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Akintokunbo A. Adejumo, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency
Monday, August 19th, 2013
By Akintokunbo A. Adejumo | Ibadan, Nigeria | August 19, 2013 – It was sometime in May 1999 that I dared venture to visit my country, Nigeria, after over nine years in the UK. Olusegun Obasanjo, ex-military Head of State, retired Army general and Civil War hero, convicted of treason and incarcerated, nearly executed by […]
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Abiodun Ladepo, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Religion
Monday, August 19th, 2013
By Abiodun Ladepo | Los Angeles, USA | August 19, 2013 – Just two houses away from ours in Ibadan, a new church sprang up last year. The arrival of the church signaled the end of the little tranquility we enjoyed in the Apata/Oluyole axis of the city. Before the church, we had had to […]
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Headlines
Monday, August 19th, 2013
By News Express, www.newsexpressngr.com, on 15/08/2013 Controversial playboy ex-minister Femi Fani Kayode appears to regret his well-publicised claims of amorous relationships with three Igbo big girls and has reportedly apologised. A statement attributed to Mr. Bisi Lawal, who introduced himself as Press Secretary to Chief Fani-Kayode, said: “Chief Femi Fani-Kayode hereby expresses his […]
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American Politics, Latest Politics
Monday, August 19th, 2013
By News Express, www.newsexpressngr.com, on 15/08/2013 United States President, Barack Obama, and his Nigerian counterpart, Goodluck Jonathan, are expected to meet soon to discuss matters of mutual interest to both countries. US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, Wendy Sherman, who met with Jonathan at the State House yesterday, disclosed the likelihood of […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Monday, August 19th, 2013
By News Express, www.newsexpressngr.com, on 16/08/2013 The Redeemed Church of God (RCCG) is one of the biggest losers as Cameroon continues its crackdown on Pentecostal churches, News Express can reveal this morning. Investigations showed that the lightning speed at which the church and some other Nigerian-owned Pentecostal churches have been spreading in Cameroon is […]
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Abuja (FCT), Headlines, INEC Politics, State News
Monday, August 19th, 2013
The Independent National Electoral Commission has said it will not comment on the controversy between the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party over the women rally organised by the First Lady, Patience Jonathan, in Abuja last Thursday. The APC had referred to the event as a political rally and accused the Presidency of […]
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House, Legislature, National Politics, Senate, Top Stories
Monday, August 19th, 2013
Dr. Oby Ezekwesili | credits: File copy A former Minister of Education, Mrs Oby Ezekwesili, on Monday said Nigeria had spent over N1tn on the National Assembly members in the last eight years. Ezekwesili, in a keynote address she delivered during one-day dialogue session on the ‘Cost of governance in Nigeria, “ added […]
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Armed Forces, Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Monday, August 19th, 2013
There is confusion in high security circles over the reported killing of the leader of the Boko Haram Islamic sect, Abubakar Shekau, by operatives of the Joint Task Force in Borno State. The spokesman of the JTF, Col. Sagir Musa, said in a statement on Monday that the Boko Haram leader died of gunshot […]
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Headlines
Monday, August 19th, 2013
The family of the late composer of the National Anthem – ‘Arise O’ Compatriots’ – Benedict Odiase, has accused the Federal Government of not showing “enough interest” in the planned burial of the deceased. In a statement on Sunday, the family noted that with only a few days to the burial, there was no serious […]
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Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP)
Monday, August 19th, 2013
IN a move to retain his job as the National Chairman of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, has reportedly sought the help of ex-Vice President Abubakar Atiku. Tukur, our correspondent learnt, sent an SOS message to Atiku who consequently rushed down for a one-and-half-hour meeting with the PDP chairman at his Wuse […]
