A motion on the alleged disrespectful conduct and utterances of the Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Zone II Command, Joseph Mbu, on Tuesday divided members of the House of Representatives along party lines. An All Progressives Congress member, Alo Madaki, had moved a motion asking the House to “condemn” Mbu for alleged violations of the 1999 Constitution and showing “disrespect for …
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Last Thursday, reports claiming that some residents of Lagos State stormed the state headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission in the Yaba area to demand the release of their Permanent Voter Cards drew my attention. The reports also said the protesters carried placards with inscriptions that accused the INEC of planning to deprive non-indigenes of the state of their …
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The Kano State Governor, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso on Tuesday said Nigerians will not vote for President Jonathan in the coming elections irrespective of the of monetary inducement been used to woo electorate. Kwankwaso said this while reacting to reports that President Jonathan purportedly wooed traditional rulers and others with billions of naira so that they will mobilize their people and …
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SENATORS yesterday took a swipe at the Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, accusing her of crippling the nation’s economy. Senators had met in a closed-door meeting and accused the minister of destroying the economy through some of her policies and her refusal to release funds for the execution of capital projects, while allocation …
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The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Mr. Mohammed Sada, said on Tuesday that the Federal Government, through the Assets Management Company of Nigeria, has perfected necessary arrangements to sell the Delta steel company to an automobile firm. The minister stated this when he appeared before the senate committee on Power, Mines and Steel, to defend his ministry’s 2015 budget. …
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Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has insisted that the Nigerian Army must remain loyal to the nation instead of allowing itself to be reduced to defending the tenure of an individual. Oshiomhole, who said that presidents and governors will come and go but the Nigerian nation will remain, stated this while receiving the General Officer Commanding, GOC, 2 Division …
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US President Barack Obama struck a combative note Tuesday to defend his controversial immigration policies under dual pressure from a hostile Congress controlled by the Republican party and a federal court injunction that put his deportation-relief program on hold. In an article published in Washington-based news website The Hill Tuesday, Obama vowed not to relent his defense for his executive …
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President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday condemned what he called the reversion by the terrorist group, Boko Haram, to the bombing of soft targets in parts of Nigeria in the wake of the ongoing recovery by Nigerian troops and their multinational allies of areas formerly controlled by the sect. In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Dr. …
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Reports reaching us has it that the ancient city of Kano has just witnessed a bomb explosion which reportedly claimed the lives of 12 persons this Tuesday afternoon. While an earlier report has it that the attack took place at the Kano Line motor park, another report says it actually happened at the Karota motor park in Kofa-Nassarawa area of …
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WASHINGTON – Dealing a lasting defeat to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant will require “a combined diplomatic and military effort,” United States Defense Secretary, Ash Carter told reporters on Monday at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait. Carter spoke after he concluded a conference there with ambassadors and senior U.S. and regional military leaders. Earlier in the day during a …
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