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Latest Politics, Oil Politics, Women Politics
Tuesday, November 1st, 2011
The debate on the removal of fuel subsidy gathered momentum yesterday as the Senate Joint Committee on Petroleum Resources (Downstream), Appropriations and Finance formally summoned Ministers of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Allison-Madueke and Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, to appear before it. The issue has […]
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Elections 2011, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Judiciary, Latest Politics, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Presidency
Tuesday, November 1st, 2011
The Supreme Court yesterday struck out the twin interlocutory appeals filed by President Goodluck Jonathan and his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against the decision of the Presidential Election Tribunal, which allowed the filing of the petition challenging the outcome of the presidential election by the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) on Sunday May 8, 2011. […]
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Armed Forces, Latest Politics, Women Politics
Sunday, October 30th, 2011
The stalled Federal Account Allocation Committee meeting has resulted in a delay in the payment of the salaries of members of the military, paramilitary organisations, and state and local government employees. THE PUNCHgathered that the October salaries of all government workers under the integrated payroll system were yet to be paid. The salaries of the […]
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Latest Politics
Sunday, October 30th, 2011
THE Federal Government has reviewed its plan for the repair of the nation’s airport in a way that the project will now cost less than the amount initially voted for it. Essentially, the project was to gulp N90 billion if the government were to build new airport terminals. But rather than build new terminals to […]
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Boko Haram, Borno, Latest Politics, State News
Sunday, October 30th, 2011
An Islamic cleric was shot dead in Maiduguri over the weekend by gunmen suspected to be of Boko Haram sect, even as an early morning bomb blast targeted against the Joint Task Force (JTF) men rocked the city yesterday. Some gunmen were said to have stormed the residence of the Islamic cleric, Ali Gana at […]
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Abuja (FCT), Latest Politics, Legislature, Senate, State News
Sunday, October 30th, 2011
Monday, October 31, 2011 • Bala Photo: Sun News Publishing More Stories on This Section Senate has summoned Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Administration, Senator Bala Mohammed and the Due Process Office over the award of some road contracts in Abuja in foreign currency. Similarly, Senate may also summon the Comptroller General of […]
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CBN (Central Bank of Nigeria), Latest Politics
Saturday, October 29th, 2011
If the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, has his way, the nation would jettison the states, local governments and ministries which, according to him, are not viable. To him, it has come to a time in the life of Nigeria that it must overhaul the structures that make the […]
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General Politics, Latest Politics, National Politics
Saturday, October 29th, 2011
Age and time might have slowed down the pace of the maverick Senator Arthur Nzeribe, but the vehemence of his conviction remains ablaze as usual. From the way he fumes, not minding the situation of things, about the prevailing developments in Nigeria, he remains himself, unfazed, undiluted in sharp criticisms and unrelenting in what he […]
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Latest Politics
Thursday, October 27th, 2011
A Federal High Court sitting has fixed November 18, 2011 to begin definite trial of the six persons alleged to be members of an Islamist sect, Boko Haram, responsible for the bombing of the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Suleja, Niger State on March 3, 2011. The suspects, Shuaibu Abubakar, Salisu […]
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Latest Politics
Thursday, October 27th, 2011
ABUJA – The House of Representatives Committee on Pension, yesterday, heard that over 71,135 ghost pensioners were on the pay roll of Federal Government which cost the government over N28 billion annually. The Head of Service of the Federation, Alhaji Ibrahim Sali, told the committee, yesterday, that the report of the pension reform task force […]
