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Anambra, General Politics, Governors, Headlines, State News
Friday, July 5th, 2013

Anambra State governor, Mr Peter Obi, yesterday bagged the best performing governor on the eradication of polio in the southeast from Bill Gates and Melinda Foundation at a massively attended ceremony at the Women’s Development Centre in Awka. Speaking while presenting the award to Gov Obi which went with a cash prize of N120 million, […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Friday, July 5th, 2013
JOHANNESBURG (AFP) – Nelson Mandela’s doctors have rejected the idea of turning off the ailing icon’s life support unless he suffers massive organ failure, a close family friend told AFP. Denis Goldberg — an anti-apartheid activist who has been Mandela’s friend for more than half a century — on Friday said the issue of turning […]
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Headlines, Lagos, Oyo, Top Stories
Friday, July 5th, 2013

President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday inaugurated the reconstruction of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, with a pledge that the N167bn project would be completed in 48 months. He inaugurated the project as thousands of road users were grounded for about three hours on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway and Abeokuta-Ore-Benin Expressway. The road users were prevented from accessing the […]
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Headlines
Friday, July 5th, 2013
The Ministry of Information has said that the nation’s web portal, www.nigeria.gov.ng was on Thursday night attacked by a group of gay rights activists. Special Assistant to the Minister of Information, Mr. Joseph Mutah, said in a statement on Friday that the attack was successfully warded off by the ministry, adding that additional measures would […]
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General Politics, Legislature, Senate, Top Stories
Friday, July 5th, 2013

In this interview with JOHN ALECHENU, Senator George Sekibo speaks about the lessons he has learnt in politics How do you describe your brand of politics? I think I ‘m a progressive because if you are a conservative, your people may not understand you well. When you are a progressive politician, they will know your […]
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Ernest Shonekan (1993), General Politics, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Presidency, Rivers, State News, Top Stories
Friday, July 5th, 2013

The Presidency on Friday said Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, was free to resign from the Peoples Democratic Party, if he was no longer ready to respect President Goodluck Jonathan and the leadership of the party. PDP leaders in Rivers State led by Minister of State for Education, Nyesom Wike, and a former governor of […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), House, Legislature, Presidency, Senate
Friday, July 5th, 2013
he Presidency and the National Assembly are set for a showdown over the controversial $40m Internet surveillance contract awarded by the Federal Government to an Israeli firm, Elbit Systems. The Federal Government had reportedly awarded the contract to the company to install a system that would enable security agencies to monitor the activities of Nigerians […]
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Headlines, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Rivers, State News, Top Stories
Thursday, July 4th, 2013

LEADERS and elders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers State, on Thursday, met with President Goodluck Jonathan at the State House, Abuja, on a solidarity visit. Among the delegation were the acting deputy national chairman of the party, Chibudom Nwuche; state chairman; Chief Felix Obuah; former governor of Rivers State, Dr Peter Odili; […]
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Bayelsa, Headlines, State News
Thursday, July 4th, 2013
y Samuel Oyadongha Yenagoa—The Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, Bayelsa State chapter, yesterday, urged Governor Seriake Dickson to reconsider his request to the state House of Assembly for permission to go on annual leave. It insisted that if such permission was granted, it would make mockery of the seriousness of the state’s preparation to tackle […]
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Delta, Headlines, State News
Thursday, July 4th, 2013
By Austin Ogwuda Asaba — DELTA State governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, yesterday effected a minor reshuffle in his cabinet. In a statement signed by Secretary to the State Government, Mr Ovuozorie Macaulay, Mr Bernard Okumagba, hitherto Finance Commissioner was replaced by Mr Ken Okpara, who was Commissioner for Economic Planning. Macaulay’s statement reads: “It is […]