June 2015 - The Nigerian Interest

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PMB Appoints Amina Zakari INEC Chair As Jega Bows Out

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Mrs Amina Bala Zakari as the acting chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC...Read More

CBN Extends BVN Registration Deadline To Oct. 31

The nation’s apex ...Read More

Gov. El-Rufai Appoints A Female, #BringBackOurGirls Campaigner As Chief Of Staff

Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufa,i has appointed a new Chief of Staff. She is Hadiza Bala Usman, a well-known figure in the All Progress...Read More

Villa Bubbles With Life Again As Buhari, Osinbajo Resume Work

The Presidential Villa which has for the past three weeks been silent like a graveyard, bubbled with life Monday as both President Muhammadu...Read More

BUSINESS TOP STORIES

BoI disburses N16bn loans to 68 Kano firms

The Bank of Industry, yesterday in Kano said that it had so far disbursed over N16bn loans to not less than 68 enterprises in Kano state. Th...Read More

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Kogi: Tribunal Strikes Out Adeyemi’s Petition, Upholds Melaye’s Election

The National Assembly/Legislative Houses Election Petition Tribunal in Kogi has struck out a petition challenging the return of Dino Melaye ...Read More

US Shooting: Suspect Got Gun As 21st Birthday Gift

Dylann Roof, 21, of Lexington, South Carolina, is the suspect in Wednesday’s deadly shooting at the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, the Ch...Read More

BUSINESS EDUCATION

Fed. Poly, Ado-Ekiti commissions 200 hectares of Oil Palm farm

The Rector of the Polytechnic, Mrs. Taiwo Akande, before commissioning the oil plantation singled out Architect Abimbola Adebayo, who is als...Read More

EFCC Arrests Ohakim, Quizzes Lamido Over Corruption Allegations

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Thursday, said it had arrested former Gov. Ikedi Ohakim of Imo State. Mr Wilson Uwu...Read More

Saraki restates hope of brighter Nigeria

Senate President, Bukola Saraki, on Thursday restated the hope of a brighter Nigeria even as he reiterated his commitment to enacting legisl...Read More

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FG PICKS GEREGU, ITU AS 2,400MW NUCLEAR POWER SITES

The Federal Government through the Nigeria Atomic Energy Commission (NAEC) has selected Geregu in Kogi State and Itu in Akwa Ibom State as t...Read More

POLITICS TOP STORIES

MY PRIORITY AS CHAIRMAN OF PDP GOVERNORS FORUM--MIMIKO

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum has said it will engage the Presidency and the All Progressives Congress (APC) construct...Read More

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MIMIKO IS NEW CHAIRMAN OF PDP GOVERNORS' FORUM

Five out of the 13 governors forming the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors' Forum on Tuesday night failed to attend the meeting o...Read More

METRO NEWS POLITICS TOP STORIES

Oyegun: Why Saraki, Dogara Were Recognised

Add caption As the All Progressives Congress (APC) moves swiftly to mend the cracks that surfaced following the National Assembly leadership...Read More

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Court Refuses Nyako’s Application to Stop Arrest

A Federal High Court in Abuja has refused an ex-parte application by former Adamawa State Governor, Murtala Nyako, to restrain the Inspector...Read More

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Saraki runs N’Assembly from private residence

Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has, since his election as the chairman of the National Assembly on June 9, been attending to official matt...Read More

ICC commence investigation into alleged crimes in Nigeria, Sudan and others...As Al-Bashir escapes arrest

ICC chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda Sunday said that ICC has launched preliminary investigations into alleged crimes in Afghanistan, Colombi...Read More

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Dogara Names 36-member Welfare Committee

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Yakubu Dogara, on Monday named a 36-member House Ad Hoc Committee on Welfare in Abuja. In a...Read More

OPC Pulls Out Of NNPC Pipeline Surveillance

The Oodua People’s Congress said it would pull out its men from guarding all Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation pipelines nationwide fr...Read More

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President to attend G7 summit in Germany

The G7 summit in Germany will be Buhari’s first major international meeting as Nigeria’s President. President Muhammadu Buhari is set to att...Read More

Senate approves President’s request to appoint 15 advisers

The Senate has approved President Muhammadu Buhari’s request for the appointment of 15 senior advisers. Buhari sent the request to the upper...Read More

Buhari Assures Amnesty International To Examine Report On Torture

President Muhammadu Buhari Wednesday acknowledged receipt of the Amnesty International report on Nigeria titled “Nigeria: Stories of horror ...Read More

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