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Tuesday, November 4th, 2014

Obasanjo and Atiku Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Tuesday met with his estranged deputy Atiku Abubakar, at Minna International Airport, Niger State, where the two leaders hugged each other. It was learnt that Obasanjo was in Minna to visit the recuperating former military President, Ibrahim Babangida, who just returned from a two-month medical treatment […]
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Africa & World Politics, Armed Forces, Boko Haram, General Politics, Latest Politics
Saturday, November 1st, 2014

No fewer than 300 Nigerian soldiers fled to Cameroon when Boko Haram insurgents overran Mubi, the second largest city in Borno State from security forces on Wednesday, SUNDAY PUNCH has learnt. Cameroonian military sources told our correspondent that Nigerian soldiers fled the north-eastern part of Nigeria, where the insurgency launched by the sect was raging, […]
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General Politics, INEC Politics, Latest Politics
Wednesday, October 29th, 2014
By Charles Kumolu NIGERIANS resident in the United States of America, have called on the Chairman of Independent Electoral Commission,INEC, Prof Atahiru Jega to accept professional recommendations and legislative disapproval on the use of the newly created 30. 000 polling units during the 2015 general elections. This was contained in a statement by Messrs. Dechi. […]
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Anambra, Biafra, General Politics, Latest Politics, State News, Top Stories
Monday, October 20th, 2014

By CHIDI NNADI, ENUGU on October 20, 2014 · COVER • Says he betrayed Ojukwu, APGA, Ndigbo After weeks of shock over the defection of Chief Peter Obi to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu’s widow, Bianca, has lambasted the former governor of Anambra State for his actions. Bianca, who is Nigeria’s Ambassador […]
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Boko Haram, General Politics, Latest Politics
Saturday, October 18th, 2014

Islamist militant group Boko Haram is in talks with the federal government to release more than 200 girls abducted six months ago and negotiate a ceasefire to a deadly insurgency that has claimed thousands of lives. An adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan and a man calling himself the secretary-general of Boko Haram told VOA Thursday […]
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General Politics, Ibrahim Babangida (1985-93), Latest Politics, Presidency
Wednesday, October 8th, 2014

General Babangida, who spoke on telephone with journalists at Governor Muazu Babangida Aliyu’s Tunga residence in Minna yesterday when General Abdulsalami Abubakar paid the governor a Sallah homage said,”I am now well and will be back to Nigeria very soon.” He was not however specific on the date of his arrival. IBB, while speaking through […]
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General Politics, Headlines, Raw Politics
Wednesday, October 8th, 2014

The Leader of the Niger Delta People’s Volunteer Force, Alhaji Mujaheed Dokubo-Asari, on Wednesday distanced himself from the $9.3 million botched arms deal in South Africa, saying he had not been to the country since 2002. His denial came on the heels of a call by the All Progressive congress that the Federal Government should […]
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General Politics, Headlines, House, Legislature, Raw Politics
Wednesday, October 8th, 2014

Members during plenary at the floor of the Nigeria House of Representatives THE Peoples Democratic Party and All Progressives Congress caucuses in the House of Representatives are set for another showdown when the House resumes on October 14 . The issue that will spark off the row is the latest seizure by the South […]
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Saturday, September 27th, 2014

The founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations, Temitope Joshua, has refuted allegations that he performs fake miracles. The pastor has come under severe criticisms owing to the church’s collapsed building which killed at least 115 people. A South African journalist, Jacques Pauw had alleged that Joshua’s miracles were not genuine. In his report […]
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Friday, September 26th, 2014

A DESPERATE Bulawayo woman, Catherine Ndlovu, who allegedly paid thousands of dollars to visit Nigeria, seeking divine intervention for her hospitalised daughter has been reported as one of the 115 people confirmed to have died after the collapse of a church building owned by the pastor, TB Joshua. Yesterday, the family of Ndlovu, 40, accused TB Joshua and […]