Reps to EFCC: Fish out Maina

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The House of Representatives has written the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes  Commission (EFCC) Mr. Ibrahim Magu to arrest and prosecute the former Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team, Mr. Abdulrasheed Maina. The…

Senate recalls Ali Ndume

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•Senators disagree over appeal Following the expiration of his suspension, the Senate has recalled its former leader Mohammed Ali Ndume. Also, some Senators have disagreed with the chamber’s counsel, Mike Ozekhome(SAN) for proceeding on…

Buhari okays El-Rufai’s planned sack of teachers

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President Muhammadu Buhari is backing Kaduna State Governor Nasir el-Rufai’s plan to sack 21,780 teachers. The teachers failed the “competency” test conducted by the state government. But the Nigeri Union of Teacher (NUT) insists that they…

PDP throws race open as consensus talks collapse

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‘Governors: we’ll work with winner’ After hours of grilling by Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors Forum in Enugu, all  national chairman candidates yesterday opted for an election instead of a consensus choice. They also opposed…

Education ‘needs N1tr annually’

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Minister of Education Malam Adamu Adamu said yesterday that the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led Federal Government would need one trillion naira annually to fulfill its campaign promises on education. Adamu spoke at a special retreat of…

The Aba Magic borehole 

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It was a borehole that metamorphosed to something big. I was tempted to call it so despite seeing the plan and design. Do not blame me or my fellow novices. My problem was simply ignorance cos I was only seeing flyover construction for the…