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All Peoples' Congress (APC), House, Latest Politics, Legislature, Party Politics, Senate
Sunday, April 19th, 2015
President-elect, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari The National Executive Committee of the All Peoples Congress will meet this week to ratify the zoning of key posts in the National Assembly. The National Working Committee of the party , which rose from a meeting in the early hours of Saturday, had zoned key offices like the Senate […]
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Headlines
Sunday, April 19th, 2015
Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd) The Commonwealth Youth Council has urged the President-elect, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to abolish foreign scholarships in the country after he assumes office on May 29. In a statement issued by the CYC chairperson, Ahmed Adamu, in London on Saturday, the council said close to N100bn is spent […]
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Headlines, Nigerian Police
Sunday, April 19th, 2015
The Rivers State Police Command said it had started the investigation of 104 suspects arrested during the general elections of March 28 and April 11. The suspects were said to be involved in about 41 cases of election malpractices and other offences against the country. The command explained that the suspects were arrested during the […]
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Ekiti, Headlines, State News
Sunday, April 19th, 2015
Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose | credits: Allwell Okpi The Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has said his asking for forgiveness should not be taken for cowardice by his opponents, saying his tenure in office will be determined by God. He said he took the step to seek a genuine reconciliation with the […]
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Headlines
Sunday, April 19th, 2015
Buruji Kashamu A Peoples Democratic Party chieftain in Ogun State and the Ogun East senator-elect, Buruji Kashamu, has accused former President Olusegun Obasanjo of working with local and foreign security agencies to extradite him to the United States of America through illegal means. Buruji said Obasanjo was involved in the alleged plot to extradite […]
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Headlines
Sunday, April 19th, 2015
Former Senior Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on Political Affairs, Mr. Ahmed Gulak Former Senior Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on Political Affairs, Mr. Ahmed Gulak, tells TOBI AWORINDE that those defecting from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress lack focus, sincerity and loyalty What are your thoughts […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Sunday, April 19th, 2015
Looting of foreign-owned businesses in South Africa Some Nigerians in South Africa have cried out against the xenophobic attacks on Africans in parts of the country. In separate telephone interviews with SUNDAY PUNCH, the Nigerian migrants expressed their fear of attacks as death threats were being circulated on social media. Itunu Bodunrin, who on […]
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Election 2015, Elections, Headlines, National Politics, Top Stories
Sunday, April 19th, 2015
President Goodluck Jonathan | credits: File photo Following the defeat suffered by President Goodluck Jonathan and his party, the Peoples Democratic Party, during the March 28 and April 11 elections, the President has asked the party and government officials, who handled campaign funds, to refund unspent monies, or those not judiciously expended, SUNDAY PUNCH […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Sunday, April 19th, 2015
Video released online shows one group of captives being shot and another group being beheaded on a beach. A new video from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) purportedly shows the group killing captured Ethiopian Christians in Libya. The 29-minute video released online on Sunday shows two groups of dark-skinned captives. […]
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Articles, Columnists, Jideofor Adibe, PhD, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), NNP Columnists, Presidency, South-East
Saturday, April 18th, 2015
By Dr. Jideofor Adibe | London, UK | April 18, 2015 – Retired Muhammadu Buhari’s recent victory at the polls has given aggressive vent to the aphorism that success has many fathers while failure is an orphan. Many APC partisans are regaling in ‘I told you so’, while several merchants of fortune scamper for media […]
