Outgoing National Assembly leaders likely to face probe over constituency project funding

OUTGOING leaders of the National Assembly are reported to be seeking guarantees from those wishing to take over from them that they will not probe the allocation and expenditure of constituency project funding as it could open a can of worms.

 

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Kogi State Ministry of Justice worker dies just as strike to end one year salary arrears ends

STAFF at the Kogi State Ministry of Justice are mourning a colleague who slumped and died at her residence on Thursday in a development believed to be linked to the failure of the state government to pay workers for the last year resulting in severe hardship.

 

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Buhari shuts out members of his kitchen cabinet as he selects his new ministers alone in London

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari appears to be putting finishing touches to the composition of his new cabinet in total secrecy which is why he decided to relocate to London to be alone and not allow members of his kitchen cabinet influence his selections.

 

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Nigerian British teenager Tamilore Awolesi offered scholarships by seven US Ivy league universities

NIGERIAN-born teenager Tamilore Awolesi has been offered scholarships by seven US Ivy League universities after emerging as the top student at Hertfordshire's Haberdashers Aske’s Boys’ School in Elstree.

 

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Government and Macban reach agreement to pay Fulani herdsmen N100bn to stop killings

GOVERNMENT ministers have held meetings with the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (Macban) in Kebbi State where they were offered N100bn ($276m) over two years to call off the ongoing murderous rampage of Fulani cattle herdsmen.

 

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South South Peoples United Forum urges Sanwoolu not to forget its members when he makes appointments

LAGOS State governor-elect Babajide Sanwoolu has been challenged by the South South Peoples United Forum (SSPUF) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) not to neglect it members when forming his cabinet and constituting his government.

 

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Seven sex workers claim police raped them after recent Abuja raid on red light district

ABOUT seven of the ladies recently arrested in Abuja and convicted by a mobile court for prostitution have alleged that policemen attached to the Utako and Gwarimpa police stations raped and physically assaulted them while they were in custody.

 

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APC dragged to court over its marginalisation of southeast in National Assembly zoning formula

NIGERIA'S ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has been dragged to court by the Kingdom Human Rights Foundation International (KHRFI) over its National Assembly zoning formula which is claimed to be unfair as it marginalises the southeast geo-political zone.

 

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Britain offers to provide Nigeria with military assistance in the fight against Boko Haram

BRITISH foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt has said that the UK will come to Nigeria's assistance by offering it any help needed to eliminate the Boko Haram menace whenever it is asked to do so.

 

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