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Legislature, Senate, Top Stories
Thursday, November 20th, 2014
There was commotion at the National Assembly on Thursday as a plot to stop the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Aminu Tambuwal, from entering the assembly complex failed. Riot policemen tear-gassed angry lawmakers, who were protesting against the development. Although the general belief was that the security operatives were deployed in the assembly […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Thursday, November 20th, 2014
Founder Centre for Value in Leadership, Prof. Pat Utomi, has said it is a shame that Nigeria failed to qualify for the Africa Cup Nations, attributing it to failure in the nation’s leadership. He said, “Can you imagine Germany not going to the European championship? That would mean a loss of a sense of self. […]
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Edo, Ekiti, Headlines, State News
Thursday, November 20th, 2014
Edo State Governor Adams Oshiomhole and his Ekiti State counterpart, Governor Ayodele Fayose, on Thursday exchanged hot words over the state of the legislature in their respective states. While Oshiomhole told Fayose not to drag his (Oshiomhole) name into the “political gangsterism that has become peculiar with the Ekiti State Governor,” the Ekiti governor said […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency, Rivers, State News
Thursday, November 20th, 2014
The Presidency has warned Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State against making inflammatory statements ahead of the 2015 general elections. It said this while reacting to a statement credited to the governor that the All Progressives Congress would not go to court if the ruling party, the Peoples Democratic Party, rigged it out during the […]
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American Politics, Headlines, Katsina, State News
Thursday, November 20th, 2014
The United States has condemned the statement credited to Governor Ibrahim Shema of Katsina State, in which he likened his political opponents to cockroaches that should be crushed. The governor’s rhetoric appeared in a two-minute video clip, which was posted on the Internet on November 12, 2014 and had gone viral. The US said it […]
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Headlines
Thursday, November 20th, 2014
The Thursday sitting of the coroner probing the September 12 Synagogue building collapse was hampered by faulty electronic recorder, leading to further adjournment till Friday (today). Scheduled for appearance on Thursday before the coroner, Magistrate O.A. Komolafe, were the Standard Organisation of Nigeria, the Lagos State Ministry of Works, the founder, Synagogue Church of All […]
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Bayelsa, First Ladies, Headlines, Patience Jonathan, State News
Thursday, November 20th, 2014
Wife of President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience, tactically avoided the Bayelsa State delegation, led by Governor Seriake Dickson, who came to rejoice with the President on his 57th birthday in Abuja on Thursday. No member of the National Assembly from the state was also on the delegation. There has been no love lost between the governor […]
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Ekiti, Headlines, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), State News
Thursday, November 20th, 2014
In a twist to the unfolding events in Ekiti State, the Peoples Democratic Party’s lawmakers in the state House of Assembly on Thursday impeached the Speaker, Dr. Adewale Omirin. The Minority Leader, Mr. Samuel Ajibola, who is now the Leader of Government Business, had told journalists on Wednesday that Omirin remained the Speaker and that […]
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Bayelsa, First Ladies, Headlines, Patience Jonathan, State News
Thursday, November 20th, 2014
There is a strong indication that the rift between the wife of the President, Patience Jonathan, and Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson, has deepened. It was learnt that Bayelsa senators and members of the House of Representatives at the National Assembly had allegedly joined forces with the First Lady against Dickson. The federal legislators, it […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Wednesday, November 19th, 2014
African champions Nigeria crashed out of the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations on Wednesday after playing a 2-2 draw with Bafana Bafana of South Africa in Uyo. Two goals each from Tokelo Rantie and Sone Aluko in the 43rd, 48th, 67th and 90th minutes respectively, ensured that Nigeria will not be in Equatorial Guinea to […]
