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Action Congress of Nigeria, Elections 2011, Party Politics
Thursday, April 21st, 2011
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has described last Saturday’s presidential election as the most systematically rigged in Nigeria’s electoral history, warning against a repeat of such malfeasance in Tuesday’s governorship/state assembly poll. “The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been boasting that it will clinch the governorship election in Lagos and elsewhere on the strength […]
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NNP Spotlight
Thursday, April 21st, 2011
Barely five days to the gubernatorial election, the Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Raji Fashola, has vowed to beat the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Tuesday’s polls, even as he raised fresh alarm over plots by the ruling party to rig the election and cause mayhem in the state. Governor Fashola, while addressing the party supporters […]
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Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Niger, Presidency, Top Stories, Yakubu Gowon (1966-75)
Thursday, April 21st, 2011
Presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), General Muhammadu Buhari (retd) was yesterday prevented from entering Suleja by security agents. The motorcade of the former military leader was stopped at Madalla and he was told he could not proceed to Suleja. Buhari was on his way to Suleja to pay a condolence over […]
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Latest Politics, National Politics, Raw Politics
Thursday, April 21st, 2011
THE Crown Prosecution Service in the United Kingdom (UK) has filed money laundering and fraud charges against James Onanefe Ibori at the Westminster Magistrate Court in London. The charges also featured some other prominent Nigerians, including former Governor Victor Obong Attah of Akwa Ibom; David Edevbie, a former Principal Secretary to late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua […]
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Elections 2011, South-East, South-South
Thursday, April 21st, 2011
Abia State Governor, Chief Theodore Orji, has debunked the claim by the Congress for Progressive Change that votes from the South-South and the South-East were inflated in favour of President Goodluck Jonathan during the presidential election. He said the high votes recorded from the two zones were as a result of the popularity of […]
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Africa & World Politics, INEC Politics, Latest Politics
Thursday, April 21st, 2011
Johannesburg – South Africa has congratulated President Goodluck Jonathan on his victory in the April 16 polls. It reaffirms its desire to further enhance strong relations with President Jonathan, the Nigerian government and its people. The Department of International Relations and Cooperation, in a statement in Pretoria on Wednesday night, also congratulated the people of […]
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Action Congress of Nigeria, Kwara, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), State News
Thursday, April 21st, 2011
Ilorin – Alhaji Khaleel Bolaji, the ANPP governorship candidate in Kwara State, has stepped down for the PDP candidate, Alhaji Fatai Ahmed. Bolaji announced the decision to step down at a news conference in Ilorin on Wednesday. He said he had realized that Ahmed’s aspirations was in line with ANPP’s wish for power shift from […]
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Armed Forces, Kaduna, Latest Politics, State News
Thursday, April 21st, 2011
Kaduna-The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika, has assured Kaduna residents of effective security. The army chief gave the assurance, Wednesday, in Kaduna while conducting an on-the-spot assessment of the security arrangement in the affected areas. Ihejirika pledged to deploy additional personnel to areas of need to curb violence. He appealed to parents and […]
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Africa & World Politics
Thursday, April 21st, 2011
Cairo – The son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi said the government would prevail over rebels trying to oust his father and a new constitution was ready for when the insurgency was defeated, Al Arabiya TV reported on Wednesday. The Dubai-based satellite channel said Saif al-Islam, speaking on Libyan state television, accused the Benghazi-based rebel […]
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Abia, State News
Thursday, April 21st, 2011
Umuahia -THE security being enjoyed by residents of Aba, the commercial capital of Abia state since soldiers from 82 Division of Nigerin Army launched ‘Operation Jubilee’ aimed at flushing out criminal elements, especially kidnappers was disrupted Tuesday night, when Justice Igbozuruike Akomas was kidnapped in his house in Aba. Justice Akomos who retired from service […]
