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Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011

Should the Nuhu Ribadu Campaign Organisation have its way, the Attorney-General and Justice Minister, Mohammed Bello Adoke, will be kicked out of his job immediately. Reason: his obvious lack of commitment to the fight against corruption – according to the organisation. Its Director (Media and Communications), Ibrahim Modibbo, in a statement, said: “President Goodluck Jonathan […]
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Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011
Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission Mrs. Farida Waziri, yesterday said the case against a former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, has not been withdrawn. She said within two and a half years, the EFCC has recovered $6.5b (N975b) and secured 150 convictions. She also said over 1,500 cases […]
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Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011

The Presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), Gen Muhammadu Buhari (rtd), yesterday accused the Jonathan/Sambo Campaign Organisation of planning to assassinate his running mate, Pastor Tunde Bakare. A Second Republic Senator and Deputy Coordinator of the now rested Jonathan/Sambo Campaign Organisation, North-Central Zone, Walid Jibrin, had allegedly said in a newspaper report […]
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Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011
THE House of Representatives, yesterday, passed the Anti-Terrorism Bill 2011. The bill seeks to provide measures for the prevention, prohibition and combating of acts of terrorism as well as punishment for violating any of its provisions. President Goodluck Jonathan had on three occasions appealed to the House to give the bill expeditious consideration. The bill […]
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Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011

In a bid to mobilize women to participate actively in the 2011 general elections, wife of the President, Dame Patience Goodluck Jonathan will on March 1, 2011 flag off the Peoples Democratic party, PDP South-South Women’s zonal rally at the U .J. Esuene Stadium, Calabar in Cross River State. During the occasion, the Wife of […]
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Monday, February 21st, 2011
THE Minister of Finance, Mr Olusegun Aganga, has said the government has resumed savings in its excess crude account, after almost emptying the fund by September, and pledged to be more open about foreign currency reserves. The excess account swelled to $2.2 billion in December after dropping to as little as $500 million in September […]
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Monday, February 21st, 2011
Former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Second Republic Governor of old Plateau State, Chief Solomon Daushep Lar, is unhappy with the Northern Political Leaders Forum (NPFL) for fanning ethnic embers even after the last PDP presidential primary which produced President Goodluck Jonathan as the party’s candidate. He is particularly disappointed with […]
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Monday, February 21st, 2011
The Prelate, Methodist Church Nigeria, Dr. Ola Makinde, on Saturday warned that the widening gap between the rich and the poor might lead to a revolution in Nigeria. Makinde gave the warning at the inauguration and dedication of Wesley Cathedral of Olowogbowo, Lagos. At the inauguration were Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola; his […]
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Sunday, February 20th, 2011
Officials of the Nigerian Immigration Service in Ekiti State have rescued nine trafficked teenagers from traffickers operating in the state. Our correspondent gathered that the teenagers, who were brought to Ido-Ajinare, a town in Ekiti South Local Government from Benue State, were waiting to be ‘sold’ to the would-be buyers when officials of the […]
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Sunday, February 20th, 2011
Wife of the President, Mrs. Patience Jonathan, has assured that Peoples Democratic Party supporters who died during the party’s February 11, 2011 South-South rally in Port Harcourt would not be forgotten. She gave the assurance on Saturday when she visited families of the victims of the Liberation Stadium, Port Harcourt stampede in Ikwerre and […]