate president, Ibrahim Mantu‘s claims on how he rigged elections for the party. The APC had on Saturday called on the PDP to follow the example of Mr Mantu, a...
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    Politics Federal Government Releases 24 More Names Of Alleged Looters - Premium Times

    The Nigerian government has released more names of alleged looters of the treasury during the Goodluck Jonathan administration. The Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, in a statement sent to PREMIUM TIMES also criticised the opposition PDP for its reaction to the first names of alleged...
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    Politics UPDATED: Nigerian Govt Names PDP Leaders That Allegedly Looted Treasury - Premium Times

    The Federal Government of Nigeria has released some names of officials of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that it said looted the treasury while the party was in power. The government was responding to a challenge by the spokesperson of the PDP, Kola Ologbondiyan, in response to...
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    World Pope Francis to undergo eye surgery – Premium Times Nigeria

    Pope Francis has revealed he needs to have cataract surgery, a common procedure for older people, because his eyesight is failing. “At my age, for example, you get cataracts, and you do not see well reality: next year we will have to have an operation,” … Read more via Premium Times...
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    Politics [ARCHIVE] Lekki Robbery: Blame Jonathan, He Took Away Police Officers — Fashola - Premium Times

    Reaction of former Governor of Lagos State Babatunde Fahola to an armed robbery attack during former President Jonathan's visit to Lagos Lagos State governor, Babatunde Fashola, has said that the robbery incident in Lagos, Thursday evening, could have been averted if enough police officers were...
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    Politics Presidency Reacts To Controversial ‘Martin Luther King Award’ To Buhari - Premium Times

    The leadership award received by President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday did not emanate from the Martin Luther King Centre, Abike Dabiri-Erewa has clarified. The president’s special assistant on diaspora affairs said the Buhari administration did not claim the honour was bestowed by the King...
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    Metro Four bank staff docked for alleged fraud - Premium Times

    The Enugu Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday arraigned one Nwachukwu Placidus, a former manager of First City Monument Bank Ltd, Onitsha Branch and three former bank workers with Idemili Micro Finance Bank Ltd, Nnewi namely; Ohaegbunam Chinyere,Egbosi...
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    Metro Produce Nnamdi Kanu Or Go To Prison, Court Warns Sureties - Premium Times

    The Federal High Court in Abuja has asked the prosecution to issue an enrolled order for the appearance before it of three sureties in the trial of leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. Mr. Kanu, who is facing trial for alleged treason, was required to be produced in court by...
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    Politics Buhari’s Refusal To Sign African Trade Treaty ‘Disappointing’ — Obasanjo – Premium Times

    Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to reconsider his stance and sign the Africa Continental Free Trade Area agreement before it is too late. The former president expressed disappointment that Nigeria was not among the 44 member countries of the African Union...
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    APC Tenure Extension: Tinubu reacts to Buhari’s speech – Premium Times Nigeria

    A national leader of the governing All Progressives Congress ( APC), Bola Tinubu, has praised President Muhammadu Buhari’s speech on Tuesday in which he called on the party to rescind its decision to extend the tenure of its officials. The‎ APC National Executive Committee (NEC) … Read...
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    Politics APC Campaign Chief Defects To PDP, Says “I Prefer Returning To Frying Pan” - Premium Times

    The man who directed the 2015 governorship campaign of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Akwa Ibom State, has defected to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. The politician, Soni Udom, announced his defection on Friday in Abak during a ceremony organised by people from five local government...
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    Politics Nigeria’s Journey Under Me ‘Very Turbulent’ – Buhari Admits - Premium Times

    President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday inaugurated the Food Security Council chaired by him. At the inauguration, the president spoke about Nigeria’s “very turbulent” journey in the past three years, the period of his administration. He listed some of the efforts his administration has taken to...
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    Metro Over 80,000 ‘Ghost Officers’ Uncovered In Nigerian Police - Premium Times

    The 371,800 figure often quoted as the number of members of the Nigeria Police Force in the country included no fewer than 80,115 ‘ghost officers’, data obtained from the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation by PREMIUM TIMES have uncovered. The data revealed that following the...
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    Politics Deregistration: PDP Replies Lai Mohammed - Premium Times

    The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has responded to a statement by the information minister saying the opposition party deserves to be deregistered. While addressing journalists in Lagos on Sunday, Lai Mohammed criticised the PDP’s reaction to the kidnap and release of the Dapchi schoolgirls...
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    World Ex-President Jonathan arrives Sierra Leone for presidential run-off poll - Premium Times

    Former President Goodluck Jonathan has returned to Sierra Leone to observe the country’s presidential run-off polls scheduled for Tuesday March 27. A statement issued by Ikechukwu Eze, the spokesman to the former president, noted that Mr. Jonathan, who is leading the Electoral Institute for...
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