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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 […]
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American Politics
Monday, September 24th, 2012
President Barack Obama hit back hard in a “60 Minutes” interview broadcast Sunday at Mitt Romney’s criticisms of his handling of Syria and Iran, saying that if the Republican standard-bearer “is suggesting that we should start another war, he should say so.” Obama also brushed aside talk that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been […]
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American Politics, Headlines
Tuesday, September 18th, 2012
A United States of America-based Nigerian lecturer, Prof. Ilesanmi Adesida, has become the first black man to be appointed the Provost/Vice-Chancellor for Academic Affairs at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, United States of America. Born in 1949 at Ifon, a town in Ondo State, Adesida, a professor of Electronic Engineering with outstanding works […]
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American Politics, Headlines
Sunday, September 16th, 2012
The United States ordered non-essential staff to leave its embassies in Tunisia and Sudan on Saturday after both diplomatic posts were attacked and Khartoum rejected America’s request to send a platoon of Marines to bolster security at its mission there. “Given the security situation in Tunis and Khartoum, the U.S. State Department has ordered the […]
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American Politics, Headlines
Saturday, September 15th, 2012
Following the increased level of alert in United States missions across the world, the US Embassy in Abuja was closed to the public two hours ahead of schedule on Friday. An investigation by SATURDAY PUNCH showed that members of the staff of the embassy were allowed to go home earlier than the usual 1.00pm. Fridays […]
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Action Congress of Nigeria, American Politics, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP)
Tuesday, September 11th, 2012
Action Congress of Nigeria has criticised the Peoples Democratic Party for claiming that ACN National Leader, Bola Tinubu was not invited by the United States President Barrack Obama to attend the Democratic Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA. But PDP in the South-West said the ACN leader must apologise to Nigerians for bringing the country […]
