President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday formally received the details of the 2016 Appropriation Bill from the National Assembly. The Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari, signed and collected the 1,800-page document on behalf of the President. The document was handed over to Kyari by the President’s Senior Special Assistant on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Ita Enang; and the …
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Former President of the Senate, Senator David Mark said Thursday that his hands are clean over claims linking him to having at least eight offshore shell companies while in office and violation of a federal code of conduct law. Reacting to the development, Senator Mark who noted that he was not directly or indirectly connected to any of the companies …
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Trial of the erstwhile Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Elder Godsday Orubebe over allegation that he falsely declared his assets in 2007, kicked off on a dramatic note today(Thursday) , as his lawyer, Mr. Larry Selekeowei, SAN, exchanged hot words with the Justice Danladi Umar-led panel of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT. The clash followed moves by the Director …
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By Alltimepost.com WASHINGTON — Kicking off one of his regular meetings with the nation’s military leaders at the White House on Tuesday, President Barack Obama stressed the importance of capabilities in defense strategy and commented on the effort to counter the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. The president met with Defense Secretary Ash Carter, the Joint Chiefs of …
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By Alltimepost.com Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has said that Azura Power Plant in Benin City has the capacity to produce almost 50 percent of what Nigeria currently boasts of when it generates at its peak, 4,000 megawatts, maintaining that Edo is now a hub of power generation in Nigeria. In a speech during an inspection visit to Azura …
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A witness with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Michael Wetkas, on Tuesday, told the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) how the Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, allegedly laundered billions of naira when he held sway as governor of Kwara State between 2003 and 2011. Led in evidence by the prosecution counsel, Rotimi Jacobs, the witness, a detective with …
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Ahead of the expected judgment of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, following yesterday’s commencement of his trial over false assets declaration when he held sway as governor of Kwara State, Senate President, Bukola Saraki may throw in the towel by resigning from his position any movement from now. Senator Bokola Saraki In other not to be humiliated while on the …
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At least eight offshore companies in the British Virgin Island have been linked to the immediate past Senate President, David Mark, in a secret assets scam released by a German newspaper, Süddeutsche Zeitung. The German newspaper had on Monday released the Panama Papers, the biggest leak in the history of data journalism, publishing online 11.5 million documents from Panamanian law …
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Contrary to the claim by the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources and the Group Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr Ibe Kachikwu, that scarcity will end in Lagos on Wednesday, marketers have stated that scarcity cannot end in Lagos or any other cities this week. In a telephone conversation with the Nigerian Tribune on Wednesday, one of …
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A member of the House of Representatives, representing Agege Federal Constituency, Lagos State, Taofeek Adaranijo, on Tuesday said the full details of the 2016 Appropriation Bill would be forwarded by the National Assembly to President Muhammadu Buhari for assent before the end of the week. Buhari had refused to sign the budget owing to the failure of the National Assembly …
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