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January, 2019

• 18 January

  Politician Warns Nigerians Against Vote Buying

  

  The Chairman of the Liberation Movement Party (LM), Lagos state chapter, Comrade Rahman Adewale Adebiyi has called on Nigerian electorates to ensure they use their franchise to correct the lingering anomalies in the society in the coming polls. Adebiyi, a Chartered Accountant and tax expert who said this in an …

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• 18 January

  Minimum Wage: Osinbajo, Govs Hold NEC Meeting

  

  Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, and state governors held a meeting of the National Economic Council, in Abuja. Top on the agenda was the proposed N30,000 National Minimum Wage, which has lately generated controversies. Recall that on Tuesday, following an extra-ordinary meeting of the Federal Executive Council, the Federal Government resolved …

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• 18 January

  Gunmen Kill Ghanaian Investigative Journalist

  

  A Ghanaian undercover journalist who helped expose corruption in African football has been killed in the capital Accra, police said Thursday. Ahmed Hussein-Suale was part of a team led by award-winning journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas, whose probe led to the resignation of the head of the Ghana Football Association. Dozens …

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• 18 January

  Ogun Politics: My Encounter With Violence, By Reuben Abati

  

  I once had a taste of political violence during the 2015 Presidential campaigns. In Bauchi, our convoy was stoned. In Katsina, restless youths wielding stones and long sticks threatened to attack us. It didn’t matter that it was a Presidential convoy. But nothing in those two places is comparable to …

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• 18 January

  Atiku Arrives In US

  

  Former Vice President of Nigeria and Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar has arrived Washington DC on a visit to the United States. The PDP presidential candidate arrived at 20.20 hours (14.20 hours Washington DC time). Just arrived Washington D.C for meeting with US government officials, Nigerians …

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• 16 January

  ‘I Feel Very Sad’, Osinbajo Reacts To CJN Onnoghen’s Trial

  

  Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has reacted to the prosecution of the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen, noting that he is sad about the situation. He also said President Muhammadu Buhari did not know about the plan to arraign the CJN until Saturday evening. According to him, the …

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