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Elections 2011, Headlines, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023)
Wednesday, January 5th, 2011
The Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) yesterday night formally endorsed the former Head of State, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari as its presidential candidate for the 2011 general elections. In his acceptance speech shortly after his ratification, Buhari said he decided to dump his former party, the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) because of the unprincipled behaviour […]
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Headlines, NDLEA (Anti-Drug Agency)
Wednesday, January 5th, 2011
A man and his wife who were on their way to United States were arrested at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, as suspects with 160 wraps of illicit drug, heroin by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). Owolabi Ganiyu Amoo, also known as Johnson Bamiduro , 60, a printer, was arrested with his […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Headlines, Presidency
Wednesday, January 5th, 2011
Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on Political Matters, Dr. Akilu Indabawa, has denied as fabrications aimed at ridiculing his principal the reported donation of N500 million each by six governors. The lie in the publication, he claimed, stemmed from the report that he wrote a letter acknowledging receipt of the donations, insisting that no […]
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Governors, Headlines, NDLEA (Anti-Drug Agency)
Tuesday, January 4th, 2011
Four governorship aspirants and two senatorial hopefuls are presently in the battle of their lives to disentangle themselves from the black-list of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), without which, they may not be able to contest this year’s general election. A top NDLEA operative who confided in LEADERSHIP at the weekend in Lagos, […]
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Headlines, Presidency
Tuesday, January 4th, 2011
THE Presidency yesterday reacted to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s characterization of the Nigerian economy as sick and bankrupt, describing him as “desperate and ignorant of the workings of the economy.” In a response to the letter he wrote to President Goodluck Jonathan on the 2011 budget, a top presidential aide said yesterday: “Atiku has […]
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Headlines, NDLEA (Anti-Drug Agency)
Tuesday, January 4th, 2011
THE Italian government is collaborating with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in a move to check drug syndicates, money laundering and crime. The NDLEA said the plan would help to check drug syndicates seeking to operate in the country and within the sub-region. Dr. Pietro Grasso, Chief Prosecutor of the Italian Anti-Mafia Bureau, […]
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Headlines
Tuesday, January 4th, 2011
The Federal Government on Monday resolved to introduce security measures in a bid to check the rising incidents of bomb blasts in the country. Among the measures taken at the end of an emergency National Security Council meeting in Abuja was the deployment of closed-circuit televisions in public places or establishments to monitor movements into […]
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Headlines, NDLEA (Anti-Drug Agency)
Monday, January 3rd, 2011
A final year student of Anambra State University, Igbiaram, has been saved from a possible execution in Malayisa, following his arrest by operatives of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA. The suspect (names withheld) was intercepted during routine screening of passengers on Emirate flight to Malayisa, at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport with over 68 […]
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Headlines, INEC Politics
Monday, January 3rd, 2011
The Chairman Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, has said there will be no registration of more political parties for now. Jega stated this at a News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum on Monday in Abuja, that the commission had received two more applications for registration of parties, but said they came too […]
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Headlines, Legislature, Senate
Monday, January 3rd, 2011
Senate Leader, Senator Teslim Folarin was yesterday interrogated for hours at the Oyo State Police Command, Eleyele and detained, in connection with the last Thursday’s killing of the factional leader of the Oyo State chapter of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Alhaji Lateef Salako (a.k.a Eleweomo). The embattled Senate leader breezed into […]
