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One Year After, Where is the change?

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  I am yet to see any positive change. About a year ago I voted for a man I believe could do the job. I am just wandering when we shall begin to see the real changes we asked for , or rather, the change we were promised. Though the anti-corruption war is on, victory is still far off, as we are yet to the big fishes in jail. Meanwhile, we have see a lot in terms of price increases everywhere; Electricity bills have increased without power supply Petrol bill has also gone up.  Food prices and transportation cost have all gone up. The average Nigerian is now at least 30% poorer now than we were as at January 1, 2016. That simply means inflation has taken out over 30% of our purchasing power. Where is the change? NORTHERNERS ARE NOW THE HEADS OF KEY AGENCIES: Is Nigeria going the way of NATIONAL CAKE again?  Is this part of the promised CHANGE?     Before I forget they also own about 70% Nigeria oil wealth. Herdsmen invading Villages killing, maiming,

Militancy: Niger Delta Avenger blows up more pipeline today

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A new militant group in the Niger Delta, the Niger Delta Avengers, has allegedly blown up trunk lines belonging to Nigerian Agip Oil Company and Shell Petroleum Development Company in Bayelsa State. It was learnt that the Avengers blew up Nembe 1, 2, and 3 Brass to Bonny trunk line belonging to the two oil majors. It was learnt that the incident occurred about 2.15am on Saturday in Nembe, Nembe Local Government Area of the state. The NDA has in the last weeks attacked oil installations in the Niger Delta with the Saturday’s attack on the pipeline being the latest.

Assets Declaration Form Of Senator Andy Uba Revealed: ‎The contents will shock you

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Yawning gaps have been discovered in the assets declaration form submitted by Senator Andy Uba to the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB). According to the form presented on  June 3, 2015, and exclusively obtained by SaharaReporters, Uba is the owner of N1billion home located at 49 TY Danjuma Street, Asokoro, Abuja. In the form, Uba claimed that the house was bought on November  15,  2006, through personal savings and a loan from the United Bank of Africa (UBA). In the forms listing his assets as of May 30,  2015, he declared ownership of a six-bedroom duplex at 26, Mamman Nasir Street, Asokoro, Abuja, which he bought for N650million on  May Senator Andy Uba 2006. Money for the purchase of the property, according to Uba, came from the sale of a property and personal income.  The property, he also claimed at the time, yielded N25million in rent yearly. He owns another three-bedroom house at Edo Court, Gaduwa in Abuja. This, he informed the CCB, was purchased for N30million, which came thro

N23bn Diezani Bribe: 11 INEC Officials Admit Receiving N120m

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Eleven officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission who supervised the 2015 general elections in Gombe State have admitted to receiving N120m out of the N23bn ($115m) allegedly disbursed by a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, according to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.

Court Orders Late Alamieyeseigha, Wife To Vacate Land

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The Court of Appeal sitting in Port Harcourt has ordered the late former governor of Bayelsa State, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, and his wife, Margaret, to vacate a piece of land in the Ovom area of the State. The judgment was delivered by Justice Theresa Ngolika Orji-Abadua in an appeal instituted by Stodie Ventures Limited against Mr. Alamieyeseigha and Margaret. Former Bayelsa State Governor Alamieyeseigha Stodie is a company owned by Bolere Ketebu, former member of the House of Representatives. The case was filed for the firm by Doueyi Fiderikumo, the Managing Solicitor of D.D. Fiderikumo & Co.

Tunde and Toolz are now Man and Wife. You May Kiss Your Bride!

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Just wandering though! if a pilot marries an OAP, what will there children become? Let me phone a friend. eeeehhhh does anyone has Omotola Phone number?.

EFCC may soon invite Jonathan over arms deal scam

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    Goodluck-JonathanThe Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said that it will soon invite former President Goodluck Jonathan over the controversial arms deal scam. The acting chairman of the anti-graft agency Ibrahim Magu made the revelation at the office of the BBC Hausa service in London. The illegal deal was revealed following an interim report of the presidential investigations committee on arms procurement under the Goodluck Jonathan administration. Several officials who served during the administration of Jonathan have been under the radar of the EFCC while some have been arrested and are facing charges. The most notable being the distribution of funds through the office of the national security adviser to members of the Peoples Democratic Party for campaign. The source hinged the revelation on the level of investigations carried out on Jonathan-led administration by officials of the commission, noting that he may be arrested soon According to the sourc

Donald Trump Secures Enough Votes To Clinch Presidential Nomination In The US

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  The US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has reached the number of delegates needed to secure the party’s presidential nomination, Associated Press reports.

Edo Man allegedly Kills his Wife in Oshodi Lagos

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A crowd besieged Araromi Street in Oshodi area of Lagos State on Friday after a 49-year-old man, Jafaru Sougie, allegedly killed his wife of 26 years. The suspect was said to have poisoned himself thereafter and was vomiting in the bathroom when one of their children, Richmond, woke up. Jafaru had reportedly slit the wife’s throat with a knife around 2am but she was discovered dead at 4am by Richmond and his aunt who raised the alarm.