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Action Congress of Nigeria, Headlines, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Presidency, State News
Tuesday, November 5th, 2013
Rivers State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi | credits: File copy A former Head of State, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari and ex-Lagos State Governor Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday renewed their calls on Rivers State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi to join the All Progressives Congress. Buhari and Tinubu, who led a team of top APC […]
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American Politics, House, Legislature
Tuesday, November 5th, 2013
The House of Representatives raised the alarm on Tuesday over alleged plans by the Federal Government to sell the official residence of Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York. In a resolution on a motion by Mr. Yakubu Dogara, the House directed its Committee on Foreign Affairs to conduct a public hearing […]
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Aviation, Headlines, Osun, State News
Tuesday, November 5th, 2013
Aeronautical Engineering and Technical Services, the company handling the construction of MKO International Airport, Ido Osun, in Osun State, has said that the airport will have the longest runway in the country by the time it is completed. The Project Supervisor of the company, Mr. Abubakar Abuyaro, said this while conducting Governor Rauf Aregbesola round […]
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Headlines
Tuesday, November 5th, 2013
Bishop David Oyedepo The Chancellor of Covenant University, Bishop David Oyedepo, has called on Nigerians to join in the task of building a united country, predicting that the country will not break up. Oyedepo said this in Uyo on Monday night during a courtesy visit to the Akwa Ibom State Governor, Mr. […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Tuesday, November 5th, 2013
President Goodluck Jonathan | credits: File copy THE recent pilgrimage jamboree embarked on by President Goodluck Jonathan and some governors is a sad reminder that our public officials are not ready to push religion into the private sphere where it rightly belongs. It is also another high point of an unwarranted waste […]
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Articles, Columnists, Education, NNP Columnists, Olusola Daniel
Sunday, November 3rd, 2013
By Olusola Daniel | Lagos, Nigeria | Nov. 3, 2013 – Does being a graduate of a Nigerian university guarantee you a good job these days? The answer is no! In a country like ours where our youths are daily faced with the herculean task of successfully completing a bachelors’ degree under the severest of […]
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Articles, Education, NNP Columnists, Sola Olawunmi
Sunday, November 3rd, 2013
Dr. Sola Olawunmi | NNP | Nov. 3, 2013 – Nigerian students have always been the victims of the regular scuffles between the government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU); they are indeed the proverbial grass that suffers when two elephants are engaged in a dogfight. ASUU has always blamed government for […]
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Headlines
Sunday, November 3rd, 2013
Tunde Fagbenle | credits: File copy A few weeks ago, former Minister of Aviation in Chief Olusegun Obasanjo’s government, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode (FFK), in one of his lately prodigious outpourings, posted a piece on the Facebook which I found to be intriguing. Here’s an excerpt of our exchange, served today for its relevance to […]
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All Peoples' Congress (APC), Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Rivers, State News
Sunday, November 3rd, 2013
Rivers State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi | credits: File copy The All Progressives congress will be meeting with the Rivers State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, on Monday, SUNDAY PUNCH has learnt. The APC said received warm reception when it visited two of the seven aggrieved governors of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, who formed the […]
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Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency
Sunday, November 3rd, 2013
Former President Olusegun | credits: File copy Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Saturday said he would respond to the claims made by his erstwhile deputy, former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, on their political relationship, in his soon-to-be published book. Abubakar had, in an interview published in Hausa language by a newspaper, disclosed that he “blasted” Obasanjo […]
