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President Buhari seeks Senate approval to borrow N2.10 trillion

President Buhari has sent a letter to the senate asking for permission to borrow N2.10 trillion to finance the 2015 budget. In the letter which was read at the senate's plenary session today November 18th, the president stated that the N882 billion loan earlier proposed by the past government to finance the budget had to be raised to N2.10trillion due to the dwindling oil price and other economic realities. The source of the loan, according to the president, would be from both local and foreign.

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The Return Of Fuel Scarcity Part 2

#Fuel Scarcity Fuel Scarcity is back once in a country that other countries depend for fuel! Despite assurances by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) that all will be well soon, operators are skeptical that the fuel scarcity may hit harder, Premium Times reports. Report has it that the stock of petroleum products at NNPC facilities across the country was grossly insufficient, with supply from local refineries incapable of supporting imports. (more…)

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Terror mastermind is cornered in Paris apartment by 100 armed police as ‘his wife’ blows herself up with suicide vest

A female terrorist wearing a suicide vest has blown herself up and another jihadi is dead as more than 100 police and soldiers were today involved in a gunfight with up to six suspected Paris terrorists including the mastermind behind Friday's massacres. SWAT teams and special forces have surrounded an apartment in the Parisian suburb of Saint-Denis - close to the Stade de France - in a siege that started at 4.30am this morning. French media are reporting the architect of the plan that killed 129 people, Abdelhamid Abaaoud, 27, is alive and inside the flat - until now i

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Army Vows To Wrestle Biafra To The Ground

Following recent agitation for an independent state of Biafra by some Igbo people in the eastern and southern part of the country, the Nigerian army has warned protesters not to cross the red line as military personnel are ready for battle. Protests have been going on by Pro- Biafra agitators under the aegis of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra and the Independent People Of Biafra. The arrest of Nnamdi Kanu by security personnel and his continued detention has escalated the protests. (more…)

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President Buhari Urged To Close Nigerian Embassy In The UK

A Nigerian-born, British human rights activist, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari has about 48hours to shut down the Nigerian Embassy in UK or risk the chance of an all out breakdown of law and order. The activist, Professor Alexia Thomas, warned that the high rate of corruption at the Nigerian Embassy in the UK has given cause for agitation. She added that protesters and angry Nigerians are likely to set fire on the Nigerian House, if the president does not heed the call. (more…)

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