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Latest Politics
Monday, December 9th, 2013
The government may have tactically bowed to pressure in its imposition of 70 per cent duty on imported cars as it okays a concessionary duty for some dealers, RASHEED BISIRIYU reports The Federal Government is considering a new measure to avert a possible increase in the prices of vehicles in 2014 as a backlash of […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics, Religion
Wednesday, December 4th, 2013

Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Abubakar III The leadership of the Jama’atu Nasril Islam led by the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Abubakar Sa’ad lll, has demanded immediate release of an alleged Boko Haram recruitment officer, Dr. Mohammed Yunus. The group claimed Yunus was not a Boko Haram member. Yunus, a lecturer with the Kogi State […]
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Latest Politics
Tuesday, December 3rd, 2013
Transparency International has ranked Nigeria as the 144th most corrupt among the 177 countries studied in the world. In 2012, Nigeria was ranked as the 124th most corrupt nation among the less than 170 countries studied. Afghanistan, North Korea and Somalia are seen as the world’s most corrupt countries while Denmark and New Zealand are […]
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Latest Politics
Tuesday, December 3rd, 2013
Nigeria has been ranked 144th most corrupt country as Afghanistan, North Korea and Somalia are seen as the world’s most corrupt countries while Denmark and New Zealand are nearly squeaky-clean, graft watchdog Transparency International said in a survey yesterday. The report shows that Nigeria has slipped in the organization’s 2013 Corruption Perceptions Index, In the […]
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Education, Latest Politics
Tuesday, December 3rd, 2013

Some UNIABUJA lecturers at a congress on Tuesday where they voted for the continuation of the strike. | credits: Kamarudeen Ogundele Striking lecturers on Tuesday insisted that they would not return to class as directed by the Federal Government. This is coming as the ultimatum given to them by the Federal Government to return to […]
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Latest Politics, Rivers, State News
Tuesday, December 3rd, 2013
Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and Rivers State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi The war of words between the Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and the Governor of Rivers State, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, seems not to be over as the minister has described the latest call for her probe by the governor as a […]
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INEC Politics, Latest Politics, National Politics, Top Stories
Thursday, November 28th, 2013

A combined team of security operatives including soldiers and riot policemen on Thursday stopped the leaders of the All Progressives Congress from gaining entrance to the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission in Abuja. The leaders were on a peaceful protest march against the commission’s handling of the November 16 Anambra State governorship […]
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Latest Politics
Thursday, November 28th, 2013
Minister of State for Finance, Yerima Ngama About $5.4bn (N864bn) has so far been invested in the Nigerian bond market by foreign investors, the Director-General, Securities and Exchange Commission, Ms Arunma Oteh, has said. She said the huge foreign investments in the Nigerian bond were a demonstration of the confidence investors had in the […]
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House, Latest Politics, Legislature, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Senate
Thursday, November 28th, 2013
The New Peoples Democratic Party has said PDP lawmakers in the National Assembly who choose to defect to the All Progressives Congress will not lose their seats. It said that anyone thinking that the lawmakers could lose their seats were living in the past, adding that the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria guaranteed […]
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All Peoples' Congress (APC), Governors, Latest Politics, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP)
Tuesday, November 26th, 2013
Rebel governors The seven aggrieved governors of the Peoples Democratic Party have announced their decision to merge with the All Progressives Congress. The governors, at the meeting they had with the leadership of the APC in Abuja on Tuesday, said their decision was aimed at rescuing the country. A former Acting National Chairman of the […]