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Thursday, 13 August 2015
Police tear gas Peterside, Abe, others at INEC headquarters
ABUJA—The crisis trailing the conduct of the 2015 general elections in Rivers State took a dangerous turn yesterday, with security agencies attached to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, tear-gassing the candidates of the All Progressives Party, APC, in the elections who had besieged the commission to register their displeasure over what they termed the refusal of the Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, in the state, Mrs. Gesila Khan to release the documents used for the polls.
Tuesday, 11 August 2015
APC, PDP disagree over Jonathan’s achievements
ABUJA — NATIONAL leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday, took a swipe at President Muhammadu Buhari, asking him and the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, to urgently articulate an economic direction and stop appropriating the achievements of former President Goodluck Jonathan
Rail ways upgrade: Buhari queries diversion of $1.005b China loan
ABUJA — President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, asked the Ministry of Finance to explain why the foreign loans obtained for various key rail projects by the Federal Government were diverted elsehow under the watch of former Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.
Saturday, 8 August 2015
Corruption: NDDC spends N1.3b on Christmas parties
IN pursuit of his anti-graft crusade, President Muhammadu Buhari may have to beam his searchlight on the activities of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC.
Friday, 7 August 2015
Buhari begins total probe of Jonathan’s govt
ABUJA — A total probe of the administration run by immediate past president, Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan is underway as the National Economic Council, NEC, Ad-hoc Committee on the Management of Excess Crude Account Proceeds and Accruals into the Federation Account, headed by the Governor of Edo State, Mr. Adams Oshiomhole, is to hire two international forensic audit firms to probe revenue that accrued into the Federation Account and how it was spent under former Dr Goodluck Jonathan as President.
Thursday, 6 August 2015
Naira gains N16, closes at N215/dollar
LAGOS — The naira appreciated, yesterday, against the US dollar in the parallel market, closing at N215 to a dollar. This represents an appreciation of N16 from Tuesday when a dollar exchanged for N231 in Lagos and Kano, and N230 to a dollar in Abuja.
President decries level of debt in aviation sector
ABUJA — President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, in Abuja directed the Ministry of Aviation to contemplate plans of evolving a national carrier for Nigeria.
Wednesday, 5 August 2015
Vandalism, bunkering, major challenges during my tenure – Obasanjo
Abeokuta – Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Tuesday identified bunkering and vandalism as the “most challenging problems’’ that confronted his eight-year tenure as Nigeria’s President.
Tuesday, 4 August 2015
Oil crash, dwindling revenue threaten Nigeria’s 2015 budget
One of the first major tasks the administration of Gen. Muhammadu Buhari will have to contend with will be how to finance the 2015 budget in the wake of low oil price and rising threats from declining revenue.
Jonathan raised fuel subsidy to N1.9trn from N300bn – Amaechi MA
ABUJA—Former Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State, has accused former President Goodluck Jonathan of unilaterally increasing the country’s subsidy claim to N1.9trillion during his administration, from the N300 billion it was during the late President Umaru Yar’Adua government.
Amaechi at a reception organised for him by a Committee of Friends at the International Conference Centre, Abuja, also said that the victory of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in this year’s general elections was engineered by God.
Amaechi at a reception organised for him by a Committee of Friends at the International Conference Centre, Abuja, also said that the victory of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in this year’s general elections was engineered by God.
Monday, 3 August 2015
Corruption: Buhari descends on civil servants
ABUJA— Disturbed by the rot and thriving corruption in the civil service, which has cost the country trillions of naira, President Muhammadu Buhari has taken his anti-graft war to the sector.
Friday, 31 July 2015
APC Govs brace up for Kogi, Bayelsa guber polls
ABUJA – Governors of All Progressives Congress, APC yesterday said that there were ready for the forth-coming governorship elections in Kogi and Bayelsa States.
22 APC Senators Working Against President Buhari Revealed... See Their Names
Fresh report has emerged revealing the identity of APC senators working against President Muhammadu Buhari.
Tuesday, 28 July 2015
NASS leadership crisis: Uncertainty as Senate, House resume today
ABUJA — The prospect of peaceful resumption in the two chambers of the National Assembly today was, yesterday, being clouded by uncertainty despite trouble shooting efforts that were still in the works at press time last night.
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