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Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics, Raw Politics, Top Stories
Wednesday, June 19th, 2013
By Henry Umoru …Fundamentalism, corruption threaten democracy — Shonekan ABUJA — FORMER President of Ghana, Flt. Lt. Jerry Rawlings, Monday said if Nigeria and other parts of Africa must get it right and strengthen democracy, corrupt politicians must not be allowed to go scot-free. This came as former Interim Head of State, Chief Ernest Shonekan, […]
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Sunday, June 16th, 2013
By CHUKS EZE (fazec1@yahoo.com) For Nigerians resident in Kenya, these are the worst of times. Their plight could be compared to the era of slave trade when able-bodied Africans could not tell what the next minute held for them because human traffickers could pick them up the next minute. Checks revealed that in recent times, […]
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Saturday, June 15th, 2013
THE Presidency totally rejects the false, hypocritical and self-serving claim by Mallam Nuhu Ribadu at a lecture in Kaduna on Saturday that Nigeria under President Goodluck Jonathan is a “sinking ship” in which the yearnings of the masses are being neglected by a tyrannical leadership. We find it very sad and utterly deplorable that Nuhu […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Friday, June 14th, 2013
The Federal Government on Friday opposed a no-case submission filed by Kabiru Sokoto, a Boko Haram leader accused of masterminding the December 25, 2011 bombing of St. Theresa’s Catholic Church in Madalla, Niger State. Sokoto is being tried for terrorism-related offences before an Abuja Federal High Court presided by Justice Ademola Adeniyi. The Federal Government […]
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Thursday, June 13th, 2013
Former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, on Thursday in Kaduna said the greatest disservice to the country and its democracy was for Nigerians to keep silent in the face of injustice. According to Ribadu, citizens engagement is the fertilizer that aids the growth of true democracy. He said, “Without […]
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Wednesday, June 12th, 2013
JUNE 12 was Wednesday elevated to an industry as five southwestern states, comprising Lagos, Ogun, Oyo, Osun and Ekiti declared the day a public holiday to mark the 20 years of the annulled mandate of late Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola, who died in detention on July 7, 1998. Commemoration of the historic date, preserved […]
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Wednesday, June 12th, 2013
* Date embodies unity, equity, justice, says Nobel laureate * ‘Those who signed away victory’ LIKE a festering wound that defies treatment and sticks out implacably, June 12 re-awakens sore memories of the nation’s political failure, injustice and inequity. Twenty years ago, on June 12, 1993, the nation’s political march being led by the late […]
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Monday, June 10th, 2013
The co-owner of Amigo Supermarket, Mustapha Fawaz, and three Lebanese – Abdalah Tahini, Talal Rouda and Khosai Nouridine – arrested in connection with the armoury and Hezbolla terror cell in Bompai, Kano State, have filed a suit before the Federal High Court, Abuja. They are demanding N50bn as compensation from the State Security Service, Director-General […]
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Sunday, June 9th, 2013
From ABDULGAFAR ALABELEWE, Kaduna Pioneer Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and 2011 presidential candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, yesterday urged Nigerians to unite and recover their country from alleged tyrants. He decried the reign of corruption and insensitivity to the plight of the common man, […]
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American Politics, Latest Politics, National Politics
Wednesday, June 5th, 2013
Wanted Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, could be tried for terrorism in the United States or in courts of partner nations if caught, the U.S. Acting Assistant Director of Diplomatic Security Threat Investigations and Analysis Directorate, Kurt Rice, has said. Rice whose country on Monday placed $23m bounties on five leaders of terrorist groups in […]
