The Senator representing Kogi West, Senator
Dino Melaye, has been released from detention after he was initially detained by officials of the immigration service at the
Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja on his way to Morocco.
Mr Melaye, who was arrested earlier today, said he was on his way to Morocco on an official assignment sponsored by the Nigerian government when he was held by security.
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N-Power Releases Final List Of Successful Candidates For 2017, See How To Check Your Name
The administrators of the federal government social intervention scheme, N-Power, have announced the list of successful candidates out of the pres-selected 2017 candidates that successfully scaled through the physical verification stage.
The information is as obtained by Naija News from the official Facebook page of the scheme, which directed candidates to use their phone number and email address to check if they have been selected as beneficiaries.
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2019 Elections Will Be Tough, Oyegun Tells APC
Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, the National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), has admonished his Party to brace up for a tough fight as the 2019 election approaches, adding that Nigerians have become wiser.
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EFCC Arrest PDP Senators Enlisted On Alleged Looters List
Peter Nwaoboshi, one of the three Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senators who is alleged to be among the looters released by the federal government have been arrested by the The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Nwaoboshi, who represents Delta north senatorial district, was listed alongside Stella Oduah from Anambra and Jonah Jang from Plateau.
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Sen. Sani Demands N5b From El-Rufai For Libel
Senator Shehu Sani, representing Kaduna Central senatorial district, in a retaliatory move have issued a counter claim, is seeking compensation for an alleged libelous broadcast maliciously made against him by the governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, during a live broadcast transmitted through a radio station in Kaduna.
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I Was In The UK Not US-Kachikwu Corrects Sanusi Over Investors’ Summit
Dr Ibe Kachikwu, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, has denied the claim made by The Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammad Sanusi, that he was in the U.S and refused to attend an investors’ summit.
Alhaji Muhammad Sanusi had accused the Minister of Petroleum and others of snubbing the Nigeria-US summit even though they were in the United State.
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