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The President of the Nigerian Senate Dr Bukola Saraki has met with the Super Eagles players in Russia ahead of their World Cup match against Iceland.

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Dino Melaye, the senator representing Kogi-West at the National Assembly, has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of bringing sentiments into the alterations of the Nationa

Read more at https://www.newdiplomatng.com/2018/06/22/national-assembly-not-a-department-of-the-presidency-dino-melaye-tells-buhari/

Authorities in Seychelles have opened a criminal investigation into the multi-million dollar assets which Senate President Bukola Saraki and his wife, Toyin.

read more at https://www.newdiplomatng.com/2018/06/22/alleged-money-laundering-seychelles-begins-probe-of-saraki-wife/

Security has been tightened ahead of the trial of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, (IMN) leader, Mr Ibrahim El-zakzaky.

read more at https://www.newdiplomatng.com/2018/06/21/security-tightened-as-el-zakzakys-trial-is-set-to-commence/

The FIFA Disciplinary Committee has imposed a 10,000 Swiss Francs fine on both the Mexican Football Federation (FMF) and the Serbian Football Federation.

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Ahead of the National Convention of the All Progressives Congress, APC, a son of late MKO, Abiola, Abdulmumin has joined the race for the party’s National Youth Leader.

read more at https://www.newdiplomatng.com/2018/06/21/abiolas-son-joins-race-to-become-apc-youth-leader/

US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that would keep families together after they get detained crossing the border illegally.

read more at https://www.newdiplomatng.com/2018/06/20/breaking-trump-signs-order-to-keep-migrant-families-together/

The immediate past national caretaker chairman of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Ahmed Makarfi, has said if he wins the party’s 2019 presidential ticket.


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Kola Abiola, the eldest son of late business mogul and winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, MKO Abiola has said President Muhammadu Buhari’s honour to his late father had political colourations.

read more at https://www.newdiplomatng.com/2018/06/16/kola-abiola-buharis-gcfr-to-my-dad-was-very-political/

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The police have arrested five additional suspects in connection with the April 5 Offa bank robberies during which nine policemen and 33 persons were killed.

Read more at https://www.newdiplomatng.com/2018/06/16/offa-robberies-police-arrest-more-suspects/

This is not the best of times for Real Madrid forward, Cristiano Ronaldo who has reached a deal with the Spanish tax authorities to serve two years in prison in a tax evasion case.

read more at https://www.newdiplomatng.com/2018/06/15/tax-evasion-cristiano-ronaldo-goes-to-jail/

The World Cup kicks off in Russia on Thursday as years of preparations dogged by diplomatic scandals give way to a month-long feast of action on the field.

Read more at https://www.newdiplomatng.com/2018/06/14/russia-world-cup-kicks-off-today/

In addition to the $322 million recovered from Switzerland, Nigeria will soon repatriate another $500 million which late Sani Abacha looted and locked up in other countries.


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Paul Arkwright, British High Commissioner to Nigeria, has said that the United Kingdom, UK, will continue to support the anti-corruption crusade

read more at https://www.newdiplomatng.com/2018/06/13/anti-graft-war-uk-pledges-support-to-efcc/

Barely four years after the former Ondo state governor,Dr Olusegun Mimiko and his supporters dumped the Labour Party(LP)

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A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the immediate sack of a senator, Atai Aidoko, as the member representing Kogi East.

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President Muhammadu Buhari did the unthinkable by honouring the martyr of democracy, the late MKO Abiola, with the most prestigious national honour (GCFR)

read more at https://www.newdiplomatng.com/2018/06/13/june-12-buhari-did-the-unthinkable-gani-adams/

The People’s Democratic Party in Edo State has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of making June 12 a Yoruba affair.

It said the essence of June 12 should reflect on all those who fought for the survival of democracy in the country instead of making it a Yoruba affair.

read more at https://www.newdiplomatng.com/2018/06/12/pdp-accuses-buhari-of-making-june-12-a-yoruba-affair/

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Not many milleneals know that Ambassador Baba Gana Kingibe dumped the winner of the 1993 presidential election, MKO Abiola, despite being his running mate. But certainly the elderlies knew what transpired at the time.

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The governments of Lagos, Ondo, Ogun, and Osun states have declared June 12 as a public holiday to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the annulled 1993 Presidential election

read more at https://www.newdiplomatng.com/2018/06/09/lagos-ondo-ogun-osun-declare-june-12-public-holiday/

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, disobeyed him by replying the letter by former President Olusegun Obasanjo against the administration.

read more at https://www.newdiplomatng.com/2018/06/09/obasanjos-letter-lai-mohammed-disobeyed-me-buhari/

President Muhammadu Buhari by declaring June 12 as Democracy Day and awarding Grand Commander of the Federal Republic (GCFR) to late MKO Abiola has confirmed that Abiola won the 1993 election, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu said on Thursday night.

read more at https://www.newdiplomatng.com/2018/06/08/buhari-confirms-abiola-won-june-12-election-says-tinubu/

Dino Melaye, the senator representing Kogi West, has cautioned President Muhammdu Buhari against breaching the constitution in his latest move of conferring the honour of Grand Commander of the Federal Republic (GCFR) on Moshood Abiola, the widely acclaimed winner of the 1993 presidential election.

read more at https://www.newdiplomatng.com/2018/06/07/mko-abiola-no-longer-nigerian-cannot-be-made-gcfr-sen-dino-melaye/

The Senate has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to declare the results of the June 12, 1993 presidential election.

read more at https://www.newdiplomatng.com/2018/06/07/mko-abiola-senate-ask-inec-to-announce-june-12-1993-election-results/

Thre is uproar at the House of Representatives over the legality of President Muhammadu Buhari’s

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Former Minister of Aviation and a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Femi Fani-Kayode has called on the National Assembly to forget the ultimatum given to President Muhammadu Buhari to meet their demands but impeach him right now.

In a tweet on Wednesday, Fani-Kayode said the ultimatum is too late and that the lawmakers should stop playing games with the president.

read more https://www.newdiplomatng.com/2018/06/06/fani-kayode-impeach-buhari-now-forget-ultimatum/

According to the police, one of the new evidence included a picture of one of the suspects at a recent wedding ceremony of Mr Saraki’s daughter.

The police described the discovery as their latest evidence that the top lawmaker was culpable in an armed robbery attack that led to the death of 33 persons.

read more https://www.newdiplomatng.com/2018/06/06/more-evidence-links-offa-robbery-suspects-with-saraki-police/

The House of Representatives has asked its committee on Ethics and Privileges to investigate statements by a member from Kano State, Abdulmumin Jibrin, on the joint session of the National Assembly on Tuesday.


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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has supported the resolutions of the National Assembly on insecurity and other challenges facing the country.

In a statement issued Tuesday by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, they also accused President Muhammadu Buhari of misruling the people.

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Consequent upon heated political atmosphere and insecurity in the country, the National Assembly Tuesday resolved after a 3-hour joint sitting of the upper and lower chambers to invoke its powers against the executive arm of government if nothing was done to end the ongoing harassment and humiliation of perceived political opponents by the police.

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