Ekiti tape controversy: Senate refuses to discuss Obanikoro’s ministerial nomination
The Senate on Wednesday refused to deliberate on the ministerial nomination of the former Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro.
Nigeria Senate approves $52 crude oil benchmark for 2015 Budget
The Senate on Tuesday approved $52 per barrel as oil benchmark price for the N4.3 trillion 2015 budget. The federal government had made a final proposal of $65 per barrel…
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UNICEF donates school bags to displaced children in Adamawa
The United Nations children body, UNICEF, has distributed 5,800 school bags and 15 ultra-modern tents to displaced children of school age under the Safe School Initiative.
NASS scores below 10% at the real cost of infrastructures
The Nigerian National Assembly is allocated N150 billion annually which sums up to N600 billion in four years. In the space of these four years, the lawmakers have passed only 106…
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UPDATE: Military jets bombard Boko Haram militants in Gombe
The Nigerian military has launched airstrikes on suburbs of Gombe town as soldiers and police battled Boko Haram insurgents who attacked the town early Saturday, residents have said. Fighting continued…
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Halliburton bribe: Middleman Tesler jailed
While the Nigerian Government shies away from prosecuting the beneficiaries of the ‘Halliburton bribe,’ the man who acted as the conduit for the bribe payment, Jeffery Tesler was Friday sentenced to…
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Halliburton bribery: Judge strikes out suit for want of diligent prosecution
Justice Abubakar Umar of an Abuja High Court on Monday struck out a suit filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) against three persons named in the Halliburton…
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Inside the secret military trial leading to death sentence for 54 soldiers
On Wednesday, the Nigerian Army’s 7 division General Court Martial convicted 54 soldiers for conspiracy to commit mutiny and mutiny and sentenced them to death by firing squad.
INVESTIGATION: How officials steal Lagos local government dry [Part 3]
Official vehicles allocated to past political office holders in Ikeja local government area of Lagos State were not returned at the expiration of their tenure, a 2012 audited report of the council’s books have shown.
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Secret Intelligence Report links ex-Governor Sheriff, Chad President to Boko Haram sponsorship
New facts showing stronger links between former governor of Borno state, Ali Modu Sheriff, and the Boko Haram sect have emerged, further fuelling suggestions the ex-governor is a major financier…
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