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By Jude Opara That the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is currently embroiled in crisis is no longer in doubt. What may be in doubt is if the crisis will be ending any time soon because the scope keeps increasing by the day. The crisis on Monday claimed its biggest casualty with
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By Yunusa Tanko Abdullahi The Federal Government of Nigeria has projected that monthly FAAC receipts may decline to below N400 billion, over the next three to six months. Based on the fiscal assumptions underpinning the 2020 Appropriation Act, monthly federation account (FAAC) disbursements to the federal and state governments were projected at
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By Jude Opara Recently, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu was sentenced to a 12 year jail term for embezzling about N7.1 billion belonging to the people of Abia State, where served as governor between 1999 and 2007.His troubles began even when he was a sitting governor as he had running battles
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By Jude Opara Recently, the people of South Africa rekindled their xenophobic attacks on African nationals especially Nigerians living in their country. In the latest push which perhaps is the most brutal saw the killing of three people and targeted destruction and looting of businesses of the immigrants. Suffice it to
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From Haruna Aliyu Usman, Birnin Kebbi As president Buhari Wednesday 21st August 2019 inaugurated his cabinet who for the next four years will pilot the affairs of the country in their respective ministries, he has put to paid rumours making the rounds in Kebbi and outside that Abubakar Chika Malami would
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By Josiah Oluwole It took President Muhammadu Buhari six months in 2015 to put together a ministerial team for his first administration. In spite of the long delay, Buhari would later confirm the allegation by his wife, Aisha, that his government was hijacked when he stated at a reception for the
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By Jude Opara Recently, former President Olusegun Obaanjo wrote yet another letter to President Muhammadu Buhari on the deteriorating security situation in parts of the country. This letter was coming on the heels of the recent brutal murder of Mrs. Funke Olakunrin, daughter of the leader of the Yoruba Socio-Cultural group
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By Jude Opara Recently, President Muhammadu Buhari said he has been under pressure to release his ministerial list. The President said this while hosting a dinner with the leadership of the National Assembly at the presidential villa. This revelation was coming on the heels of the statement credited to the Senate President,
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Jude Opara The Holy Book says, the house divided against itself, can never stand. If that is true, it goes to show that in every house, concerted efforts must be made by everybody to ensure a sustained peace and tranquility at all times. But the situation seems to be different with the
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By: Jude Opara Many political observers were not surprised when on the eve of the inauguration of President Muhammadu Buhari for his second term in office, the Deputy National Chairman (North) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Lawal Shuaibu called on the National Chairman of the party, Adams Oshiomhole to
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