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INEC Politics, Latest Politics
Friday, June 10th, 2011
A JOINT research by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and other organisations has showed that the enthusiasm of Nigerians in the electoral process waned as violence disrupted the April general elections in some northern states. Consequently, INEC Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega, said yesterday in Abuja that the commission had taken steps to increase voters’ participation […]
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Latest Politics, Presidency, Sani Abacha (1993-98)
Wednesday, June 8th, 2011
A man who laundered money in a business deal with ex-Nigerian dictator, General Sani Abacha has been ordered to repay £26.5 million by Jersey’s Royal Court. Raj Arjandas Bhojwani, from India, laundered £28 million through the Jersey branch of the Bank of India. He was jailed in 2010 for eight years, but in February this […]
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Latest Politics
Tuesday, June 7th, 2011
It was a day of rage in Maiduguri as bomb blasts believed to have been planted by the Boko Haram men at a Catholic Cathedral killed five while another five including three of the members of the sect, were also killed in a bloody shoot out yesterday afternoon. Daily Sun gathered that the Boko Haram […]
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House, Ibrahim Babangida (1985-93), Latest Politics, Legislature, Presidency
Tuesday, June 7th, 2011
Former Military President Ibrahim Babangida has commended the House of Representatives for jettisoning the zoning formula as dictated by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, saying the election of Speaker Tambuwal would check the culture of impunity and interference in legislative affairs by the Presidency. This came as the newly elected Speaker of the House, Rep […]
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Latest Politics, Ministries
Tuesday, June 7th, 2011
Travails of the former Minister of Works and Housing, Dr. Hassan Lawal, continued, yesterday, as he was again re-arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, over a fresh 29-count criminal charge bordering on conspiracy, money laundering and fraud. The ex-minister, who was brought to court from his detention cell at the Kuje prisons, […]
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House, Latest Politics, Legislature
Monday, June 6th, 2011
ONE-TIME Deputy Chief Whip of the House of Representatives, Honourable Aminu Tambuwal, has emerged as the new Speaker of the House of Representatives, as he polled a total votes of 252 to beat his opponent, Honourable Mulikat Adeola-Akande, in an election held in Abuja, on Monday. Adeola-Akande, widely touted as the favourite of the presidency, […]
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EFCC Politics, House, Latest Politics, Legislature
Monday, June 6th, 2011
WITH full judicial backing, operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday raided the Abuja homes of the detained former speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole, in connection with investigation into the alleged N2.3 billion car and N10 billion bank loan scams that rocked his leadership of the green chamber. […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Latest Politics, Presidency
Sunday, June 5th, 2011
President Goodluck Jonathan and his deputy, Namadi Sambo have lined up 102 witnesses made up of forensic and finger experts, a biometric analyst and a statistician to prove that the presidential election in which they were declared winners by the Indpendent National Electoral Commission [INEC] was conducted substantially in accordance with the Electoral Act. In […]
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Latest Politics, Ministries
Friday, June 3rd, 2011
THESE are interesting times in Abuja, Nigeria’s seat of power. Leading politicians, their godfathers or lobbyists are in a rat race to get one appointment or the other from President Goodluck Jonathan. A host of them are exploiting all avenues to claw their way into President Jonathan’s cabinet. Indeed, Vanguard gathered that jostle for appointments […]
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House, Latest Politics, Legislature
Friday, June 3rd, 2011
In an emotion-laden end to the sixth National Assembly session, the House of Representatives in a last ditch effort, cleared the name of its former speaker, Patricia Olubunmi Etteh, of allegation of N628m graft which led to her resignation. In a long, moving speech, Etteh challenged the House to revisit the issue in a bid […]
