Buhari expected to fly to Paris for another meeting with his medical doctors over the coming week

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari is expected to seek fresh medical attention abroad over the coming week as he is reported to have an appointment with his medical doctors in the French capital Paris.

 

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Nigerian government to prosecute up to 400 people believed to be Boko Haram's financiers

NIGERIA'S federal government has announced that it will soon begin the prosecution of 400 suspected Boko Haram financiers who have been bankrolling the terrorist sect's insurgency that has been ravaging the northeast of the country.

 

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Senate president Ahmad Lawan objects to Southern Governors Forum calling for restructuring

SENATE president Senator Ahmad Lawan has objected to the recent call by the Southern Governors Forum for a restructuring of the Nigerian federation saying that they should implement such measures in their states first.

 

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Buhari's son-on-law declared wanted by ICPC over $65m corruption case at Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari's son-in-law Gimba Yau Kumo has been declared wanted by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) over a corruption case involving the sum of $65m.

 

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We now expect the Northern State Governors Forum to hold their own summit and come out with a communique that looks like this

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[1] We wholeheartedly endorse the call by our southern counterparts calling for a restructured Nigeria run according to the dictates of the 1963 constitution whereby the federating units control all the resources within their domains 

[2] We are in 100% support of an immediate federal ban on open grazing 

[3] We shall open six mega cattle ranches in Borno, Yobe, Kaduna, Niger, Taraba and Bauchi states 

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Veteran Yoruba campaigner Prof Akintoye faults southern governors for not discussing self-determination

VETERAN Yoruba cultural campaigner Professor Adebanji Akintoye has faulted the recent declaration by the Southern Governors Forum calling for a national conference on restructuring saying what is needed is a gathering to debate self-determination.

 

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Leading virologist Prof Tomori laments the fact that Nigeria is not a vaccine-producing nation

RENOWNED virologist and former vice chancellor of the Redeemer’s University Professor Oyewale Tomori has blamed inconsistent government policies and personal interest as being among the reasons why Nigeria is unable to produce human vaccines.

 

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EFCC chairman laments the fact he is not able to prosecute Diezani after seizing 80 houses from her

ECONOMIC and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) chairman Abdulrasheed Bawa has revealed that the agency is unhappy about the fact that it has been unable to prosecute former petroleum minister Diezani Alison-Madueke because she is out of its jurisdiction.

 

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Buhari uses his Eid Mubarak message to appeal to Nigerians for patience over the growing insecurity

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has used his Eid Mubarak message to appeal to Nigerians to exercise more patience with his government as it reels from the effects of widespread violence that has resulted in a breakdown of law and order across the country.

 

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Insecurity spreads across southeast as about 100 gunmen attack Abia police station

NIGERIA'S growing insecurity has taken a turn for the worse as it spreads across the southeast geo-political zone as over 100 gunmen attacked the Bende Divisional Police Station in Abia State and burnt it to the ground.

 

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