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Senators and governors are locked in a bitter row over the 2019 elections. The development sparked an uproar on the floor of the Senate yesterday. Zamfara Central Senator Kabiru Marafa accused Governor Abdulaziz Yari of plotting to eliminate him. Both are members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) . Marafa asked his colleagues to hold the governor and his deputy responsible ...
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February, 2018
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31 January
Senate summons CBN Gov, bank MDs over illegal bank charges
Senate has resolved to conduct a public hearing to thoroughly investigate the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and commercial banks in the country over alleged excess, illegal and arbitrary bank charges imposed on customers The upper chamber has therefore invited the CBN Governor, Managing Directors of commercial banks and bankers committee to the session. This followed a motion by Senator Magnus ...
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31 January
Obasanjo And Extent Of Presidential Powers, By Reuben Abati
More than a week after President Olusegun Obasanjo released his state of the nation commentary and devastating assessment of the Buhari administration, it has remained the main subject in the public arena in Nigeria. It is a measure of the stature, influence and capacity of the elder statesman that whenever he intervenes as he has done, he sets the tone ...
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31 January
Prophet predicts Buhari ‘ll Die If he seek 2nd Term
Prophet Samuel Akinbodunse, the General Overseer of a South Africa-based church, Freedom For All Nations Outreach, has said President Muhammadu Buhari will die before the 2019 presidential poll if he decides to seek reelection. Akinbodunse, who predicted the emergence of Buhari as president before the 2015 election, said those close to him should warn him to steer clear of continuing ...
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31 January
Sadiq Daba becomes Cancer control advocate
In 1980s *Sadiq Daba* was among the television stars that entertained us on the TV series *Cockcrow At Dawn *. He was one of the most loved TV stars on Nigerian Television Authority. In 2015, Mr. Daba was diagnosed of Leukemia and later with prostate cancer. Thanks to all Nigeria who supported him. Today, Sadiq Daba is now a Cancer ...
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31 January
Adeosun recommends Gwarzo’s sack to Buhari
Minister of Finance Kemi Adeosun has said she is writing to President Muhammadu Buhari today to sack the suspended Director General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Mounir Gwarzo. She said an administrative panel of investigation has found him guilty of conflicts of interests and breach of the public service rules. However, Gwarzo said the allegations upon which he ...
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31 January
GTB predicts 2.8% economy growth rate in 2018
Guarantee Trust Bank (GTB) analysts have predicted economy growth rate of between 2.3 per cent and 2.8 per cent in 2018. The bank in its 2018 Economic Outlook release on Tuesday night said 2018 would be driven by sustained oil receipts, higher government spending on infrastructure and activities leading to 2019 elections. The federal government had proposed a budget of ...
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31 January
Obasanjo lunches his 3rd force ‘Coalition for Nigeria (CN)
What manner of ‘movement’ is being launched today in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT)? Can the coalition fly? What are its prospects? Can it overtake the discredited Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and abort the dream of the crisis-ridden All Progressives Congress (APC) to retain federal power in next year’s elections? In the opinion of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, the ...
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31 January
Aubameyang arrives Arsenal as Man City sign Laporte
Manchester City completed the signing of Aymeric Laporte on Tuesday as Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang reportedly arrived at Arsenal’s training ground to finalise his transfer from Borussia Dortmund, with clubs scrambling to beat Wednesday’s deadline. Sky Sports News reported later Tuesday that Aubameyang, 28, had arrived in Britain on a private jet before travelling to Arsenal’s training ground near London. Arsenal are ...
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31 January
Liberia’s George Weah slashes salary by 25%
Liberia’s newly sworn-in President George Weah pledged to cut his own salary by a quarter on Monday, in a nationwide address in which he warned of tough times ahead for a “broke” country. “The state of the economy that my administration inherited leaves a lot to do and to be decided,” the former international soccer star said in an address ...
