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Elections 2011
Thursday, April 14th, 2011
Party relays story of alliance bid CPC snubbed my offer to step down, Ribadu alleges Our door still open, Odumakin declares Akande admits parley with Jonathan THREE days to the presidential election, the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) and Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) alliance talks have collapsed. The ACN, which confirmed the failure […]
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Niger Delta, Top Stories
Wednesday, April 13th, 2011

One hundred and forty nine ex-Niger Delta militants have enrolled in universities in Russia and Malaysia to pursue degree courses, just as 26 others commenced training in aviation technology last month. Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta Affairs and Head of the Amnesty Office, Kinsley Kuku said during a meeting with former militant […]
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Headlines
Wednesday, April 13th, 2011
A 14-year-old girl, who was allegedly abducted by a man, when she was 11 years old has told how she was subjected to sex object by her captor. Ntito Piere (not real names) was kidnapped in 2009 at Ondo town, Ondo State as she was returning from school. She was allegedly taken to Benin City, […]
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CBN (Central Bank of Nigeria), Elections 2011, NNP Elections 2011 Updates
Wednesday, April 13th, 2011

Former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has been on the political turf a great deal these past few years – and it is not just because he was the flagbearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (DP) to the last gubernatorial election in Anambra State. The controversy that preceded his choice, the […]
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Elections 2011, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), National Politics, NNP Elections 2011 Updates, Presidency
Wednesday, April 13th, 2011
Presidential standard bearer of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), shed tears while presenting his speech on the occasion, marking the end of his presidential campaign at the International Conference Centre in Abuja yesterday. Buhari, who was honoured as the ‘Noble Father of Nigerian Youths and the Icon of Nigerian Democracy’ […]
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Elections 2011, Kwara, State News
Tuesday, April 12th, 2011
Ten political parties, including the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN), the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Congress for Political Change (CPC), have jointly called for the cancellation of last Saturday’s National Assembly election in Kwara State, alleging that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) connived with the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to rig […]
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Headlines, Judiciary
Tuesday, April 12th, 2011
FACING his interrogators for close to six hours on Monday, the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Aloysius Katsina-Alu finally opened up on the crisis of confidence between him and the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Ayo Isa Salami, over the Sokoto State governorship appeal, revealing that Salami confessed to him that the […]
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Elections 2011
Tuesday, April 12th, 2011
The United States has expressed its pleasure at seeing Nigerians exercise their right to choose their leaders in the April 9 National Assembly election, just as it said that the National Assembly election held last weekend across the country is only the first of three important electoral contests over the next several weeks. The U.S. […]
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CPC (Congress 4 Progressive Change), Elections 2011, Party Politics
Tuesday, April 12th, 2011
APPARENTLY jolted by the outcome of the National Assembly election, which showed that the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), led by Major-General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), failed to do well in the North-West geopolitical zone as expected, the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), on Sunday night, summoned a meeting of its chieftains in Kaduna. Although it was […]
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EFCC Politics, INEC Politics
Tuesday, April 12th, 2011
THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has commenced a probe into activities of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over the N13 billion contracts awarded for the printing of ballot papers for the general election. There were initial speculations about the origin of the probe, but a petition obtained by the Nigerian Tribune, written […]