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Headlines, Sports, Track & Field, Uncategorized
Sunday, March 15th, 2015
Blessing Okagbare Reigning African queen of the track, Blessing Okagbare has denounced the use of her image and footage by a body said to be working for President Goodluck Jonathan who is also the Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate, without seeking her consent. An advertorial by GoodHouse Nigeria tagged GEJ Okagbare, which she said […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Saturday, March 14th, 2015
Sierra Leone’s Vice-President Samuel Sam-Sumana says he is seeking political asylum at the US embassy in the capital after soldiers surrounded his house. Mr Sam-Sumana told the BBC he and his wife had fled the residence but it is unclear if they are inside the embassy. The move comes a week after his expulsion from […]
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Headlines
Friday, March 13th, 2015
-Punch The Awujale and paramount ruler of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Adetona, has told President Goodluck Jonathan, that it is not proper in Ijebuland or Yorubaland for an Oba to canvass for votes for any candidates seeking elective posts. Rather, monarchs in Yorubaland only encourage their subjects to make their informed choices. The monarch said […]
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Latest Politics
Friday, March 13th, 2015
-Punch A national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, says the recent attacks on his person were because he rejected the offer by President Goodluck Jonathan to serve as the Vice President in an Interim National Government. Tinubu said in a statement by his media office on Thursday that having refused […]
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Articles, Columnists, Lloyd Ukwu, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), NNP Columnists, Presidency
Thursday, March 12th, 2015
By Lloyd Ukwu | Port- Harcourt | March 12, 2015 – The All Progressive Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Mohammadu Buhari recently returned from a visit to London. He went to London for a medical treatment. The grueling presidential campaign had taken a toll on the ailing Septuagenarian and he desperately needed medical attention. His appearance, […]
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Election 2015, Elections, Headlines, Judiciary
Tuesday, March 10th, 2015
Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Mahmud Muhammed The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Mahmud Mohammed, is making frantic efforts to ensure the current democratic dispensation is not truncated by a number of election-related suits in various courts, The PUNCH has learnt. It was learnt that apart from publicly warning judges against any ruling capable of […]
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Boko Haram, Borno, Headlines, State News
Tuesday, March 10th, 2015
Members of Boko Haram sect Thirty-four persons were killed and 12 wounded in a fresh bomb attack on the Monday Market in Maiduguri, Borno State on Tuesday. Eight others were killed and 15 others injured in another highway ambush by members of Boko Haram at Ngamdu, a village along the Maiduguri/Damaturu Road at about […]
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Articles, Columnists, Ebun Asagbe, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), NNP Columnists, Presidency, Women Politics
Tuesday, March 10th, 2015
By Ebun Asagbe | Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria | March 11, 2015 – I have followed the president’s progress in the area of women empowerment for quite a while now. To some, my reason for doing so may not be far-fetched; I am a woman. While that may account for part of my interest, it is a […]
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Articles, Columnists, Election 2015, Elections, muhammad Ajah, NNP Columnists
Tuesday, March 10th, 2015
By Muhammad Ajah | NNP | March 10, 2015 – Beyond 2015 general elections in Nigeria By Muhammad Ajah I have the feeling That March 28, the apportioned date Moved from February 14 Will come to reality When Nigerians will troop out en masse To display maturity And choose a President of the people That […]
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Articles, Columnists, Emeka Chiakwelu, NNP Columnists
Tuesday, March 10th, 2015
Written By Emeka Chiakwelu | NNP | March 2015 – Femi Otedola has rejoined the club of global billionaires, a momentous wealth sourced with outstanding gains he made in the petroleum industry. The Forbes magazine, the most recognized and acceptable expert on the evaluation of wealth metrics rated the worth of Otedola at one billion […]
