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General Politics, Governors, Headlines, Kebbi, State News
Sunday, November 13th, 2011
Kebbi State Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Birnin Kebbi yesterday nullified the election of Governor Usman Saidu Dakiagari of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Alhaji Dakingari thus became the first governor to lose election in the current democratic dispensation . Justice Mairo Laruba Mohammed in delivering judgment in the petition brought by the governorship candidate […]
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Boko Haram, General Politics, National Politics, Top Stories
Sunday, November 6th, 2011
Islamic sect, Boko Haram has threatened to carry out more attacks, a day after a series of blasts and gun battles claimed by the group killed more than 100 people in the country’s northeast, the Nigerian Red Cross has said. Ibrahim Bulama, an official from the humanitarian organisation, said on Sunday that the death toll […]
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General Politics, Latest Politics, National Politics
Saturday, October 29th, 2011
Age and time might have slowed down the pace of the maverick Senator Arthur Nzeribe, but the vehemence of his conviction remains ablaze as usual. From the way he fumes, not minding the situation of things, about the prevailing developments in Nigeria, he remains himself, unfazed, undiluted in sharp criticisms and unrelenting in what he […]
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General Politics, Nasarawa, National Politics, State News, Top Stories
Wednesday, October 19th, 2011
A Federal High Court sitting in Lafia, Nasarawa State, has ordered a former governor of the state, Aliyu Akwe Doma and eight other accused persons arraigned by Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, over money laundering charges to be remanded in the commission’s custody till tomorrow. The order by the court, presided over by Justice […]
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General Politics, Headlines, Kenneth Uwadi
Sunday, October 16th, 2011
Special Assistant to the President on Diaspora, Chief Mrs. Bianca Ojukwu has expressed hopes that her husband, Chief Odumegwu Ojukwu who is currently undergoing treatment in a London hospital will soon be discharged as he is recuperating rapidly. Speaking with journalists at the Leyton Marsh Fields, London, venue of the 2011 Nigerian Carnival United Kingdom […]
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General Politics, National Politics, Top Stories
Wednesday, October 12th, 2011
DETROIT (AFP) – A Nigerian man dubbed the “underwear bomber” pleaded guilty Wednesday to trying to blow up a US-bound airliner on Christmas Day 2009, saying he had sought to avenge the killing of Muslims. In a six-minute speech to a shocked courtroom on the second day of his high profile-trial in Detroit, Michigan, Umar […]
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General Politics, Legislature, Senate
Wednesday, October 5th, 2011
Former governor of Zamfara State now Senator, Ahmed Sani Yarima Bakura has lamented that Nigeria at 51 is not yet good enough. He advised that if urgent steps are not taken to address certain issues, he foresees revolution in the country. Senator Sani while speaking in an interview on Monday in Gusau said if no […]
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General Politics, Women Politics
Sunday, October 2nd, 2011
Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala recently unveiled a blue print on how she intends to manage the nation’s economy. The Minister was also in Washington, DC, United States of America where she led the Nigerian delegation to the just concluded World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) Annual […]
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General Politics, Latest Politics, NNP Spotlight
Wednesday, September 21st, 2011
GENEVA – Switzerland’s highest court has ordered the retrial of son of former military head of state, General Sani Abacha. Abba Abacha was given a two-year suspended sentence in June 2010 for taking part in a criminal organisation, and his assets were confiscated. The retrial was ordered because he had been unable to get a […]
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General Politics, National Politics, Top Stories
Wednesday, September 21st, 2011
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) said yesterday that the police arrested its members ahead of the trial of the party’s national leader, Chief Bola Ahmed Tinubu which is expected to begin in Abuja today. But the Police said that the members were stopped from entering the federal capital. Tinubu, former governor of Lagos State […]
