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General Politics, Latest Politics, Top Stories
Sunday, September 2nd, 2012

BY CLIFFORD NDUJIHE, SONI DANIEL & HENRY UMORU …We agree with S-West on six regions — Ohanaeze scribe LAGOS—NORTHERN leaders, Sunday, spurned Yoruba leaders’ agitation for regional autonomy and a return to the parliamentary system of government, describing the clamour as a recipe for Nigeria’s disintegration. Yoruba elders under the banner of Yoruba National Assembly, […]
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Latest Politics, South-East
Sunday, September 2nd, 2012
The Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the apex Igbo socio-cultural group, has urged President Goodluck Jonathan to replace ex-Minister of Power, Prof. Barth Nnaji, with another competent person from the South-East geopolitical zone. The group said Jonathan should abide by the Federal Character principle, which guides political appointments, to ensure that the number of the ministers from the […]
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Latest Politics, Oil Politics
Friday, August 31st, 2012
August 31, 2012 by Stanley Opara 3 Comments GMD, NNPC, Mr. Andrew Yakubu | credits: The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation needs close to $3bn (N474.15bn) to upgrade its depots and refineries’ pipeline infrastructure nationwide, its Group Managing Director, Mr. Andrew Yakubu, has said. The GMD said this on Thursday during a forum in Lagos. In […]
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Latest Politics
Friday, August 31st, 2012
Ekpeyong Ita, the Director-General of the State Security Services (SSS) | credits: THERE are indications that the safety of agents of the State Security Service has been compromised with personnel records of current and former operatives leaked on the internet, Associated Press reports. The leak, sources said, was already creating panic among SSS operatives and […]
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Action Congress of Nigeria, Latest Politics, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Top Stories
Thursday, August 30th, 2012

“Appointing a man who forged his academic certificates as Chancellor of a university will further debase the academic integrity of the country’s universities.” This is how the PDP South-West reacted to the appointment of former Governor of Lagos State and Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) leader, Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the Chancellor of the Ladoke […]
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Latest Politics
Wednesday, August 29th, 2012
President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, ordered power minister Prof Barth Nnaji, to resign following an alleged involvement of two companies linked to him in the ongoing privatisation exercise in the power sector. LEADERSHIP gathered that the president might have been embarrassed by media reports that the National Council on Privatisation (NCP) had to cancel the technical […]
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American Politics, Latest Politics, National Politics, Top Stories
Wednesday, August 29th, 2012

United States President Barack Obama has declared Nigeria as the world’s next economic success story, stressing that this was one of the major reasons why his government was committed to helping the country build strong democratic institutions and remove constraints to trade and investment through the African Growth and Opportunity Act. Making this declaration at […]
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Latest Politics
Wednesday, August 29th, 2012
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Chief Anyim Pius Anyim has asked all Ministries, Departments and Agencies to respect the nation’s anthem and stop using tattered national flags and Coat of Arms. He also asked all the MDAs and their staff members to honour the country when the national anthem is being […]
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Latest Politics, Oil Politics
Tuesday, August 28th, 2012
Former World Bank Vice President for Africa, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili yesterday said about $400 billion of Nigeria’s oil revenue has been stolen or mismanaged since independence in 1960. Presenting a paper entitled “Corruption, National Development, The Bar and The Judiciary” at the ongoing 52nd Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), she said […]
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CBN (Central Bank of Nigeria), Latest Politics
Tuesday, August 28th, 2012
The Central Bank of Nigeria on Tuesday dismissed fears that the planned introduction of N5000 note could engender inflation. The apex bank said the fears expressed by Nigerians, including economists and finance experts, had no basis in economics. It threw a challenge to economists against the move to make public, any theory that opposes higher […]