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Action Congress of Nigeria, House, Legislature, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP)
Wednesday, February 12th, 2014
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Aminu Tambuwal | credits: File copy The Peoples Democratic Party on Tuesday regained its majority status in the House of Representatives following the defection of five members of the All Progressives Congress to the PDP. The PDP, which had earlier lost the majority status in the House to […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Tuesday, February 11th, 2014
By Odimegwu Onwumere Nigerians in Guinea on February 10 2014 barricaded the Nigerian Embassy in that country in protest of what they said was unlawful arrest and detention of fellow Nigerians, especially from Igbo extraction and, keeping them in the prison for days. According to a report by Igbo socio-political group called Njiko Igbo, about […]
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Bayelsa, General Politics, Latest Politics, State News
Sunday, February 9th, 2014
Militants The Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta said on Sunday that its fighters attacked two police gunboats at Peremabiri, Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. The group said the gunboats were escorting a former militant leader, Mr. Eris Paul, popularly known as Ogunboss. MEND said Ogunboss, other ex-militant leaders and […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Sunday, February 9th, 2014
… on Sunday | credits: Odutayo Odusanya Two Islamic clerics lost their lives on Saturday after their jeep collided with a bus and plunged into a canal at the Iyana Ipaja end of the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway. PUNCH Metro learnt that the victims, Alhaji Akinsola Al-Ameen and Muyideen Thiamiyu, were coming back from Ikorodu when their […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency, South-West
Sunday, February 9th, 2014
President Goodluck Jonathan President Goodluck Jonathan and his top aides are said to be developing strategies to stop the increasing popularity of the All Progressives Congress in the South-West and parts of the North-East and North-West. High-ranking Aso Rock officials told The PUNCH in Abuja, on Sunday, that this informed a recent meeting between President […]
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Aviation, Headlines, National Politics, Top Stories
Sunday, February 9th, 2014
Minister of Aviation, Ms. Stella Oduah Operatives of the State Security Service have been directed by the Ministry of Aviation to stay away from all the nation’s international airports. The order, which was communicated to the SSS leadership a few weeks ago, was said to have shocked the operatives. It was further gathered that […]
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Governors, Headlines
Sunday, February 9th, 2014
Niger State Governor, Dr. Babangida Aliyu | credits: File copy WITH the planned meeting of 13 northern states which fall under the region’s sedimentary basin, the North is set to start oil and gas exploration activities. The Niger State Governor, who is also the Chairman of the Northern State Governors Forum, Aliyu Babangida, will […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Sunday, February 9th, 2014
The Lagos State Internal Revenue Service says it has sealed eight more companies for failing to remit N66.7 million personal income tax of their workers to the state government. Folasade Coker-Afolayan, the Head of the Distrain Unit of the LIRS, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in Lagos that the companies were sealed […]
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Presidency, Sokoto, State News
Sunday, February 9th, 2014
From TUNDE OMOLEHIN, Sokoto Former Sokoto State governor, Alhaji Attahiru Bafarawa has assured President Goodluck Jonathan of his support if he decides to contest in the 2015 presidential election. Bafarawa told the President in Sokoto yesterday at a grand reception organised to formally welcome him and his teeming supporters to the party fold. He said the […]
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Latest Politics, Oil Politics
Sunday, February 9th, 2014
By BLAISE UDUNZDE Finally, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has cleared the air on the alleged missing $10.8 billion, admitting that the amount was used for pipelines repairs, payment of subsidy claims and maintenance of the nation’s reserves. Its Acting Group General Manager, Public Affairs, Umar Ibrahim, explained on Saturday that the reconciliation of […]
