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Africa & World Politics, National Politics, Top Stories
Sunday, February 24th, 2013
Few days after an Iranian terror cell was discovered in Lagos State, SUNDAY PUNCH can authoritatively report that security agents are on the trail of three different foreign-sponsored terror cells in the country. A senior security official who spoke to our correspondents on Friday said the sponsors of the terrorist cells were in Sudan, Somalia […]
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Africa & World Politics, National Politics, Top Stories
Friday, February 22nd, 2013
By Eric Ojo Saturday, Feb 16, 2013 President Goodluck Jonathan will leave Abuja Thursday for Malabo, Equatorial Guinea to participate in the 3rd Summit of Heads of State and Government of Africa and South America. President Jonathan is listed among the keynote speakers at the summit which will take place on Friday, February 22, 2013. […]
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Latest Politics, National Politics, Top Stories
Thursday, February 21st, 2013
Abuja – President Goodluck Jonathan has reversed the change of name of the University of Lagos which he renamed Moshood Abiola University in a broadcast to mark the 2012 Democracy Day. Chairman, Governing Council of University of Lagos, Professor Jerry Gana disclosed this yesterday in Abuja during his inauguration alongside three others by the Minister […]
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First Ladies, National Politics, Patience Jonathan, Top Stories
Monday, February 18th, 2013
By Ben Agande ABUJA—First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, yesterday, said she died and woke up after seven days during her illness which necessitated her absence from the country for almost three months. In a thanksgiving service held at the State House chapel in Abuja, the First Lady said the prayers of Nigerians sustained her while […]
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National Politics, Soccer, Sports, Top Stories
Monday, February 11th, 2013
Stephen Keshi has told a South African radio station that he has resigned as the Nigeria coach, less than 24 hours after leading his country to the Africa Cup of Nations title. The Super Eagles edged out Burkina Faso 1-0 in Sunday’s final to become the African champions for the third time but it appears […]
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National Politics, Nigerian Police, Top Stories, Women Politics
Monday, February 4th, 2013
Men of the Anti Bomb Squad of the Nigerian Police Force on Monday, detonated a device believed to be Improvised Explosive Device in front of the Nipost Office in Area 10, Abuja. LEADERSHIP gathered that the IED, contained in a parcel with N100 postage stamp, was addressed to the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), National Politics, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency, Raw Politics
Friday, February 1st, 2013
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has accused President Goodluck Jonathan of mismanaging the security issues engulfing the country. Obasanjo stated this in an exclusive interview published in the February issue of the pan-African magazine, New African. He blamed Jonathan for the deteriorating situation caused by the insurgent Boko Haram. “If the President is the chief security […]
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Latest Politics, National Politics, Nigerian Police
Tuesday, January 29th, 2013
Surprise pervaded a Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja on Monday when a director of the Police Pension Office, Mr. John Yusuf, was handed down only a two-year jail sentence for conniving with others to defraud the office and pensioners of N27.2bn. Yusuf admitted to stealing N2bn of the money. But he would not spend […]
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Friday, January 25th, 2013
A former Vice President (Africa), World Bank, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili, has said the Umaru Yar’Adua and President Goodluck Jonathan administrations need to tell Nigerians how they spent the $45bn left in the foreign reserves account and $22bn in the Excess Crude Account by the former President Olusegun Obasanjo administration. Ezekwesili, who was a former Minister […]
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Saturday, January 19th, 2013
By Jide Ajani Apparently embarrassed by what he saw at Nigeria’s Police College, on last Friday, President Goodluck Jonathan could not but lament openly, asking why people were being subjected to a treatment fit for chickens in the poultry. The unscheduled visit by Jonathan was a rare one and it afforded the nation’s number one […]
