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All Peoples' Congress (APC), Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Party Politics, Presidency, Top Stories
Saturday, August 10th, 2013
Fomer Head of State Maj.-Gen. Buhari is likely to contest presidential primary of the All Nigeria Peoples Party. His loyalists told SUNDAY PUNCH that despite the anti-Buhari lobby in the APC, the general would contest the primary. SUNDAY PUNCH gathered that the anti-Buhari lobby in APC is made up of two groups. The first group […]
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Latest Politics, Nigerian Police
Saturday, August 10th, 2013
The Network of Police Reform in Nigeria has urged the Nigeria Police to ensure that the dismissal meted out to a police sergeant, Chris Omeleze, becomes a disciplinary pattern to check the excesses of its officers. The dismissed officer, attached to the State Traffic Division, Ikeja, was captured on video demanding a N25,000 bribe from […]
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Articles, Columnists, Femi Fani-Kayode, Headlines, NNP Columnists, P, South-East
Saturday, August 10th, 2013
By Phil Tam-Al Alalibo | NNP | August 10, 2013 – I am not in any way attempting to hold brief for the Igbos as they are more than capable of doing so for themselves. However, I wish to make a few comments about the unsavory article written by Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode, titled “The Bitter Truth […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Friday, August 9th, 2013
Fenerbahce striker Emmanuel Emenike and Chelsea’s Kenneth Omeruo have dropped out of Wednesday’s Mandela Challenge match against South Africa in Durban. Super Eagles team official, Dayo Enebi Achor, said, “He (Emenike) may have been at the club before but he is highly valued in Turkey and he has requested that he be allowed to settle […]
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Boko Haram, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Latest Politics
Friday, August 9th, 2013
The Christian Association of Nigeria, on Thursday called on the Federal Government to disband the amnesty committee because its continuous existence would be tantamount to working against the international community. CAN hinged its renewed call on the decision of the International Criminal Court to probe the activities of the insurgent sect, Boko Haram. The ICC […]
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Headlines
Friday, August 9th, 2013
An unidentified teenager drowned at the Bar Beach, Lagos as revellers celebrated Eid-el-fitri in the area on Friday. A fun seeker, who witnessed the incident and identified himself simply as Michael, said there was a heavy traffic of persons at the beach while there were only two live guards on duty. It is usual in […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Ibrahim Babangida (1985-93), Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency
Friday, August 9th, 2013
By Olalekan Adetayo President Goodluck Jonathan is not a Muslim but he participates in the annual Ramadan fast religiously. As a tradition, he also invites dignitaries to join him in breaking the fast in the evening. Some of his regular visitors on such occasions are members of the diplomatic corps in Nigeria. During the week […]
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EFCC Politics, Headlines, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Rivers, State News
Friday, August 9th, 2013
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is set to quiz the Rivers State House of Assembly Speaker, Otelemaba Amachree, and other principal officers loyal to Governor Rotimi Amaechi. The commission has already interrogated the embattled Majority Leader, Mr. Chidi Lloyd, who has just been granted bail over an attempted murder charge, assault, intent to maim […]
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All Peoples' Congress (APC), Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Presidency
Friday, August 9th, 2013
The Presidency has said that if the newly registered All Progressives Congress picks a former Head of State, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, as its presidential candidate, the 2015 election will be a walkover for the Peoples Democratic Party. The Presidency was apparently hitting back at the APC, which earlier said that it would be a disaster […]
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Headlines, Niger Delta
Friday, August 9th, 2013
The Office of the Special Adviser to the President on the Niger Delta, Mr. Kingsley Kuku, has awarded scholarship to 36 youths of the Niger Delta for degree programmes in the United States. The Technical Assistant to the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Larry Pepple, who represented Kuku at a send-off for the youths at the Abuja […]
