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Election 2015, Elections, Headlines, National Politics, Top Stories
Sunday, April 19th, 2015
President Goodluck Jonathan | credits: File photo Following the defeat suffered by President Goodluck Jonathan and his party, the Peoples Democratic Party, during the March 28 and April 11 elections, the President has asked the party and government officials, who handled campaign funds, to refund unspent monies, or those not judiciously expended, SUNDAY PUNCH […]
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Election 2015, Elections, Headlines, INEC Politics, National Politics, Top Stories
Friday, April 17th, 2015
INEC Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega | credits: File copy Fresh facts have emerged on the March 31 attempt by a former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Elder Godsday Orubebe, to scuttle the announcement of the March 28 presidential election results. The main part of Orubebe’s action, according to Reuters on Thursday, was a […]
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American Politics, Latest Politics, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), National Politics, Presidency, Top Stories
Wednesday, April 15th, 2015
The President-elect, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Tuesday said his administration would restore military cooperation with the United States of America. In an article published by the New York Times in its Tuesday edition, Buhari promised to among other things reformed the military. The outgoing President Goodluck Jonathan-led administration had cancelled the training component […]
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Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics, National Politics, Top Stories
Saturday, April 11th, 2015
South African President Jacob Zuma South Africa is considering returning more than $15m, it seized from Nigeria in September, last year. The money, which was meant for the purchase of arms to fight the Boko Haram insurgents, was seized in two batches of $5.7m and $9.3m. A South African newspaper, The Mail & Guardian, […]
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Headlines, National Politics, Oil Politics, Top Stories
Friday, April 10th, 2015
By iReports-ng.com The Minister of Petroleum Resource; Diezani Alison-Madueke Barely two months to the inauguration of a new government, the fear of the President-Elect General Muhammadu Buhari is already driving corrupt officials who wield enormous power under the out-going Goodluck Jonathan administration out of the country. Buhari has declared that the fight against corruption will […]
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House, Latest Politics, Legislature, National Politics, Senate, Women Politics
Saturday, April 4th, 2015
Lagos – A former Minister of Education, Dr Oby Ezekwesili on Friday advised Nigerians to assess the quality of each candidate before electing members of the House of Assembly. The nationwide House of Assembly election is scheduled for April 11. Speaking at a public presentation of the book entitled “Strategic Intervention in Governance” written by […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), National Politics, Presidency, Top Stories
Saturday, April 4th, 2015
By Chidi Chima 48 Comments In his inauguration speech as president on May 6, 2010, following the death of President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, President Goodluck Jonathan had promised to reform the electoral process, and he went about it by appointing a respected university teacher and activist, Attahiru Jega, a professor of political […]
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Election 2015, Elections, Headlines, National Politics, Top Stories
Sunday, March 29th, 2015
The ECOWAS Observer Mission, EOM, has declared that Saturday’s Presidential election is acceptable and meets the criteria of being free and transparent. The declaration was made by the mission’s head and former President of Ghana, John Kuffour, in Abuja on Sunday. Mr. Kuffour expressed satisfaction with the commitment made by the Independent National Electoral Commission, […]
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Armed Forces, Latest Politics, National Politics, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency, Top Stories
Wednesday, March 25th, 2015
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo FORMER President Olusegun Obasanjo on Tuesday warned against handing over the reins of government to the military. Obasanjo said the speculation that the government was planning an Interim Government had been substituted by speculations that President Goodluck Jonathan was plotting to hand over to the military. He said that doing so […]
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Governors, Latest Politics, National Politics, Top Stories
Friday, March 20th, 2015
Edo State REC, Mr. Mike Igini Resident Electoral Commissioners have threatened to expose governors and top government officials that offer them gifts, saying their conscience is not for sale. They said their major duty was to ensure the credibility of the forthcoming general elections in the interest of peaceful co-existence of the country. The […]
