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Latest Politics
Tuesday, January 25th, 2011
As a mark of recognition and appreciation of her sterling roles in combating the menace of economic and financial crimes in Nigeria, the Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mrs. Farida Waziri, has been nominated for an award of an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science (D.Sc) by the Michael Okpara […]
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Latest Politics
Tuesday, January 25th, 2011
As agitations continue to trail the federal government’s penchant for borrowing, after the exit from the London and Paris clubs’ debts, Debt Management Office (DMO) yesterday put the external debt portfolio of Nigeria at $4.78 billion as at December 2010. In an interactive session with the Finance Correspondents Association of Nigeria (FICAN) in Abuja, the […]
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Raw Politics
Tuesday, January 25th, 2011

The Oguta-born strong politician and a three-time senator of Federal Republic of Nigeria, Senator Francis Arthur Nzeribe has boasted that Senator Ifeanyi Ararume and Owelle Rochas Okorocha, the governorship candidates of Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) and All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) respectively, lack the political capacity to defeat the […]
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Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Sokoto, State News
Tuesday, January 25th, 2011
Sokoto State deputy governor, Muktari Shagari, has said that the PDP must, within the confines of the law, win the 2011 elections. He told LAWAL SABO IBRAHIM in Abuja why he believes so. He also spoke on his relationship with his boss as well as other national issues. The PDP presidential primary election has come […]
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Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP)
Tuesday, January 25th, 2011
After due consultation with major stakeholders over its rescheduled primaries, the leadership of the ruling Peoples’ Democratic Party yesterday accused the Independent National Electoral Commission of interfering in its intra- party business. The party said that it would still go ahead with its rescheduled primaries in some states of the federation, insisting that it is […]
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National Politics, Plateau, State News
Tuesday, January 25th, 2011

An Abuja High Court could not continue with the trial of the former governor of Plateau State, Mr. Joshua Dariye, yesterday as counsel to the accused, Mr. Chris Umar informed the court that an appeal had been filed at the Supreme Court challenging the decision of the Appeal Court returning Dariye to the trial court. […]
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General Politics, Latest Politics
Tuesday, January 25th, 2011

Former Minister of Information and Communications, Prof. Dora Akunyili, recently picked the All Progressives Grant Alliance (APGA) ticket for Anambra Central Senatorial Zone. In this interview with Uchenna Awom, she reveals her burning desire to give unrivalled representation to her people if they give her their mandate We will like to find out why you […]
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Elections 2011, Legislature, Senate
Tuesday, January 25th, 2011
The Senate has summoned the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega, to appear before it on Wednesday (today) over the poor conduct of the ongoing voter registration. It also voted to amend the Electoral Act 2010 to provide for an extended time for INEC to continue the conduct of the exercise […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports, Top Stories
Tuesday, January 25th, 2011

The Federal Bureau of Investigation believes former Super Eagles defender Uche Okafor was murdered. On Tuesday the FBI said the former Kansas City Wizards player, who was found dead in an upstairs hallway in his United States home on January 7, might not have killed himself as believed. His family and the Nigerian community in […]
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Elections 2011, Top Stories
Tuesday, January 25th, 2011
The Independent National Electoral Commission has discovered four voter registration centres in a thick forest in Anambra State. The centres were found six kilometres deep into the Nziko forest at Nteje, Oyi Local Government Area. The Resident Electoral Commissioner, Prof. Chukwuemeka Onukogu, led a team that included the state’s Deputy Governor, Mr. Emeka Sibeudu, to […]