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Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency
Sunday, February 16th, 2014
From Moshood Adebayo, Abeokuta Ahead of the 2015 general elections, former president Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday urged Christians to take active interest in the democratic process of the country. Obasanjo spoke during the fifth anniversary thanksgiving service of the Chapel of Christ the Glorious King (CCGK), a religious arm of the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL), in […]
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General Politics, Latest Politics, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP)
Sunday, February 16th, 2014
Former Vice-President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar Former Vice-President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, recently defected from the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, of which he is one of the founders, to the opposition, All Progressives Congress. In this online interview with LEKE BAIYEWU, he says the resignation of Bamanga Tukur and appointment of Adamu Mu’Azu as the National Chairman […]
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Headlines, Nigerian Police
Sunday, February 16th, 2014
Former Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Joseph Mbu THE past Police Commissioner in Rivers State, Mr. Joseph Mbu, has stated that those that called for his redeployment were not fair to him. He also said contrary to insinuations, he was not in the state to do anybody’s bidding. The police commissioner, who was […]
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All Peoples' Congress (APC), Latest Politics, Party Politics
Sunday, February 16th, 2014
President Goodluck Jonathan with the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi; Emir of Kano, Ado Bayero and Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuwade… on Saturday | credits: State House President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday met some traditional rulers in All Progressives Congress states in what appeared to be political consultations ahead of his declaration […]
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First Ladies, Headlines, National Politics, Patience Jonathan, Top Stories
Sunday, February 16th, 2014
Patience Jonathan | credits: File copy Wife of President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience Jonathan, may have embarked on another medical trip to Germany. A report by an online news portal, Sahara Reporters, on Saturday quoted two presidential sources as saying the First Lady was flown out of the country discreetly. One source, the medium claimed, disclosed […]
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Headlines
Sunday, February 16th, 2014
• He’s a blackmailer –Church From GEORGE ONYEJIUWA, Owerri The Seventh Day Adventist Church in Imo State has been thrown into crisis as a member of the church, Mr. Charles Alozie sensationally alleged that the President of the Anambra and Imo Conference of the church, Pastor Ephraim Uzodinma Okpulor snatched his wife, Mrs. Chinwe Alozie. […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Saturday, February 15th, 2014
Boko Haram Violent Islamic sect, Boko Haram, has threatened to declare war on Cameroon if she does not cease to support Nigeria’s military campaign against it. In recent times, the sect has been at the receiving end of a massive onslaught by the army in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states. Members of the sect […]
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Ekiti, Headlines, State News
Saturday, February 15th, 2014
• He’s a liar, says Info commissioner From Charles Adegbite, Ado-Ekiti Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Legislative Budget and Research, Hon Michael Opeyemi Bamidele, yesterday alleged that Ekiti State governor, Kayode Fayemi got over four hundred billion naira (N400billion) in forty months, which he claimed was badly managed in view of the value of […]
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Headlines, INEC Politics
Saturday, February 15th, 2014
Ahead of next year’s general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has warned political parties to desist from what it described as pre-emptive campaign tendencies. The commission particularly pointed a finger at the subtle, but illegal, electioneering that has characterised the forthcoming governorship polls in Ekiti and Osun states, as well as other upcoming […]
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CBN (Central Bank of Nigeria), General Politics, Headlines
Saturday, February 15th, 2014
…Says he’s diverting attention As the Federal Government considers hiring the services of independent forensic auditors to look into the books of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to ascertain whether the company actually failed to remit oil revenues accruing to it as claimed by the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mallam […]
