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Articles, Churchill Okonkwo, Columnists, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), NNP Columnists, Presidency, Women Politics
Friday, December 14th, 2012
By Churchill Okonkwo | NNP | Dec. 14, 2012 – A rare good news for Nigerians: two prominent Nigerians made the list of the “100 Top Global Thinkers of 2012” according to Foreign Policy magazine. They are Prof. Chinua Achebe, for “forcing Africa to confront its demons” and Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, for “showing Africa how […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Prince Charles Dickson
Friday, December 14th, 2012
By Prince Charles Dickson | Jos, Nigeria | Dec. 14, 2012 – A woman has a child by you and you still say you do not see her inside “know her mind”; would you have her expose her intestines? Today, my admonition is targeted at the people of Nigeria…when I say we, let me use […]
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Articles, Columnists, INEC Politics, Leonard K. Shilgba, PhD, NNP Columnists
Friday, December 14th, 2012
By Dr. Leoanrd K. Shilgba | Yola, Nigeria | Dec. 14, 2012 – The Nigerian constitution makes provision for national and state “independent” electoral commissions to organize, undertake, and supervise all elections under their specified jurisdictions, and to compile and maintain a register of voters. The Nigerian situation is so peculiar. The electoral commissions are […]
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Africa & World Politics, Akintokunbo A. Adejumo, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists
Friday, December 14th, 2012
By Akintokunbo A. Adejumo | Ibadan, Nigeria | Dec. 14, 2012 – I have been reading the story of President Jose Mujica — the leader of Uruguay (please note the word “LEADER”) and I find it to be a singular example of humility, sacrifice and an uncommon disdain for all worldly material and other acquisition. […]
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Headlines
Friday, December 14th, 2012
PROF. Kanene Okonjo, mother of the Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala | credits: Nigeria Army said on Thursday that soldiers had arrested 63 people in raids as they searched for Prof. Kamene Okonjo, the 82-year-old mother of Finance Minister, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. “Yesterday the Four Brigade raided Ogwashi-Ukwu in search of Mama,” Army spokesperson […]
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Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics
Friday, December 14th, 2012
Nigeria, on Thursday, protested the harassment of its citizens living in the Bakassi Peninsula by Cameroon. The oil rich peninsula, formerly in the Nigerian territory, was ceded to the neighbouring Cameroon by the former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s government in respect of a 2002 International Court of Justice’s verdict. The Minister of Justice and the Attorney-General […]
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Delta, Headlines, State News
Friday, December 14th, 2012
Vanguard can authoritatively report that Prof Kaneme Okonjo, the mother of Finance Minister and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala who was released Friday morning, has arrived home at the Obi’s Palace in Ogwashi-Ukwu. Our correspondent reports that there was tight security around the palace as visitors were denied entry into the house […]
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Benue, Headlines, State News
Friday, December 14th, 2012
Y PETER DURU MAKURDI — A 16-year-old boy, Terseer Iorparegh, was yesterday caught stuck in a high tension cable while attempting to vandalize the PHCN cable along Naka road in Makurdi. Vanguard gathered from the Senior Special Assistant to Governor Gabriel Suswam on Public Utilities, Mr. Gaddafi Asemanya who was at the scene said residents […]
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Headlines
Friday, December 14th, 2012
y Alakam Japhet, Bashir Adefaka & Ikenna Asomba LAGOS — Eminent Yoruba leaders, Thursday, concurred that the Yoruba race was on the brink of extinction if something is not done quickly to revitalise its cultural values and heritage. The Yoruba leaders who spoke during the public presentation of two books, City of 201 Gods: Ile […]
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Headlines, Jigawa, State News
Friday, December 14th, 2012
By AbdulSalam Muhammad & Aliyu Mohammad KANO —THE eldest son of the Jigawa State Governor, Alhaji Sule Lamido, Aminu Sule, who was arrested, Wednesday, at Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport Kano (MAKIA) for failure to disclose $40,000 at the airport on his way to Egypt regained freedom from the protective custody of the Economic and […]
