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General Politics, Headlines, House, Legislature, Top Stories
Wednesday, July 4th, 2012
CHAIRMAN, Zenon Oil, Mr Femi Otedola is set to release 17 more audio tapes and six video tapes of what transpired between him and Farouk Lawan, the House of Representatives member in the $3 million bribery scandal. Nigerian Tribune learnt from credible sources that Nigerians will get to hear and view all the tapes by […]
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General Politics, House, Legislature, Top Stories
Friday, June 29th, 2012
BYKINGSLEY OMONOBI ABUJA — Investigations by Police detectives into the $620,000 oil subsidy bribe money collected by Mr Farouk Lawan from oil magnate, Mr. Femi Otedola, have unearthed a wider financial scandal. It was gathered that oil marketers who were indicted in the report recently submitted to the government by the Aigboje Aig-Imoukuede-led panel that […]
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Action Congress of Nigeria, General Politics, Party Politics, Top Stories
Tuesday, June 26th, 2012
The Action Congress of Nigeria on Tuesday said President Goodluck Jonathan’s comments on key national issues during the Presidential Media Chat on Sunday exposed his administration’s lack of commitment to the fight against corruption, ending the Boko Haram crisis and others. In a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said, […]
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General Politics, Niger Delta, Top Stories
Saturday, June 23rd, 2012
BY SIMON EBEGBULEM, Benin City Alhaji Asari Dokubo, a former President of the Ijaw Youth Council and leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force (NDPVF). In this interview with Saturday Vanguard in Benin City, he bared his mind about current political situation in the country, saying that the people of the South South are […]
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Boko Haram, General Politics, Top Stories
Thursday, June 21st, 2012
Bomber dies as explosives go off in transit Jonathan carpets critics Pope decries attacks on Christians in the North Britain issues travel alert to citizens NIGERIA’S image at the best of times has always been far from the ideal. But with the orgy of violence unleashed on some parts of the country in the past […]
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General Politics, Kaduna, State News, Top Stories
Wednesday, June 20th, 2012
KADUNA State Police Commissioner, Mohammed Jinjiri Abubakar yesterday alleged that foreign nationals especially from three African countries were involved in the acts of terrorism currently ravaging parts of the north. The Commissioner told reporters in his office that citizens of Niger Republic, Chad and Cameroon were among those involved in the terror activities and warned […]
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General Politics, Top Stories
Friday, June 15th, 2012
By Steve Dada, Chiemelie Ezeobi in Lagos and Dele Ogbodo in Abuja Six years after the Sosoliso plane crash in Port Harcourt, killing over 100 passengers, most of them children, facts emerged yesterday that power failure at the Port Harcourt Airport was responsible for the accident. Although the Federal Government is yet to make public […]
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General Politics, Ibrahim Babangida (1985-93), Presidency, Top Stories
Tuesday, June 12th, 2012
BY DAPO AKINREFON Without June 12, there won’t be May 29 — Ayo Adebanjo, former NADECO chieftain I agree with what the public opinion says, it is to get a Federal Government institution named after him and the consensus of opinion seems to be the National Stadium at Abuja or in Lagos. We would not […]
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First Ladies, General Politics, Top Stories
Wednesday, June 6th, 2012
There was controversy on Tuesday over the alleged closure of the nation’s airspace for a Presidential jet carrying the wife of President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience, to land in Lagos on Sunday. The closure was said to have prevented the pilot of the distressed Dana Air’s plane from making an emergency landing at the airport. […]
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General Politics, Lagos, State News, Top Stories
Sunday, June 3rd, 2012
A Dana Airline passenger plane, carrying 147 passengers, has crashed into a residential suburb of Nigeria’s commercial capital of Lagos. The plane coming from Abuja, crashed into three buildings, one of them a newly built storey building. It burst into flames. The crash happened at about 3 p.m Nigerian time. There are no survivors as […]
