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Arms scandal: Dasuki’s associates threaten to expose beneficiaries

A new twist to the ongoing inves­tigation of the $2.1bn arms con­tract scandal may soon unfold as associates of the embattled former Na­tional Security Adviser, Col Sambo Dasuki have threatened to make pub­lic a proof that those de­nying to have benefitted from the money actually collected the amounts ticked against their names. They said it […]

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Choice of exotic cars divides Reps!

Like their counterparts in the Senate, the 360 members of the House of Representatives will also own new exotic cars worth billions of naira. The difference is that unlike the Senate which has already ordered Toyota Land Cruisers for its 109 members at the cost of N4.7bn, the House will tarry till 2016 to make […]

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Arms scam: EFCC probes Jonathan’s campaign fund

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has extended its investigation into the arms procurement scandal to the 2015 presidential campaign funds of former President Goodluck Jonathan. Punch reliably gathered on Saturday that the latest move was as a result of fresh discoveries that more chieftains of the party got funds from the office of the National […]

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Emeka Ike is more interested in money than running AGN – Ibinabo

The tussle between Ibinabo Fiberesima and Emeka Ike over the leadership of the Actors Guild of Nigeria is still on. Despite a court ruling which annulled Ibinabo’s election as president of the guild, the soft-spoken lady insists she is still the head of the association. In a chat with Saturday Beats, Fiberesima stated that Emeka […]

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Fresh facts expose how Ekweremadu, others withdrew N8 billion, laundered funds in failed constitution amendment

Premium Times reports: Fresh details have emerged on how members of the National Assembly Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution withdrew N7.75 billion purportedly to amend Nigerian constitution. Premium Times had last week exposed how the federal lawmakers collected the money in tranches to purportedly alter the document between 2011 and 2015, but which […]

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Like Saraki, Dep. Senate President Ekweremadu to get 10 new exotic vehicles despite cash crunch

Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, will be receiving 10 new exotic vehicles for his convoy at over N300 million, as part of a multibillion naira illegal automobile acquisitions by the National Assembly management, for senators, according to Premium Times. The purchases are coming despite the difficult economic situation Nigeria continues to face, with workers unpaid for […]

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Despite cash crunch, Nigerian Senate illegally buying N4.7billion exotic cars for Saraki, other senators

The Nigerian Senate is currently on the verge of illegally buying various brands of exotic vehicles for use by its President, Bukola Saraki, and the 108 other senators, according to Premium Times. The cars will cost taxpayers an estimated N4.7billion that could be spent on vaccinating newborns and save them from dying or on providing electricity […]

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Arms scam: I transferred $322m to Dasuki, says Okonjo-Iweala

A former Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on Wednesday said she transferred $322m from the looted funds recovered from the former Head of State, the late Gen. Sani Abacha, to the Office of the National Security Adviser for military operations in the North-East. The ex-minister, in a statement by her Media Adviser, Mr. Paul […]

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Drama as Tinubu ‘takes over’ Ekweremadu’s seat at the Senate (Photos)

Senators who are members of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party created an hilarious scene on the floor of the Senate on Wednesday, when they stopped the member representing Lagos Central Senatorial District, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, from addressing the chamber from the seat of the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu. The drama ensued when the Senate […]

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N75bn controversy: Ex-Anambra gov, Obi speaks at last

Via Vanguard: The former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, has finally broken his silence on the controversy raging over the actual amount he left in the coffers of the state when he left office. His response came via a text message we sent after several unanswered calls. His reply: “Let me put the […]

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I’ve Slept With Your Sisters – Scott Disick’s Shocking Confession To Kourtney Kardashian

Although Scott Disick, 32, and Kourtney Kardashian, 36, are no longer together, but he may have pulled the ultimate betrayal on his ex-partner while they were still together…. A shocking new report has surfaced that says Scott not only cheated on Kourtney, but he did so with her own sisters Khloe Kardashian, 31, and Kylie Jenner, 18. […]

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How Jonathan’s campaign chief, others divert N155bn crude oil money to corrupt Zambian officials

Premium Times has uncovered one of the most fraudulent crude oil deals executed by the Goodluck Jonathan administration, which saw a campaign official and some other suspected cronies of the ex-president smiling to the banks with up to 50 per cent commission from the proceeds of a foreign crude oil lifting contract, turning them into […]

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Obasanjo, an overgrown child of circumstance – Soyinka

The Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has described former President Olusegun Obasanjo as an overgrown child of circumstance. Soyinka sharply criticised Obasanjo in his (Nobel laureate’s) new book, titled InterInterventions: Between Defective Memory and the Public Lie – A Personal Odyssey in the Republic of Liars, presented in Abeokuta, Ogun State on Saturday. Although Soyinka […]

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Blame Obasanjo for Yar’Adua, Jonathan’s failure — Bakare

The Serving Overseer of the Latter Rain Assembly,and President Buhari’s one time presidential running mate, Pastor Tunde Bakare, spoke to Punch on why Former president, Olusegun Obasanjo should be blamed for Jonathan and Yar’Adua’s failures…. Read excerpts below: Those eight years (Obasanjo spent as president) should have been formidable years of putting Nigeria upon a […]

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UK Crime Agency Replies Vanguard: Diezani’s cash seizure not related to arrest

The United Kingdom, UK, National Crime Agency has said that the £27,000 (N9,180,000) seized from the former Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke, was not related to her arrest. The agency, in response to an enquiry by Vanguard, said that cash seizure in the UK does not need to be related to an arrest. Furthermore, NCA’s Press Office confirmed, […]

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Heads may roll over Buhari’s Pope miss after he was embarrassed & turned back by UN security

Following the embarrassment faced by  President Muhammadu Buhari in which he was prevented from meeting Pope Francis at the 70th United Nations General Assembly, the staffer of the Nigerian Permanent Mission are trading blames amidst fear that heads may roll. The President as a result of using the wrong gate had arrived late to meet with the […]

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