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Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics
Sunday, June 12th, 2011
A GROUNDSWELL of global goodwill and rising acclaim for Nigeria and its re-elected President Goodluck Jonathan was on display last week at the United Nations, New York and Washington DC, as world leaders expressed the hope that Nigeria would actualise its potentials. For instance, former US President Bill Clinton said, in New York, that Jonathan may turn out […]
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Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics
Sunday, June 12th, 2011
THE United States (U.S.) has attributed the success of the 2011 elections in Nigeria to the support of Washington and the appointment of honest people to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). In press interviews in Lusaka, Zambia at the weekend at the end of this year’s U.S. African Growth Opportunity Act (AGOA) summit, which were released […]
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Latest Politics, Presidency, Sani Abacha (1993-98)
Sunday, June 12th, 2011
The Osile Oke-Ona, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Oba Adedapo Adewale Tejuoso, has explained why the late General Sani Abacha refused to release the late Chief MKO Abiola, the widely acclaimed winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election from detention. The monarch was a member of the 1994/95 Constitutional Conference. He spoke at a media parley […]
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Latest Politics
Sunday, June 12th, 2011
It was lamentation galore from members of the family of the late winner of the June 12 presidential election, Bashorun M.K.O. Abiola as Nigerians marked the 18th anniversary of the historic election yesterday. Leading the family during a remembrance lecture, which held yesterday in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, was the younger brother of the […]
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Latest Politics
Sunday, June 12th, 2011
Vice-presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), Pastor Tunde Bakare, yesterday, warned of time bomb over the blood which the presumed winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, Chief M.K.O. Abiola, shed for the country. His warning coincided with a call by Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola (SAN), for a sober reflection […]
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EFCC Politics, Latest Politics
Sunday, June 12th, 2011
Immediate past Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Usman Bayero Nafada, was involved in an auto crash in Abuja yesterday on his way to honour an invitation by the Economics and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over a fresh case of alleged illegal procurement and misappropriation of about N40billion loan. He is expected to be […]
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Armed Forces, Latest Politics, Nigerian Police
Sunday, June 12th, 2011
Inspector General of Police, Hafiz Ringim, has stated that top hierarchy of the both the Nigerian Army and the Nigeria Police Force have resolved to prosecute those involved in the recent clash between his men and some soldiers in Badagry. The police boss made the disclosure at the commissioning of a multi-million naira building for […]
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Africa & World Politics, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Latest Politics, Presidency, Top Stories
Saturday, June 11th, 2011
As part of his scheduled assignments in the United States this week, President Goodluck Jonathan had a 45-minutes’ meeting with US President Barack Obama at the White House in Washington DC, early yesterday, appealing to the American government to help in the HIV/AIDS scourge in Nigeria. Stressing his earlier presentation at the United Nations General […]
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EFCC Politics, House, Latest Politics, Legislature
Friday, June 10th, 2011
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, yesterday, pleaded a Federal High Court in Abuja, to dismiss the bail application that was filed before it by the embattled former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole, insisting that the applicant, if free, will interfere with other investigations involving him. The anti-graft agency stated this […]
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EFCC Politics, Latest Politics
Friday, June 10th, 2011
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, yesterday, adjourned till June 14, to rule on the suit filed by the former Managing Director of Intercontinental Bank, Erastus Akingbola and an erstwhile Executive Director of the bank, Bayo Dada challenging the planned sale of their former bank to Access Bank Plc. Mr Eratus Akingbola, former Manaiging […]
