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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Lagos, Presidency, State News
Saturday, April 14th, 2012
April 14, 2012 by Sesan Olufowobi Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Raji Fashola and the blocked road | credits: File copy Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola on Friday described the blockade of roads and resultant gridlocks in parts of the state following Thursday’s visit of the wife of President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience, as an infringement on […]
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Boko Haram, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), State News
Saturday, April 14th, 2012
A northern socio-political organisation, Arewa Consultative Forum, on Friday in Kaduna carpeted the President of Christian Association of Nigeria, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, over his comment on the Boko Haram Islamic sect. It said it was wrong for an individual or groups to politicise the current security challenges in the country. Oritsejafor had warned President Goodluck […]
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Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Headlines, Kwara, State News
Saturday, April 14th, 2012
The Christian Association of Nigeria, Kwara State chapter, has petitioned Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed against the demolition of a church property. The property belongs to the Living Faith Church, aka Winners Chapel, Sango, Ilorin, Kwara State. Also, the Youth Wing of CAN in the state has appealed to President Goodluck Jonathan, Ahmed and well-meaning residents of […]
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Headlines, Niger Delta
Friday, April 13th, 2012
The deadly militant group based in Niger Delta region, Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), has carried out a devastating attack in Bayelsa State, destroying oil installations belonging to Agip. The attack was carried out after the expiration of a seven-day ultimatum issued by aggrieved ex-militants in the Niger Delta over their […]
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Latest Politics
Friday, April 13th, 2012
The Minister for Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu has said that the federal government will soon wield the big stick against public officers travelling abroad for medical attention. He, however, said such trip will only be allowed if there is a proven fact that the attention the public officer seeks is not available in Nigeria either […]
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Boko Haram, Headlines
Friday, April 13th, 2012
Ex-deputy Governor of Kebbi State, Alhaji Suleiman Argungu and incumbent national organising secretary of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP), has said that Boko Haram is not targeted at President Goodluck Jonathan, as the group also wreaked havoc during the late President Umar Musa Yar’Adua government. He said that the Yar’Adua government goofed when leader […]
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General Politics, Osun, State News, Top Stories
Friday, April 13th, 2012
The Federal Government has mobilized virtually all security agencies in the country to put Osun State governor, Engr Rauf Aregbesola on 24-hour surveillance over an intelligence report generated by the Department of State Security (DSS) which accused the governor of creating an army of Islamic jihadists as a prelude to seceding from the Federal Republic […]
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General Politics, Latest Politics, Raw Politics
Friday, April 13th, 2012
Almost three years away from the 2015 presidential election, political tempers are already rising across the country over suspected moves by President Goodluck Jonathan to contest the poll. Towards this end, prominent Niger Delta leaders, including First Republic information minister, Chief Edwin Clark have been making comments, warning that nothing will stop their kinsman from […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Friday, April 13th, 2012
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday said he was going to use as scapegoats heads of parastatals that have been indicted by security report for lobbying the National Assembly to have their budgets increased, blaming them for failed budget implementations in the past. Jonathan dropped the bombshell after signing the 2012 Appropriation Bill into law at his […]
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Bayelsa, Headlines, State News
Friday, April 13th, 2012
THE proposed plan by the Bayelsa State governor, Honour-able Henry Dickson, to hold a “peace walk” in Yenagoa, the state capital, was, on Thursday, criticised by a group, under the aegis of the Bayelsa Democratic Front (BDF), which said the development may “precipitate chaos of unprecedented magnitude in the state.” The government said the event […]
