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NNPC says Osinbajo gave approval for N640 billion contract; vice president’s office keeps mum

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation said on Wednesday that the presidential approvals it received for two oil contracts worth N640 billion were granted by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo during his time as acting president. The “Acting President Yemi Osinbajo gave the approval,” Ndu Ughamadu, spokesperson for the NNPC, said in a message to Premium Times at noon […]

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“Most Nigerian senators’ children are on hard drugs”- Ben Bruce reveals

‘Today, I urged my colleagues to look at their children, most of them are on hard drugs. This is a serious problem’ Senator Ben Bruce said at the senate. Watch the video below.  

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What Nigeria will use recovered looted funds to do – President Buhari

The Federal Government is using part of the funds recovered from those who looted the treasury to finance the 2017 budget, President Muhammadu Buhari has said. Buhari, who spoke at the 22nd Annual Conference of the Association of National Accountants of Nigeria in Abuja on Tuesday, was represented by the Accountant General of the Federation, […]

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Diamond Bank evasive on promotion of new CBN Deputy Governor Aishah Ahmad

Diamond Bank, the current employer of newly appointed Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Aishah Ahmad, has given a dodgy response when asked by  Premium Times to respond to widespread claims that Ms. Ahmad was promoted executive director on the same day she was appointed to the top CBN post. Rather than make […]

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Buhari writes Senate, seeks approval for $3 billion external loan

President Muhammadu Buhari has written the Senate to seek approval for external loan to the tune of $3 billion. The president also sought the lawmakers’ approval to issue a $2.5 billion Eurobond or Diaspora bond in the international market. In a letter read by the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, the president said the bonds would […]

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Nigerian Navy commences recruitment of graduates

The Nigerian Navy has commenced the process for the recruitment of suitably qualified Nigerian graduates through the Nigerian Navy Direct Short Service Commission (DSSC) Course 25. The guidelines for the enlistment can be accessed on the Nigerian Navy Enlistment Portal www.joinnigeriannavy.com which will be opened on October 11 for interested candidates to apply online. Interested applicants, who must be […]

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50 million Nigerians have no electricity, says Osinbajo

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Monday said 50 million people out of the nation’s 180 million population have no access to electricity. “Nigeria’s 180 million people, over 50 million have no power,” Osinbajo said in his keynote address at the Financial Times Africa Summit holding in London. The Vice President told the gathering that as part of […]

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No single syringe, others in Aso Rock clinic – Aisha Buhari

Aisha, the wife of President Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday, publicly upbraided the Chief Medical Director of the State House Medical Centre, Dr. Husain Munir, for the poor state of the health facility established to take care of the President, Vice-President, their families as well as members of staff of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. She spoke […]

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Dangote reveals secret of business success

Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man, has revealed the secret of his business success: self-sufficiency and backward integration, a manufacturing strategy that extracts value from entire processes. “We are not going to import anything any longer,” Dangote said, in the presence of Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, Congolese presidential hopeful Moise Katumbi, and about 300 business leaders. He […]

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My husband’s ill health caused instability in Nigeria – Aisha Buhari

The wife of the president, Aisha Buhari, said on Monday that her husband’s ill health caused instability in Nigeria. She expressed the view at the stakeholders meeting on Reproductive, Maternal, New Born, Child, Adolescent Health and Nutrition (RMNCAH and N) in Abuja. The event was also used to inaugurate the Governors Wives Advocacy Group (GWAG) […]

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Angelina Jolie ‘was asked to act as honeytrap to arrest warlord Joseph Kony’

Angelina Jolie was allegedly invited to help snare warlord Joseph Kony along with then-husband Brad Pitt. The Sunday Times has published emails leaked from the International Criminal Court which reveal that the actress was to act as a honeytrap to snare Kony. ICC boss Luis Moreno Ocampo wanted to recruit Angelina, and in one leaked […]

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Woman forces 14-year-old daughter to have sex with man to pay off debts

A 30-year-old woman in Malaysia had been arrested for allegedly forcing her teenage daughter into prostitution, local media reported on Monday. The mother, who resides in Sarawak state, was “trying to pay off her debts” by forcing her 14-year-old daughter to have sex with a man, the Star Online reported. “The mother forced her 14-year-old […]

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Aisha Buhari attacks management of Aso Rock Clinic

The wife of President Muhammadu Buhari, Aisha, has followed the footsteps of her daughter, Zahra, by criticising the management of Aso Rock Clinic. Zahra Buhari had last week taken to her Instagram page to criticise the Permanent Secretary of the State House, Jalal Arabi, for his inability to provide even Paracetamol tablets to the clinic […]

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Suspend Kachikwu, Baru, Senate panel chair tells Buhari

The Chairman, Senate Committee on Petroleum Resources (Upstream) Senator Tayo Alasoadura, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately suspend the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, and the Group Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Dr. Maikanti Baru. Alasoadura specifically stated that Baru’s continued presence at the NNPC could jeopardise the […]

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US, Turkey mutually suspend visa services

  Both the United States and Turkey have suspended all non-immigrant visa services for travel between the two countries, after last week’s arrest of a US consulate employee in Istanbul. With some exceptions, the move effectively blocks Turks from travel to the United States, and vice versa, indefinitely. The United States said it was “deeply […]

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‘Nigerian senators earn more than Trump, British Prime Minister’

The Initiator and Chairman, Movement for Nigeria’s Total Transformation, Chief Areoye Oyebola, has decried the non-responsiveness of Nigerian federal lawmakers to the widespread call for the downward review of their “monumental salaries and allowances.” According to Oyebola, the recent criticism of the federal legislators by the Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, Prof. […]

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Nigerian government refutes rumour its medical outreach programme caused monkeypox

The Federal Government has described as fake and sinister the report that the outbreak of monkeypox in some parts of the country resulted from the alleged free medical care by the government in the affected areas. In a statement issued in Abuja on Sunday, the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, said Nigerians should […]

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