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Buhari Sacks Boards of all Federal Parastatals, Agencies

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the dissolution of the governing boards of federal parastatals, agencies and institutions with effect from today, July 16, 2015. A statement from the State House said until the boards were reconstituted, Chief Executive Officers of the affected parastatals, agencies and institutions were to refer all matters requiring the attention of […]

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Buhari Allegedly Orders SSS Invasion of Dasuki’s Abuja Home

  President Muhammadu Buhari has allegedly ordered truck loads of men of the State Security Service (SSS) to invade the home of the immediate past National Security Adviser (NSA), Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd). Even though the details are sketchy, Thisday was informed by a security source that the men from the Department of Security Service […]

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At least ₦11.56 trillion Excess Crude Fund unaccounted for in 8 years

At least N11.55 trillion or $84.52 billion expected revenue into the coffers of the nation’s Excess Crude Account for the eight-year period from 2007 to 2014 are unaccounted for, according to findings by Premium Times  based on now available data from multiple government agencies not made public until now. The ECA accounting has remained perhaps […]

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Lagos Arsenal Fan who ran away because his wife was expecting 3rd set of twins, returns home (Photo)

The father of the multiple twins who fled from his home and expectant wife has shown up, three months after. Mr. Emeka Uche, after days of persuasion by his wife Ruth yesterday returned to a new home – a yet-to-be-painted mini-flat in Ogun State. Mrs. Uche, a teacher, had two sets of twins. Another set […]

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Buhari leaves for US on Sunday, to reunite with classmates

President Muhammadu Buhari will depart Abuja Sunday to Washington DC on a four-day official visit during which he will hold talks with President Barack Obama and other senior officials of the United States government. Topmost on the agenda of President Buhari’s talks with President Obama and United States Government officials will be measures to strengthen […]

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I chose Yar’Adua because others were corrupt – Obasanjo

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo said on Wednesday that he chose the late former President Umaru Yar’ Adua as his successor because the others who wanted the post were corrupt. Obasanjo said one of the people who wanted to succeed him in 2007 was “stinkingly corrupt” and that the only way he (Obasanjo) could justify himself […]

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Van Persie sends emotional message to Arsenal, Man United

Netherlands star, Robin Van Persie, has thanked Arsenal football club and Manchester United for the thirteen years he spent playing for both clubs in the English premier league. He took to his Twitter handle to show his appreciation with images of his time and trophies won at the clubs. The 31-year-old striker ended his three-year […]

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Boko Haram’s barbarism has no bounds – US

  The United States government has said the brutality and barbarism of Boko Haram know no bounds in view of the recent attacks by the insurgents on the countries in the West African region. The US also condemned in strong terms the recent killings of innocent people by Boko Haram in Chad, Cameroon, Niger and […]

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Apologise to Nigerians, Falana tells Okonjo-Iweala

Lawyer and rights activist, Femi Falana, has urged the immediate past Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, to tender an unreserved apology to Nigerians over her role in the unauthorised withdrawal of $2bn from the Excess Crude Revenue Account. Mr. Falana made the call in a statement Monday, following Mrs. Okonjo-Iweala’s claim that the withdrawal was […]

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“All of you, including the NSA, were chosen on merit, I don’t know any of you” – Buhari tells new Service Chiefs

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday explained how he settled for his choice of service chiefs, few hours after he appointed new heads for the nation’s armed forces. Mr. Buhari had on Monday afternoon appointed new Service Chiefs and a National Security Adviser, after sacking their predecessors. The president appointed Major-General Abayomi Gabriel Olonishakin as Chief […]

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Wimbledon Champions Serena Williams, Djokovic take to dance floor (Photos)

Resuming a tradition that had been dormant for decades, Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams hit the dance floor at the Wimbledon Champions’ Ball on Sunday night after their respective championship weekends. Serena was resplendent in a cream, jewel-encrusted dress, while Djokovic donned a perfectly-fitted black suit for the occasion. After defeating Roger Federer in four mostly […]

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EFCC arraigns Oronsaye over N1.9bn fraud

The former Head of Service of the Federation, Mr. Stephen Oronsaye has been docked before Justice Gabriel Kolawole of the Federal High Court in Abuja ‎over his alleged complicity in money laundering and contract scam amount in to about N1.9billion. Oronsaye is currently entering his plea to a 24-count criminal charge that was preferred against […]

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Lessons Jonathan Taught Me – Pius Anyim, Ex-SGF

Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator Anyim Pius Anyim has declared that he learnt a lot of lesions from former President Goodluck Jonathan among which are the virtue of humility and the fact that a leader is not supposed to use more that 40% of his powers or else he would […]

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Police Raise the Alarm on Increased Cult Groups in Lagos

The Lagos State Police Command yesterday raised the alarm over the increasing wave of cult activities within the metropolis, even as it beefed up security around key government establishments for the Ramadan. In a statement by the state Police Public Relations Officer, Kenneth Nwosu, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), the command said it has […]

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Former rapper and British jihadi who posed with severed head now on run from ISIS (Photos)

A British jihadi who once posed with a severed head in Syria is believed to have fallen out of favour with ISIS and is on the run. Abdel-Majed Abdel Bary, 25, who was once a budding rapper, is thought to be one of 50 ‘disillusioned Westerners’ who are now fleeing the terror fanatics and thought […]

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Sex Addict Teacher Brianne Altice Sentenced To 30 Years For Having Sex With Students (Photos)

Former High School teacher, 36-year-old Brianne Altice, was sentenced today to prison for up to 30 years on for crimes relating to sexual contact with three of her students. One of the boys was 16 and two were 17 when they were having sex with the teacher. One testified that he considered her to be […]

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Man in court for attempting to rape friend’s wife in Lagos

The police on Thursday arraigned a 30-year-old man, Atoku Odimegwu in an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State for attempting to rape his friend’s wife. Vanguard reports that the accused, who lives at 40, Ladejo Street, Ojodu Berger, Lagos, is facing a one-count charge of attempted rape. The prosecutor, Inspector Racheal Williams, told the court […]

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I will deny my husband sex until he pays me my money – wife

 A 39-year-old trader, Mrs Modinat Idowu, told an Igando Customary Court in Lagos state on Thursday that she would continue to deny her husband, one Akeem Idowu, sex until he has paid the debt he is owing her. Idowu said this while responding to a suit filed by her 45-year-old husband whom he had been […]

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