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Saturday, February 8th, 2014
Former Vice-President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar | credits: File copy Former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar, has said he has always been interested in a people-oriented political party like the All Progressives Congress. Even when he was a Peoples Democratic Party member, Atiku said his mind was focused on a progressive party. He said contrary to speculations, it […]
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Saturday, February 8th, 2014
Asiwaju Bola Tinubu Former Governor of Lagos State and national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, has said he did not attend the Friday meeting of Yoruba leaders on the proposed national conference because he was not invited. A group, Yoruba Committee on National Conference, had met at the Isara-Remo, Ogun State-home of […]
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Saturday, February 8th, 2014
nts Joy Emordi A former member of the upper legislature and former Special Adviser to the President on National Assembly Matters, Senator Joy Emordi is apparently unfazed by the recent happenings in her political career. A seasoned educationist and grassroots politician, Emordi has obviously put behind past events and is looking into the future already. […]
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Latest Politics, National Politics, Top Stories
Tuesday, February 4th, 2014
CBN Governor, Mr. Lamido Sanusi The Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Lamido Sanusi, on Tuesday said the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation had yet to remit to the Federation Account $20bn out of the $67bn it realised from crude oil sale on behalf of the Federal Government. Sanusi, who stated this when he appeared […]
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General Politics, Latest Politics
Sunday, February 2nd, 2014
By Femi Kehinde After two weeks of nationwide consultation with his supporters, former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has resigned fromPeoples Democratic Party (PDP) and formally joined APC. Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar In a statement made available to African Examiner and titled: After consultation, it is time to move to APC. Let the bridge-building continue, Atiku said he has […]
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Latest Politics
Saturday, February 1st, 2014
Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Anyim Pius Anyim The Federal Government will cut down the N7bn budget earmarked for the delegates to the national conference, SUNDAY PUNCH learnt on Saturday. A source in the Presidency told SUNDAY PUNCH that the reduction became necessary because the amount was an estimate for 571 delegates […]
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Latest Politics, National Politics, Top Stories
Saturday, February 1st, 2014
El-Rufai and Asari-Dokubo The Interim Deputy National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, Nasir El-Rufai, on Saturday referred to ex-Niger Delta militant leader, Mujahid Asari-Dokubo as a thug, saying there was no basis for comparing both of them. El-Rufai said this during an interview with Sahara TV, while responding to a question on his […]
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JTU Aguiyi-Ironsi (1966-66), Latest Politics, Presidency
Saturday, February 1st, 2014
BY CHIMA NWAFO This reaction is intended to correct widespread misinformation about the office of the Senate president in the First Republic and malicious distortion of facts on the January 15, 1966 coup that ushered the military into power. First, it is important to state, in unequivocal terms, that Dr. Abyssinia Akweke Nwafor-Orizu was the […]
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Friday, January 31st, 2014
WHAT looks like a disagreement over the modalities for the proposed national conference released by the federal government, may have erupted among leaders of the Southeast geo-political zone. While the apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, praised the modalities, saying it is partly in line with their submissions to the Senator Femi Okunrounmi Committee, the […]
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Budget, General Politics, Latest Politics, Top Stories
Wednesday, January 29th, 2014
Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala | credits: blogs.cfr.org The debate on the 2014 Appropriation bill entered the second day in the Senate on Wednesday with some Peoples Democratic Party and All Progressives Congress senators describing the document as anti-people. They chided the Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, for the way the bill was […]
