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Latest Politics, Oil Politics
Sunday, June 15th, 2014
Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke A civil rights organisation, under the aegis of Gatekeeper Foundation, has insisted that the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, must be relieved of her position in order to ensure non-interference with the forensic audit of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation. The group also attributed the rejection of Madueke […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Sunday, June 15th, 2014
June 16, 2014 by Plus Ayinor The Iranians spent a whole lot of time in their Saturday training session on their defence. Apart from the goalkeeper trainer Dan Gasper, there was also another specialist on defence brought in according to Iranian journalists on ground. Gasper however told The PUNCH that they were not planning to […]
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Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency
Sunday, June 15th, 2014
ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo | credits: tonynwajeipost.blogspot.com The N2.1bn libel suit instituted by a leader of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ogun State, Buruji Kashamu, against former President Olusegun Obasanjo, has sparked abusive exchange between the two men. The suit, which is before Justice Valentine Ashi of a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, […]
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Headlines, Osun
Sunday, June 15th, 2014
Osoba | credits: File copy There are strong indications that President Goodluck Jonathan and the Peoples Democratic Party are wooing a group, led by a former governor, Chief Olusegun Osoba, in Ogun State’s All Progressives Party to the PDP. The PUNCH’s investigations on Sunday in Abuja revealed that since the crisis in Ogun State’s […]
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Armed Forces, Headlines, Niger Delta
Sunday, June 15th, 2014
Boko Haram THE Ijaw National Congress has appealed to the military to purge itself of fifth columnists and Boko Haram collaborators in order to win the fight against terrorism. The INC stated that it would be difficult to fight Boko Haram to a standstill without a focus and a high level of patriotism among […]
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Headlines, Imo, State News
Sunday, June 15th, 2014
Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha The Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, said the certificate with which the former Chairman, Imo State Council of Traditional Rulers, Eze Cletus Ilomuanya, was appointed as the traditional ruler in the state had been withdrawn. He therefore stated that since he had been dethroned, the monarch should give way for […]
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Presidency
Thursday, June 12th, 2014
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan was expected to meet with former Nigerian leaders at the Presidential Villa on Thursday night. The meeting, scheduled for 8.00 p.m, was classified as private. It was not clear whether all former leaders were invited to attend and neither was it known what was to be the focus of the meeting. However, […]
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INEC Politics, Presidency
Thursday, June 12th, 2014
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan, on Thursday, raised the alarm that undemocratic forces exist in the country and are working to truncate the 2015 general election. He has, therefore, called on citizens not to allow such forces to exploit the weakness in the system to perpetrate their evil desires. The president, who disclosed this in Abuja, at […]
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Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics, Oil Politics, Raw Politics, Women Politics
Wednesday, June 11th, 2014
THE ambition of Nigeria and Nigeria’s Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, to become the Secretary General of the influential Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) was dashed on Wednesday. This followed the decision of the members of OPEC to extend the tenure of the incumbent Secretary General, Abdullah al-Badri. The tenure of al-Badri was […]
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Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics, National Politics, Top Stories
Wednesday, June 11th, 2014
The newly appointed caretaker committee chairman of Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State, Chief Julius Takeme, has decried the incessant silent killings of Nigerians resident in South Africa. This was just as he warned that if something urgent wasnot done to address the trend, a diplomatic rift might surface between the two countries. Chief […]
