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All Peoples' Congress (APC), Latest Politics, Party Politics
Tuesday, August 26th, 2014
BY TAIWO AMODU, ABUJA ON AUGUST 27, 2014 ·POLITICS Former External Affairs Minister and chieftain of All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Tom Ikimi, yesterday withdrew his membership of the party. Ikimi was chairman of the merger steering committees of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), the All Nigerian Peoples Party (ANPP), the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) and […]
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All Peoples' Congress (APC), Latest Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP)
Tuesday, August 26th, 2014
BY REMI ADEFULU AND TUNDE OMOLEHIN, SOKOTO ON AUGUST 27, 2014 ·POLITICS Former governor of Lagos State and leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has wished the former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) good luck in Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Ribadu, who was the presidential candidate of the defunct Action […]
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Latest Politics, Women Politics
Tuesday, August 26th, 2014
BY JULIANA TAIWO-OBALONYE, ABUJA ON AUGUST 27, 2014 ·NATIONAL President Goodluck Jonathan has said the late Prof. Dora Akunyili, will be difficult to forget because of her sterling achievements, especially as Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC). The president, who said he would have been extremely sad if he had missed the requiem […]
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Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics
Tuesday, August 26th, 2014
Tuesday, August 26, 2014 Cameroon confirms disarming Nigerian soldiers The Cameroonian military authorities have confirmed the disarming of Nigerian soldiers in the country.This is coming on the heels of reports that about 480 Nigerian soldiers yesterday fled into Cameroon, following fierce fighting with Boko Haram militants. The Defence Headquarters, has however, explained how Nigerians soldiers crossed into […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics, National Politics, Raw Politics
Monday, August 25th, 2014
Leader of the terrorist Islamic sect, Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, has re-designated Gwoza town that was seized by his men last Thursday as an Islamic caliphate. Comments: Inneh: I still insist that the best way to nip in the bud the activities of the Boko Haram elements is by allowing every state to provide security to […]
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Latest Politics
Monday, August 25th, 2014
Former Presidential candidate of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, has explained why he abandoned his presidential ambition to contest the governorship primary of the Peoples Democratic Party in Adamawa State.Ribadu, who spoke with journalists after he submitted his nomination form at the national headquarters of the party in Abuja on Monday, […]
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Africa & World Politics, Armed Forces, Boko Haram, Latest Politics, Top Stories
Monday, August 25th, 2014
Cameroonian officials have confirmed that at least 480 Nigerian soldiers are now in the protective custody of the neighboring country’s gendarmes after they crossed into Cameroon earlier today to escape from Boko Haram insurgents who have launched a massive offensive. Cameroonian gendarmes had disarmed the Nigerian soldiers, officials from the West African nation told a correspondent of […]
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Africa & World Politics, Boko Haram, Borno, Latest Politics, State News
Thursday, August 21st, 2014
Abducted Chibok girls BRITAIN’s Royal Air Force plans to send three fighter jets to help in locating the more than 200 schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram insurgents on April 14 this year. The RAF Tornado GR4s equipped with surveillance facilities, according to Daily Mail on Wednesday, will undertake “reconnaissance missions” over the Sambissa Forest where […]
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All Peoples' Congress (APC), Latest Politics, Party Politics
Wednesday, August 20th, 2014
The All Progressives Congress has appointed at least 74 persons, including a former Head of State, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari; and a former Lagos State Governor, Bola Tinubu as members of its Board of Trustees. The list has not been officially released by the party but our correspondent learnt on Wednesday that the list comprised others […]
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Africa & World Politics, Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Monday, August 18th, 2014
Chadian troops have rescued 85 Nigerians kidnapped last week by the Islamist terror group Boko Haram, security and human rights sources in Nigeria said Saturday. Dozens of Boko Haram insurgents stormed the Doron Baga fishing and farming village on the shores of Lake Chad late Sunday through Monday and took away 97 young men and […]
