Oil revenue looting: Buhari to meet whistle blowers

Oil revenue looting: Buhari to meet whistle blowers

 President Muhammadu Buhari will meet the head of a leading global watchdog on corruption to see how billions of dollars in oil revenue leakage can be curbed.

The head of Oslo-based the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) is expected to meet Nigeria’s president or vice president this week, its local arm said on Monday.

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Oil Bank - NNPC doesn’t know all its bank accounts, says Buhari

Buhari says NNPC doesn’t know all its bank accounts

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has too many bank accounts, some of which either the Ministry of Finance or the corporation itself has lost track of.

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How Senate President Saraki has been running N’Assembly from his private residence

How Saraki has been running 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 matters at his private residence in the Maitama area of the Federal Capital Territory because the N27.1bn official homes being built for National Assembly’s principal officers are still under construction.

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SOCKING Detail... My regret as INEC chairman – Jega

Prof. Attahiru Jega The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission on Monday reviewed his tenure as the boss of the electoral body and concluded that his only regret was his inability to create a separate salary structure for INEC workers.

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Twin Suicide Attacks Hit Potiskum, 10 Feared Dead

Reports just reaching us indicate that two explosions in Potiskum, Yobe State have claimed the lives of 10 people, causing serious injuries to eight.

It was gathered that vigilantes and security agents were reportedly killed in the explosion this afternoon.

According to Presstv.com, the separate blasts took place on Monday. The attacker, who had been arrested after being suspected of theft, killed eight vigilantes after detonating his explosives.

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Speaker Dogara Nominates Chief of Staff

One more former member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) joins the leadership of the National Assembly as Yakubu Dogara, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, has nominated Jerry Manwe as his Chief of Staff.

A letter of nomination sent to the Clerk National Assembly and signed by Dogara.

Manwe, a loyal member of the PDP for years, surprisingly left then ruling party for the the Social Democratic Party in January 2015.

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