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Latest Politics, National Politics, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Presidency, Raw Politics, Top Stories
Monday, February 16th, 2015
Ward 11 chairman, Usman Oladunjoye tearing Obasanjo’s PDP membership card and the torn card Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Monday left his guests at his Hilltop mansion in Abeokuta with bated breath when he tore his Peoples Democratic Party membership card in their presence. The guests, who are leaders of the PDP from Obasanjo’s […]
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Election 2015, Elections, INEC Politics, Latest Politics
Sunday, February 15th, 2015
We must never permit a situation of having to lock the stable door after the horse had bolted. The constitution is clear and unambiguous: the process of removal of the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, according to Section 157 of the 1999 Constitution, starts from the Senate and ends with the President. Reacting […]
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Armed Forces, Latest Politics
Sunday, February 15th, 2015
President Goodluck Jonathan | credits: File photo President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday said he was always worried whenever what he described as unexpected public utterances were uttered against the Nigerian military. He said Nigerians must learn to respect members of the nation’s security forces because while they sleep in their houses, the security men are […]
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Latest Politics
Sunday, February 15th, 2015
All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), in a warm embrace with his Peoples Democratic Party opponent, President Goodluck Jonathan, at the general elections sensitisation workshop on non-violence in Abuja… on Wednesday. | credits: NAN The Peoples Democratic Party Presidential candidate, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan and his All Progressives Congress counterpart, Maj.Gen. Muhammadu […]
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All Peoples' Congress (APC), Latest Politics, Party Politics
Thursday, February 12th, 2015
L-R: Saraki, Tinubu and Amaechi The All Progressives Congress says Federal Government’s security agencies have bugged the mobile phones of a former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu; Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State and Senator Bukola Saraki. The party added that the telephones of its National Chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun and its National […]
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Latest Politics
Wednesday, February 11th, 2015
The plaintiffs in one of the suits before a Federal High Court, Abuja, to challenge the eligibility of President Goodluck Jonathan to seek re-election in the March 28 presidential election have withdrawn the case. Justice Ahmed Mohammed on Wednesday struck out the suit following an application by the plaintiffs to discontinue the suit. The court […]
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Election 2015, Elections, Latest Politics, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency
Wednesday, February 11th, 2015
The Campaign Organisation of President Goodluck Jonathan has described the endorsement of the Presidential candidate of the rival All Progressives Congress, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) by former President Olusegun Obasanjo as unfortunate. It nevertheless said that the former President should know that he has only one vote. The campaign organisation was reacting to the […]
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Armed Forces, Latest Politics
Tuesday, February 10th, 2015
Asiwaju Bola Tinubu A former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, says soldiers have placed him under surveillance for the past three days. Tinubu, in a statement on Tuesday by his Media Office, claimed that the soldiers numbering 30 were first noticed in a truck close to his Ikoyi, Lagos residence around 11pm […]
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Lagos, Latest Politics, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), State News
Tuesday, February 10th, 2015
Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Raji Fashola The Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola, on Tuesday said the Peoples Democratic Party and President Goodluck Jonathan had failed to deliver on promises made to Nigerians and as such, there was no reason to trust them. Fashola, who spoke during the All Progressives Congress campaign rally in the Oshodi-Isolo […]
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Africa & World Politics, Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Saturday, February 7th, 2015
By Julia Payne ABUJA (Reuters) – It is a “disgrace” for Nigeria that its neighbors have been more successful in battle against its Boko Haram insurgency than its own army, opposition presidential candidate Muhammadu Buhari said in an interview a week before the election. Troops from neighboring Chad, Niger and Cameroon, all much smaller and […]
