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CPC (Congress 4 Progressive Change), Party Politics
Thursday, October 13th, 2011
As the Election Petition Tribunal upheld the election of Governor Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa of Kaduna State in the 2011 general election, the governorship candidate of the CPC, Haruna Sa’eed Kajuru has described the judgment as compromise, saying he would appeal the judgment. Speaking with newsmen shortly after the tribunal judgment yesterday passed the verdict, Kajuru […]
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Headlines, Kaduna, State News
Thursday, October 13th, 2011
Governorship election tribunal sitting in Kaduna yesterday dismissed the petition brought before it by the Kaduna State governorship candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change, Haruna Sa’eed Kajuru against Governor Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and upheld the last April election of Yakowa. Delivering the judgment in a pin- drop- silence hall, […]
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Latest Politics
Thursday, October 13th, 2011
Managing Editor, (Northern Operations) of The Nation Newspapers, Alhaji Yusuf Alli was yesterday released from police custody on the orders of President Goodluck Jonathan. Ali was arrested alongside six other top journalists in the newspaper organisation who had been in the custody of officials at the Force Criminal Investigation Department, Area 10, Abuja since Tuesday. Alli regained […]
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House, Legislature
Thursday, October 13th, 2011
Proposal by President Goodluck Jonathan to transfer the sum of N98.4billion from where it was allocated to another in the 2011 budget-led to a rowdy session in the House of Representatives yesterday. Deputy Speaker Emeka Ihedioha who presided over the plenary laboured hard to save the bill from being thrown out later stepped it down […]
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Headlines, Oyo, State News
Thursday, October 13th, 2011
Justice Moshood Abass of the Oyo State High Court, Ring-Road, Ibadan, yesterday, granted bail to the former governor of Oyo State, Chief Adebayo Alao-Akala and two other accused persons, being prosecuted along with him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Akala, Deputy Senate Chief Whip, Senator Hosea Agboola, who was also the former […]
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Headlines
Thursday, October 13th, 2011
Friday October 14, 2011 Baba Suwe Photo: Sun News Publishing More Stories on This Section Celebrated actor, Babatunde Omidina, popularly known as Baba Suwe, is being detained at the office of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for alleged drug trafficking. Baba Suwe was arrested on Wednesday night at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Thursday, October 13th, 2011
Nigerians anxiously awaiting pronouncement on the future of the Super Eagles’ Chief Coach, Samson Siasia, would have to wait a while, as the technical committee has pushed the final decision on the coach to the executive board of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF). As reported, the Barrister Christopher Green-led Technical Committee met at the Glass […]
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Articles, Columnists, Jideofor Adibe, PhD, NNP Columnists
Thursday, October 13th, 2011
Dr. Jideofor Adibe, London, UK, October 13, 2011 – When Karl Maier published his book This House Has Fallen: Midnight in Nigeria (2000), I was probably among the first people given an advance copy of the book a few months before it was formally published. I was at that time the Books Review Editor of […]
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Articles, Columnists, Leonard K. Shilgba, PhD, NNP Columnists, Oil Politics
Thursday, October 13th, 2011
By Dr. Leonard Karshima Shilgba, Yola, Nigeria – October, 13, 2011 – The recent revelation of the avowed intention of the Nigerian federal government to remove fuel subsidy and devalue the national currency (the naira) in 2012 should not surprise Nigerians who have observed the conduct of government in Nigeria in the past twelve years. […]
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Articles, Columnists, Emmanuel Ajibulu, NNP Columnists, Ondo, State News
Thursday, October 13th, 2011
By Emmanuel Ajibulu, NNP,- October 13, 2011 – Over the years o ne of the disturbing concerns of ever-increasing global challenge of the 21st century especially in Nigeria is finding and nurturing purposeful leaders for socio-political and economic advancement. Many world leaders, leadership scholars, business gurus and mentors equally express worries about the need for […]
