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Latest Politics
Wednesday, May 1st, 2013
The Federal Government has accused opposition parties of deliberately misinforming Nigerians about the performance of President Goodluck Jonathan. Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Anyim Pius Anyim, who made the allegation on Tuesday, however said Jonathan was determined to pursue and actualise his administration’s transformation agenda in spite of the tendency of the opposition […]
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Armed Forces, Latest Politics
Wednesday, May 1st, 2013
The Military High Command and the National Emergency Management Agency on Tuesday presented a preliminary report of the investigation conducted into the recent massacre in Baga, Borno State, to President Goodluck Jonathan, declaring that only 36 persons lost their lives in the carnage. The report contradicts the 185 casualties widely reported by the media. The […]
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Action Congress of Nigeria, American Politics, Latest Politics, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP)
Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013
By Nnamdi Ojiego …Says With successful convention, we have crossed last hurdle on path to merger The Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, has described the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and the government it controls at the centre as a cesspool of corruption and asked them to cover their faces in shame. ACN was reacting reacting […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013
Say we ‘re afraid Boko Haram members may come after us BY SONI DANIEL, REGIONAL EDITOR, NORTH & LUKA BINNIYAT Possible reasons emerged, yesterday, why some prominent northern leaders invited by President Goodluck Jonathan to work in the Boko Haram amnesty committee, might have rejected the offer without looking back. Vanguard learnt from some members […]
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Biafra, Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Sunday, April 21st, 2013
Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra has said it will sue the Federal Government for the killings of the Igbo by the dreaded Islamic sect, Boko Haram. Already, MASSOB; the apex Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndiigbo; and other Igbo groups in the North have begun the collation of data to ascertain […]
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Latest Politics
Sunday, April 21st, 2013
President Goodluck Jonathan, on Saturday, described the present generation of Nigerians as the transformational generation, saying the next generation must take the country to the moon. Jonathan said this at the inauguration and opening of the Rock Cathedral Metropolitan Church of Christ in Lagos. Jonathan described the current unpleasant experiences in the country, as the […]
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Latest Politics
Saturday, April 20th, 2013
CHIEF of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Dele Ezeoba, the British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Andrew Pocock, and important personalities in diplomacy, security and the academia, yesterday, canvassed the harmonisation of broad-based strategies in tackling incidences of crime and insecurity in the Gulf of Guinea and the coasts of West Africa. This was at a one-day […]
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Biafra, Latest Politics
Friday, April 19th, 2013
The Supreme Court on Friday gave the go-ahead for the accelerated trial of the leader of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra, Ralph Uwazurike, and six other principal members of the group who are facing a four-count charge of conspiracy and treason brought against them by the Federal Government. The […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Friday, April 19th, 2013
Over 5,000 as well as their wives and children members of the militant Islamic sect, Boko Haram, may benefit from the proposed Federal Government amnesty for members of the group. Saturday PUNCH learnt that members of the Federal Government’s amnesty committee would, among other things, recommend a phased release of members of the sect currently […]
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Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics
Thursday, April 18th, 2013
On Tuesday, 16th April, 2013, Nigeria’s Minister of Finance Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was interviewed by Christiane Amanpour , CNN’s chief international correspondent and anchor of Amanpour, a nightly foreign affairs program on CNN International. Please find the transcript below. AMANPOUR – Introducing the interview segment Welcome back to the program. Africa’s most populous nation, Nigeria, is […]
