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Biafra, Latest Politics, National Politics, Top Stories
Thursday, October 25th, 2018
British authorities have briefed the Nigerian government about the temporary travel document they are about to issue to Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), who holds a Nigeria-U.K dual citizenship. A senior Federal Government official with the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who spoke on condition of anonymity, confirmed this development […]
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Corruption Politics, EFCC Politics, Latest Politics, Raw Politics
Monday, October 22nd, 2018
Eniola Akinkuotu A former Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, has retrieved his passports from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Sunday PUNCH can report. This is despite a directive by the Federal Government that 50 persons under investigations for fraud exceeding N50m are restricted from travelling. An impeccable source in the EFCC told our […]
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General Politics, Latest Politics, Legislature, National Politics, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Senate
Tuesday, October 16th, 2018
Senate President Bukola Saraki was, on Tuesday, named the Director-General of the Atiku Presidential Campaign Council by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). PDP chairman, Uche Secondus, shared the news on his Twitter handle, @uchesecondus. He shared a list of party members, who have been picked to be part of the campaign team of the party’s […]
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Anambra, Elections 2019, Governors, Latest Politics, National Politics, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), South-East, State News
Sunday, October 14th, 2018
Iheanacho Nwosu, Abuja Facts have emerged why the PDP governors and leaders in the Southeast are kicking against the choice of former governor of Anambra State governor, Mr Peter Obi as the party’s vice presidential candidate. The Atiku action has torn the South East chapter of the party apart. READ ALSO: Southeast PDP governors, leaders disown […]
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Latest Politics, National Politics, Top Stories
Sunday, October 14th, 2018
Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari has approved travelling restriction on no fewer than 50 high profile persons directly affected in investigations by security agencies in the country. By this, the persons cannot travel out of Nigeria pending the determination of their cases. READ ALSO: PDP, Fani-Kayode kick over ban His Senior Special Assistant on Media and […]
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Latest Politics, National Politics, Top Stories, Women Politics
Wednesday, October 10th, 2018
BY SAM OLUKOYA Associated Press LAGOS, NIGERIA The woman who led the global campaign to free Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram extremists is now running for president, saying she is fighting for “the soul” of Africa’s most populous nation. Oby Ezekwesili is the most prominent woman to seek the presidency in Nigeria, where politics, as […]
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Latest Politics, South-East
Wednesday, October 10th, 2018
Rejection will backfire on party, Igbo youths warn ‘Our strategy is oust Buhari, gain restructuring’ Presidency not for sale, APC tells PDP The question of who becomes the running mate of the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) standard-bearer, Atiku Abubakar, has thrown the Igbo nation into a […]
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Lagos, Latest Politics, State News
Monday, October 8th, 2018
Okechukwu Nnodim, Abuja The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babtunde Fashola, has said that his ministry is not in any way frustrating Lagos State with respect to the reconstruction of the Lagos International Airport Road from Oshodi. Lagos State Governor, Akinwumi Ambode, had announced on Wednesday that the Federal Ministry of Works was frustrating […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Latest Politics, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Presidency
Monday, October 8th, 2018
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has stated that any candidate elected out of the 13 at the Peoples Democratic Party convention will be the next President of Nigeria. Jonathan who spoke at the convention in Port Harcourt early on Sunday said that all the aspirants are qualified to lead the country, having interacted with them since […]
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Latest Politics, National Politics, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Top Stories
Monday, October 8th, 2018
Former vice president, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, yesterday, recorded 1,532 delegate votes to secure a landslide victory at the National Convention of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Port Harcourt, yesterday. READ ALSO: PDP primary results: Atiku wins presidential candidacy The figure was an impressive 49 per cent of the total 3, 274 accredited delegates while the […]
