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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Latest Politics, National Politics, Presidency, Top Stories
Sunday, June 24th, 2018
Tony Okafor, Awka A constitutional lawyer, Mr. Okoli Akirika, has said that the amended 1999 constitution cannot bar former President Goodluck Jonathan from vying for president of Nigeria if he chooses to. The amendment, which was assented to by President Muhammadu Buhari penultimate week, stated that anyone who had been sworn in as president or […]
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All Peoples' Congress (APC), General Politics, Governors, Headlines, Imo, National Politics, Party Politics, State News
Friday, June 15th, 2018
John Alechenu, Abuja The National Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress has cautioned the Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, against further verbal attacks on party leaders. The party advised the governor to work with the party leadership in his state instead of making libellous attacks on the APC and its leadership. The National […]
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Latest Politics, National Politics
Friday, June 8th, 2018
By: Kingsley Omonobi **But says Buhari did the right thing for which history will remember him Abuja – Human Rights Activist and Constitutional Lawyer, Chief Mike Ozekhome has said that Late Chief Moshood Kachimawo Abiola, the acclaimed winner of June 12, 1993 elections would have rejected President Muhammadu Buhari’s post-humous award of Grand Commander of […]
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Latest Politics, Legislature, National Politics, Senate, Top Stories
Friday, June 8th, 2018
ohn Ameh, Olalekan Adetayo, Leke Baiyewu, Olaleye Aluko and Jesusegun Alagbe The Senate has hailed President Muhammadu Buhari for honouring the acclaimed winner of the June 12, 1993, presidential election, the late Chief Moshood Abiola, and his running mate, Ambassador Babagana Kingibe. While backing the declaration of June 12 as the new Democracy Day, the […]
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Headlines, National Politics
Friday, June 8th, 2018
President Muhammadu Buhari, by declaring June 12 as Democracy Day and awarding Grand Commander of the Federal Republic (GCFR) to late MKO Abiola, has confirmed that Abiola won the 1993 election, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu said on Thursday night. Tinubu, a former senator and governor of Lagos and one of the pro-democracy activists who spent […]
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Latest Politics, National Politics, Top Stories
Wednesday, June 6th, 2018
…Kingibe, Late Gani Fawehinmi to Receive GCON (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has directed that effective from 2019, Nigerian Democracy Day, marked every May 29 for the past 18 years should now be shifted to the June 12. The President in a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba […]
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National Politics, Top Stories
Tuesday, May 29th, 2018
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday said he would approve a new law to reduce the age limit for political office, raising the prospect of younger candidates at next year’s general election. “In (a) few days to come, I will be joined by many promising young Nigerians to sign into law the ‘Not Too Young […]
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Thursday, May 24th, 2018
Samuel Awoyinfa, Abeokuta A former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, says he is ready for probe over the recent news report quoting President as asking where was the power the former president claimed he had spent $16bn on. This was contained in a statement credited to Obasanjo’s media aide, Kehinde Akinyemi, released in Abeokuta on Tuesday […]
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Friday, May 18th, 2018
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says he did not lobby for the position of the vice president and is ready to leave at short notice if he must denounce his Christian faith. Osinbajo made this declaration yesterday at a town hall meeting with Benue stakeholders in Government House, Makurdi over the herdsmen carnage on communities in […]
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Tuesday, May 8th, 2018
Niyi Odebode and Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja The Presidency again on Monday confronted former President Goodluck Jonathan with instances of alleged corrupt practices during his administration. The Senior Special Assistant to the Vice-President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Laolu Akande, gave the instances in a statement made available to journalists. Akande said the statement was a […]
