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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Thursday, January 23rd, 2014
Views: 182 First lady of France accused of smashing up François Hollande’s office in £2.5m rampage Valerie Trierweiler insists she is still France’s first lady, despite lurid claims she caused £2.5 million of damage after hearing about François Hollande’s alleged affair, it emerged today. The Élysée Palace soap opera reached new depths with unverified claims […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Thursday, January 23rd, 2014
Views: 96 Police in India’s West Bengal state have arrested 13 men in connection with a gang rape of a woman, allegedly on orders of village elders who objected to her relationship with a man. The 20-year-old woman has been admitted to a hospital in […]
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General Politics, Headlines
Thursday, January 23rd, 2014
Views: 195 Nigeria’s immediate past Minister of Information and Communications, Prof. Dora Akunyili, has expressed gratitude to Nigerians for their outpouring of love and concern following rumours about her alleged ill health. Writing on her Facebook wall, the former Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) said: “Thank […]
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Headlines
Thursday, January 23rd, 2014
Views: 322 Yes, that’s right – if as a man you can convince the pretty girl in the photo accompanying this story, you’ll instantly become $120 million (about N19 billion) richer! Gigi – that’s her name – is a lesbian but her superrich tycoon dad Cecil Chao is desperate for her to do the […]
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Akintokunbo A. Adejumo, Columnists, Femi Fabiyi, NNP Columnists
Thursday, January 23rd, 2014
By Femi Fabiyi & Akintokunbo A. Adejumo | Ibadan, Nigeria | Jan. 23, 2014 – Democracy promotes the same sets of value no matter where it is practiced. Simple definition implies that government is made up of people, and should serve the people. In order to enjoy the fruits (or as we call it in […]
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Abiodun Ladepo, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists
Thursday, January 23rd, 2014
By Abiodun Ladepo | Los Angeles, USA | Jan. 23, 2014 – This past Wednesday, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan elevated crassness and primitiveness to the highest level imaginable by signing into law a bill banning homosexuality in Nigeria. I deliberately crafted the previous sentence so unambiguously. He did not just ban homosexual marriage; he banned homosexuality […]
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Armed Forces, Latest Politics
Thursday, January 23rd, 2014
AS the new service chiefs formally take over the mantle of leadership today, a picture of the new military and its structure has emerged. Those who are taking over from their predecessors are Chief of Defence Staff, Air Marshal Alex Sabundu Badeh, new Chief of Army Staff, Maj.-Gen. Kenneth Tobiah Jacob Minimah, new Chief […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Thursday, January 23rd, 2014
Chief Bode George The Chairman, Lagos State House of Assembly Committee on Information and Publicity, Mr. Segun Olulade, has faulted Chief Bode George’s attack on members of the House. George, a former national Vice-Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party in the South-West Zone, was said to have described the Lagos State House of Assembly as […]
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Headlines, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Rivers, State News, Top Stories
Thursday, January 23rd, 2014
Amaechi and Mu’azu The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu, has enjoined Jigawa State Governor Sule Lamido, to appeal to the five PDP governors who defected to the opposition All Progressives Congress to reconsider their action. Mu’azu said that Lamido should do so ahead of a visit to the five […]
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House, Legislature, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP)
Thursday, January 23rd, 2014
Members during plenary at the floor of the Nigeria House of Representatives The Peoples Democratic Party is insisting that its members in the National Assembly who defected to the All Progressives Congress must lose their seats. The PDP told an Abuja Federal High Court so in its preliminary objection to a suit filed by Senator […]
