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House, Legislature
Thursday, January 1st, 2015
The House of Representatives has failed to pass the Petroleum Industry Bill over three years after it assured Nigerians that it would give a speedy passage to the piece of legislation. Findings by The PUNCH on Wednesday showed that the Speaker, Mr. Aminu Tambuwal, had inaugurated an Ad hoc Committee on the PIB in November […]
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Latest Politics
Thursday, January 1st, 2015
President Goodluck Jonathan has vowed to deal decisively with anyone who may decide to foment trouble before, during and after the 2015 general elections. He said he would wield the big stick against troublemakers because of the post-2011 elections violence that erupted in some parts of the country. Jonathan read the Riot Act in his […]
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Latest Politics
Thursday, January 1st, 2015
The candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the 2015 presidential election, Maj.Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, has said President Goodluck Jonathan and the Peoples Democratic Party have run out of ideas. He also noted that the administration had equally run out of excuses for its inability to provide quality leadership for Nigerians. Buhari said this in […]
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Top Stories
Thursday, January 1st, 2015
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Africa & World Politics, General Politics, Headlines
Thursday, January 1st, 2015

by Temitayo Famutimi Internet Punch illustration advertisement The founder of the Synagogue Church of all Nations, Prophet Temitope Joshua, has claimed that he saw a vision of the disappearance of a Singapore-bound AirAsia plane days before the incident. The AirAsia Flight QZ8501, which had 16 children and […]
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Articles, C. Vincent Akuta, Columnists, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), NNP Columnists
Sunday, December 28th, 2014

By C.V. Akuta | London, UK | Dec. 28, 2014 – Buhari’s military government jailed two (2) journalists using decree 4, and their offence was that, they published the list of Nigeria’s ambassadorial postings before it was officially released by the government. Thus, Buhari’s military government then considered it a breach of State security. If […]
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Enugu, Headlines, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), State News
Sunday, December 28th, 2014
Archbishop Chukwuma and Chime In this write-up, IHUOMA CHIEDOZIE examines the demand by the Anglican Church to have its member pick the deputy governorship ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party in Enugu State It was understandable that the prospect of a Muslim-Muslim or Christian-Christian presidential ticket would be a cause for grave concern in […]
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General Politics, Latest Politics, Top Stories
Sunday, December 28th, 2014

Vice-President Namadi Sambo Ahead of the 2015 general elections, Vice President Mohammed Namadi Sambo has told the Independent National Electoral Commission that his Bachelors and Masters degrees certificates in Architecture from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, have been consumed by fire. Sambo, who is the Vice Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, made […]
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Headlines, Rivers, State News
Sunday, December 28th, 2014
Peter Odili THE former governor of Rivers State, Dr. Peter Odili, has expressed regret that he supported Mr. Rotimi Amaechi to become the governor of the state in 2007. Odili said Amaechi dismantled the structure of the Peoples Democratic Party through his (Amaechi) defection to the All Progressives Congress. He explained that but for […]
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Africa & World Politics, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Odimegwu Onwumere
Sunday, December 28th, 2014

By Odimegwu Onwumere | NNP | Dec. 28, 2014 – When you say “A dead God” and “A living God” what do you have in mind? Obviously, from the Nigerian Christians’ periscope, they refer “A Dead God” to represent the numerous Gods that Africa has and use “A living God” to quantify the God that […]