How I lobbied HID to make Awo work for me — Gowon

ABEOKUTA—Former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon (retd), yesterday, disclosed how he lobbied the matriarch of Awolowo family, late Mrs. HID Awolowo to convince her husband to serve as federal commissioner for finance and vice president of the Federal Executive Council under his administration during the civil war.

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No sacred cow in anti-corruption war—OSINBAJO

ABUJA—Vice President Yemi Osinbajo yesterday in Abuja stated that the government of President Mohammadu Buhari will not spare any corrupt person in the fight against corruption.

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Obasanjo almost fainted day I shook hands with him – Alamieyeseigha

TEN years after, the anger arising from the impeachment and subsequent imprisonment of former Bayelsa State Governor, Diepreye Solomon Peter Alamie-yeseigha by former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s administration is still reverberating even though Alamieyeseigha claims he has forgiven Obasanjo.

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Electricity tariffs to be raised upon power stability—Buhari

ABUJA—PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has said that his government would only raise electricity tariffs when stability is achieved in the power sector.

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Screening: Fayose rallies NASS support for Fayemi

Ado-Ekiti—Ekiti state Governor, Mr Ayo Fayose, has directed lawmakers representing the state at the National Assembly to support the nomination of former Governor Kayode Fayemi during his screening by the Senate next Tuesday.

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MINISTERIAL LIST: Why Buhari holds on to 15 other nominees

ABUJA—There are feelers from the Presidency that the remaining 15 names of ministerial nominees will hit the Senate early next week after what sources described as ‘laborious’ security checks and vetting of the prospective nominees.

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Fashola, Amaechi, Ngige, Onu others make Buhari’s ministerial list

At last, Senate President Bukola Saraki Wednesday received the first twenty – one names of nominees to make President Buhari ministerial list , just as the names would be forwarded in batches.

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You encourage corruption by providing safe haven for stolen funds, Buhari tells world powers

New York—President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, in New York, United States of America, told the international community that the readiness of developed countries to provide safe havens for stolen funds encourages corruption.

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Saraki succumbs, says I am not guilty

ABUJA – The Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, has compelled the Senate President, Dr. Olubukola Saraki, to mount the dock to answer to corruption charges preferred against him by the federal government.

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Youth group urges Buhari to cancel Centenary City project

A group, Empowerment for Unemployed Youths Initiative, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to review Federal Government’s commitments to the Abuja Centenary City project describing it as a fraud conceived to undermine the national economy.

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