Abuja high court denies Rochas Okorocha bail following his recent arrest by EFCC

FORMER Imo State governor Senator Rochas Okorocha has been denied bail by an Abuja federal high court today after he filed a suit requesting that he be set free following his arrest by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday.

 

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Adamawa on course to produce first female governor after Senator Binani wins APC ticket

NIGERIA could be on course to get her first female elected governor next year after Senator Aishatu Binani emerged as the winner of the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primaries in Adamawa State.

 

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Abaribe resigns as senate majority leader and dumps PDP amid signs he is set to declare for Apga

SENATOR Enyinnaya Abaribe has resigned from Nigeria's main opposition the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and has also stood down as the senate minority leader amid indications that he is poised to join the All Progressive Grand Alliance (Apga).

 

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Shehu Sani likens party delegates who collect money from candidates to bandits who demand ransom fees

FORMER lawmaker representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District Senator Shehu Sani has likened Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) delegates in Kaduna State to armed bandits who fleece members of the public for money.

 

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Peter Obi joins the Nigerian Labour Party and is set to vie for its presidential ticket next week

FORMER Anambra State governor Peter Obi has joined the Nigerian Labour Party just days after he quit the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and is now expected to clinch its presidential ticket over the coming weeks.

 

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Given that Africa accounts for 4% of world trade and 1% of global manufacturing, Nigeria's forthcoming elections should be about consolidation. Unless we pool our resources, our continent will remain poor and beggarly. I await a foreign policy outlook

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Nigeria will seek to build a global superpower in the middle of the African continent that will serve as a homeland for negroid people the world over. It will be the spiritual and ancestral home of all negroes

[2] This nation will merge as many African countries as possible into one giant with an economy that has a GDP of at least $15trn and an annual budget of at least $2trn

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Stella Oduah gives NYSC 48 hours to withdraw statement against her or face legal action

FORMER aviation minister Senator Stella Oduah has hit back at reports that she did not complete her mandatory one tear of national service by giving the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) directorate 48 hours to retract its statement about her.

 

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Shehu Sani loses PDP primary in Kaduna securing two votes after refusing to bribe delegates

TROUBLE is brewing within the Kaduna State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) after the former lawmaker representing the Kaduna Central senatorial District Senator Shehu Sani lost the gubernatorial primaries in suspicious circumstances.

 

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Muslim Students’ Society of Nigeria condemns killing of Hausa lady and her four kids in Anambra

MEMBERS of the Lagos State Area Unit of the Muslim Students’ Society of Nigeria (MSSN) have called for the arrest of the killers of the Hausa woman Harira Jubril and her for children in Anambra State.

 

On Sunday, pregnant Harira and her kids were killed by unknown gunmen at Isulo, in Orumba North Local Government Area of the state. Her four children were identified as Fatima, 9; Khadijah, 7; Hadiza, 5 and Zaituna, 2.

 

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Former super cop Abba Kyari applies for bail after being attacked by inmates at Kuje Prison

FORMER head of the Nigeria Police Force's Intelligence Response Team (IRT) Assistant Police Commissioner Abba Kyari has narrowly escaped being killed at Kuje Prison in Abuja when angry inmates tried to lynch him.

 

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