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Headlines, Latest Politics, Niger Delta
Friday, April 15th, 2011
The amnesty programme of the Federal Government got a boost in Ondo State, on Thursday, as no fewer than 400 militants from the Niger Delta region of the state surrendered their arms and ammunition and embraced the amnesty programme. The militants, from Digbigbene AMG Lion Camp in Ese Odo Local Government Area, voluntarily surrendered a […]
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Latest Politics
Thursday, April 14th, 2011
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has accused the PDP-controlled Federal Government of allocating billions of naira to states to compromise Saturday’s presidential election, just as it did for last Saturday’s poll. In a statement issued in Ilorin, Kwara State on Thursday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party also said major […]
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Latest Politics
Monday, April 11th, 2011
• Visits Suleja bomb blast victims President Goodluck Jonathan jetted to Lagos last night as part of his last-minute moves to persuade the teeming South-West voters to support his presidential ambition in this Saturday’s presidential poll. LEADERSHIP gathered last night that Jonathan rushed to Lagos after visiting the Suleja bomb blast victims. The president was said to […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Latest Politics, Presidency
Monday, April 11th, 2011
Hon. Juventus Ojukwu was elected to the House of Representatives twice in the second republic. A commissioned officer of the Nigerian Army before the civil war, Ojukwu tells Daily Sun in this interview conducted in Abuja that as the 2011 presidential election draws by, Nigerians should look for the person who has the capacity to […]
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Lagos, Latest Politics, State News
Saturday, April 9th, 2011
THE Lagos State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Adekunle Ogunmola has released the list of the election collation centres in Lagos State for the National Assembly elections holding today. According to Mr Ogunmola, there will be three collation centres for the senatorial election: Lagos Central: INEC Office Lagos Island. Lagos East: INEC Office Somolu. Lagos West, INEC […]
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Elections 2011, Kano, Latest Politics, State News
Saturday, April 9th, 2011
THE national assembly election took place in the 44 councils of Kano State without any known case of violence and breach of the peace. Despite the mass turn out which took many by surprise, there were cases of three persons arrested with 500 ballot papers at Minjibir, Gejawa council of the state. At about the […]
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Elections 2011, Latest Politics, Top Stories
Saturday, April 9th, 2011

Nigerians are voting in parliamentary elections which have been marred by bloody attacks and chaotic delays. Polling had to be abandoned last week after election material failed to reach many areas. Security is tight following sporadic violence in the campaign. Several people were hurt on Saturday in a blast at a polling station in the […]
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Armed Forces, Latest Politics
Friday, April 8th, 2011
Navy declares no movement on high seas SSS combs streets for weapons, others Kaduna awaits polls materials SECURITY yesterday topped preparations for tomorrow’s National Assembly elections as the various agencies of the Federal Government unveiled measures to ensure law and order during the exercise. The military, whose men are to patrol the streets but keep […]
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Latest Politics
Thursday, April 7th, 2011
Tongues are wagging in Kano as officers of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), on Tuesday night, impounded a consignment of military uniforms and bullet-proof vests at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano, The arrest, which is coming a few days to the National Assembly elections has since raised critical questions as to the motive […]
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Latest Politics, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Niger Delta, Presidency
Thursday, April 7th, 2011

THE presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), Gen. Muhammadu Buhari and his All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) counterpart Ibrahim Shekarau yesterday restated their resolve to tackle the nation’s problems . The two candidates spoke on different occasions. At a public presentation of the party’s manifesto in Lagos yesterday, Buhari and his running […]