By Dotun Olutoke Interestingly, the inspiration for this piece floated in my mind after reading Bayo Olupohunda’s expressive piece titled “Buharists, Wailing Wailers and a Divided Nation.” The article which appeared on Naij.com in the early hours of Wednesday, 6th January, 2016 points in an instructive manner to the dangers …
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FORMER General Officer Commanding, GOC, Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger-Delta, Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, Monday, denied issuing any ultimatum to President Muhammadu Buhari to withdraw military from the region or he would blow up oil pipelines. Tompolo’s Media Adviser, Mr. Paul Bebenimibo, said the purported statement was trending …
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Billionaire business man and Chairman of Capital oil, Ifeanyi Ubah, has said if given the chance, he can make the dollar return back to N200 within one month. Ubah said this during an Interview with Channels TV on February 21st. He said : “Look at the position of the Naira …
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APC National Chairman, John Odigie-Oyegun yesterday said internal sabotage in the government agencies mainly filled by PDP appointees was the reason behind the sack of 26 Director Generals of government parastatals by President Buhari on Monday February 15th. Oyegun disclosed this to State House correspondents after leading the party leadership …
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The Federal Government has fired the heads of the six information-related parastatals under the Federal Ministry of Information and Culture. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, announced the disengagement during a meeting he held with the Chief Executives of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), Federal Radio Corporation of …
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The two arms of the National Assembly, NASS, declared, yesterday, that the 2016 budget was full of errors, saying the document could no longer be passed on February 25 as earlier promised. This came on a day the Senate Committee on Gas Resources rejected the N200 million allocation demanded by …
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The State Security Service on Tuesday announced the arrest of one Abdussalam Enesi Yunusa alleged to a recruiter for the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). In a statement made available, the SSS through a statement by one of its officials, Tony Okpuiyo, said Mr. Yunusa was arrested in …
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The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) issued a press release warning the Minister of Power, Babatunde Fashola, that the proposed 45 percent increase in the electricity tariff violate a 2013 ruling by United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteurs. The SERAP press release in its entirety can be found below. Socio-Economic …
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Nigeria’s former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has said private sector participation is key to the economic development of Nigeria despite the ongoing economic challenges facing the country.Obasanjo said the growth of the economy is highly dependent on the private sector and for there to be proliferation of local industries that …
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Linda Ikeji, the ‘controversial’ Nigerian blogger recently bought a house in High brow Banana Island, in Ikoyi, Lagos state that sets her apartby over N500 Million. Reports have surfaced that the property in Banana Island that popular blogger, Linda Ikeji has been ‘flaunting’ as hers, is still being listed as ‘available …
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