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Ex-president, Olusegun Obasanjo, storms PDP rally in Ogun

  Former President Olusegun Obasanjo briefly attended the political rally of a governorship aspirant of PDP in Ogun state, Hon. Oladipupo Adebutu. The former president who tore his membership card of the party in February 2015, attended the rally today dressed in ...

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NYSC Speaks On Kemi Adeosun’s Certificate Scandal

The National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) has reacted to the exclusive story published by PREMIUM TIMES detailing how finance minister, Kemi Adeosun, skipped the mandatory national service and used a forged certificate to cover for it. The story has generated ...

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ayose Under Fire For Saying He Won’t Receive PMB Today

Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose has come under severe attacks over his statement last Thursday that he won’t receive President Muhammadu Buhari, when he visits Ekiti State for the grand finale rally of the All Progressives Congress, APC, today . ...

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Publish names involved in siphoning $322m repatriated fund: PDP to FG

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on the Federal Government to make public the names of all persons allegedly involved in siphoning repatriated $322 million looted by the late General Sani Abacha. The party made the call in a ...

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Dickson: Ciroma lived for humanity, says ‘we need his likes to rescue Nigeria’

Bayelsa State Governor, Henry Seriake Dickson, has said Nigeria needs quintessential and selfless leaders like the Mallam Adamu Ciroma  to rescue the country from the shackles of injustice,  misrule and underdevelopment. A statement by the Governor’s Chief Press Secretary (CPS), ...

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Farmer/Herder conflict: Presidency warns against fake news, inflammatory statements

The Federal Government has appealed to all its citizens as well as members of the international community to refrain from spreading false stories and inflammatory statements concerning herder-farmer clashes. Malam Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on ...

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”We won’t donate land for ranching” South-East governors tell FG

The South-East Governors’ Forum (SEGF)  have rejected the proposal by the Federal Government to establish cattle ranches in some states to solve the frequent clashes between herdsmen and farmers.   The governors at a meeting in Enugu state yesterday July 8th, said ...

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Nigerians still await official response from Finance Minister, Kemi Adeosun over forged NYSC certificate allegation

  The Presidency, Senate and Minister of Finance Kemi Adeosun, have kept mute over allegations published by Premium Times on Saturday that she skipped the mandatory National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) and subsequently obtained a forged exemption certificate in 2009. The minister ...

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Daughter of former deputy governor of Ondo State found dead under the bed of her boyfriend’s house

Adenike Khadijat Oluboyo, daughter of the immediate past Deputy Governor of Ondo State, Alhaji Lasisi Olugbenga Oluboyo, was found dead at her boyfriend’s house in Akure today July 8th..   Oluboyo, who was a final year student of Adekunle Ajasin ...

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At least 9 killed in attack on Somalia’s interior ministry

A least nine people were killed in an attack on Somalia’s interior ministry and security forces killed all three attackers after a two-hour gun battle inside, police said Saturday, as the al-Shabab extremist group claimed responsibility. A number of people, ...

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Senator Ben Bruce-‘The Federal Government must apologize to Fela and offer him restitution

Senator Ben Murray-Bruce representing Bayelsa east constituency says Afrobeat legend, Fela Kuti is more famous than any president in the history of Nigeria.   He described the late king of Afrobeat as the “greatest leader to come out of Africa”. According ...

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INEC to spend N600m on Ekiti State July 14th governorship election

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it will spend about N600m on the Ekiti State governorship election which will take place on July 14, 2018.   The INEC National Commissioner in charge of the Ekiti election, Prince Solomon ...

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PDP demands immediate sack and arraignment of Finance minister, Kemi Adeosun

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has charged President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately sack, arrest and arraign his minister of finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun for alleged criminal forgery of her NYSC certificate. PDP urges President Buhari not to provide a cover ...

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Finance Minister, Kemi Adeosun, allegedly skipped NYSC and forged her discharge certificate” Premium Times reports

Premium Times published a report alleging that Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, forged her NYSC certificate and that she allegedly never participated in the one-year mandatory scheme. Read the report as published by Premiumtimes below Nigeria’s Finance Minister, Kemi Adeosun, did ...

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PDP-‘President Buhari’s unilateral Executive Order on asset seizure is a travesty of justice and rule of law’

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned and described as illegal, unconstitutional, reprehensible and a dangerous step towards a descent to fascism, the asset seizure Executive Order imposed by President Buhari, in total disregard to the provisions of 1999 constitution The party ...

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Three young men killed by herdsmen on their way to the farm in Benue State, several others injured

  Three persons were killed in attacks by suspected Fulani herdsmen in Tiza Village, Tormbo ward, Logo Local Government Area of Benue State on Thursday. It was gathered that the attackers invaded the village and laid ambushed for the farmers who were ...

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Could ranches solve Nigeria’s deadly herder-farmer conflict?

  © A burnt-out motorcycle is seen in a house burned down in central Plateau state The editor-in-chief of Nigeria’s Daily Trust newspaper, Mannir Dan Ali, considers whether ranches could solve the deadly conflicts between herders and farmers. No issue ...

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At the end of a tortuous journey of 1018 days, I have been vindicated – Bukola Saraki celebrates Supreme Court ruling

Senate President, Bukola Saraki says he’s a happy man as the Supreme court finally vindicates him after a ‘tortuous journey of 1018 days’,   In his words, ‘at the end of a tortuous journey of 1018 Days, counting from September 22, 2015, ...

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SARS officers arrested after robbery suspects escape from police cell with handcuffs in Ondo

The Ondo state police command is currently on the trail of two armed robbery suspects, Rotimi Adeyeye and Adeoye Bukola, who reportedly escaped from a cell at the Special Anti-Robbery Squad SARS of the police command.   A source in the command said the suspects ...

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