Day: 28 August 2016

“Even before I returned from the Olympics, the only car they gave me, they took it away from my wife” -Samson Siasia, Says I am done with Nigeria

Jide Ige

Welcome from Rio Olympics. How does it feel? Siasia-Dalung Siasia-Dalung It feels good because the end justifies the means. We wanted the gold but we are still happy with the bronze because it made Nigerians happy. The minister accused you of child trafficking for taking the team to Atlanta without his knowledge or consent. How can I take a national team out of the country without their knowledge of the NFF and the Sports Ministry? I really don’t know were that was coming from.We had the plan to travel from…

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Buruji Kashamu will kill PDP -PDP Youth Congress

Jide Ige

Youths in the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) have told the party’s senator, representing Ogun East Senatorial District, Buruji Kashamu to be bold enough to declare openly for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and stop pretending to be member of the PDP. The youths under the auspices of the PDP Youths Congress (PDPYC), said Senator Buruji Kashamu was more of APC than the PDP and he should rather join the APC formally instead of going about masquerading as PDP member while at the same defending the APC federal government. In…

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Nigeria ready to take all necessary actions to free Chibok Girls – Pres. Buhari

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President Muhammadu Buhari has reiterated the preparedness of the Federal Government to discuss the release of the Chibok girls kidnapped by Boko Haram terror group since 2014, In an interview with journalists in Nairobi, Kenya at the weekend, President Buhari said the Nigerian government is ready to dialogue with bonafide leaders of the terror group who know the whereabouts of the girls. ‘‘I have made a couple of comments on the Chibok girls and it seems to me that much of it has been politicised. ‘‘What we said is that…

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Ekiti moves to curtail inflow of lassa fever

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Ekiti State Government is taking proactive steps to ensure that the  fresh outbreak of Lassa Fever  which reportedly claimed the live of a  medical doctor in Asaba,  Delta State does not spread to the State The State Commissioner for Health, Dr Olurotimi Ojo who made this known in Ado-Ekiti  during a meeting with stakeholders in the Health sector said the Emergency Outbreak Centre (EOC) constituted in  the state in the wake of the national outbreak of the hemorrhagic  fever in January  has been reactivated and placed on high alert in…

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Sokoto to commence production of anti-malnutrition supplements

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Following the continues increase in number of malnourished children in Nigeria especially in the Northern part of the country, Sokoto State government said it will start producing Ready to Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF), a nutrient used for treating malnutrition. The State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Shehu Balarabe, who disclosed this in Sokoto, said the state government can no longer afford to continue to spend on the importation of RUTF which is produced from groundnut paste. “In the past, imported Ready to Use Therapeutic Food from South Africa and United States.…

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Cross River Gov., Ben Ayade’s brother in EFCC net for N2.4bn scam

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A brother to the Cross Rivers State Governor, Professor Ben Ayade has been arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The relation, Dr. Francis Ayade was arrested  in connection with an alleged N2.4billion contract scam. Ayade, Managing Director of Leophina Nigeria Limited and Hally Brown International Limited, was involved in shady deals involving diversion of public funds into his companies’ accounts. Specifically, four different allocations from the Nigerian federal government accounts were allegedly diverted into Hally Brown International Limited’s account owned by him. Investigations showed that Hally…

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Seriake Dickson loses $4’6m to Bayelsa Govt House Accountant

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Operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) in Bayelsa State on Wednesday, raided the private residence of the Bayelsa State Government House Accountant, Richard Etonye in a secret operation that lasted for about two hours. The house, located along Brass Road was allegedly raided on the orders of Governor Seriake Dickson after Etonye reportedly absconded with his principal’s money said to be $4.6m. The money was handed over to the accountant by the governor for safe keep just a few days before the raid on Tuesday. SaharaReporters contacted a spokesman for Mr. Dickson who said that…

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How Medical Doctor’s error killed Stella Oduah’s son

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The  first son of Senator Stella Oduah, Maxwell Chinedu Etoromi,  who died at a Turkish private hospital in Abuja, on Friday, died as a result of wrong prescription by a medical doctor, this is according to SaharaReporters. Maxwell was said to have died after he took a wrong medication prescribed for him by a doctor in the hospital after a tooth surgery. The 28-year-old Maxwell was a graduate of Guildford College in the UK before returning to Abuja not too long ago.

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We stole Saraki’s N310m bribe money for judges -Suspects

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Some of Senate President Bukola Saraki’s aides involved in the November 20, 2015 theft of N310 million being transported to the senator have disclosed why they stole the cash. The aides snatched the cash from a bureau de change operator at 5 Nana Close, Maitama in Abuja. Tracked down by SaharaReporters and speaking anonymously, some of Mr. Saraki’s aides, who are currently on the run, said the senator was in the habit of warehousing large volumes of cash, mainly for use as bribes to judges, investigators and prosecutors to ensure the scuttling…

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