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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 […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Tuesday, April 16th, 2013
MANY traditional rulers from the Northern part of the country were at the Aso Rock Villa Abuja last night ostensibly to plead with President Goodluck Jonathan to press ahead with granting amnesty to the members of Boko Haram sect. The delegation which was led by the Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III met with […]
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Latest Politics, National Politics, Niger Delta, Top Stories
Tuesday, April 16th, 2013
Says Amnesty is a fraud From JULIANA TAIWO-OBALONYE, Abuja The leader of the defunct Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force, Alhaji Mujahid Asari-Dokubo, has reacted to the planned attack of mosques by the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND), describing the group as fake. Asari-Dokubo said MEND only exists on the internet and pages […]
