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Thursday, November 8th, 2012
By Emmanuel Aziken, Political Editor, Emman Oviokpare, Ben Agande & Henry Umoru LAGOS—The quick resolution of Tuesday’s presidential election in the United States, last night, sparked off quarel among the three leading parties in Nigeria, with the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and opposition parties accusing one another of bad manners. Reacting to the quick […]
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American Politics, Headlines
Wednesday, November 7th, 2012
President Barack Obama handily defeated Gov. Mitt Romney and won himself a second term Tuesday after a bitter and historically expensive race that was primarily fought in just a handful of battleground states. Networks project that Obama beat Romney after nabbing the crucial state of Ohio. The Romney campaign’s last-ditch attempt to put blue-leaning Midwestern […]
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American Politics, Headlines
Sunday, November 4th, 2012
THE US presidential election rivals are beginning a crucial swing through key battleground states that will determine who wins next Tuesday. Barack Obama campaigned in Ohio, Wisconsin, Iowa and Virginia yesterday, while Mitt Romney targets New Hampshire, Iowa and Colorado. Both candidates will visit the Iowa town of Dubuque within hours. Opinion polls suggest the […]
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American Politics, Headlines
Wednesday, October 31st, 2012
Nigerian Association of Greater Rochester, Inc. (NAGRoch., Inc), P. O. Box 77422, Rochester, New York nagroch@gmail.com My Fellow Nigerians and friends of Nigeria, It is with great pleasure and humility that I write this summary of the activities during our 52nd Independence Anniversary Celebration in Rochester New York. We embarked on a very ambitious program […]
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American Politics, Headlines
Wednesday, October 17th, 2012
CNN Poll: Nearly half say Obama won showdown Posted by CNN Political Unit Hempstead, New York (CNN) – Give a slight edge to President Barack Obama. Forty-six percent of voters who watched Tuesday night’s presidential debate said that the president won the showdown, according to a CNN/ORC International nationwide poll conducted right after Tuesday night’s […]
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American Politics, Governors, Latest Politics
Monday, October 15th, 2012
No fewer than 11 key sector Ministers and 8 Nigerian governors are expected to attend a two-day US-Nigeria infrastructure conference which opens today Wednesday October 10, 2012 in Washington, DC. The conference which is titled “Building the Infrastructure for Nigeria’s Vision 20:2020” would provide opportunity for each minister to showcase potentials of their ministries before […]
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American Politics
Thursday, October 4th, 2012
Republican presidential hopeful, Mitt Romney, on Wednesday night trounced incumbent President Barack Obama of the Democratic Party in the first of the three presidential debates. A CNN poll of 430 registered voters said 67 per cent of respondents believe Romney won the debate, compared to only 25 per cent who said Obama came out on […]
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American Politics, Headlines, INEC Politics
Tuesday, October 2nd, 2012
FOURTY-two thousand two hundred party agents on Tuesday began training ahead of of the October 20 Ondo State governorship election. The training is being jointly organised by the Independent National Electoral Commission and United States-based International Republican Institute. The participants, drawn from the 13 political parties that will take part in the election, are expected […]
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American Politics, Headlines
Tuesday, October 2nd, 2012
As the first 2012 United States televised presidential debate holds today, Temitayo Famutimi examines how the encounter between the White House contenders will influence the election. The first televised United States presidential debate took place in 1960 between John F. Kennedy of the Democratic Party and Richard Nixon of the Republican party. Those who watched […]
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American Politics, Headlines
Friday, September 28th, 2012
Four days ago, the presidential jet, Air Force One, was forced to abort an initial landing in Toledo, Ohio, due to fog and rain, and passengers including the president had a bumpy ride. Reuters news agency reported that the plane ferrying President Oba-ma to election campaign events in Ohio took two attempts to land while […]
