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Latest Politics
Sunday, January 9th, 2011
AGAINST the backdrop of complaints arising from the primary elections of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), its national chairman, Dr. Okwesilieze Nwodo, has assured that the party would conduct primaries that could stand the test of time. A statement by Ike Abonyi, Special Adviser to the PDP Chairman, on Media, promised that a level playing […]
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Latest Politics
Sunday, January 9th, 2011
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, on yesterday asked an Abuja high court to dismiss a suit filed by Peoples Democratic Party’s chieftain, Alhaji Sadiq Aliyu Jada, seeking to nullify the waiver grant him by the party. In a preliminary objection filed by his lawyer, Mr. Rickey Tarfa SAN, Atiku said that the suit lacked merit. […]
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Latest Politics, Legislature, Senate
Sunday, January 9th, 2011

Serving senators, including George Akume and Joseph Akaargerger (Benue State); Hosea Ehinlanwo (Ekiti State); Satty Gogwin (Plateau State); Eme Ekaette (Akwa Ibom State); Ajuji Waziri (Gombe State); and Abubakar Gada (Sokoto State). Similarly, Gombe State Governor, Alhaji Danjuma Goje, at the weekend became the first sitting governor serving out his second term in office in […]
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Kano, Latest Politics, State News
Sunday, January 9th, 2011
Kano – Gunmen killed three people at a movie theatre in a northern Nigerian city in an attack police believe is politically-motivated ahead of general elections due in April. The attack took place in Maiduguri where radical Islamist sect Boko Haram has been blamed for a series of attacks in the city where it launched […]
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Rivers, State News
Sunday, January 9th, 2011
The Amaechi 2011 Re-Election Campaign organization has described the withdrawal of Celestine Omehia from the governorship race on the platform of the PDP in Rivers State as an expression of lack of confidence in himself and a sure sign that he would have failed woefully in the primaries. Chairman of the Amaechi 2011 Re-election Campaign […]
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Elections 2011, Headlines
Sunday, January 9th, 2011
Anxiety over the possible outcome of the general elections scheduled for April has continued to heighten among the elite, the general populace, and international community following the negative developments attending the congresses and primaries of the leading political parties. THISDAY checks indicate that deep-seated fear that the election may witness widespread violence or be marred […]
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Headlines, Niger Delta
Sunday, January 9th, 2011

Mr. Timi Alaibe Former Presidential Adv-iser on Niger Delta Affairs and governorship aspirant in Bayelsa State, Mr. Timi Alaibe yesterday painted a vivid picture of how he escaped miraculously from the Friday’s attack on his country home by gunmen who killed nine persons and maimed several others. Alaibe said he was speaking with his supporters […]
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Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Latest Politics
Sunday, January 9th, 2011
CAN President Ayo Oritsejafor The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in the 19 Northern states and Abuja has declared a three-day fasting and prayers for peace and for God to intervene in the nation’s affairs. The association also called on Nigerians to come out en mass to participate in the voters registration exercise as part […]
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Latest Politics
Sunday, January 9th, 2011
Olympic wres tling gold medalist, Daniel Igali has won the House of Assembly primaries of the PDP in his Local Government Area in Bayelsa State. The commonwealth gold medalist said that his constituency’s seat in the House of Assembly is a desire for him and sports loving Nigerians. He however said that he would continued […]
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Abuja (FCT), Latest Politics, State News
Sunday, January 9th, 2011
Pandemonium will best describe the scene that fateful Friday of December 31, 2010. This was after an explosive device was detonated at a part of the Mammy market located inside the Mogadishu Cantonment Barracks in Abuja where people sell roasted fish. When the dust finally settled, four people, including a pregnant woman and three others […]