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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Latest Politics, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), National Politics, Presidency
Wednesday, September 7th, 2011
As President Goodluck Jonathan marks 100 days in office, hard knocks came yesterday from former Military Head of State, General Muhammadu Buhari, saying Jonathan’s 100 days in office is a waste. Buhari, the presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) in the April, 2011. election, said that it is those who had misplaced […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics, Religion, Sokoto, State News
Wednesday, September 7th, 2011
It was not a usual celebration for fun seekers in Sokoto state during the just concluded El-el-fitr feast. The El-el-fitr is usually celebrated among Muslim faithful to mark the end of the holy month of Ramadan. But the relatively lowkey fanfare among families in the ‘seat of the caliphate’ was a true indication that there […]
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Latest Politics, South-East
Wednesday, September 7th, 2011
Ndigbo in Lagos have called on President Goodluck Jonathan to facilitate the correction of the imbalance in Nigeria by motivating the creation of the long awaited two states in the South-east geo-political zone. The call was made at the pre-Igbo Day press conference last Tuesday organised by the 2011 Igbo Day Organising Committee. According to […]
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Latest Politics
Wednesday, September 7th, 2011
Former Oil Minister, Prof. Tam David West, yesterday assessed the chances of President Goodluck Jonathan’s economic team succeeding and returned a verdict of ‘doubtful’. The ex-minister said, formidable as the team is in its composition, it bore an insidious germ of failure. Besides, the former university don said apparent lack of focus and political will […]
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Judiciary, Latest Politics, Raw Politics
Wednesday, September 7th, 2011
A Federal High Court yesterday disqualified two senior advocates from representing the suspended President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Ayo Isa Salami in court where he is challenging the decision of the National Judicial Council (NJC) suspending him from office. The court held that their appearance offends the provisions of Order 9 Rules 35 […]
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EFCC Politics, Latest Politics, National Politics, Top Stories, Women Politics
Wednesday, September 7th, 2011
Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mrs. Farida Waziri, yesterday debunked claims that the First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan is under any form of investigation by the anti-graft agency. She said such a report was mischievous. Waziri made this clarification while receiving representatives of the Women Empowering and Enriching Lives (WEEL), an […]
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Latest Politics
Wednesday, September 7th, 2011
THE verbal war between former military president, General Ibrahim Babangida and former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has continued to fester as Babangida said on Tuesday that he stood by his earlier statement on Obasanjo’s alleged squandering of national resources. Babangida said this while debunking reports that he recanted on the allegation he made that Obasanjo […]
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Latest Politics
Tuesday, September 6th, 2011
100 days of president Goodluck Jonathan do not really call for celebration as analysts and stakeholders told BUKKY OLAJIDE and TOYIN WAHEED USAMAH THE global perception of economy is that its management holds the ace in determining the quality of life of the people. Its effectiveness therefore derives from good governance, with aspirations of majority […]
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Latest Politics
Tuesday, September 6th, 2011
AN overhaul of Nigeria’s security architecture was approved yesterday by the National Council of State in an emergency meeting in Abuja. The nation’s top advisory body indeed put the issue of security on the front burner. National Security Adviser, Gen. Owoye Andrew Azazi, who briefed the meeting said that the issue of terrorism has not […]
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Judiciary, Latest Politics
Tuesday, September 6th, 2011
Fresh revelations have emerged on how the former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, mounted undue pressure on the Supreme Court justice to get his way in the 2003 presidential election. A just released Wikileaks cable revealed how the then Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Muhammed Uwais, confided in the then US Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. […]
