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Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics
Thursday, April 30th, 2015
The Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on the Diaspora, Mrs. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, on Wednesday, said four Nigerians executed in Indonesia for drug-related offences might have been denied their right to Nigerian lawyers. Martin Anderson, (50); Silvester Nwolise, (47); Okwudili Oyatanze, (41), and Jamiu Abashin, (50), along with four others, were shot dead by […]
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Latest Politics
Thursday, April 30th, 2015
[print] Sacked Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority, Abdullahi Habib Sacked Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority, Abdullahi Habib President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday sacked Mallam Habib Abdullahi as the Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority. He has also named Alhaji Sanusi Bayero as his replacement. In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and […]
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Latest Politics, National Politics, Top Stories
Thursday, April 30th, 2015
The Federal Government has warned the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, against utterances and actions capable of portraying him as running a parallel government at a time President Goodluck Jonathan is still fully in charge. The Minister of National Planning, Abubakar Sulaiman, disclosed this at the end of the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting in Abuja on […]
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Latest Politics, Legislature, Senate
Thursday, April 30th, 2015
One of the top contenders for the Senate presidency, Senator George Akume, and the national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday met at the Lagos home of Tinubu. Our correspondent learnt that at the meeting which took place around 3pm, Tinubu told Akume to shelve his ambition and support Senator […]
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General Politics, Latest Politics, Top Stories
Friday, April 24th, 2015
By Levinus Nwabughiogu ABUJA – In a move to accord the President-Elect, General Mohammadu Buhari some presidential respect even before being sworn-in, the federal government has made available the Defence House for his private and official engagements. Vanguard gathered that the House was built by the regime of the former Military president, Ibrahim Babangida. The […]
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Latest Politics, National Politics, Top Stories
Friday, April 24th, 2015
President Goodluck Jonathan and the President-elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Friday met behind closed-doors at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The meeting which lasted about 30minutes started at about 3pm with the arrival of the President-elect and members of his entourage. A few minutes before his arrival, Jonathan walked a distance of about 100 metres […]
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Constitution, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Latest Politics, Legislature, Presidency, Senate
Thursday, April 23rd, 2015
By Johnbosco Agbakwuru Ikechukwu Nnochiri & Joseph Erunke, ABUJA—AS the Presidency drags the National Assembly to the Supreme Court seeking an order to nullify all the proposed amendments to the 1999 constitution, majority of senators said yesterday that they were ready to meet the presidency in court. Members of the House of Representatives on their […]
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General Politics, Latest Politics, Nigerian Police, Top Stories
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2015
After more than a week of pressure from Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leaders it was announced today that the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Suleiman Abba, was sacked by President Jonathan. In a curt press release Ruben Abati, the Special Adviser to the President for Media and Publicity, said that “President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has relieved […]
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General Politics, Latest Politics, Nigerian Police, Top Stories
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2015
Solomon Arase replacing Suleiman Abba President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday sacked the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Suleiman Abba. Abba, who became IG less than nine months ago, was replaced by a Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Solomon Arase, in acting capacity A statement by Jonathan’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, gave […]
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Latest Politics, Top Stories
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2015
President-elect, Maj. Gen Muhammadu Buhari (retd), who was named in the Time Magazine annual 100 influential people in the world list, did not attend the Gala held at Lincoln Center in New York. The gala is put together to celebrate the 100 influential people in the world. The TIME 100 is an annual list of […]
