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National Politics, Nigerian Police, Top Stories, Women Politics
Wednesday, October 17th, 2018
Demands justice, identity of killer-policeman, Also comprehensive reform of Nigeria Police Force By Joseph Erunke ABUJA – THE former Minister of Finance, Mrs Nenadi Usman and her family have dragged the Nigeria Police Force, to court over last Saturday’s night brutal killing of their daughter, Ms Anita Akapson, by a police personnel,in Gwarimpa area of […]
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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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Articles, Columnists, Ebun Asagbe, NNP Columnists, Raw Politics, Women Politics
Friday, July 20th, 2018
By Ebun Asagbe | Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria | July 20, 2018 – Since the news of Kemi Adeosun’s allegedly forged NYSC Certificate broke, we have been inundated with news reports, press statements, and more recently, opinion articles; each trying to outdo the other, mostly, in defence of Mrs Adeosun. The minister herself has remained silent on the matter, possibly on […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Latest Politics, National Politics, Presidency, Women Politics
Friday, July 20th, 2018
A former Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has linked the failure of former President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration to save for the rainy day, despite oil boom, to the insistence of state governors that funds in the Excess Crude Account must be shared. According to Okonjo-Iweala, as finance minister, with the backing of Jonathan and […]
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Arnold Alalibo, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Women Politics
Saturday, June 9th, 2018
By Arnold A. Alalibo | NNP | June 2018 – The proliferating cases of rape in Nigeria will soon assume a rebarbative dimension that may eventually aggravate the already tensed insecure milieu and put the country on the edge. Then the experience of South Africans in their own nation will be a child’s play. The […]
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Headlines, Women Politics
Saturday, March 10th, 2018
Mauritian President Ameenah Gurib-FakimImage copyright Ameenah Gurib-Fakim became Mauritius’s first woman to be appointed president in 2015 Mauritian President Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, Africa’s only female head of state, is to quit over a financial row. She has been accused of using a bank card provided by a charity to make personal purchases worth tens of thousands […]
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Headlines, State News, Taraba, Women Politics
Thursday, February 15th, 2018
Taraba empowers 448 youths, women in skills acquisition scheme — 15th February 2018 Sylvanus Viashima, Jalingo The Taraba Rescue Watch, in collaboration with the state’s Ministry of Cooperatives, on Wednesday, distributed various empowerment materials to 448 youths and women who graduated from its skills acquisition scheme. Governor Darius Ishaku, while presenting the materials to the […]
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Africa, Headlines, Women Politics
Sunday, January 14th, 2018
Liberia’s outgoing ruling Unity Party has expelled President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf for alleged breach of the party’s constitution. The party conveyed the decision in a statement issued by its Assistant Secretary General for Public Outreach, Mohammed Ali, on Sunday. Ali said the president was ousted on Saturday evening following several violations of the party’s constitution and […]
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All Peoples' Congress (APC), Latest Politics, National Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Top Stories, Women Politics
Thursday, January 4th, 2018
2019: I’ll campaign against APC, PDP –Ezekwesili — 5th January 2018 Former Minister of Education, Mrs. Oby Ezekwesili, disclosed her political agenda for 2019, yesterday. In a series of tweets, Mrs. Ezekwesili said her political agenda for 2019 would be to stop the two major political parties, the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic […]
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Latest Politics, Women Politics
Saturday, September 9th, 2017
Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State says President Muhammadu Buhari appointed Aisha Alhassan as a minister despite complaints by the leadership of the All Progressives Congress. El-Rufai lambasted the Minister of Women Affairs for being disloyal to the President, adding that she was never a Buhari supporter but a loyalist of […]
