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Fashola’s Aide Denies Alleged N166 Billion Contract Mess

David Folami — Thu, 26 Jan 2017 00:25:32 +0000

Hakeem Bello, the special adviser on communications to Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola has denied reports alleging his involvement in a N166 billion contract. In a statement by Bello on January 25, 2017, the Minister’s media aide outrightly denied the allegation as reported by Premium Times. Bellow said examining the report published [...]

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Nigeria Police Release Premium Times Journalists

David Folami — Sat, 21 Jan 2017 01:32:01 +0000

The Nigerian police have released the publisher of Premium Times, Dapo Olorunyomi, amid public outcry. On Thursday, January 19, policemen stormed the Abuja office of the online news portal at 5:00 pm and arrested Olorunyomi and the medium’s judiciary correspondent, Evelyn Okakwu. The journalists’ arrest was said to have been an “order from above.” The [...]

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Nigeria Police Arrest Premium Times Publisher

David Folami — Thu, 19 Jan 2017 20:32:39 +0000

The publisher of Premium Times, Dapo Olorunyomi have been arrested by policemen after a raid at the Abuja office of the media house. According to a report by Punch Newspaper, the security operatives stormed the head office of Premium Times in Abuja on Thursday, January 19, 2017 arresting Olorunyomi alongside a female journalist, Evelyn Okakwu. [...]

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My Ministers Are Not Corrupt – President Buhari

Wale Adebayo — Thu, 31 Dec 2015 15:51:49 +0000

President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, during his first media chat since becoming president, said none of his 36 ministers is corrupt and challenged anyone who has a contrary view to present evidence against such a minister. The president said: “I don’t think I tolerate corruption, I don’t think I picked anybody that I know will embarrass [...]

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Nigerian Senate Says Project Vehicles Are For Committee Work

Ade Adewale — Mon, 14 Dec 2015 20:45:07 +0000

Nigerian Senate today (Sunday, 14th December, 2015) dismissed the reports by an online medium, Premium Times seeking to present the upper legislative body as insensitive for proposing to purchase vehicles for the use of members, as it stated that the project vehicles that are to be purchased are meant for the execution of committee assignments. In [...]

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Former Nigeria Oil Minister Diezani Alison-Madueke arrested in London on suspected Bribery Charges

Ade Adewale — Fri, 02 Oct 2015 22:02:38 +0000

Nigeria’s ex-minister of petroleum resources has been arrested in London, United Kingdom according to reports. It is believed Diezani Alison-Madueke was apprehended at the UK National Crime Agency on Friday 2 October. The agency posted on Twitter that five arrests had been made but declined to reveal the identity of those arrested. A spokesperson told [...]

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100 Days In Office: Buhari and APC’s Lies Uncovered In Fact, Premium Times Reveals | #News

Wale Adebayo — Wed, 02 Sep 2015 13:30:35 +0000

An online news platform has described as false and misleading, the claims by President Muhammadu Buhari and his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), that a key campaign document, “My Covenant With Nigerians” did not emerge from them. According to Premium Times, it can authoritatively report that the policy and research directorate of the APC [...]

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