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CPC (Congress 4 Progressive Change), Elections 2011, Party Politics
Saturday, September 10th, 2011
The National Chairman of the Congress for Progressive Change, Chief Tony Momoh, has declared that his party will not be provoked to withdraw its case against President Goodluck Jonathan at the Presidential Election Tribunal He said his party would not be cowed into withdrawing the case, which is already before the tribunal, in spite […]
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Niger Delta
Saturday, September 10th, 2011
Strong indications emerged on Friday that the top management members of the Niger Delta Development Commission had started lobbying President Goodluck Jonathan against the move to sack them over alleged financial misconduct. SATURDAY PUNCH gathered that the NDDC Board, led by retired Air Vice-Marshal Larry Koinyan, and the Managing Director of the commission, Chibuzor […]
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Judiciary, Latest Politics
Saturday, September 10th, 2011
The Coordinator, Coalition of Democrats for Electoral Reform, Mr. Ayo Opadokun, has said the Presidency sacked Justice Ayo Salami because it did not want him to continue to preside over the presidential election tribunal. Salami, who was the President of the Court of Appeal, also presided over the presidential election petitions tribunal until he […]
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Headlines, Nigerian Police
Saturday, September 10th, 2011
The police on Friday said it had presented cheques worth N52,272,970 to the next-of-kin and beneficiaries of 150 police officers and men who died in the line of duty. A statement from the Force Public Relations Officer, Olusola Amore, said the cheques were presented by the Inspector-General of Police, Hafiz Ringim. It said Ringim […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Friday, September 9th, 2011
Members and security forces of the regime of the ousted Libyan leader, Muammar Gaddafi, may have crossed over to some parts of Northern Nigeria. The Spanish-owned Hamada Radio International reported on Friday that the Libyans were fleeing from French Special Forces Foreign Legion and their British counterparts. The report said that some members of […]
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Headlines
Friday, September 9th, 2011
A Nigerian, Yemi Adesokan, has been recognised by the Technology Review magazine as one of the TR35 Honoree Award recipients for 2011. Technology Review is an independent media company owned by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA. The TR35 recognises the world’s top innovators under the age of 35, spanning energy, medicine, computing, communications, […]
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Latest Politics, Ministries, National Politics, Top Stories, Wikileaks, Women Politics
Friday, September 9th, 2011
The latest US diplomatic cable released on Friday from the whistleblower, WikiLeaks, has made allegations of corruption against some powerful Nigerians. Some of those listed in the report are either occupying key positions in the present government or had served in the past as federal ministers and state governors. The list included the Minister of […]
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Headlines, Plateau, State News
Friday, September 9th, 2011
Joshua Iliya is a 12-year-old student of a secondary school in Zagaleo, a village near Babale on Bauchi-Jos road. His village came under attack last week. Joshua was a nervous wreck this afternoon when he spoke to Saturday Sun. He granted this interview despite writhing in pains, having lost his mother and his siblings to […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Friday, September 9th, 2011
Nigeria goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama has apologised to his nation after last week’s spat with coach Samson Siasia. Along with John Mikel Obi and Victor Anichebe, Enyeama had rowed about the team’s mode of travel to Madagascar. A furious Siasia then dropped Enyeama for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier, stressing that his act of […]
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Latest Politics, Women Politics
Friday, September 9th, 2011
As if president Goodluck Jonathan has not made enough history, he comes down once again as only Nigerian president living or dead who appointed so many women into his cabinet. Yet, the women in Jonathan’s cabinet are more of the same: political appointees brought on to fill the quota. Fortunately every last one of them […]
