EFCC files charges against former PDP chairman, Haliru Mohammed, son

$2.1bn Arms Scandal: EFCC files charges against former PDP chairman, Haliru Mohammed, son

All is now set for the prosecution of a former chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, and ex-minister of defense, Haliru Bello Mohammed, and his son, Abbah Mohammed, for their alleged role in the diversion of funds meant for the procurement of arms in the office of the National Security Adviser.

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Declaration of freedom from Boko Haram... No community under Boko Haram control in Nigeria – NEMA

The Director-General of the National Emergency Management Agency, Sani Sidi, on Friday said there was no remaining community in the North East under the control of Boko Haram insurgents.

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A Blast in Nigeria kills Dozens of people who were waiting to buy fuel to prepare their Christmas meals

Dozens of people who were waiting to buy fuel to prepare their Christmas meals were killed in southeastern Nigeria when a tanker truck exploded outside an industrial plant.

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Kachikwu said the NNPC has adopted a plan that would give the refineries some sort of autonomy, without privatising them.

Refineries To Pay Into Federation Account From 2016 – Kachikwu

The Group Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, has said that state-owned refineries would make direct payments into the federation account from 2016.

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Buhari scraps fuel subsidy, cut petrol price to N85 per litre

Buhari scraps fuel subsidy, cut petrol price to N85 per litre

The Minister of State for Petroleum, Ibe Kachikwut announced on Friday that it has scrapped the Petroleum Support Fund, also known as fuel subsidy.

Speaking to journalists at the Port Harcourt refinery where he had spent Christmas inspecting the facility, the Minister of State for Petroleum, Ibe Kachikwu, said the government could no longer pay the subsidy due to the fraud tainting the scheme.

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Nigeria gas plant explosion: 'Tens' dead, says Buhari

Nigeria gas plant explosion: 'Tens' dead, says Buhari

A huge explosion on Thursday at a butane gas depot in south-eastern Nigeria left "tens" of people dead, Nigeria's president says.

The fire raged for more than five hours before being extinguished.

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