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Governors, Latest Politics, North-Central, North-East, North-West
Friday, May 18th, 2012
May 18, 2012 by David Attah and Uzoma Ubabukoh 252 Comments The 19 northern governors on Thursday rose in defence of the Presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari. Buhari’s party on Wednesday had described the Jonathan administration as the “most corrupt ever,” in response to the Presidency and the Peoples […]
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General Politics, Governors, North-Central, North-East, North-West, Top Stories
Friday, May 18th, 2012
KADUNA – Ahead of the 2015 elections, the 19 Northern Governors, yesterday, expressed determination to sink their differences and unite to produce the president from the region in 2015. This was the outcome of their quarterly meeting held in Kaduna. Speaking the minds of his colleagues at the opening session of the meeting, chairman of […]
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Articles, Columnists, Frisky Larr, NNP Columnists, North-Central, North-East, North-West
Monday, May 14th, 2012
By Frisky Larr | NNP | May 14, 2012 – Let’s face it. In the present dispensation, northern Nigeria has produced three brilliant Nigerians of the younger generation, on which Nigerians may build their hope for a better tomorrow. You may have guessed right if your mindset works like mine. To be precise though, my […]
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Latest Politics, North-Central, North-East, North-West
Friday, April 20th, 2012
April 20, 2012 by Jude Owuamanam,Sunday Aborishade,Ozioma Ubabukoh and David Attah Afenifere Leader, Dr. Reuben Fasoranti | credits: File copy Afenifere Leader, Dr. Reuben Fasoranti, has cautioned the Northern leaders against their threat that the North is not afraid of the breaking of Nigeria. A leader of the Arewa Elders Forum, Prof. Ango Abdulahi, on […]
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Headlines, North-Central, North-East, North-West
Tuesday, March 20th, 2012
Prof. Sambo The Director General of the Energy Commission of Nigeria, Prof Abubakar Sambo, yesterday stated that exploitation of oil in the North is yet to begin because of politics. According to him, Nigeria has refused to do enough investigation on the oil in the North because there is oil in the Niger Delta. He […]
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Boko Haram, National Politics, North-Central, North-East, North-West, Top Stories
Monday, March 19th, 2012
By Dan Udoh Abuja — As violence continues to rock parts of the North, the Federal Government may have opted to appease some northern states with the payment of 13 per cent derivation on solid minerals with immediate effect. A competent source told Vanguard that government was worried about rising insecurity in the northern part […]
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Latest Politics, North-Central, North-East, North-West, South-East, South-South, South-West
Saturday, March 17th, 2012
Dr. Junaid Mohammed THE fire ignited by Dr. Junaid Mohammed and the Coalition of Northern Leaders, Academics, Professionals and Businessmen continued to rage yesterday as many activists and leaders from the South picked the gauntlet to dispute the contention of the North on revenue allocation to Niger Delta States. Former leader of the Ijaw […]
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Articles, Columnists, Jideofor Adibe, PhD, NNP Columnists, North-Central, North-East, North-West
Friday, March 16th, 2012
By Dr. Jideofor Adibe | London, UK | March 16, 2012 – The call by Governor Babangida Aliyu of Niger State for a review of the current system of revenue allocation, which he argued ‘disadvantages the North’, has, expectedly generated angry reactions from the South, especially from South-south politicians. Governor Aliyu, who is also the […]
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North-Central, North-East, North-West, South-East, South-South, South-West
Sunday, March 11th, 2012
Sunday, March 11, 2012 • Photo: The Sun Publishing More Stories on This Section That former president of Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), Mr Olisa Agbakoba, is a household name in Nigeria is not contestable. He has not only been around but always speaks out on every national issue no matter how the odds are stacked. […]
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Latest Politics, North-Central, North-East, North-West
Thursday, March 1st, 2012
By Emma Amaize, Regional Editor, South-South; Emma Ujah, Ben Agande & Gbenga Oke LAGOS— Governor Theodore Orji of Abia State joined elders and youths of the Niger Delta yesterday in dismissing demands by northern Governors for the scrapping of the derivation principle in revenue allocation just as it emerged that the restoration of peace to […]
