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Latest Politics, Presidency, Top Stories, Umaru Musa Yar'Adua (2007-10)
Sunday, January 23rd, 2011
Controversial whistleblower website, WikiLeaks, has claimed that aides of the late President Umaru Yar’Adua stuffed his clothes to hide his weight loss during the peak of illness. WikiLeaks, in some United States diplomatic cables it released on Saturday night, also disclosed that makeup was used to cover the signs and symptoms of illness on his […]
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Latest Politics, South-East
Sunday, January 23rd, 2011
THE five South East governors rose from a meeting in Awka yesterday and resolved to give unflinching support to President Goodluck Jonathan in his presidential bid. Mr. Peter Obi of Anambra State who is the chairman of the South East Governor’s Forum, Chief Theodore Orji of Abia State, Chief Martin Elechi of Ebonyi State, Mr. […]
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Governors, Latest Politics
Sunday, January 23rd, 2011
Some prominent Nigerians have expressed concern over what they described as the overbearing influence of the Nigerian Governors Forum on the Presidency and have advised President Goodluck Jonathan to be wary of them. The Nigerians comprising politicians, lawyers, activists reacted to reports that governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party were […]
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Latest Politics
Sunday, January 23rd, 2011
NO fewer than 400 members of the Peoples Democratic Party in Badagry, Badagry Local Government Area of Lagos State have defected to the Action Congress of Nigeria. A former PDP chieftain in the council, Mr. Kamarudeen Ajape, who led the defectors, said the internal unity in the ACN attracted many of them. Ajape said, […]
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Latest Politics, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Presidency
Saturday, January 22nd, 2011
As consultations by politicians of the progressive bent continue across the country ahead of the April general election, the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN)’s presidential candidate in the poll, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, on Wednesday held a closed-door meeting with his Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) counterpart, Maj-General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd.) The meeting, which took place […]
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Latest Politics
Friday, January 21st, 2011
Northern leaders, operating under the auspices of Northern Leaders Political Forum, have given former vice president, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the nod to institute legal action against the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over the party’s presidential ticket. Also, the group has resolved to adopt former Head of State and presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive […]
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Elections 2011, Latest Politics
Thursday, January 20th, 2011
IF Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, has a magic wand, now is the time to press it into service. Reason: Six days into the on-going voters’ registration exercise, some of the problems identified in the process remained unsolved yesterday as prospective voters trooped out en masse nationwide to obtain the voters […]
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Latest Politics
Thursday, January 20th, 2011
Two suspects have been remanded in prison custody for allegedly diverting the Direct Data Capturing (DDC) machine belonging to the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) in Bauchi. Arraigning Abubakar Yunusa and Hussaini Ahmed before the Chief Magistrate Court (CMC) Eight yesterday in Bauchi, Police Prosecutor, Corporal M.Garba explained that the accused were charged with criminal conspiracy […]
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Latest Politics, South-East
Thursday, January 20th, 2011
Contrary to speculations that South-East chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are already scouting for a replacement for the dislodged national chairman of the party, Dr Okwesilieze Nwodo, who tendered his resignation letter on Tuesday, Daily Sun can authoritatively reveal that PDP governors from the zone are indifferent to early replacement for the position […]
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Latest Politics
Thursday, January 20th, 2011
Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega yesterday accused politicians of encouraging multiple and underage registration in the ongoing voters’ registration exercise, even as he admitted that the take-off of the exercise did not meet the expectations of the commission. In the same vein, the INEC chairman warned those who have […]
