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CBN (Central Bank of Nigeria), Latest Politics
Sunday, February 20th, 2011

SHOCK waves swept through the nation’s banks at the weekend as they got wind of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) planned verification of the level of their compliance with the just-concluded customer accounts’ update. The exercise begins on March 7, but the banks will today formally receive letters from the CBN informing them of […]
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Abuja (FCT), Latest Politics, State News
Sunday, February 20th, 2011
THE Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Bala Mohammed, has said he was behind President Jonathan’s ambition to get elected in April not because he does not want a fellow northerner to clinch the presidency, but that based on the circumstance in which the president assumed mantle of leadership, he remained the most suitable […]
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Latest Politics
Saturday, February 19th, 2011
President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday said his administration was fully committed to the implementation of reforms that would ensure that the operations of the Nigerian Customs Service conformed with global best practices. At a meeting with the Secretary-General of the World Customs Organisation, Mr. Kunio Mikuriya, the President said that the Federal Government fully […]
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Latest Politics, Raw Politics
Thursday, February 17th, 2011

The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) presidential candidate, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, has accused the NorthernPolitical Leaders Forum (NPLF) led by former finance minister, Mallam Adamu Ciroma of insincerity in the issue of a northern consensus candidate. The campaign organisation of Mallam Ribadu made the accusation against the backdrop of the decision of the Northern leaders […]
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INEC Politics, Latest Politics
Thursday, February 17th, 2011
TRUE to its claim of ability to expose all manner of fraud in the recently concluded voters registration, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has detected double listing by prospective voters in many states. And as the display of voters lists is expected to end today across the country, there have been reports of low […]
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Latest Politics, Rivers, State News
Wednesday, February 16th, 2011
President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday, ordered the nation’s security agencies to undertake special training courses on crowd control. Jonathan issued the directive at the Federal Executive council meeting on Wednesday The directive followed the loss of several lives in a stampede at the Port Harcourt Liberation Stadium when Jonathan inaugurated his presidential campaign in the […]
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Latest Politics
Wednesday, February 16th, 2011
IT was a day for Nigeria’s renewal for the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) yesterday as it kicked off its presidential campaign with a colloquium in Abuja. The event apart from being a novelty in electioneering in Nigeria, was issue-driven and the common denominator in the speeches of the party […]
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Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics
Wednesday, February 16th, 2011
Firebrand preacher, Rev. Moses Iloh and former presidential candidate, Nigeria Advanced Party (NAP), Dr. Tunji Braithwaite have warned of an imminent revolution in the country if politicians fail to put their acts together. Both elder statesmen spoke to Daily Sun after the thanksgiving service to mark 81years birthday celebration of Rev. Moses Iloh held at […]
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Latest Politics
Tuesday, February 15th, 2011
Witnesses who testified before the presidential panel on the stampede which killed 11 persons in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, have blamed security men deployed from Abuja, the nation’s capital for the tragedy. Testifying before the panel on Tuesday, Mr. Nmehielle James, Manager of Liberation Stadium, Elekahia, Port Harcourt, said men of Police Mobile […]
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Latest Politics
Tuesday, February 15th, 2011
A former “Mr. Nigeria,” Angalapele Inemotimi, has asked a Federal High Court in Abuja to stop the Peoples Democratic Party from presenting Mr. Teddy Bai to the Independent National Electoral Commission. The plaintiff is also asking the court to stop the electoral body from accepting Bai as the party’s candidate in the forthcoming state Assembly […]