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All Peoples' Congress (APC), Latest Politics, Party Politics
Friday, December 26th, 2014
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has urged President Goodluck Jonathan to show leadership by example instead of engaging in mere rhetoric, saying talk becomes cheap the moment words lose their meaning In a statement issued in Lagos on Friday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said President Jonathan’s exhortations at a […]
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Boko Haram, General Politics, Latest Politics, Top Stories
Saturday, December 20th, 2014
FROM MARIAM ALESHINLOYE AGBOOLA, JOS Following the twin bombings in Jos on December 11, 2014, which led to the death of about 32 people, the former Minister of the Federal Capital, Lt. Gen. Jerry Useni, has again called on the Boko Haram leaders to make their demands known, instead of these wanton destruction of […]
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Armed Forces, Latest Politics, National Politics, Top Stories
Saturday, December 20th, 2014
One of the 54 soldiers sentenced to death by a Nigerian Army court martial for mutiny and conspiracy to commit mutiny has taken to the social media to express his frustration. The soldier, who bears the name Fahat Fahat, posted on his Facebook page on Friday that all the soldiers asked for were better weapons. […]
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General Politics, Latest Politics, Top Stories
Thursday, December 18th, 2014
Dr. Doyin Okupe The Senior Special Assistant to President Goodluck Jonathan on Media and Publicity, Dr. Doyin Okupe, has rejected criticisms saying that he committed an act of blasphemy by comparing his principal with Jesus Christ. Okupe, who visited the Corporate Headquarters of PUNCH Nigeria Limited on Thursday, said that Christ Himself advised His […]
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All Peoples' Congress (APC), Latest Politics
Thursday, December 18th, 2014
Speaker, LAHA, Mr. Adeyemi Ikuforiji | credits: File copy The Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji, has said the choice of Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari and Prof. Yemi Osinbajo as representatives of the All Progressives Congress in the coming 2015 Presidential Election will change the country for the better if elected. In a […]
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Latest Politics
Thursday, December 18th, 2014
President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday cautioned labour unions against punishing Nigerians with “unnecessary industrial actions.” Specifically, the President wondered why the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria and the Nigerian Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas workers would embark on a nationwide strike over issues involving an oil worker and his employer. […]
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General Politics, Latest Politics, Top Stories
Tuesday, December 16th, 2014
After more than 48 hours of consultations, the All Progressives Congress appears to have reached a decision on the choice of the running mate for the party’s presidential candidate, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd). However, the party’s leadership is keeping the identity of the preferred candidate under wraps. But the party’s national chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, […]
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Latest Politics, Oil Politics, Raw Politics, Top Stories
Sunday, December 14th, 2014
BY KAYODE OJO Whatever the Nigerian Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke, has been doing in the past ten years, let those who know the woman encourage her to keep doing them. Or how else can anybody explain her meteoric rise in the political waters like ours where dangerous male sharks swim […]
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American Politics, Latest Politics, National Politics, Top Stories
Saturday, December 13th, 2014
Chief of Defence Staff, Air Marshal Alex Badeh The face-off between Nigeria and the United States over the commitment and sincerity of the US military in assisting Nigeria to fight the Boko Haram insurgency worsened within the week. This followed an allegation by a top Nigerian intelligence source that US trainers incited Nigerian soldiers […]
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Latest Politics, Rivers, State News
Friday, December 12th, 2014
Soni Daniel, Regional Editor, North Barely a day after the emergence of former head of state, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari as the Presidential flag bearer of the All Progressives Congress, Rivers State Governor, Chubuike Rotimi Amaechi, has described him as the change that Nigeria urgently needs in order to move forward. Amaechi, who took to his […]
