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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 […]
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Governors, Latest Politics
Friday, April 13th, 2012
THE Coordinating Minister of the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has carpeted the state governors for their insistence on sharing funds from the Excess Crude Account, which now has a balance of $3.6billion rather than saving it in the Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF). The minister, who spoke at the first Civil Society […]
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Boko Haram, Borno, Latest Politics, State News
Friday, April 13th, 2012
THE Boko Haram sect has said it intends to bring down the government and “devour” President Goodluck Jonathan within three months, its purported leader said in his second al Qaeda-style video posted on the Internet on Thursday. The 14-minute video of Abubakar Shekau seen on YouTube belittled Jonathan for saying two weeks ago that the […]
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Akwa Ibom, Headlines, State News
Friday, April 13th, 2012
Written by Udeme Utip, Uyo Friday, April 13, 2012 POLICE in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, have uncovered a mysterious factory where young girls are made to conceive, give birth and the babies later sold to suspected ritualists and other members of the public in Uruan Local Government Area of the state. The new babies, Nigerian […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Friday, April 13th, 2012
Five things learnt after from the Super Eagles’ 2-3 loss against Egypt in an international friendly in Dubai on Thursday. 1. Wingers! At last! It has been nearly 20 years since 1994. Yes, 20 years since Finidi George and Emmanuel Amunike were tearing down our wings and causing half a dozen different kinda of problems […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Friday, April 13th, 2012
Blackburn striker Yakubu Aiyegbeni says the national team deserves plaudits for their gallant display against the Pharaohs of Egypt in Dubai on Thursday night. The match ended 2-3 in favour of the Pharaohs but Yak says he was impressed by the performance and called for total support for the coaching crew of the team headed […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Reuben Abati, Sunny Chris Okenwa
Thursday, April 12th, 2012
By Sunny Chris Okenwa | Abidjan, Ivory Coast | April 12, 2012 – Early January this year as we all ushered in the new year my family and I had attended a church service in town where our pastor whose ecclessiastical radicalism is doubtless preached about the month of January ‘belonging’ to Reuben — biblically […]
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American Politics, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Latest Politics
Thursday, April 12th, 2012
THE President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Ayo Oritsejafor, has rejected the view of the American government expressed by the United States Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Mr. Johnnie Carson, that “the threat from Boko Haram grows as Nigeria’s standard of living declines.” In a statement by the Special Assistant, Media […]
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American Politics, Boko Haram, National Politics, Top Stories
Thursday, April 12th, 2012
A FRESH insight into how to tackle the Boko Haram insurgency has come from the United States (U.S.), which wants Nigeria to open a dialogue with the group. The proposal of the U.S. came as Vice President Namadi Sambo and his American counterpart, Joe Biden, reviewed diplomatic relations between their countries on Tuesday afternoon at […]
