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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Latest Politics, Presidency
Wednesday, April 4th, 2012
Jonathan Orders Cover-up As Rape Scandal Rocks Aso Rock Villa A massive cover-up is underway in the Presidency amid allegations that a personal assistant to President Goodluck Jonathan raped an expatriate staff.A furious President Goodluck Jonathan called an urgent meeting at his official residence in Aso Villa and imposed a code of silence on all […]
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Delta, Headlines, State News
Wednesday, April 4th, 2012
BY FESTUS AHON UGHELLI – DELTA State Government has given seven days ultimatum to the management of MTN Nigeria Communications Limited to pay it accumulated ecology tariff amounting to N454.9 million or be ready to shut down their various masts scattered across the State. Mast State Commissioner for Environment, Mr Frank Omare who handed down […]
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Latest Politics, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Presidency, South-West
Wednesday, April 4th, 2012
By Rotimi Ajayi, Emeka Mamah & DAUD OLATUNJI LAGOS — Less than 24 hours after former President Olusegun Obasanjo resigned his position as the Chairman, Board of Trustees, BoT, of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, the leadership caucus of the party has started brainstorming on who could suitably fit into the shoes of the ex-President. […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Wednesday, April 4th, 2012
A Canadian firm, Manitoba Hydro International, has demanded the sum of $23.72m (about N3.72bn) from the Federal Government to run the Transmission Company of Nigeria for three years. Manitoba, whose financial bid for the management of TCN, one of the successor companies of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria, was opened on Tuesday, emerged the […]
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Headlines, Nigerian Police
Wednesday, April 4th, 2012
Acting Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, on Monday directed the police to start the patrol of all federal highways across the country with immediate effect. The reported raping of 42 female pupils of an Enugu-based school by a 12-man robbery gang along the Ore-Shagamu Expressway, Ogun State on Saturday night and other cases have forced […]
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Headlines, Nigerian Police
Wednesday, April 4th, 2012
Nigeria Police Academy, Wudil, Kano State, has been upgraded to a degree awarding institution. This followed an approval given to the institution by the National Universities Commission on Tuesday. Although the institution is meant to serve as a training ground for police cadets, its degree awarding status brings the total number of Nigerian universities to […]
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Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency
Wednesday, April 4th, 2012
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has resigned as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the PDP. In a statement he signed and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Tuesday, Obasanjo said he had sent the letter of resignation to the chairman of the party. “I have formally sent in […]
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Boko Haram, Headlines, Kaduna, State News
Wednesday, April 4th, 2012
The General Officer Commanding (GOC) 1 Mechanised Division, Kaduna, Major-General Garba Wahab, on Tuesday revealed that the arrest of 33 members of the terrorist Islamic sect, Boko Haram, prevented the plan to unleash terror on Kaduna State. Garba said the sect had planned to paralyse the state on Monday but that the arrest of the […]
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Action Congress of Nigeria, National Politics, Party Politics, Top Stories
Wednesday, April 4th, 2012
Action Congress of Nigeria has asked the National Assembly to commence impeachment proceedings against President Goodluck Jonathan for admitting openly that he solicited “a bribe” from a foreign construction company, in violation of the Constitution that he swore to uphold. In a statement on Tuesday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party […]
