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For today, Tuesday, November 10, 2015:
VANGUARD NEWSPAPER
Crisis, as Dogara ushers in 96 House committees
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, on Monday urged members of the house’s standing committees to be committed to the anti-corruption fight of the present administration. READ MORE…
N1.04trn NCC fine: MTN Group CEO, Dabengwa resigns
The group chief executive officer of South African-based telecoms giant MTN, Sifiso Dabengwa, has formally tendered a letter of immediate resignation following the $5.2 billion fine scandal between the company and the Nigerian branch of MTN. READ MORE…
5-man committee of generals to probe role of army in Ekiti, Osun, Rivers, A-Ibom elections
The Chief of Army Staff, COAS, Gen. Tukur Buratai, has constituted a five-man board of generals to investigate alleged partisanship of members of the Nigeria Army during the 2015 general election.
EFCC Chairman, Lamorde proceeds on terminal leave
President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Lamorde. READ MORE…
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THE PUNCH NEWSPAPER
Mixed reactions as Buhari fires EFCC boss, Lamorde
Ibrahim Magu, a former member of the Economic and Governance Unit of the EFCC, has been chosen to replace the sacked Chairman. READ MORE…
AMCON to sell Zenon, Acorn, Aquintane assets
A total of 32 petroleum product storage tanks worth several billions of naira have been put up for sale by the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria, the agency created by the Federal Government to absorb bad loans from Deposit Money Banks’ books after the 2009 banking crisis.
Orubebe arraigned for N70M bribery, false asset declaration
Former Minister of Niger Delta, Godsday Orubebe, was yesterday arraigned before the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, for allegedly taking a N70 million bribe and non-declaration of assets. READ MORE…
INEC: Yakubu takes over, Buhari wants poll riggers punished
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday made a case for the review of the nation’s justice administration of electoral tribunals as one of the best ways of ensuring free and fair elections in the country. READ MORE…
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THE GUARDIAN
$5.2bn fine: MTN’s CEO quits
The group chief executive officer of South African-based telecoms giant MTN, Sifiso Dabengwa, has formally tendered a letter of immediate resignation following the $5.2 billion fine scandal between the company and the Nigerian branch of MTN. READ MORE…
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THE NATION NEWSPAPER
Buhari sends EFCC Chair, Lamorde on terminal leave
President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Lamorde. READ MORE…
Military probes Ekiti, Osun polls
The Chief of Army Staff, COAS, Gen. Tukur Buratai, has constituted a five-man board of generals to investigate alleged partisanship of members of the Nigeria Army during the 2015 general election.
APC Reps attack Speaker, Dogara
The APC members accuse Speaker Dogara of providing “strategic” committee assignments to members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The Party members were particularly outraged by the Speaker’s decision to award 50% of the committee chairmanships to PDP members. READ MORE...
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BUSINESS DAY
Economies within economy, task before investment minister
As President Muhammadu Buhari prepares to inaugurate the federal cabinet tomorrow, whoever will be asked to supervise the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment must drive policies capable of building virile micro economies within the Nigerian economy.
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