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Latest Politics, Top Stories, United Nations
Saturday, September 21st, 2013
President Goodluck Jonathan and his wife arrived New York earlier today. Photo: State House By SaharaReporters, New York Nigeria, which has failed to focus on implementing the United Nations Millenium Development Goals, is sending a record 600-man delegation to the 68th General Assembly in New York which will focus on a follow-up plan, SaharaReporters investigations […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Saturday, September 21st, 2013
NAIROBI (AFP) – At least four dead, dozens wounded in Nairobi mall shootings, wounding at least four people and sparking a fierce gun battle witnesses and police said when an armed group stormed an upmarket shopping mall in the Kenyan capital Nairobi Saturday. Police said they had surrounded the Westgate mall, which is popular with […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Saturday, September 21st, 2013
Abidjan – The Ivorian Government has granted presidential pardon to 3,000 people, imprisoned for various criminal offences in the country. This is contained in statement issued by the government’s spokesman, Mr Bruno Kone, on Saturday after an extra-ordinary cabinet meeting in Abidjan. The statement said the pardon did not include political detainees and prisoners. It […]
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Latest Politics, Rivers, State News
Saturday, September 21st, 2013
RIVERS State Governor and the Chairman of Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, declared on Thursday that the Nigerian economy had gone comatose. Amaechi explained that contrary to the rosy picture painted on Wednesday by the Minister of Finance and the Coordinating minister for the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, about the nation’s economy, Nigeria was […]
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Headlines, State News, Taraba
Saturday, September 21st, 2013
Taraba State Governor, Mr. Danbaba Suntai, on Friday, held talks with sacked commissioners and special advisers as they paid a solidarity visit to him at Government House, Jalingo Suntai had on Tuesday, August 27, 2013 dissolved the State Executive Council, leaving only his assistants, few days after he returned from a 10-month stay in German […]
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Headlines, Rivers, State News
Saturday, September 21st, 2013
Scores of youths attending an event organised by the Rotary Club with the Rivers State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, were on Friday barred by policemen from inspecting some state projects in Port Harcourt. The youths, who were about 600 in number, were said to be waiting for Government House buses to convey them from the […]
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Headlines
Saturday, September 21st, 2013
Two men were on Friday in Ibadan paraded by the police for possessing a decomposing human head. One of the men, Seyi Akinola, was arrested in an ambush operation by the police while Ajitoni Ogundeji was named by Akinola as his accomplice in the crime. Ogundeji, who is a farmer and a hunter, was alleged […]
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Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP)
Saturday, September 21st, 2013
The Abubakar Baraje faction of the Peoples Democratic Party has advised President Goodluck Jonathan to rein back his men to avoid plunging the country into avoidable chaos. The faction stated this in a statement in Abuja on Friday by its National Publicity Secretary, Chief Chukwuemeka Eze. The group said that advice became necessary following the […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Saturday, September 21st, 2013
President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday relieved two of his Special Advisers of their appointments with immediate effect. They are, his Special Adviser on National Assembly Matters, Mrs. Joy Emordi; and that of New Partnership for Africa’s Development, Dr. Tunji Olagunju. A statement by the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, said […]
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Abuja (FCT), Headlines, State News
Saturday, September 21st, 2013
There was confusion in Abuja on Friday as operatives of the State Security Service raided a building in Apo Quarters, killing eight people. Though the SSS claimed that those killed were members of the dreaded Islamic sect, Boko Haram, eyewitnesses and survivors denied the security agents’ claim. Survivors alleged that the attack was masterminded by […]
