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Articles, Columnists, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Kunle Ojeleye, NNP Columnists, Presidency
Sunday, April 20th, 2014
By Dr. Kunle Ojeleye | Calgary, Canada | April 20, 2014 – Your Excellency, I have not met you and do not know you on a 1-2-1 basis. But I believe that you are a good man with good intents for this nation called Nigeria. When we voted for you as President which indirectly means […]
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Adamawa, Headlines, State News
Sunday, April 20th, 2014
Adamawa State Governor, Murtala Nyako The Presidency on Saturday reacted sharply to a letter written by Governor Murtala Nyako of Adamawa State to his northern governors, describing it as “an unmitigated leadership disaster and a sad betrayal of trust by a major beneficiary of the Nigerian nation.” Nyako had in the letter accused the Federal […]
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Cross River, Headlines, State News
Sunday, April 20th, 2014
No fewer than five suspected armed robbers were on Saturday killed after a bloody shootout with the police in Akpabuyo Local Government Area of Cross River State. Several other suspects were said to have escaped with various degrees of injuries. An eyewitness, Nya Moses, a resident of Akpabuyo, said he counted at least five dead […]
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Latest Politics, Sani Abacha (1993-98)
Saturday, April 19th, 2014
Retired General Oladipo Diya Retired General Oladipo Diya was accused of planning a coup by the late head of state, Gen. Sani Abacha. In this interview with ADEOLA BALOGUN and TUNDE AJAJA, he talks about how he escaped death and opens up on the arrest of late Chief MKO Abiola, his death and other sundry […]
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Abuja (FCT), Headlines, State News
Friday, April 18th, 2014
Vice-President Namadi Sambo Two years after the completion of a $470m (N76.bn) National Public Security Communications System Project in Abuja, most of the installed 1,000 cameras for the Closed-Circuit Television in the city have either been vandalised or stolen, investigation by Saturday PUNCH has revealed. Checks showed that the solar panels and batteries of the […]
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Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), National Politics, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Presidency, Top Stories
Friday, April 18th, 2014
Former Head of State, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd), | credits: File copy A former Head of State, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) on Thursday, gave the Peoples Democratic a seven-day ultimatum to apologise to him or face legal action for linking him with Boko Haram. Buhari, in a statement, demanded that the party retracts its […]
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Headlines
Friday, April 18th, 2014
The police on Friday arraigned two brothers, Oluwatosin Bakare, 36, and Ayinde Bakare, 56, both of Ijun Ajuwon, Ogun, in a Wuse Zone 2 Chief Magistrates’ Court, Abuja, for N46m fraud. The prosecutor, DSP Peter Amadi, told the court that on Aug. 28, 2013, Ibrahim Umar and Co, (Barristers and Solicitors) of the Supreme Court […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Oluwaseun Joseph
Friday, April 18th, 2014
By Oluwaseun Joseph | NNP | April 18. 2014 – Frankly speaking, it is quite heart-warming to see some influential Nigerians coming out of their gilded cage to demand accountability from the present government. It shows that we are now waking up to our civic rights by calling the government to task on the expenditure […]
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Articles, Columnists, Jideofor Adibe, PhD, Niger, NNP Columnists, State News
Friday, April 18th, 2014
By Dr. Jidoeofor Adibe | London, UK | April 18, 2014 – Politics is in the air and jostling for 2015 has simply begun in earnest. Anyone telling you otherwise is either living in another planet, trying to undercut the competition or simply being dishonest. We saw another evidence of this when Governor Babangida Aliyu […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Friday, April 18th, 2014
NFF president Aminu Maigari | credits: File copy The Nigeria Football Federation has denied planning the downfall of coach Stephen Keshi and the Super Eagles as the team prepare for the World Cup in Brazil. NFF president Aminu Maigari lashed out at some reports which said the football body was planning to replace Keshi with […]
