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General Politics, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency
Saturday, March 2nd, 2013
Former president Olusegun Obasanjo on Saturday in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, declared that Nigeria lacked good leaders. Obasanjo lamented that the dearth of good leaders in the country as well as on the African continent, had become an issue that deserved serious attention. The former president spoke during the final of the African Regional […]
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Governors, Latest Politics, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Rivers, State News
Saturday, March 2nd, 2013
Peoples Democratic Party governors sympathetic to the embattled Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum and Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, are threatening to leave the PDP, SUNDAY PUNCH has gathered. Reliable sources within the party told our correspondents on Friday that a few of the governors had intimated the party leadership with their disaffection and […]
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Headlines, Plateau, State News
Saturday, March 2nd, 2013
Jos – The Special Task Force (STF) maintaining security in Plateau said there was an attempt by some miscreants to bomb a mosque in Jos on Friday night. This is contained in a statement signed by the STF Media Officer, Capt. Salisu Mustapha, on Saturday in Jos. It stated that the attempted attack on the […]
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Headlines, Kogi, State News
Saturday, March 2nd, 2013
By Sam Eyoboka with Agency report After Pope Benedict XVI retires, he will get a 2,500-euro pension, a home in the Vatican, and other amenities. How does his retirement package compare with others? POPE Emeritus Benedict XVI, the 264th successor of Pope Peter and the 265th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church, who made his […]
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Headlines
Saturday, March 2nd, 2013
By Sam Eyoboka with Agency report After Pope Benedict XVI retires, he will get a 2,500-euro pension, a home in the Vatican, and other amenities. How does his retirement package compare with others? POPE Emeritus Benedict XVI, the 264th successor of Pope Peter and the 265th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church, who made his […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency, Top Stories
Saturday, March 2nd, 2013
By IKECHUKWU NNOCHIRI, Abuja The coast may now have been finally cleared for President Goodluck Jonathan to seek re-election, as an Abuja High Court, yesterday, maintained that going by the express provision of Section 137(1) (b) of the 1999 Constitution, as amended, he is eligible to contest for presidency in 2015. His party, the Peoples […]
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Headlines, Nigerian Police
Saturday, March 2nd, 2013
By Austin Ogwuda, Asaba THE Federal high court holden at Asaba, has ordered the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) to pay the sum of N10m as exemplary damage following the brutalization and illegal detention of a 14-year-old secondary school student sometime in 2011. The student, Amanda Atigbi of Saint Paul’s Grammar School, Ebu in Delta State, […]
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Cross River, Headlines, State News
Saturday, March 2nd, 2013
Calabar – Gov. Liyel Imoke of Cross River returned to Calabar on Friday after several months of absence, an aide said on Saturday. Imoke’s Special Assistant on Media, Mr Christian Ita, in Calabar said the governor arrived after 10 p.m aboard a chartered flight. “The governor arrived in Calabar through the Margaret Ekpo International Airport […]
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Legislature, Senate
Saturday, March 2nd, 2013
By Henry Umoru & Joseph Erunke ABUJA—Senate has begun moves to cripple what it described as the overbearing powers of the Ministry of Finance in the budgeting process, just as it wants to be involved fully and not only wait for information from the executive arm of the government. The upper chamber accused the Ministry […]
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Delta, Headlines, State News
Saturday, March 2nd, 2013
By Austin Ogwuda, Asaba ALTHOUGH the menacing issue of kidnapping is not peculiar to DeltaState, there appears to be confusion especially between the members of the Delta State House of Assembly, who are constitutionally empowered to make laws for peace and good governance; and the State executive governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan. Presently, the two arms […]
