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House, Legislature, Senate
Wednesday, October 16th, 2013
President of the Senate, David Mark | credits: File copy The Conference of Nigerian Political Parties and eminent lawyers on Wednesday disagreed with the Senate on President Goodluck Jonathan’s promise to send the report of the planned national dialogue to the National Assembly for ratification. While the Senate said doing so was absolutely in […]
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All Peoples' Congress (APC), Governors, Latest Politics, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Top Stories
Wednesday, October 16th, 2013

The ongoing efforts to reconcile aggrieved Peoples Democratic Party members with the Bamanga Tukur-led National Working Committee of the party,appear to have finally hit a brick wall. A hint of this emerged when Adamawa State Governor, Murtala Nyako, told a visiting All Progressives Congress delegation on Wednesday, that himself and the six other aggrieved […]
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Latest Politics, National Politics, Nigerian Police, Top Stories
Wednesday, October 16th, 2013

Inspector-General of Police, Alhaji Abubakar Mohammed Some police inspectors and rank and file from the Imo State Police Command have threatened to go on strike over their redeployment to some violence-prone states in the North. The aggrieved policemen who met in Benin, the Edo State capital, said they would start the strike in November. […]
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Aviation, Latest Politics, National Politics, Top Stories
Wednesday, October 16th, 2013

Minister of Aviation, Ms. Stella Oduah The Ministry of Aviation has confirmed that the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority bought two bulletproof vehicles worth $1.6m (N255m) for the Minister of Aviation, Ms. Stella Oduah. An online news medium, SaharaReporters, had reported on Tuesday that the armoured vehicles were delivered to the minister in August. The […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Wednesday, October 16th, 2013

Ethiopia coach, Sewnet Bishaw World football governing body FIFA has responded to Ethiopia Football Federation’s protest letter against the referee’s decision to disallow their goal against Nigeria in a World Cup playoff in Addis Ababa on Sunday, superspot.com reports. The home side felt aggrieved after the referee decided that Salhadin Said’s shot had not […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Wednesday, October 16th, 2013

Super Eagles goalkeeping coach Ike Shorunmu has defended Vincent Enyeama after the Lille goalkeeper misjudged a cross that put Ethiopia ahead in the World Cup playoff in Addis Ababa on Sunday. Ethiopia took the lead after 57 minutes through Behailu Asefa, when his cross from the left was wrongly judged by Enyeama and the Cameroonian […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Tuesday, October 15th, 2013

Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi has said next month’s friendly against Italy could stress his team because of the timing. The African champions have confirmed they will face four-time world champions Italy on November 18 in London. Keshi The Eagles will depart for England immediately after taking on Ethiopia in Calabar in the return leg of […]
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Africa & World Politics, Legislature, Senate
Tuesday, October 15th, 2013
BY JOHNBOSCO AGBAKWURU & JOSEPH ERUNKE ABUJA—THE Senate, yesterday, said that the Nigerian government would not fold her arms and watch neighbouring African countries that have benefitted immensely from the country’s peace keeping operations and other gestures attack Nigerian nationals in their countries. Chairman Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, Senator Matthew Nwagwu, who stated […]
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Anambra, Lagos, Latest Politics, National Politics, State News, Top Stories
Tuesday, October 15th, 2013

By OKONKWO EZE ONITSHA — The Federal High Court 4 sitting in Lagos, presided over by Justice Anumogobia is expected to commence hearing on January 29, 2014 in a N1 billion civil suit instituted against Lagos State Government, by the 76 victims who were deported from the state and abandoned in Onitsha, Anambra State […]
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Anambra, Headlines, State News
Tuesday, October 15th, 2013
Veteran political operative George Moghalu, presently chairman of the Ngige Campaign Organization answers questions on the candidate’s quest and questions around him. BY LEVINUS NWABUGHIOGU On plans for the election We are set and are on ground. We have started talking to various interest groups with a view to re-introducing our brand. Our brand […]