Prominent Ijaw groups and elders, yesterday, told former President Goodluck Jonathan, to blame himself for his defeat in the 2015 presidential election. The leaders asked Jonathan to stop blaming his woes on the North and come clean on the issues that led to his ouster from the Presidency. They, however, condemned a statement credited to former President Olusegun Obasanjo that …
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Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, finally regained his freedom around 6:40pm on Friday after he perfected all the bail conditions that were handed to him by trial Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court in Abuja. Kanu who arrived the high court premises around 6:20pm in a black Toyota jeep with registration number ABC-46-MU, …
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The Presidency has ruled out the possibility of President Muhammadu Buhari resigning his position over his ill health as being suggested by some Nigerians. In an interview with journalists in Lagos on Friday, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, said those calling for the President’s resignation were merely expressing their opinion. According to him, …
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Donald Trump has said that a “major conflict” was possible with North Korea though he would prefer to solve the standoff over the country’s nuclear and missile programme through diplomacy. Trump’s warning on Thursday came towards the end of a week where the administration has made a concerted effort to restrain Pyongyang from carrying out major new weapons tests. At …
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The Police yesterday said they may arrest Senator Danjuma Goje if he refuses to appear before the Police Investigative team. According to the police, the senator has spurned an invitation sent to him by the police. Police spokesman Jimoh Moshood, a Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP), dropped the hint in Abuja on live television interview. The senator said on the …
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The Police have presented all the documents removed from the residence of Senator Danjuma Goje’s Abuja residence during a search. The Police brought the documents on Thursday in compliance with the directive from the National Assembly to the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, that the documents be returned. Members of the Nigeria Police had on Wednesday searched Goje’s house, …
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The Nigeria Police Force has said that the search warrant executed in Sen. Danjuma Goje’s house has nothing to do with the 2017 budget as alleged by report in the media credited to him. The Police on April 20 searched Goje’s house situated at No. 10 Haile Salasie Street, Asokoro District Abuja, following intelligence report at the disposal of the …
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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said that former President Goodluck Jonathan from his first days as President showed he was too small for the office, saying he, Obasanjo, acted more as an opponent of Jonathan than a supporter of Muhammadu Buhari ahead of the 2015 presidential poll. Obasanjo, who said Jonathan deceived him that he would not give Mrs. Diezani …
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The US has signalled sanctions and diplomatic pressure are its priorities for dealing with North Korea as senators who attended a White House briefing said they had not been presented with “a specific military option”. Tensions between the US and North Korea are already inflamed before an anticipated sixth nuclear test from Pyongyang, which has accelerated its long-range missile development …
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The Trump administration unveiled what it called the biggest tax cuts “in history” on Wednesday, in a move that will simplify the US tax system, slash taxes for businesses large and small – including Trump’s own – eliminate inheritance taxes and set the president on a collision course with Congress over the likely $2tn-plus cost of the proposal. Critics immediately …
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