INDICATIONS emerged on Sunday that opponents of Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, who have continued to plot his removal from office, have zeroed in on the North Central zone as the area that would produce the successor if they get him out of office. There had been contention in the camp of Saraki’s traducers all along, as the camp appeared …
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FORMER President Goodluck Jonathan has branded Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna State a ‘liar’ for alleging that he spent N64 billion on October 1 celebrations between 2010 and 2015. The statement, etitled: “We never spent billions on independence anniversary— Jonathan,” was issued on behalf of the former president on Sunday, by Abubakar Sulaiman, the immediate past Minister/Deputy Chairman, National Planning …
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The UK National Crime Agency [NCA] on Saturday said investigation into allegations of corruption against Nigeria’s former minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, and the four other people arrested Friday had been on since 2013. In an update on its website, the NCA said, “The investigation commenced in 2013 under the Proceeds of Corruption Unit, and transferred to the NCA …
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Mrs. Alison-Madueke has stayed away from Nigeria since President Buhari was sworn-in. She was first appointed into the federal cabinet in 2007. A former director at Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria, she was appointed Minister of Transport by late President Umaru Yar’adua. In December 2008, she was redeployed to the Mines and Steel Development ministry. After former Vice President …
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The Asokoro, Abuja residence of the immediate-past Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, on Friday, was stormed by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), in what has been described as part of a multinational investigation of the former minister. This is even as reports say Diezani was arrested in London, UK, today, by the newly formed International …
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The Edo State Police Command on Friday said it has uncovered the lifeless body of a lecturer of the Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Professor Paul Erie, who was abducted by kidnappers, three months ago. It also said it had arrested five persons suspected to be members of a criminal gang, one of whom “confessed to the kidnapping and murder” of …
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The immediate past Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, was on Friday arrested in London, PREMIUM TIMES can exclusively and authoritatively report. The former minister, who was one of the most powerful officials of the President Goodluck Jonathan administration, was arrested Friday morning by the UK National Crimes Agency, alongside four other people. The identities of the four other people …
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By Alltimepost.com As Nigeria celebrates its 55 years of nationhood amidst mixed feelings by citizens, Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole was sure that the nation has started to reclaim its lost glory with the emergence of anti-corruption crusader, Retired Major General Muhammadu Buhari as president. In his 55 Independence Anniversary message, the Governor said in spite of the turmoil …
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YENAGOA – The flag-bearer of the All Progressives Congress in the forthcoming December 5 Bayelsa Governorship Election, Chief Timipre Sylva has berated the governor of Edo state, Adams Oshiomhole for failing to conduct a peaceful and credible primary election of the party. Sylva who spoke shortly after he was declared winner of the primary said, “I will like him to …
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An address delivered by President Muhammadu Buhari to commemorate Nigeria’s 55th independence anniversary October 1st is a day for joy and celebrations for us Nigerians whatever the circumstances we find ourselves in because it is the day, 55 years ago; we liberated ourselves from the shackles of colonialism and began our long march to nationhood and to greatness. No temporary …
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