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National Politics, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Top Stories
Tuesday, August 6th, 2013

A veteran presidential candidate and a major stakeholder in the newly-registered All Progressives Congress, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) on Tuesday said the new party was determined to push out the ruling Peoples Democratic Party in 2015. “The APC is focus-driven to push the PDP out of power by 2015,” Buhari told members of the Democratic […]
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CBN (Central Bank of Nigeria), Latest Politics, Top Stories
Tuesday, August 6th, 2013

President Goodluck Jonathan has queried the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mallam Lamido Sanusi, over some items in the apex’s bank’s 2012 audit report. A confirmation of the query was made by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, when he was contacted by one of our […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News, Top Stories
Tuesday, August 6th, 2013

The father of Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, Alhaji Ademola Fashola, who died on Monday, has been buried. The deceased, 80, was buried on Tuesday at the Vaults and Garden, Ikoyi, a private cemetery in the state. The governor’s father began his final journey at his residence on Ladipo Labinjo Street, Surulere, Lagos, where […]
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EFCC Politics, Latest Politics, Rivers, State News
Tuesday, August 6th, 2013
OPERATIVES of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission stormed Rivers State on Monday and started quizzing public office holders in the state over a yet-to-be mentioned financial impropriety. Already, the EFCC investigators had quizzed the embattled Majority Leader of the state House of Assembly, Chidi Lloyd, over the finances of the House, our correspondents learnt. […]
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Headlines, Nigerian Police
Tuesday, August 6th, 2013
The Lagos State Police Command has commenced investigations into the killing of a police corporal, Ado Ayuba, who was lynched by some hoodlums in Suru Alaba area of the state. According to the police, the victim was beaten to death by an irate mob for allegedly killing a trader, Mustapha Mohammed, on July 30, 2013. […]
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Latest Politics, Nigerian Police, Top Stories
Tuesday, August 6th, 2013

THE Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Mohammed Abubakar, on Monday visited Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital, without visiting the state Governor, Rotimi Amaechi. Abubakar was in the state to inaugurate 100 Prado Sports Utility Vans donated to the nine Niger Delta state Police commands by the Niger Delta Development Commission. The IGP also did not address […]
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Armed Forces, Boko Haram, Latest Politics, Nigerian Police
Tuesday, August 6th, 2013
– PUNCHThirty-five people, including two soldiers and a policeman, have been killed in two separate gunfights between security forces and members of the militant Islamist sect, Boko Haram, in Borno State. The killings took place on Sunday when the sect members launched attacks on a riot police base in Bama, a town close to the […]
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All Peoples' Congress (APC), General Politics, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Party Politics, Presidency, Top Stories
Sunday, August 4th, 2013

The Presidency on Sunday blasted APC leaders saying that they were not only unprogressive but also describing them as “politically expired” politicians. However, the APC reacted swiftly, saying Nigerians knew very well that most of the PDP leaders were septuagenarians and octogenarians. APC national leaders – Chief Bisi Akande is 74 years, Maj.-Gen. Muhamadu Buhari,70; […]
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Headlines
Sunday, August 4th, 2013
Nigeria’s democracy is growing; but painfully and slowly. Since 1999, we have organised three national elections; no matter how flawed those elections were, we did not take up arms against ourselves; at least on a national scale. We stopped the bid for life presidency by Olusegun Obasanjo and, by so doing, gave notice to would-be […]
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Headlines, Nigerian Police, Top Stories
Sunday, August 4th, 2013

The policemen accused of collaborating with hoodlums to kill two youths in Badagry, Lagos State, have been arrested. They were arrested on Friday, according to the police authorities. However, a new video made available to our correspondent identified two of the policemen as Inspector Adefemi Ashogbon, who is the station officer of the Badagry Police […]