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Thursday, January 20th, 2011
Fresh trouble appears looming for former chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Okwesilieze Nwodo following a threat by unknown persons to burn down his home in Enugu State. Also believed to be a target was the home of the ex-PDP chairman’s younger brother and former Information Minister, Chief Nnia Nwodo. Dr Nwodo was […]
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Latest Politics, Ministries
Thursday, January 20th, 2011
Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party have asked President Goodluck Jonathan to sack some ministers over irreconcilable political differences with them (governors). The governors made the demand during their meeting with President Goodluck Jonathan at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Tuesday night. Before the governors went to the Villa, they […]
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Latest Politics
Thursday, January 20th, 2011
The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ogun State, Mr. Gboyega Isiaka, has described the Direct Data Capture machine being employed by the Independent National Electoral Commission for the on-going voter registration exercise as capable of preventing electoral fraud in the forthcoming general elections. Isiaka, who emerged as the governorship candidate in […]
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Latest Politics
Thursday, January 20th, 2011
Former Military President Ibrahim, Babangida; ex-Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar, and former National Security Adviser, Maj.-Gen. Aliyu Gusau (retd.), have decided not to challenge the victory of President Goodluck Jonathan at the Peoples Democratic Party presidential primaries in court. Investigations by our correspondent in Abuja on Wednesday showed that the three politicians took the decision at a […]
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Latest Politics
Wednesday, January 19th, 2011
The office of Independent National Electoral Commission at Illela Local Government Area of Sokoto State has entered into partnership with the Nigeria Immigration Service to ensure that only Nigerians register in the ongoing voter registration exercise. The electoral officer in charge of the local government, Alhaji Inusa Yusuf, disclosed this in an interview with the […]
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Latest Politics
Tuesday, January 18th, 2011
THE Northern Political Leaders Forum, NPLF, and its consensus candidate, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, have gone back to the drawing board to map out fresh strategies on the way forward, Vanguard can reveal. Vanguard can also reveal that the possible outcome of consultations being made by Alhaji Atiku Abubakar do not point in the […]
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Latest Politics
Tuesday, January 18th, 2011
NORTHERN leaders, under the aegis of the Northern Political Leaders Forum (NPLF), have mandated former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar to commence legal action against President Goodluck Jonathan, who won the January 13 presidential primary of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP). Sources told the Nigerian Tribune that the leaders, at a meeting in Abuja, on January 15, ratified […]
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Monday, January 17th, 2011
STILL smarting from the recent incidents that claimed the lives of many and paralysed business activities, residents of Jos, Plateau State, witnessed another tragedy on Monday, as three people died in the troubled Jos North Local Government Area of the state in the ongoing voter registration. Nigerian Tribune learnt that the ongoing registration turned violent […]
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Latest Politics, Legislature, Senate
Sunday, January 16th, 2011
Attempts by President of the Senate, Senator David Mark to register for the forthcoming general election in his Ward I, Otukpo, Benue State failed to yield the desired result as Direct Data Capture (DDC) machine of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) did not function. Senator Mark who was accompanied by his wife, Helen arrived […]
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INEC Politics, Latest Politics
Sunday, January 16th, 2011
It was a frustrating moment for former president Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday as his attempt to register in the ongoing voters’ registration was thwarted by the Direct Data Capture (DDC) machine. Obasanjo who arrived his Ward 11, Ita-Eko, Abeokuta, the state capital at about 11.53 a.m. in company with his wife, Bola had after several rejections […]