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Bauchi, Borno, Kano, Latest Politics, Niger, Plateau, State News
Wednesday, May 11th, 2011
ABUJA-TO thwart any possible attack by the Boko Haram sect, the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Hafiz Ringim, has beefed up security in about seven states including Borno, Bauchi, Kaduna, Niger, Plateau and Kano. Ringim, also said yesterday that the post-election violence which engulfed parts of the country could not have been avoided. Fielding questions from […]
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Elections 2011, Latest Politics, NNP Elections 2011 Updates, South-West
Tuesday, May 10th, 2011
Fresh documents obtained by Daily Sun have exposed the massive electoral fraud perpetrated by the Peoples Democratic Party in the previous elections, especially in 2003. A comparative analysis of the results of the presidential election in 2003 and 2011, with particular reference to Ogun state, show a rather wide margin between registered voters and actual […]
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Latest Politics
Monday, May 9th, 2011
DESPITE internal challenges of stability and the slur of electoral violence, Nigeria’s foreign policy would remain unchanged, Foreign Affairs Minister, Odein Ajumogobia, has said. Addressing members of the diplomatic corps accredited to Nigeria at the weekend in Abuja, the minister explained that although there may not be changes in the foreign policy, what might […]
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Latest Politics, NYSC (National Youth Service Corp)
Monday, May 9th, 2011
WORRIED by the recent murder of some National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members in the post- polls violence in the Northern part of the country, the Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Anthony Cardinal Okogie has called on the Federal Government to compensate families of the slain youths. The call came as the Niger Delta Nationality […]
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Edo, Judiciary, Latest Politics, State News
Monday, May 9th, 2011
FORMER Edo State Governor, Chief Lucky Igbinedion, yesterday denied paying N10 billion to a judge in order to thwart his ongoing trial. The allegation was reportedly made by a senior Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) official. Meanwhile, a Federal High Court in Benin City will on May 31 rule on the preliminary objection […]
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CPC (Congress 4 Progressive Change), EFCC Politics, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Latest Politics, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Presidency, Top Stories
Sunday, May 8th, 2011
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) moved swiftly to respond to claims of underhand occurrences in the last presidential election by raising four points which it believed would easily knock off the petition by the presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive change (CPC), General Muhammadu Buhari. Buhari had on Friday filed a notice at the […]
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Latest Politics, NYSC (National Youth Service Corp), State News
Sunday, May 8th, 2011
GOVERNOR Isa Yuguda of Bauchi state disclosed, Sunday, that over 600 suspects have so far been arrested and being prosecuted in connection with the murder of nine members of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC during the post election violence in the State. Speaking with Journalists in Abuja, Sunday, Yuguda who noted that he stands […]
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Latest Politics, Ministries
Sunday, May 8th, 2011
Indications emerged on Saturday that some of the Peoples Democratic Party governors who failed to secure a second term in office in the just concluded elections are lobbying for ministerial appointments in President Goodluck Jonathan’s new cabinet. Also, some ex-governors, particularly those whose tenures were cut short at election tribunals, are also making moves […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Latest Politics, Presidency
Sunday, May 8th, 2011
The flurry of messages congratulating President Goodluck Jonathan from all over the world may have finally persuaded northern elements who were once opposed to his emergence as the nation’s number one citizen into soft-pedalling. SUNDAY PUNCH investigations showed that this change of heart and the consequent thaw in the attitude of some key northern […]
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Imo, Latest Politics, State News
Sunday, May 8th, 2011
President Goodluck Jonathan and the defeated governor of Imo State, Chief Ikedi Ohakim, have congratulated the All Progressives Grand Alliance candidate, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, on emerging victorious in the governorship poll concluded in the state on Friday. Speaking through a statement from his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Ima Niboro, Jonathan said, […]
