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Abuja (FCT), Latest Politics, Legislature, Senate, State News
Sunday, October 30th, 2011
Monday, October 31, 2011 • Bala Photo: Sun News Publishing More Stories on This Section Senate has summoned Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Administration, Senator Bala Mohammed and the Due Process Office over the award of some road contracts in Abuja in foreign currency. Similarly, Senate may also summon the Comptroller General of […]
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CBN (Central Bank of Nigeria), Latest Politics
Saturday, October 29th, 2011
If the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, has his way, the nation would jettison the states, local governments and ministries which, according to him, are not viable. To him, it has come to a time in the life of Nigeria that it must overhaul the structures that make the […]
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Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP)
Saturday, October 29th, 2011
By Emmanuel Aziken The contest for the national chairmanship of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, intensified, weekend, with a former Agriculture Minister, Dr. Shettima Mustafa, joining the fray. Mustafa, who was running mate to Dr. Nnamadi Azikiwe, the presidential candidate of the Nigerian Peoples Party, NPP, in the 1983 presidential election, during a pre-launch chat […]
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EFCC Politics
Saturday, October 29th, 2011
By Daniel Eteghe & Okebugwu Chinomnso Following the alleged plan to remove the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mrs. Farida Waziri, by the House of Representatives through the amendment of the EFCC Act, 2004, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal yesterday said that the House would seek […]
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Akwa Ibom, Armed Forces, Headlines, State News
Saturday, October 29th, 2011
The authorities, yesterday, shed more light on the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) plane that crash landed in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, on Friday, saying the aircraft landed 1,100 meters from the runway. They insisted that the two pilots of the plane, one of six involved in the 2011 Staff Continuity Training Exercise and Sports Week […]
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Headlines
Saturday, October 29th, 2011
Like Judas goat, he led the unsuspecting lambs to the slaughter. He swore that he never meant to swindle anybody but four years after his victims took that tragic turn in the road, all most of them have to show for their ‘labour’ is tears and debts the size of a small Latin-American country. And […]
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Akwa Ibom, Armed Forces, Headlines, State News
Saturday, October 29th, 2011
A Nigerian Air Force (NAF) plane has crashed in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. The L-39 trainer jet was on a routine training exercise from the 303 Training School in Kano when it crashed about 50 metres away from Uyo airport. However, no life was lost in the incident, which happened at 7:15 p.m. on Friday. […]
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Ibrahim Babangida (1985-93), NNP Spotlight, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency
Saturday, October 29th, 2011
Ambassador Musiliu Obanikoro is not new in politics. He was chairman, Lagos Island Local Government, a former senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and currently the nation’s High Commissioner to Ghana. In this interview, he speaks on the recent local government election in Lagos, describing the results as shocking. His son, Jide Obanikoro, contested […]
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Arts/Culture & Entertainment, Headlines, On The Lighter Side
Saturday, October 29th, 2011
Over a decade ago, Rita Dominic was a wannabe star. At a meeting over a decade ago, she told this reporter that she wanted to be all she could be. Shortly after, Rita emerged from the lot to become a bona fide star. A star whose stardom transcends the shores of this country; and ever […]
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General Politics, Latest Politics, National Politics
Saturday, October 29th, 2011
Age and time might have slowed down the pace of the maverick Senator Arthur Nzeribe, but the vehemence of his conviction remains ablaze as usual. From the way he fumes, not minding the situation of things, about the prevailing developments in Nigeria, he remains himself, unfazed, undiluted in sharp criticisms and unrelenting in what he […]
