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Africa & World Politics, All Peoples' Congress (APC), Headlines, Party Politics
Saturday, January 17th, 2015
THE Canada chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) says if voted into power, the party’s presidential aspirant, General Muhammadu Buhari and his deputy, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, will evoke the doctrine of social contract between the leaders and the led in the polity of the country. Chairman of the chapter, Mr Elas Abone, said in […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Thursday, January 15th, 2015
January 15, 2015 France awards citizenship to Malian who hid hostages in fridge advertisement A Malian man who saved several hostages during the attack on a kosher market in Paris by hiding them in a refrigerator will be given French citizenship. French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said Thursday that […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Thursday, January 15th, 2015
AN OPEN LETTER TO GOVERNOR RAJI FASHOLA TO RESCUE LAGOS FROM HOODLUMS By Ayo Oshewolo Until recently I have never witnessed such bizarre and stupefying scenes in Lagos like I did when I was in a colleague’s car, driving back from work between Anthony-Oke Bus stop and Oshodi-Oke Bus stop. This was barely some few […]
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Abia, Headlines, Raw Politics, State News
Wednesday, January 14th, 2015
By Our Reporter on January 15, 2015 COVER By NDUBUISI ORJI Former governor of Abia State, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, has said he is not contesting next month’s senatorial election for Abia North. Kalu stated this in a statement yesterday, in reaction to his listing by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as […]
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Bayelsa, Headlines, Nigerian Police, State News
Wednesday, January 14th, 2015
Politicians in Bayelsa State, including candidates in the 2015 elections, on Wednesday shunned a one-day stakeholders’ meeting organised by the state police command. The major political parties and their officials, including members of the Peoples Democratic Party, stayed away from the meeting. Candidates vying for positions in the National Assembly and state House of Assembly […]
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Boko Haram, Borno, Headlines, State News
Wednesday, January 14th, 2015
“Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least” –Johann Wolfgang von Goethe On Sunday, an exceptional event occurred in Paris, France. About 60 world leaders, in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo massacre, had in a show of international solidarity, gathered to mourn the cartoonists, satirists and others […]
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Boko Haram, Borno, Headlines, State News
Wednesday, January 14th, 2015
Nigeria Defence spokesman, Major General Chris Olukolade An attempt by Boko Haram to take over Biu, the largest town in the south of troubled Borno State, was on Wednesday repelled by the military, according to military sources and residents. Military sources said the insurgents suffered heavy casualty as many of them who attempted to invade […]
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American Politics, Headlines
Wednesday, January 14th, 2015
The Defence authorities have started taking delivery of some military hardware required for the prosecution of the war against the Boko Haram insurgents in the North-East. Investigation revealed that the military hardware were imported from Russia, Belarus and other Eastern European countries. It was learnt that some of the items were received at the Port […]
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American Politics, Headlines
Wednesday, January 14th, 2015
The United States government has thrown its weight behind the Federal Government to conduct this year’s general elections despite the fact that the country is facing security challenges. This view was expressed on Tuesday at the US Department of States’ daily briefing in Washington. The US government also said that the recent incessant attacks by […]
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Headlines
Wednesday, January 14th, 2015
By Bilesanmi Olalekan Alhaji Maitama Sule, an elder statesman, was Nigeria’s Permanent Representative at the United Nations during the second republic. Before then, as the Minister of Mines and Power in the first republic, the oil portfolio was under his ministry. While at the UN, Sule chaired the committee which sought to end apartheid in the […]
