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American Politics, General Politics, Headlines, Top Stories
Monday, March 18th, 2013
America’s richest man, Bill Gates, has cancelled his scheduled March 27 official visit to Nigeria, in response to the controversial pardon granted by President Goodluck Jonathan to ex-convicts Diepreye Alamieyeseigha and Shettima Bulama, according to PREMIUM TIMES . That trip, authoritative diplomatic sources said, has now been cancelled, two days after the U.S. government expressed […]
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American Politics, General Politics, Top Stories
Sunday, March 17th, 2013
GUARDIAN Alamieyeseigha: US May Shelve Planned Obama Visit Saturday, 16 March 2013 00:00 From Laolu Akande, New York News – National PRESIDENT Barack Obama’s official relationship with President Goodluck Jonathan appears to be in jeopardy, following indications that Obama’s scheduled visit to Nigeria has been suspended over the state pardon granted former Bayelsa State Governor, […]
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American Politics, General Politics, Top Stories
Friday, March 15th, 2013
The U.S condemned the action of the Nigerian government. The United States has condemned the pardon granted some ex-convicts by President Goodluck Jonathan and the National Council of States. In a tweet by the U.S. Mission in Nigeria, the U.S. said, “We see this as a setback in the fight against corruption.” It said further […]
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General Politics, Headlines, Kaduna, State News, Top Stories
Sunday, March 10th, 2013
Former Governor of Zamfara State, Senator Ahmed Yerima, was arrested on Saturday by the Kaduna State Police Command for allegedly making an inciting statement while on a live Hausa phone-in-programme, Hannu Dayawa, on Radio Nigeria, Kaduna State. Yerima, who was a guest was on the radio programme was quoted to have said if the Independent […]
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General Politics, Latest Politics
Thursday, March 7th, 2013
FORMER Lagos State Governor, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, yesterday, dissected Nigeria’s economy and declared that the country was operating a voodoo economic policy that is pauperising the citizenry and urged urgent economic surgery to save the polity. For instance, Tinubu wondered why the Federal Government is maintaining a foreign reserve of $46 billion with one […]
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General Politics, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency
Saturday, March 2nd, 2013
Former president Olusegun Obasanjo on Saturday in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, declared that Nigeria lacked good leaders. Obasanjo lamented that the dearth of good leaders in the country as well as on the African continent, had become an issue that deserved serious attention. The former president spoke during the final of the African Regional […]
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General Politics, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP)
Wednesday, February 27th, 2013
Former Minister of Works, Chief Tony Anenih, has emerged as the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). He was elected at a meeting of the board at the Presidential Villa which ended at about 12.45am on Tuesday. Anenih was former Chairman of the party’s BoT until 2007. Anenih told […]
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General Politics, Headlines
Sunday, February 24th, 2013
Former Vice-President Abubakar Atiku has called on northern Muslims to embrace immunisation in order to eradicate polio. Atiku, who was the guest speaker at Rotary International District 9110’s dinner and dance ball on Friday in Lagos, said the religious bias that had been associated with immunisation was unjustified. “Even when I was the vice-president, I […]
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General Politics, Headlines
Sunday, February 24th, 2013
A former Minister of External Affairs, Prof. Bolaji Akinyemi, on Saturday said it was not possible for any Nigerian to be a billionaire without being corrupt. Akinyemi stated this in Akure, the Ondo State capital while delivering the second term inauguration lecture of Governor Olusegun Mimiko. The professor of International Relations and Diplomacy spoke on […]
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General Politics, Latest Politics
Monday, February 18th, 2013
BY SONI DANIEL & KINGSLEY OMONOBI ABUJA— There were indications, Sunday, that the embattled Pension Reform Task Team, PRTT, Chairman, Alhaji Abdulrasheed Maina, had fled the country to escape arrest by the police and other security agents on his trail. Maina is reported to have moved to one of the Middle East nations, following the […]
