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Governors, Headlines, State News, Taraba
Thursday, January 17th, 2019
Sylvanus Viashima, Jalingo The Nigerian envoy to the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, Alh Hassan Ardo Jika, and the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Taraba State, Alh Sani Abubakar Danladi, on Thursday, escaped assassination attempt when some hoodlums allegedly attacked their convoy in Wukari Local Government Area of the state. The […]
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Elections 2019, National Politics
Thursday, January 17th, 2019
Romanus Ugwu, Abuja The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has cleared the former governor of Abia State, Dr Orji Uzor-Kalu and 15 other candidates to contest next month’s Abia North senatorial election. In the 2019 general elections, the final list of the presidential, senatorial and House of Representatives candidates released by the electoral umpire, the […]
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Judiciary, Latest Politics, Rivers, State News
Thursday, January 17th, 2019
Tony John, Port Harcourt Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, has alleged that Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi, is behind the plot to destroy the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) , Justice Walter Onoghen. Addressing thousands of PDP supporters during his People’s Democratic Party (PDP) State campaign rally in Eleme, Governor Wike said that Amaechi made the […]
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Latest Politics
Thursday, January 17th, 2019
Chinelo Obogo Human Rights Watch has said the Federal Government’s failure to ensure adequate protection for citizens is an indication of gaps in security, which has led to persistent attacks by Boko Haram, increased herdsmen conflict and violent banditry in some northern states. In its World Report for 2019, the rights group said failure of security […]
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Boko Haram, Borno, Headlines, State News
Thursday, January 17th, 2019
Molly Kilete, Abuja The Nigerian Army yesterday said that three of its soldiers lost their lives in a shootout with the Boko Haram terror group in Borno State. The assistant director, army public relations, theater command, Col. Onyeama Nwachukwu, who made this known in a statement, said the soldiers killed scores of the terrorists who tried to attack […]
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Armed Forces, Army, Boko Haram, Headlines, South-East
Sunday, January 13th, 2019
The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has accused President Muhammadu Buahri and his party, the All Progressives Congress, of deceiving Nigerians with phony promises they do not intend to fulfil. The National Publicity Secretary of the group, Uche Achi-Okpaga, said this on Friday in an interview with SUNDAY PUNCH. The Ohanaeze’s spokesperson therefore predicted electoral […]
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Judiciary, Latest Politics
Sunday, January 13th, 2019
Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen has responded to the accusations of false assets declaration by the Code of Conduct Bureau, clarifying that he forgot to update his asset declaration forms, according to some reports. “My asset declaration form numbers SCN 00014 and SCN 00005 were declared on the same day, 14/12/2016 because I forgot […]
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Judiciary, Latest Politics, National Politics, Top Stories
Sunday, January 13th, 2019
he Executive Director, Anti-Corruption and Research Based Data Initiative, Mr Dennis Aghanya, has denied allegations that the Presidency has a hand in the petition his group wrote against the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen. Reacting to the insinuations that the petition was sponsored by President Muhammadu Buhari, Aghanya told one of our correspondents […]
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Headlines, Plateau, State News
Saturday, January 12th, 2019
Gyang Bere, Jos Collins Abaje (Business man) For me, I will vote for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) throughout and I will also mobilise and encourage people to vote for the PDP because PDP is the only party that has vision for Nigeria and the people of Plateau State. Any where you go now, even in […]
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Headlines
Saturday, January 12th, 2019
With the successful completion of the Egina Floating Production Storage Offloading (FPSO) unit and the achievement of First Oil in the facility, Samsung Heavy Industries, along with partners, could be justified in spending time looking back with pride. According to a statement by the company, at the weekend, the completion of the largest floating oil […]
