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Ernest Shonekan (1993), General Politics, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Presidency, Rivers, State News, Top Stories
Friday, July 5th, 2013
The Presidency on Friday said Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, was free to resign from the Peoples Democratic Party, if he was no longer ready to respect President Goodluck Jonathan and the leadership of the party. PDP leaders in Rivers State led by Minister of State for Education, Nyesom Wike, and a former governor of […]
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Anambra, General Politics, Headlines, State News, Top Stories
Wednesday, July 3rd, 2013
By Emmanuel Aziken, Political Editor Governor Peter Obi’s declaration of his imminent political retirement is an affirmation of the unusual political steps of the governor in his more than seven years in office“For me, I have come to the end of it; I want to quit and rest,” Governor Peter Obi said in a remark […]
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First Ladies, General Politics, Headlines, Patience Jonathan
Monday, July 1st, 2013
EACH time the wife of the President, Patience Jonathan, hits the road with her long motorcade, including bulletproof and bombproof limousines, or is having a whale of a time at an event, drivers and commuters who find themselves on her routes always have to live with the bitter experience of the encounter. As police empty […]
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Anambra, General Politics, Governors, Headlines, State News
Monday, July 1st, 2013
By Tony Edike ENUGU – Chairman of South-East Governors’ Forum and Anambra State Governor, Mr. , said Sunday that he would retire from active politics at the expiration of his second term in February next year. The governor spoke in Enugu during the thanksgiving service and award ceremony to mark the end of the 2nd […]
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General Politics, Governors, Latest Politics, Rivers, State News
Friday, June 28th, 2013
ACN flays alleged barring of Rivers helmsman from Jonathan • Why we prevented supporters from visiting gov, by CP THE rift between Governors Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi of Rivers State and Jonah David Jang of Plateau State over the Chairmanship of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF) came to the fore again Thursday at the State House […]
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General Politics, Top Stories
Friday, June 28th, 2013
The Senate on Thursday began an inquest into the alleged mismanagement of over $27m proceeds from the sale of Federal Government properties by officials of the Nigerian Embassy in the United States of America. This follows a petition to the President of the Senate, David Mark, by a non-governmental organisation, Transform Nigeria Movement, praying the […]
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General Politics, Latest Politics
Friday, June 28th, 2013
A former Minister of Petroleum, Prof. Tam David-West, has called on Nigerians to resist bad leadership, saying the masses deserve good leadership. Speaking on an interactive programme aired by the Osun State Broadcasting Corporation on Thursday, David-West lamented the erosion of integrity, commitment and hard work in the country. According to him, it is high […]
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General Politics, Governors, Plateau, Rivers
Friday, June 28th, 2013
A drama played out at the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Thursday as the two governors laying claim to the chairmanship of the factionalised Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State and Jonah Jang of Plateau State, sat side by side at the National Economic Council meeting, presided over by Vice […]
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General Politics, Headlines, Ogun, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), State News
Friday, June 28th, 2013
The Peoples Democratic Party in Sagamu Local Government Area of Ogun State has suspended former Governor Gbenga Daniel for alleged romance with the Labour Party in the state. Twelve other members of the PDP in the area – Idowu Osho, Gbenga Sadiku, Yetunde Majolagbe, Mabawonju Shitta, Ayantola Lawal, Raufu Jinad, . Oguntade Adeleke, Gbenga Buhari, […]
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General Politics, Headlines
Sunday, June 23rd, 2013
A retired deputy Inspector General of Police, Adebayo Adeoye, on Friday told a Lagos High Court, Igbosere, that the killers of a former Lagos governorship aspirant, Funsho Williams, had a scuffle with him before assassinating him. Adeoye, a prosecution witness in the ongoing trial of six suspected killers of Williams told the court presided over […]
