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Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics
Friday, December 14th, 2012
Nigeria, on Thursday, protested the harassment of its citizens living in the Bakassi Peninsula by Cameroon. The oil rich peninsula, formerly in the Nigerian territory, was ceded to the neighbouring Cameroon by the former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s government in respect of a 2002 International Court of Justice’s verdict. The Minister of Justice and the Attorney-General […]
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Latest Politics
Tuesday, December 11th, 2012
The Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission has said it has no plan to review the revenue formula in the nearest future. The RMAFC spokesman, Mr. Ibrahim Mohammed, said the Commission could not come out with a new revenue sharing formula for the federal, states and the local government councils because of “inadequate funding”. Mohammed […]
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Africa & World Politics, EFCC Politics, Headlines, Latest Politics
Monday, December 10th, 2012
DECEMBER 11, 2012 BY AGENCY REPORTER 1 COMMENT EFCC Boss, IBRAHIM LAMORDE | credits: File The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has sought Switzerland’s help in its investigation of a multi-billion dollar fuel subsidy scam, after some Swiss oil trading houses refused to cooperate with the authorities in Abuja, Nigerian officials have said. Reuters reported […]
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INEC Politics, Latest Politics
Monday, December 10th, 2012
BARELY 72 hours after 28 political parties had their names deleted from the register of the Independent National Electoral Commission, indications emerged on Sunday that 24 more political parties might cease to exist before the 2015 general elections. The PUNCH learnt that INEC had decided that only 11 political parties would participate in the 2015 […]
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Action Congress of Nigeria, All Nigerian Peoples' Party (ANPP), CPC (Congress 4 Progressive Change), Latest Politics, Party Politics
Monday, December 10th, 2012
December 10, 2012 by Olusola Fabiy Buhari, Tinubu and Onu | credits: THREE major opposition political parties – Action Congress of Nigeria, Congress for Progressive Change and the All Nigeria Peoples Party – may drop their identities by April 2013, when talks on their proposed merger are expected to be completed. The merger of the […]
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Latest Politics
Friday, December 7th, 2012
Institute for Economic and Peace, a global think-tank, has ranked Nigeria as the seventh country most affected by terrorism in 2011. The organisation’s first Global Terrorism Index meant to measure the impact of terrorism and the associated economic and social dimensions, was published last Tuesday. The index showed Nigeria ranking marginally better than Somalia (the […]
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Latest Politics
Friday, December 7th, 2012
The bid by the House of Representatives to investigate the N20bn fuel subsidy dispute between the Chairman of Capital Oil and Gas Limited, Mr. Ifeanyi Uba, and a fellow businessman, Mr. Cosmas Maduka, failed on Thursday. Two major reasons stalled proceedings a few minutes after the Chairman, House Committee on Public Petitions, Mr. Uzo Azubuike, […]
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INEC Politics, Latest Politics
Friday, December 7th, 2012
THE Independent National Electoral Commission on Thursday announced the deregistration of 28 political parties thus sending their promoters off the political stage as the march towards the 2015 general elections gathers momentum. Affected by the deregistration are Pastor Chris Okotie’s Fresh Democratic Party; Balarabe Musa’s Peoples Redemption Party; and the National Reformation Party, founded by […]
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Latest Politics
Thursday, December 6th, 2012
Gowon seeks Electoral College as Atiku, Shekarau, others shop for credible candidate From NOAH EBIJE and ABDULGAFAR ALABELEWE, Kaduna Prominent Northern leaders, including former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, 2011 governorship candidate for Kaduna State Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Bashir Bugaje, and former Governor of Kano State, Ibrahim […]
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EFCC Politics, Latest Politics
Thursday, December 6th, 2012
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has detained the Chairman of Bi-Courtney Limited, Dr. Wale Babalakin, since Tuesday evening in defiance of the order of a Federal High Court, which restrained the anti graft agency from going ahead with his arraignment and trial. Sources at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba, Lagos disclosed […]
