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Africa & World Politics, Armed Forces, Boko Haram, General Politics, Latest Politics
Saturday, November 1st, 2014
No fewer than 300 Nigerian soldiers fled to Cameroon when Boko Haram insurgents overran Mubi, the second largest city in Borno State from security forces on Wednesday, SUNDAY PUNCH has learnt. Cameroonian military sources told our correspondent that Nigerian soldiers fled the north-eastern part of Nigeria, where the insurgency launched by the sect was raging, […]
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Headlines
Saturday, November 1st, 2014
By JEFF AMECHI AGBODO, ABAKALIKI on November 2, 2014 National The leadership crisis rocking the Assemblies of God Church in Nigeria has been laid to rest, following the dismissal and ex-communication of the former General Superintendent of the Church, Rev. Dr. Paul Emeka for alleged breach of constitution and peace of the church. The Church […]
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Headlines, House, Legislature
Saturday, November 1st, 2014
I had actually done a different piece for today and was about to send it for publication when Speaker, House of Representatives, Hon. Aminu Tambuwal’s bombshell hit the nation in the manner of a thunderbolt. Tambuwal had midweek, in a move that did not come as a surprise to close watchers of our political scene, […]
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Headlines, Women Politics
Saturday, November 1st, 2014
This is one country so many things happen at the same time. One minute you are clinking glasses over ceasefire agreement with Boko Haram and the next more girls are abducted and more towns are captured by Boko Haram. Ceasefire disappears in angry flames of fire as more villages get consumed. One minute our female […]
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Boko Haram, Borno, Latest Politics, State News
Saturday, November 1st, 2014
By TIMOTHY OLANREWAJU, MAIDUGURI on November 2, 2014 National Attempts by Boko Haram to invade a Borno community on Friday snowballed into a fierce battle with soldiers, leading to the killing of 41 of its fighters, security sources confirmed. Some Boko Haram on motorcycles and a Hilux reportedly stormed Sabon Gari in Damboa Local Government, […]
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Kano, Latest Politics, State News
Saturday, November 1st, 2014
2015: I’ll defeat Jonathan if APC gives me ticket –Kwankwaso By DESMOND MGBOH, KANO on November 2, 2014 Politics Kano State Governor, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso has assured Nigerians that if given the presidential ticket of the All Progressive Congress (APC), he will defeat President Goodluck Jonathan in the forthcoming 2015 presidential election. Kwankwaso spoke […]
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Headlines, INEC Politics
Saturday, November 1st, 2014
By IHEANACHO NWOSU, ABUJA on November 2, 2014 Politics Pan Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, has a grouse to grind with the Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Professor Attahiru Jega. The revered body is demanding his immediate resignation. The reason for that has to do with the insistence of the INEC boss on going […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Saturday, November 1st, 2014
By ISMAIL OMIPIDAN, KADUNA on November 2, 2014 Politics …Slams Gumi over open letter to Buhari Second Republic federal lawmaker and a Kano State delegate to the just-concluded National Conference, Dr. Junaid Mohammed, has declared that there was nothing on ground to show that President Goodluck Jonathan and his party, the PDP, could win […]
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Articles, Columnists, Leonard K. Shilgba, PhD, NNP Columnists
Friday, October 31st, 2014
By Dr. Leonard K. Shilgba | Yola, Nigeria | October 31, 2014 – A new wave of terrorism is blowing away many Nigerians. State-supported raids on Nigerian roads are happening. Drivers and other road users are passing through harrowing experiences on Nigerian roads and there is no evidence that persons that have the constitutional authority […]
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Governors, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP)
Friday, October 31st, 2014
President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday picked the Peoples Democratic Party nomination form to contest the 2015 presidential election on the PDP platform even as the party offered automatic second term tickets to all its incumbent governors. The President, who spoke while picking his nomination form at the party’s national headquarters in Abuja, said he would […]
