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Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP)
Friday, February 3rd, 2012
Yola – Former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Alhaji Nasir el-Rufai has taken a hard knock on the present PDP-led Federal government, describing the party’s regimes since the enthronement of democracy in the country as disastrous. “PDP regimes in the past twelve years of our democratic system is not only disastrous, but completely against […]
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Biafra, Latest Politics, South-East
Friday, February 3rd, 2012
Friday February 03, 2012 •Uwazurike The burial of the 12 Adazi-Nnukwu citizens killed in Mubi Adamawa State yesterday threw up another round of calls for Ndigbo to stand up and take their destiny in their hands. Leader of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), Chief Ra;ph Uwazuruike who was […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Friday, February 3rd, 2012
Boko Haram is furious that the Federal Government tricked the Islamist sect for talks in Kaduna and in the process, arrested a kingpin, Abu Dardaa, who had been flown to Abuja for questioning. The papers had reported that Abu Qaqa was arrested. But clarifying the identity of the suspect Thursday, the group said Dardaa and […]
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Latest Politics
Friday, February 3rd, 2012
IN a single year, the Federal Government lost N37.2 billion to indiscriminate granting of waivers to importers of raw materials, the Nigeria Customs Service (NSC) disclosed yesterday. The NSC said this yesterday while reviewing its performance last year and presenting a budget of N1.24 billion as allocation for the purchase of generator fuel and refreshment […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Thursday, February 2nd, 2012
Zambia, Cote d’ Ivoire, Gabon and Ghana appear the likely winners of the 2012 Cup of Nations quarter-finals across central Africa this weekend. The football feast begins Saturday with two fixtures in Equatorial Guinea — Zambia and Sudan in mainland port city Bata followed by the co-hosts and Cote d’ Ivoire in island […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Thursday, February 2nd, 2012
In terms of global visibility there could hardly be a greater contrast between Wednesday’s soccer disaster in Egypt which claimed the lives of at least 73 people and the world’s worst recorded stadium disaster in which 340 people died in Moscow in 1982. Video footage of the riot in Port Said between fans of […]
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Anambra, Legislature, Senate, State News
Thursday, February 2nd, 2012
The Court of Appeal in Enugu State on Thursday ordered that the rerun in Anambra South Senatorial District scheduled for February 16 be put on hold pending the determination of the suit between Andy Uba of the Peoples Democratic Party and Chuma Nzeribe of the All Progressive Grand Alliance. The court also adjourned to February […]
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Armed Forces, Borno, Gombe, Latest Politics, State News
Thursday, February 2nd, 2012
The threat posed by Boko Haram to lives and property in the North has forced the General Officer Commanding the 3 Armourd Division of the Nigerian Army, Maj-Gen. Adamu Marwa, to relocate to Gombe, Gombe State. The division has jurisdiction over Adamawa, Bauchi, Benue, Gombe, Borno, Plateau and Taraba states. Our correspondent learnt […]
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Headlines
Thursday, February 2nd, 2012
The Federal Government has declared Monday, February 6, 2012 as a public holiday, to mark the Id-el-Maoulud celebration. This was contained in a statement issued by the Minister of Interior, Abba Moro, and signed by an Assistant Director/Press Secretary in the ministry, Mr. Ben Bem Boong, on Thursday. -Punchwp_posts
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Thursday, February 2nd, 2012
A Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered that a Nigerian, Rasheed Mustapha, be extradited to the United States of America for allegedly stealing $798,907.62 (N125.3m) in that country. The verdict came after a lot of drama between the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and Mustapha, who through his counsel, Joseph Nwabike, fought […]
