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Elections 2011, Headlines
Saturday, January 1st, 2011

President Goodluck Jonathan in his New Year message to the nation said that stable power supply, employment generation, security, national infrastructure, education and healthcare would dominate his agenda in 2011 In his own message, Senate President David Mark bemoaned the incessant cases of sectarian crisis which have claimed thousands of lives across the nation but […]
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Headlines
Saturday, January 1st, 2011
After an emergency meeting of the Federation Account Allocation Committee yesterday, the sum of $1billion was deducted from the Excess Crude Account and approved for distribution to the three tiers of government. Yesterday’s deduction has reduced the balance in the Excess Crude Account, created to provide succour in rainy days to only about $3 million. […]
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Latest Politics
Saturday, January 1st, 2011
Former President Oluse-gun Obasanjo yesterday declared that he would not die before his due time, saying that the incident in Ekiti State on Wednesday in which he was speculated to have fainted and subsequently died yesterday was the seventh time his death would be rumoured. Obasanjo was rumoured to have fainted during the 70th Birthday […]
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Nasarawa, National Politics, Plateau, State News
Saturday, January 1st, 2011

Following the bomb lasts in Jos, the Plateau State capital, on Christmas eve, tension is high in Nasarawa State as people almost stay awake all night for fear of the least expected. Saturday Sun found that both Christians and Muslims in the state are living in fear as uncertainty has become an order of the […]
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Abuja (FCT), Breaking News, Headlines, State News
Friday, December 31st, 2010
At least 11 people have been killed in an explosion in a market near a barracks in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, military sources have told the BBC. Witnesses say they saw injured people being carried away after the blast. The explosion happened in the Mammy market, where people had gathered to celebrate New Year’s Eve, reports […]
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Top Stories
Friday, December 31st, 2010

The Management & Staff of New Nigerian Politics wishes all its readers a very happy and prosperous new year – may 2011 bring joy, successes and happiness to you and your loved ones – Thank you for making us your #1 news source in 2010, together, we shall make 2011 an even better year. Cheers!wp_posts
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Headlines
Friday, December 31st, 2010

When she was taken from her village in Iyin, Oji River area of Enugu State last October, the understanding was that 14-year-old Uchechukwu Oji, an SSS 1 student of Girls High School, Iyin, would continue her education in Lagos State where she would be staying with her aunt, identified simply as Mrs. Mba. Two months […]
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Armed Forces, Borno, Latest Politics, Nigerian Police
Friday, December 31st, 2010

SUSPECTED members of the Islamic sect, Boko Haram, who on Tuesday killed a policeman and two others in a teaching hospital in Maiduguri, Borno State, renewed their offensive on Wednesday in the state capital. Wherever they struck, either a resident or a security officer was brought down in cold bold. Embattled residents in the scenes […]
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Lagos, National Politics, State News
Friday, December 31st, 2010

Those who thought the 50th birthday shindig of Remi, the slim built and beautiful wife of ex-governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, would turn out as an ‘owambe’ party were highly disappointed. Instead, Remi Tinubu made it a praise event to the glory of GOD. Those who have been planning since last year […]
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Headlines
Thursday, December 30th, 2010
The late Fuji maestro whose corpse would have been flown into the country for final burial according to Islamic injunction could not be flown in as a result of bad weather which has disrupted flights across Europe and America. THOUSANDS of friends, colleagues and family members on Thursday thronged the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos […]