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Latest Politics, National Politics, Top Stories
Sunday, October 14th, 2018
Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari has approved travelling restriction on no fewer than 50 high profile persons directly affected in investigations by security agencies in the country. By this, the persons cannot travel out of Nigeria pending the determination of their cases. READ ALSO: PDP, Fani-Kayode kick over ban His Senior Special Assistant on Media and […]
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Latest Politics, National Politics, Top Stories, Women Politics
Wednesday, October 10th, 2018
BY SAM OLUKOYA Associated Press LAGOS, NIGERIA The woman who led the global campaign to free Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram extremists is now running for president, saying she is fighting for “the soul” of Africa’s most populous nation. Oby Ezekwesili is the most prominent woman to seek the presidency in Nigeria, where politics, as […]
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Latest Politics, National Politics, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Top Stories
Monday, October 8th, 2018
Former vice president, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, yesterday, recorded 1,532 delegate votes to secure a landslide victory at the National Convention of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Port Harcourt, yesterday. READ ALSO: PDP primary results: Atiku wins presidential candidacy The figure was an impressive 49 per cent of the total 3, 274 accredited delegates while the […]
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Governors, Lagos, Latest Politics, State News, Top Stories
Wednesday, October 3rd, 2018
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State has congratulated his main challenger in Tuesday’s gubernatorial primary in the state, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu. Governor Ambode’s congratulations came at a press conference he addressed at Lagos House, Ikeja, on Wednesday afternoon. By this, the game appears up for him as he has conceded defeat in Tuesday’s primary in […]
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Africa, Latest Politics, National Politics, Top Stories
Thursday, September 27th, 2018
More than 400 businesses owned by Nigerians have been closed by authorities in Ghana, sparking a protest by owners who have issued a week ultimatum within which to resolve the surrounding the maltreatment of Nigerian business community in Ghana. The National Association of Nigerian Traders (NANTS) have written a petition to President Muhammadu Buhari and […]
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Governors, Lagos, State News, Top Stories
Saturday, September 22nd, 2018
Ade Alade and Tunde Thomas The storm raised by the troubling politicking over the All Progressives Congress (APC) party nomination for the Governorship of Lagos State in the 2019 polls continues to rage unabated, and unlikely to dissipate any time soon. Before anyone, however, can hazard a guess on how the saga will likely end, […]
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Boko Haram, Headlines, Latest Politics, National Politics, Top Stories
Tuesday, September 18th, 2018
• Buhari, US condemn killing of Khorsa Adelani Adepegba, Ade Adesomoju, Olaleye Aluko and Kayode Idowu Boko Haram has killed one of the health workers kidnapped from Kala-Balge, Borno State, Saifura Khorsa, a midwife with the International Committee of Red Cross. In a video seen by an online newspaper, The Cable, the deceased who was […]
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Saturday, September 15th, 2018
14th September, 2018 His Excellency Muhammadu Buhari President, Federal Republic of Nigeria State House Aso Villa, Abuja Dear Excellency, et me commence by thanking you profusely for the honour and privilege of serving under your inspirational leadership. It has been a truly rewarding experience to learn from you and to observe at close quarters your […]
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Anambra, Biafra, Enugu, Latest Politics, National Politics, State News, Top Stories
Wednesday, September 5th, 2018
Anambra South: Ojukwu’s Children Vow Not to Support Bianca’s Ambition BY CHARLES KUMOLU The senatorial ambition of the wife of the late Biafra warlord, Dim Chukwuemeka Odimegwu- Ojukwu, yesterday, faced a major setback as some members of the Ojukwu family vowed not to support her even if she emerged the candidate of the All Progressives […]
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Africa, Latest Politics, National Politics, Top Stories
Monday, September 3rd, 2018
— 3rd September 2018 Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari has pushed for the correction of the huge trade imbalance between China and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) sub-region on a win-win basis for both parties. He made the call as the Chairman of ECOWAS at the opening ceremony of the High-Lebel […]
