THE Senate yesterday tackled former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo over his allegation that the National Assembly was using constituency projects to siphon public funds, saying the former president was out to denigrate the sanctity of the parliament. The Senate also claimed that it was Obasanjo’s administration which approved that the constituency projects be built into the national budget which was …
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Enugu — Former Vice President and All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential aspirant, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, yesterday, in Enugu, warned Nigerians, that a vote for Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in 2015 general elections, was a vote for continuation of insurgency, kidnapping, oil bunkering, corruption and unemployment, among others. The former Vice President insisted that the PDP had nothing to offer Nigerians, …
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Pele has been admitted into intensive care at the Albert Einstein hospital in Sao Paulo. The Brazil legend is suffering from a urinary tract infection, but it reported to be in a “stable” condition. “The Albert Einstein Hospital informs that the patient Edson Arantes do Nascimento (Pele) has been admitted in an unstable condition,” a hospital statement said. “To receive …
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From all indications, it appears Stephen Keshi will continue as coach of the Nigerian national team, after officials confirmed he will get a new deal. There have been calls for Keshi to be sacked as Super Eagles boss, after the team failed to qualify for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations tournament in Equatorial Guinea. Samson Siasia was dismissed after …
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The price of oil slumped after the Opec oil producers’ cartel decided not to cut output at its meeting in Vienna. Opec’s secretary general Abdallah Salem el-Badri said they would not try to shore up prices by reducing production. “There’s a price decline. That does not mean that we should really rush and do something,” he said. Following the announcement …
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Petroleum Resources Minister, Dieziani Alison-Madueke was today elected the first female OPEC President at the 166th Ordinary Meeting of the organization in Vienna, Austria. Before bagging this highly influential position, she made spirited efforts to become the first female Secretary-General of the organization at the recent 165th Ordinary Meeting of OPEC. She replaces former President of OPEC, Libyan Vice Prime …
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THE dreaded Boko Haram sect has continued to unleash mayhem on defenceless civilians including school children in the north east region. In the last couple of months, the satanic society has annexed part of the territory of the Republic of Nigeria. In the circumstance, the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, has requested both chambers of …
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Rep. Babatunde Adewale (Lagos-APC) on Wednesday advised President Goodluck Jonathan to deploy more troops to states affected by insurgency. Adewale said in Abuja that it was not conducive for the house members to discuss the extension of the state of emergency in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe States. According to him, there is a provision in the Armed Forces Act that …
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President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday launched the implementation of the Nigerian component of the Great Green Wall (GGW) Initiative at Bachaka in Arewa Local Government Area of Kebbi. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that GGW is a regional aforestation programme designed to create a greenbelt of trees across Africa at the southern edge of the Sahara desert to …
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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Tuesday in Abuja announced devaluation of naira by N13 as part of measures the bank said were aimed at strengthening the nation’s economy. The CBN Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele, disclosed the devaluation to newsmen after a meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee. Emefiele explained that under the new arrangement, the naira would now …
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