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Tribunal sacks Adamawa governor

Tribunal sacks Adamawa governor

Another governor, Vice-Admiral Murtala Nyako (rtd.) of Adamawa State, has lost his post. His election was on Thursday voided by the Adamawa Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Yola. A fresh election in which he will...

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Adedibu faces trial in Abuja

Adedibu faces trial in Abuja

A Peoples Democratic Party chieftain, Chief Lamidi Adedibu, was on Thursday, arraigned at an Abuja Magistrate’s Court on a two-count charge of acts capable of breaching the peace. His arraignment elicited...

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FG to privatise roads, bridges

FG to privatise roads, bridges

Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday said that the Federal Government would privatise more public enterprises, especially roads and bridges. The Vice-President, who spoke at a meeting with a delegation of the...

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EFCC ready to probe Obasanjo

EFCC ready to probe Obasanjo

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Wednesday, said that it would investigate allegations of corrupt enrichment against former President Olusegun Obasanjo. The Head, General Investigations of the...

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African economies on growth path

African economies on growth path

Many African economies appear to have turned the corner and may be moving to a path of faster and steadier economic growth needed to reduce high level of poverty, according to the World Bank Africa Development...

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No protection for corrupt Nigerians

No protection for corrupt Nigerians

President Umaru Yar’Adua on Tuesday insisted that his administration would not shield any corrupt Nigerian from prosecution no matter how highly placed. The President, who spoke at a national seminar by the...

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Virgin Nigeria Orders 24 New Aircraft

Virgin Nigeria Orders 24 New Aircraft

Virgin Nigeria has announced that it is spending N101,375 billion on the purchase of new aircraft from Embraer, a Brazilian manufacturer. The announcement was made at the 10th edition of the Dubai Air Show, the third...

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Iweala regrets leaving Obasanjo’s cabinet

Iweala regrets leaving Obasanjo’s cabinet

A World Bank’s Managing Director, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on Friday expressed regrets over her premature exit from the cabinet of former President Olusegun Obasanjo. Okonjo-Iweala was the country’s...

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How Amaechi was made Rivers gov

How Amaechi was made Rivers gov

Rivers State governor, Hon. Rotimi Amaechi, over the weekend spoke of how he put God on the spot to right his wrongful preclusion from the April 2007 governorship race in Rivers State. Speaking with journalists in...

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Five ex-governors to return N50bn

Five ex-governors to return N50bn

Five former governors may have given the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission undertakings to return more than N50bn looted public funds within the next two weeks. A top source in the EFCC told our correspondent...

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Army apologises for Zaki Biam killings

Army apologises for Zaki Biam killings

The Nigerian Army on Tuesday apologised to the people of Benue State for the Zaki Biam killings in 2001. The News Agency of Nigeria quoted the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Luka Yusuf, as tendering the apology in...

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New Speaker won’t bow to PDP mafia

New Speaker won’t bow to PDP mafia

Chief Saubana Alani Bankole, father of the new Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji, has assured Nigerians that his son will not pander to the dictates of the mafia within the Peoples Democratic Party....

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