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Tuesday, May 31st, 2011
Nigeria and Argentina go up against each other for the first time on Nigerian soil, beginning from 7pm tonight inside the mainbowl of the National Stadium, Abuja. Sponsors Guinness have called it the ‘biggest match of the decade’. It is the fifth meeting between both countries at senior level, with Argentina having narrowly edged three […]
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Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics
Tuesday, May 31st, 2011
 The French President, Mr. Nicholas Sarkozy has written President Goodluck Jonathan asking him to bring perpetrators of the post-election violence in the northern states of the country. Sarkozy, who congratulated Jonathan for his electoral victory, equally praised him for setting up a committee to investigate the mayhem. He expressed confidence that the new tenure […]
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EFCC Politics, Headlines
Tuesday, May 31st, 2011

 A former Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Intercontinental Bank Plc, Mr. Erastus Akingbola, alongside an associate, Mr. Bayo Dada, was on Tuesday arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in a Lagos High Court, sitting in Ikeja. They were finally arraigned after three adjournments on 22-count charge of stealing as against […]
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Tuesday, May 31st, 2011
 A women advocacy group, Women Arise, has condemned the conduct of the Nigerian Ambassador to Kenya, Dr. Chijioke Wigwe, who was reported to have inflicted serious bodily injuries on his wife, Mrs. Tess Iyi Wigwe, in a domestic violence. In a statement by the President, WA, Dr. Joe Okei-Odumakin, on Tuesday, the group described […]
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Education, Ministries, Top Stories, Women Politics
Tuesday, May 31st, 2011

There were indications on Tuesday that President Goodluck Jonathan was under pressure from many members of the cabinet, which he dissolved on Monday. THE PUNCH learnt of this just as Jonathan held a closed door meeting with the former ministers and senior aides at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Investigations showed that many of the ex-ministers […]
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Edo, Headlines, State News
Tuesday, May 31st, 2011
 A younger brother of former Edo State governor, Lucky Igbinedion, Mike, was on Tuesday remanded in prison custody on a 66-count charge of corruption levelled against him and others by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Also ordered to remain in prison custody was the ex-governor’s former personal assistant, Patrick Oboigbodin. The ex-governor, who […]
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Headlines
Tuesday, May 31st, 2011
 Ten secondary school teachers are reported to have died of food poisoning, and several others hospitalised in Katsina. Investigations by the News Agency of Nigeria showed that the incident occurred at the weekend at a workshop organised by the state Ministry of Education for some 650 teachers at Government Day Secondary School, Kofar Yan’daka, […]
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General Politics, Latest Politics, National Politics
Tuesday, May 31st, 2011

 President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday explained why he chose former Senate President, Anyim Pius Anyim, as the Secretary to the Government of the Federation. Several names were shortlisted and submitted to the President by the leaders of the South East for possible appointment as SGF, following the zoning of the office to the geopolitical […]
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Elections 2011, Latest Politics
Tuesday, May 31st, 2011
 The Independent National Electoral Commission is preparing for the possibility of conducting at least 25 bye- elections across the 36 states of the federation. The electoral body’s preparation is in anticipation of judicial pronouncements which may order for fresh elections. It is also anticipating that it could conduct fresh elections in the event of […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Tuesday, May 31st, 2011
Beleaguered president Sepp Blatter formally opened the 61st Fifa Congress on Tuesday warning of the dangers world football’s governing body is facing. Blatter, welcoming Fifa’s 208 delegates at the opening ceremony which featured jugglers, folk dancers and singer Grace Jones, said he would speak in more detail about the problems facing Fifa before the business […]