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Articles, Columnists, Hakeem Babalola, NNP Columnists, Soccer, Sports
Monday, November 18th, 2013
By Hakeem Babalola | Budapest, Hungary | Nov. 18, 2013 – I have followed the FIFA U-17 World Cup United Arab Emirates with much enthusiasm and calmness of the mind. As African, I always want African teams to excel; and as Nigerian, I definitely love Nigeria to “super-excel”. I like good football but whenever my […]
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Headlines
Monday, November 18th, 2013
Prof. Festus Iyayi It is pitiable how our dear nation has been turned into a theatre of tragedies. It is more worrisome that the people whose statutory duties include the aversion of tragedies have become the harbingers of calamities and death. The rate at which the convoys of public office holders and other such […]
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Boko Haram, Headlines
Monday, November 18th, 2013
In the gloom of a hilltop cave in Nigeria where she was held captive, Hajja had a knife pressed to her throat by a man who gave her a choice – convert to Islam or die. Reuters reports that two gunmen from Boko Haram had seized the Christian teenager in July in the […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Monday, November 18th, 2013
Vincent Enyeama Nigeria stand-in captain Vincent Enyeama believes the African champions can win next year’s World Cup in Brazil. The Super Eagles became the first African side to qualify for the 2014 World Cup after beating Ethiopia 2-0 on Saturday for a 4-1 aggregate victory. Enyeama believes Nigeria can become the first […]
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All Peoples' Congress (APC), Anambra, Headlines, INEC Politics, Party Politics, State News
Monday, November 18th, 2013
Mr. Maurice Iwu, Ex INEC Chairman| credits: File copy The All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party have expressed different opinion on Saturday governorship election in Anambra State. While the APC demanded a total cancellation of the entire election based on alleged massive disenfranchisement of voters, the PDP said the APC […]
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INEC Politics, Latest Politics
Monday, November 18th, 2013
INEC Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega | credits: File copy The Commissioner of Police, Anambra State Command, Mr Bala Nasarawa, on Sunday confirmed the arrest of an electoral official involved in Saturday’s governorship election in the state. Nasarawa told the News Agency of Nigeria in Awka that the command was interrogating the official […]
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Anambra, Headlines, INEC Politics, State News
Monday, November 18th, 2013
The chief returning officer of the Anambra State Governorship election, Prof. James Epoke, on Monday morning declared that the governorship election was inconclusive. Willie Obiano is leading comfortably but the outcome of some areas have been nullified while a rerun will be held in those areas. -Punchwp_posts
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Anambra, Headlines, INEC Politics, State News
Monday, November 18th, 2013
About 200 women from the 21 local government areas in Anambra State on Sunday protested the conduct of Saturday’s governorship election in the state. They said the election was not credible and called for its cancellation and conduct of a fresh one. The women, who carried leaves , expressed their disappointment with […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Governors, Presidency, Rivers, State News
Monday, November 18th, 2013
Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi The Presidency insisted on Sunday that it did not recognise Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi as the chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, hence the absence of President Goodluck Jonathan at the retreat organised by the Amaechi-led faction of the Forum in Sokoto. Jonathan was billed to […]
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All Peoples' Congress (APC), Latest Politics, Party Politics
Monday, November 18th, 2013
The New Peoples Democratic Party and the All Progressives Congress have challenged the Federal Government to account for the $5bn which has allegedly disappeared from the Excess Crude Account. The faction of the PDP and the APC separately threw the challenge on Sunday while reacting to a disclosure by the Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ […]
