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Bayelsa, General Politics, Oil Politics, State News, Top Stories
Friday, August 19th, 2011
THOUSANDS have fled the Ikarama community, Bayelsa state following an inferno triggered by an oil spill from a Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) pipeline. No fewer than 100 houses were also burnt by the fire, which has compounded the problems arising from the spill. Saturday Tribune gathered that the damage could have been worse, but […]
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General Politics, Ibrahim Babangida (1985-93), Presidency, Top Stories
Wednesday, August 17th, 2011
Former Chief of General Staff (CGS) and military Vice-President under the regime of General Ibrahim Babangida, Admiral Augustus Aikhomu, is dead, aged 72. A personal aide to the ex-CGS, Mr. Clement Iriata, a lawyer, confirmed Aikhomu’s death, yesterday. He was said to have passed on at a Lagos hospital after a prolonged illness. In a […]
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General Politics, National Politics
Wednesday, August 17th, 2011
For the second time in less than one week, Justice Mojisola Dada of the Lagos High Court in Igbosere on Monday shielded the former Chief Security Officer (CSO) to the late Head of State, General Sani Abacha, Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, from being cross-examined on a vital document in the trial. However, she admitted the document […]
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General Politics, Headlines, Ibrahim Babangida (1985-93), Presidency, Raw Politics
Wednesday, August 17th, 2011
Signing the death warrant of a childhood friend is not exactly a position anyone would like to be — especially when that friend had become more like a blood brother. As former military president, Gen. Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, marks his 70th birthday Wednesday, he looks back in pain, revealing that the execution of Major-General Mamman […]
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General Politics, Latest Politics, Tochukwu Ezukanma, Top Stories
Wednesday, August 17th, 2011
This news from Germany is really disturbing. Why is it that our leaders make us laughing objects before the international community and they will turn around to accuse us, the poor and voiceless masses? This accusation from “The Voice Baden Württemberg” in Germany that most Nigerian refugees are deported without proper identification or procedure is […]
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EFCC Politics, General Politics, Governors, Latest Politics
Friday, August 12th, 2011
THE chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mrs Farida Waziri, has disclosed that 72 per cent (about 26) of former governors in Nigeria are being investigated by the commission. The commission has also recorded over 600 convictions and recovered almost 12 billion dollars in the last eight years. Mrs Waziri made the […]
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Armed Forces, General Politics, Ibrahim Babangida (1985-93), National Politics, Presidency
Thursday, August 11th, 2011
Until Saturday, July 9, 2011, when Tavershima Olayinka, Orkar, an architect, and second son of the late Major Gideon Gwadza Orkar, got married in Ogbomosho, Oyo State, not much had been heard of the family of the man who led one of the bloodiest revolts in Nigeria’s political history: the putsch against the General Ibrahim […]
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General Politics, INEC Politics, Latest Politics
Thursday, August 11th, 2011
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), yesterday said discussions were underway with the Federal Government on a new salary structure for its staff. INEC Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega, stated this in Abuja while declaring open a three-day retreat for INEC’s heads of departments, which include operations, information and communications technology (ICT), trainning and legal services. […]
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CPC (Congress 4 Progressive Change), Elections 2011, General Politics, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), NNP Elections 2011 Updates, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Presidency, Raw Politics, Top Stories
Thursday, August 11th, 2011
The Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) has asked the Presidential Election Tribunal to enter judgment in favour of its presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari on the grounds that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has flouted the order of the tribunal directing it to allow the party to inspect the materials used for the April […]
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Arts/Culture & Entertainment, General Politics, Headlines, Nollywood (Film Industry)
Sunday, August 7th, 2011
Foremost actor and one of the founding fathers of Nollywood, Chief Sam Loco Efe, is dead, aged 66. He died early yesterday in his hotel room in Owerri, Imo State capital, after returning from a film location. The news was received with shock yesterday by fans who said they would miss the late actor’s comic […]
