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House, Legislature, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency
Wednesday, August 13th, 2014
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, held a secret meeting with former President Olusegun Obasanjo at his Hilltop home in Abeokuta, capital of Ogun State, on Tuesday. Tambuwal, who arrived at the former president’s residence around 5.30pm, left around 6.18pm. Our correspondent gathered that the visit might […]
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Africa & World Politics, American Politics, General Politics, Latest Politics, Top Stories
Wednesday, August 13th, 2014
Us-Africa Summit advertisement A photograph showing President Goodluck Jonathan and other African leaders posing with their American counterpart, Barack Obama, is the subject of a raging debate online. Jonathan is seen standing at the far end of the third row in the group photograph, which has since gone viral […]
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Borno, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency, State News
Tuesday, August 12th, 2014
President Goodluck Jonathan has said that no group or person can threaten him before he will perform his official duties. Jonathan, who was responding to an October deadline given to him on Monday by members of the Northern Elders Forum to ensure the rescue of the abducted schoolgirls, said the ultimatum was in bad taste. […]
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Headlines, INEC Politics, Osun, State News
Tuesday, August 12th, 2014
Senator Iyiola Omisore The The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Osun State, Senator Iyiola Omisore, has said that his loss at the Saturday election is due to the malpractices perpetrated by a former Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state. Omisore, who said this in a statement on Monday, claimed that although […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Tuesday, August 12th, 2014
| credits: Photo: Samson Folarin A medical doctor has revealed how a nursing mother contracted the deadly Ebola virus at a Lagos hospital. PUNCH Metro learnt that the woman was the patient who visited the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation staff clinic on Muri Okunola Street in the Victoria Island area of Lagos. NNPC had issued […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Tuesday, August 12th, 2014
Spanish emergency services picked up 470 immigrants travelling in dozens of rafts across the Strait of Gibraltar on Tuesday and 227 from the same stretch of water the day before, a spokesman for the Maritime Safety Agency said. More than 75,000 have tried to cross the Mediterranean from North Africa, landing in Italy, Greece, Spain […]
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American Politics, Headlines
Tuesday, August 12th, 2014
By Our Reporter on August 12, 2014 · Entertainment, Trending (LOS ANGELES/CALIFORNIA, U.S) Robin Williams, the versatile actor whose madcap comic style made him one of television and film’s biggest stars, was found dead on Monday from an apparent suicide at his home in Northern California. He was 63. The comedian’s appeal stretched across generations […]
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Arnold Alalibo, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists
Tuesday, August 12th, 2014
By Arnold A. Alalibo | NNP | August 12, 2014 – If the decision of the National Conference on the creation of additional states in the country will stand, Nigeria will become a federation with 55 states and a Federal Capital Territory, FCT, in Abuja. But it is doubtful if this will ever materialize as […]
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Armed Forces, Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Tuesday, August 12th, 2014
By Our Reporter on August 12, 2014 · COVER The Director of Defence Information, Maj.-Gen. Chris Olukolade, on Tuesday reiterated the military would not cede any part of the country to insurgents. Olukolade made this known in Abuja when he reacted to the claim that terrorists […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Tuesday, August 12th, 2014
The suspect, a lady, was said to have been instantly chased out of the hospital by nurses on duty. Sources in the hospital told journalists that the frail looking lady had blood oozing from her nostrils and mouth. The discovery led to commotion in the area as the lady was told to go to the […]
