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The Niger Delta Avengers on Monday said it was ready for a dialogue with the Federal Government. The militants, however, gave conditions for the peace talk. In a statement published on its website, the group said9(1) the Federal Government must suspend the purchase of crude oil from the Niger Delta region. The militants also asked President Muhammadu Buhari(2) not to ...
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June, 2016
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13 June
Banks Propose Just 10,000 Cash Withdrawal ,Deposit shrink by N1.03tn
The harsh economic conditions facing the country have led to a drastic reduction in customers’ deposits in banks with the industry recording a decline of about N1.03tn in total deposit. The Bankers Committee has sent a proposal to the Central Bank of Nigeria to limit across-the-counter withdrawals to N10,000, following a major drop in customers’ deposit. The proposal, according to ...
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10 June
Updated List Of Ambassador Nominees Including State Of Origin
updated list of all the Ambassadorial nominees including their State of origin. This follows an earlier report which contained only the names of the nominees. List Of Ambassadorial Nominees 1. Obinna Chukwuemeka Agbugba (Abia) 2. Salisu Umaru (Adamawa) 3. Inyan Udo-Inyang (Akwa Ibom) 4. Okeke Vivian Nwunaku (Anambra) 5. Liman Munir (Bauchi) 6. Ndem Jane Ada (Benue) 7. ...
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10 June
Avengers threaten secession as militants bomb NNPC
The attacks on oil and gas facilities in the Niger Delta continued Thursday evening with the bombing of a pipeline belonging to the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company, a subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation. Sources told one of our correspondents that the incident happened at 7:40pm around the Shalomi Creek in Warri South-West Local Government Area of Delta State. ...
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8 June
N/Delta Govs Ask EFCC To Drop Cases In The Region To Stop Pipeline Attack
Governors of the South-South region who met with Vice President Yemi Osinbajo at the State House today called for a majority of the corruption cases in the region to be dropped by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)…. The meeting was attended by Governors of Edo, Ondo, Delta, Akwa Ibom, Rivers, Bayelsa, Abia, as well as the Deputy Governor ...
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8 June
Restoration Work Starts On Jesus’ Tomb
A team of experts has begun restoring the ancient tomb in Jerusalem where Christians believe Jesus was buried, in the first such works for 200 years. The renovation in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre aims to reinforce and conserve the structure. Rivalry between the three denominations that run the church has delayed work. But clerics from the Greek ...
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7 June
N/Delta Govs To Osibajo :Ask EFCC To Drop Corruption Charges Across The Region To Stop Pipeline Attacks
Governors of the South-South region who met with Vice President Yemi Osinbajo at the State House today called for a majority of the corruption cases in the region to be dropped by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)…. The meeting was attended by Governors of Edo, Ondo, Delta, Akwa Ibom, Rivers, Bayelsa, Abia, as well as the Deputy Governor ...
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6 June
Jonathan Reveals ..’Buhari’s Govt Is Investigating Me’
In an interview with Bloomberg TV this morning, former President Goodluck Jonathan, said he is aware he is being investigated for corruption in Nigeria. Asked if he was aware that he is being investigated, Jonathan said “Of course, obviously we would be investigated and I am being investigated. Yes, investigations are going on” he said He says he wouldn’t want ...
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6 June
FG recovers 183 buildings, 5 vessels, others from looters
The Federal Government said on Saturday that it recovered 182 completed buildings, an uncompleted one and five maritime vessels from treasury looters. This is contained in government interim report on financial and asset recoveries from May 29, 2015 to May 25, which was made available to newsmen by the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed. Specifically, the report ...
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6 June
You’re Not The National Leader of APC – Buhari Bluntly Tells Tinubu
President Muhammadu Buhari has pointedly told a former Governor of Lagos state, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu that he is not the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, as the latter is widely upheld. The President made this clarification last Monday while hosting APC chieftains and members of the National Assembly to a dinner where the Senate President, Bukola Saraki ...
