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Latest Politics, Ogun, Raw Politics, State News
Thursday, February 10th, 2011
The on-going feud between former President Olusegun Obasanjo and the governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, has taken a new dimension. LEADERSHIP sources at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), office in Lagos revealed yesterday that the former president last Friday submitted a strongly worded petition loaded with weighty allegations against the governor. […]
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Lagos, Latest Politics, State News
Thursday, February 10th, 2011
Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola has reacted to President Goodluck Jonathan’s remark that the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) would wrest the South-West from “rascals”, saying such a statement was unbecoming of a president of a country like Nigeria. “The South-West is too important to be left in the hands of rascals. We must take it […]
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Latest Politics, Legislature, Senate
Wednesday, February 9th, 2011
THE Senate ad hoc committee on investigation into the transport sector yesterday issued a warrant of arrest on the minister, Alhaji Yusuf Suleiman, asking the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to arrest and present him before the panel. But in a dramatic turn, the minister made a sudden appearance before the committee. The Senate has […]
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Latest Politics
Wednesday, February 9th, 2011
Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola on Wednesday replied President Goodluck Jonathan who called South-west political leaders as rascals, saying his comments were completely “unpresidential.” Speaking with newsmen in Lagos Airport Wednesday afternoon, the Governor expressed shock that such derogatory comment came from the nation’s number one citizen, stressing that it clearly showed the People’s Democratic […]
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Latest Politics
Tuesday, February 8th, 2011
The 36 state governors on Tuesday demanded a review of the federal allocation formula. The governors, who met in Abuja under the aegis of the Nigeria Governors Forum, immediately set up a six-man committee to prepare their views on the issue. The committee, which is headed by Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), also […]
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House, Latest Politics, Legislature
Tuesday, February 8th, 2011
The faction of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ogun State led by the Minister of Commerce and Industry, Chief Jubril Martins-Kuye, may present the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Dimeji Bankole, as its candidate for the Abeokuta Federal Constituency, THE PUNCH learnt on Tuesday. The faction’s Acting Secretary, Alhaji Semiu Sodipo, told one […]
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Latest Politics, Ogun, State News
Tuesday, February 8th, 2011
THE Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, in Ogun State, has called on security agencies investigating the murder of Otunba Dipo Dina, the gubernatorial candidate of the party in the 2007 election in the state to extend their investigation to Governor Gbenga Daniel. The party in a statement by its Publicity Secretary in the state, Mr. […]
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EFCC Politics, Latest Politics
Tuesday, February 8th, 2011
THE trial of the former Governor of Edo State, Chief Lucky Igbinedion, commenced yesterday at the Federal High Court Benin City, with the Presiding Judge, Justice Adamu Hobom, rejecting the plea by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFFC, to issue a bench warrant on the former Governor and his associates over their failure to […]
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Latest Politics
Monday, February 7th, 2011
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, kicked off his presidential campaign on both a note of good tidings and one of warning: He declared that better days are ahead for Nigerians just as he warned enemies of progress and violators of the law that his administration would pursue law breakers to the ends of the Earth. A […]
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Latest Politics, National Politics
Sunday, February 6th, 2011
In this era of political manoeuvring, sportsmen and women are beginning to take the bull by the horns to join the train. Before now, former Nigerian international athlete, Brown Ebewele, had formerly declared for the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) to join forces with Comrade Adams Oshomhole, the governor of Edo State. Shortly after that, […]
