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Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics, National Politics, Raw Politics, Top Stories
Sunday, October 12th, 2014
By Sam Eyoboka THE Presidency, yesterday, opened up on the controversy surrounding the seizure by South Africa of Nigeria’s $15m meant for the purchase of arms for the Nigeria Intelligence Service. On September 5 this year, two Nigerians and an Israeli national attempted to smuggle into South Africa $9.3m cash conveyed in a chartered private jet which […]
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Headlines, Oyo, State News
Sunday, October 12th, 2014
The scene of the incident | credits: Photo: Olufemi Atoyebi At least 11 people lost their lives while several others sustained varying degrees of burns after a tanker laden with petrol burst in flames around Molete Market, Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. An employee of the Nigerian Tribune, Mr. Samson Oyewole, and an eight year-old girl […]
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Headlines, Rivers, State News
Sunday, October 12th, 2014
The Nigerian Bar Association has pleaded for the release of its immediate past President, Mr. Okey Wali (SAN), who was said to have been abducted in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, on Saturday. Wali was said to have been abducted at about 9pm on Saturday. He was abducted in Rumualogu, Obio/Akpor Local Government Area […]
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Africa & World Politics, Armed Forces, Latest Politics, National Politics
Sunday, October 12th, 2014
About 850 Nigerian soldiers on peacekeeping mission in Liberia are to be quarantined for 28 days when they return to the country in March 2015. There are two battalions of the Nigerian Army in Liberia. Investigations revealed that soldiers in one of the battalions were drawn from the 331 Artillery Regiment, Kontagora. A source said […]
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Headlines, Nasarawa, State News
Sunday, October 12th, 2014
Minister of Information, Mr. Labaran Maku, on Sunday confirmed that he would quit the Federal Executive Council on October 20. Maku said his decision to cease to be a minister was to allow him pursue his ambition of becoming the governor of Nassarawa State in 2015. He spoke during a thanksgiving service he organised at […]
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Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Presidency
Sunday, October 12th, 2014
The former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, on Sunday said he bore no grudge against anybody in the Peoples Democratic Party. He, however, said he was not happy with the choice of Mr. Buruji Kashamu as the Chairman, Mobilisation and Organisation committee of the party in the South-West. The former president was reacting to the plea […]
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Ekiti, Headlines, State News, Wole Soyinka
Sunday, October 12th, 2014
Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has described the loss of the outgoing Governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi, in the June 21 governorship election as a mystery which the All Progressives Congress must unravel. He said with the various programmes and legacy projects put in place by Fayemi, his successor must continue on the […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Sunday, October 12th, 2014
A former skipper of the Super Eagles, Austin Jay Jay Okocha, has expressed disappointment with the senior national team, over the 1-0 loss to Sudan in the African Cup of Nations Qualifiers in Khartoum on Saturday. The two-time BBC African Footballer of the Year described the defeat as confirming his worst fears that “football is […]
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Headlines, Ogun, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Presidency, State News
Wednesday, October 8th, 2014
Abuja – A former Governor of Ogun, Chief Gbenga Daniel, on Wednesday in Abuja appealed to former President Olusegun Obasanjo for forgiveness, if he (Daniel) had in anyway erred against him. He made the appeal at the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National headquarters, where he formally announced his return to the PDP. Daniel, who was […]
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General Politics, Ibrahim Babangida (1985-93), Latest Politics, Presidency
Wednesday, October 8th, 2014
General Babangida, who spoke on telephone with journalists at Governor Muazu Babangida Aliyu’s Tunga residence in Minna yesterday when General Abdulsalami Abubakar paid the governor a Sallah homage said,”I am now well and will be back to Nigeria very soon.” He was not however specific on the date of his arrival. IBB, while speaking through […]
