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The Atiku Renaissance Group (ARG) has said it has discovered a plot by the Presidency to acuse the Presidential hopeful in the 2019 general elections,former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, for sponsoring the incessant herdsmen killings across the nation. ARG said in a statement on Thursday that the Federal Government has been planning to hatch its ploy by opening “phony accounts …

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Benjamin Ogueri Enwerem This beautiful and endowed landscape of diverse cultures, peoples, rigid contours of history, adventures and missed opportunities has really come to be, or not to be. The vicissitudes of war, political transitions, misrule and unending siege of poverty may have diminished and dampened our existence but our survival instincts and perseverance have preserved us through generations to …

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Olabode Adaramola Former Civilian President, Dr. Goodlock Ebele Jonathan on Wednesday breezed into Minna the Niger state capital unannounced. Former President Jonathan who came by road and was chauffer driven  in a black Sports Utility Prado Car and followed by  five other black Prados,  one of them was occupied by security operatives. He was said to have arrived at  the …

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Dayo Emmanuel A total of 246,126 persons would not be able to exercise their franchise tomorrow as the people of Ekiti State, South West Nigeria would go out to participate in the governorship election, the Resident Electoral Commissioner, Professor Abdulganiy Raji has said. Raji, who answered questions from journalists in Ado Ekiti, the state capital, on Friday, said a total …

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Connect Nigeria, in collaboration with Union Bank, one of Nigeria’s most trusted financial institutions, has announced the release of the Top 100 Emerging SMEs list. The Top 100 Emerging SMEs initiative which was launched in February at the annual Connect Nigeria eBusiness fair for Small to Medium Enterprises (SMEs), aims to identify and celebrate some of Nigeria’s upcoming SMEs who …

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In a bid to recover a debt of N902,655,866,.21, a limited liability company, Cornerstone Leasing and investment limited, has dragged Minister of Agriculture Chief Audu Ogbeh before a Federal high court in Lagos. Joined as co -defendant in the debt recovery suit is scrap metals supplying company Paz Oil limited. In a statement of claim filed before the court by …

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The Presidency, Senate and Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, have kept mute over allegations published by Premium Times, at the weekend, that she skipped the mandatory National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) and subsequently obtained a forged exemption certificate in 2009. The minister reportedly graduated from the Polytechnic of East London, in the United Kingdom, in 1989, at 22. The …

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Photo Caption: From Left; Chairman of Nigerian Governors’ Forum, Governor Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara State (left); Governor Abubakar Badaru of Jigawa State; Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun and Governor Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi State, departing after a closed-door meeting with the Chief of Staff to the President, Mallam Abba Kyari, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Thursday, 5th July, …

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At least, two federal government institutions, a filling station, three major hotels, as well as the complex of a telecommunications company were Wednesday sealed by the Enugu State Government for alleged failure to remit about N30 billion in taxes to the coffers of the state government. The affected institutions include the National Orientation Agency (NOA), National Examination Council (NECO), the …

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