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Abdulsalaami Abubakar (1998-99), Arewa House, National Politics, Presidency
Monday, August 8th, 2011

Disturbed by the continued incarceration of Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, a former Chief Security Officer (CSO)to the late head of state, General Sani Abacha, youth groups in the North that met under the aegis of Arewa Youth Forum(AYF), at the weekend, appealed to former Head of State, General Abdusalami Abubakar, to clarify the issues raised by […]
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General Politics, National Politics
Saturday, August 6th, 2011

What they told Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar Although late in the day, the revelations of Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, the once dreaded Chief Security Officer, CSO, to the late maximum dictator, General Sani Abacha, in a Lagos courtroom last week created what some are describing as comic distraction to other pressing national issues. Mustapha’s revelations eclipsed the […]
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General Politics, National Politics, Presidency, Sani Abacha (1993-98)
Thursday, August 4th, 2011

Former Chief Security Officer (CSO) to the late General Sani Abacha, Major Hamsat Al-Mustapha, yesterday has stirred the hornet’s nest by mentioning names of two leading Yoruba leaders who are already late as beneficiaries of the Federal Government’s largesse to scuttle the June 12, 1993 presidential poll struggle. He mentioned Senator Abraham Adesanya, the leader […]
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General Politics, House, Legislature, National Politics
Thursday, August 4th, 2011

President Goodluck Jonathan said yesterday that the death of Chief Edwin Ume-Ezeoke, erstwhile national chairman of All Nigerian People’s Party (ANPP), is a national loss. The President led other eminent Nigerians including the leadership of the House of Representatives, presidential candidate of Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) in the last April elections, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari […]
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National Politics, South-West
Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011

Former chief security officer to the late head of state, General Sani Abacha, Major Hamza Al-Mustapha yesterday stunned the court when he alleged that the Federal Government withdrew huge amount of money from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to appease South-west leaders after the sudden death of the late Chief MKO Abiola in detention. […]
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General Politics, Headlines, National Politics
Sunday, July 31st, 2011

MISS Karen Igho has become the third Nigerian, in a row, to have become a millionaire courtesy of Mnet and its Big Brother TV reality show. She grabbed the whopping $200,000 grand prize, along with Wendall (Zimbabwe) at the end of the 91-day show, which ended last night The first Nigerian to win the $200,000, […]
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National Politics, Religion
Friday, July 29th, 2011

President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor yesterday picked holes in the statement credited to the Sultan of Sokoto and president general of Jamatul Nasril Islam (JNI) Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubukar, saying it fell short of expectations. Speaking in Kaduna in an opening remarks at a meeting to assess the level […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), National Politics, Presidency
Thursday, July 28th, 2011

AT two separate fora yesterday in Abuja, President Goodluck Jonathan said he had no intention to stay in the Presidential Villa beyond May 29, 2015. Jonathan point blank, said insinuations that his single term proposal was to further his grip on power were misplaced. He told Nigerians flying the kite to desist from it. At the […]
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National Politics, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency
Thursday, July 28th, 2011

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s warning on the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) zoning is sheer hypocrisy, his former deputy, Atiku Abubakar has said. The former vice president was responding to reports credited to Obasanjo in national dailies yesterday, that the party should go back to its zoning arrangement. He suggested that House of Representatives Speaker, Hon. […]
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EFCC Politics, House, Legislature, National Politics
Tuesday, July 26th, 2011

ABUJA — Determined to extricate himself from allegations that he inflated the cost of contracts awarded by the House of Representatives whilst he was the Speaker, Mr Dimeji Bankole, yesterday, flayed the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for comparing the crime he allegedly committed with that of the convicted former Chairman of the Nigerian […]