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Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP)
Friday, June 21st, 2013
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan, on Thursday, sent out a message to opposition political parties intent on dislodging the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from power in 2015, saying that whatever the opposition may do, no party can uproot the ruling party. Speaking at the 61st National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the PDP in Abuja, he observed […]
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Headlines
Friday, June 21st, 2013
ONE of the seven suspects paraded by the Ekiti State police command for alleged rape has lamented that his juju failed him, a reason he said the police were able to arrest him. The police had paraded the student, Kunle Arelepo and an alleged accomplice, Oluwaseun Komolafe, both ND II students of Crown Polytechnic, Ado […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Friday, June 21st, 2013
The Federal Government has confirmed that it has grounded a Kenyan aircraft that brought in three Nigerian deportees to the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos for non-adherence to security procedures. The aircraft has been detained by security agencies since June 3, 2013 under the directive of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Coordinating General […]
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Headlines
Friday, June 21st, 2013
OYINLOLA Diana Rotimi, an undergraduate of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, who was reported to have allegedly attempted to flush her new born baby down the toilet at the Moremi Hall of the university has dsiclosed that she knew she was pregnant and never attempted to kill her baby. Nigerian Tribune gathered that Oyinlola is […]
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Delta, Headlines, State News
Friday, June 21st, 2013
A family of seven have died in a mysterious circumstance at Agbor, Delta State. The victims, a retiree of the Nigerian Army, Mr Jacob Ikenchukwu Obuteh, five of his children and a young man believed to be a boyfriend of one of the daughters were found lifeless in their Ime Obi village in Agbor, last […]
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General Politics, Raw Politics, Top Stories, Wole Soyinka
Friday, June 21st, 2013
NOBEL Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka has berated critics, who attributed the cause of late Chinua Achebe’s accident that eventually confined him to a wheel chair until he recently breathed his last, to the “spotless ram” he presented to him as a gift for his sixtieth birthday. Soyinka, in a release entitled “The Village Mourners Association,” […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Prince Charles Dickson
Wednesday, June 19th, 2013
By Prince Charles Dickson | Jos, Nigeria | June 19, 2013 – Ndi igbos say “Nwunye anyi, nwunye anyi”: ka ndeli bia ka anyi mara onye o bu nwunye ya.[“Our wife, our wife”: come midnight and we will know whose wife she really is.] This week my admonition bothers on one of those many topics […]
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Articles, Columnists, Leonard K. Shilgba, PhD, NNP Columnists
Wednesday, June 19th, 2013
By Dr. Leonard K. Shilgba | Yola, Nigeria | June 19, 2013 – Politics is defined as activities associated with governance of a country or area. From etymological enquiry, the word politics derives from the Greek word “politikos”, which means “of, for, or relating to citizens.” Thus, Wikipedia defines politics as “an art or science […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Wednesday, June 19th, 2013
JOHANNESBURG – Nelson Mandela’s foundation has vowed to press ahead with upcoming 95th birthday celebrations, as the global peace icon underwent a twelfth day in hospital Wednesday for a recurring lung infection. On the frail icon’s July 18 birthday, various charity organisations and businesses will paint schools, hand out food parcels and books, and run […]
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Headlines, Ondo, State News
Wednesday, June 19th, 2013
By DAYO JOHNSON AKURE — A female member of the Ondo State House of Assembly, Fola Olasehinde was, yesterday, suspended indefinitely for being in possession of fetish objects including miniature coffins. The suspended member is representing Ose council area of the state constituency. Her indefinite suspension was announced on the floor of the House by […]
