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Nigerians should only vote for a presidential candidate who will bribe them with this kind of comprehensive railway plan

Ayo Akinfe A rail network will be constructed across the country over the next 20 years linking all 36 states, employing no less than 10m people. This will also involve the manufacturing of carriages, tracks, signal boxes, equipment, etc Lagos to Abuja will be linked by a Maglev bullet train running at a speed of about 500km per...

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Terrorist group Ansaru bans political campaigns in the Birnin Gwari area of Kaduna State

ARMED hoodlums have declared several parts of Kaduna State political-free zones with the terrorist group Ansaru issuing a ban on campaigns in the Birnin Gwari Local Government Area that borders with neighbouring Niger State. Kaduna State has been on the receiving end of some of the worst religious-based terrorism in Nigeria...

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Chief of defence staff fault call by Zamfara governor asking local citizens to bear arms

NIGERIA'S chief of defence staff General Lucky Irabor has faulted the recent call by Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State instructing citizens to carry arms in response to growing banditry saying the armed forces are the only ones authorised to do such. Over recent years, Zamfara State has been plagued by the activities...

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Ekweremadu sues NIMC and NIS asking them to produce details of young man at the centre of organ harvesting saga

FORMER deputy senate president Senator Ike Ekweremadu has filed a lawsuit against the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) and several other agencies asking that they furnish him with details of the young man at the centre of the organ harvesting saga. Last week, Senator Ekweremadu and his wife Beatrice were...

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NBA wants former chief justice Mohammed Tanko investigated and prosecuted for corruption

NIGERIAN Bar Association (NBA) officials have called for the immediate prosecution of the former chief judge of Nigeria Justice Mohammed Tanko after it emerged that he resigned yesterday in response to petitions against him by Supreme Court judges. Yesterday, Justice Tanko tendered his resignation citing ill-health but it...

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Nigerian relay women's team barred from World Athletics Championship after Okagbare's ban is extended

NIGERIA will not be allowed to participate in the women's 4x100 relay event at forthcoming World Athletics Championships taking place in Oregon next month after Blessing Okagbare got an additional one year doping ban that has affected the entire team. Okagbare, 33, who has an Olympic silver medal in the long jump from the 2008 Beijing...

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I wait to see which of these presidential candidates will be brave enough to introduce these 10 taxes to generate $30bn desperately required to fund our budget deficit

Ayo Akinfe An annual 30% tax of the value of every private jet in the country A 50% tithe tax compelling all clergymen to hand over half of all they receive in offerings A Dubai party tax that levies 50% of the value of any party Nigerians throw abroad An Owambe tax which attracts a flat fee of around N50,000 per...

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Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria set a target of generating an annual turnover of $2.4bn

FEDERAL Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN) officials have been set a target of generating an annual turnover of N1trn ($2.4bn) as part of their mandate to address the chronic housing shortage in the country. Like many other sectors of the Nigerian economy, housing suffers from chronic under-investment and the FMBN is charged...

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Iseyin-born Olukayode Ariwoola named as new chief justice of Nigeria as Ibrahim Tanko resigns

OYO State-born Justice Olukayode Ariwoola is to be sworn-in as the new chief justice of Nigeria later today following the sudden resignation of the incumbent Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad who said he could no longer continue due to health challenges. Barring any last-minute change of plans, President Muhammadu Buhari is...

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Peter Obi coming under increased pressure to pick Shehu Sani as his running mate