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Ibrahim Babangida (1985-93), National Politics, Presidency
Wednesday, August 17th, 2011
President Goodluck Jonathan has written to congratulate former President Ibrahim Babangida on the occasion of his 70th birthday which comes up tomorrow, August 17, 2011. In a letter to General Babangida, President Jonathan prayed that God Almighty will bless him with “many more years of robust health, prosperity and continued distinguished service to our nation”. […]
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Articles, Columnists, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Ministries, muhammad Ajah, NNP Columnists, Presidency
Tuesday, August 16th, 2011
By Muhammad Ajah, Abuja, Nigeria – August 16, 2011 – The list of Honourable Ministers for the federal cabinet and Special Advisers or Assistants to Mr. President so far released is commendable on one hand. The list is made up technocrats and seasoned political calibers who have distinguished themselves in their fields of specialization. The […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency, Top Stories
Monday, August 15th, 2011
ABUJA— NOTWITHSTANDING the spate of criticisms that greeted the plan by the presidency to send a bill containing a single term proposal for president and governors to the National Assembly, it emerged, yesterday, that President Goodluck Jonathan is not about to jettison the plan. Those wishing that the idea would be dumped have therefore been […]
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Arewa House, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Headlines, Presidency
Sunday, August 14th, 2011
The Arewa Consultative Forrum (ACF) has said that President Goodluck Jonathan’s decision to suspend the submission of the bill on his proposed single tenure is a mark of his sensitivity to public opinion and mood of the nation. “It is, therefore, welcome. It has been the position of the ACF that no mere forms of […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Latest Politics, Presidency, Umaru Musa Yar'Adua (2007-10)
Friday, August 12th, 2011
Indications have emerged that the prospect of Nigeria’s deployment of troops in war-ravaged Somalia is very slim. This is contrary to an earlier promise by the government to do so in 2007. SATURDAY PUNCH investigations showed that the Federal Government might have taken a second look at the arrangement made by the late President Umaru […]
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Articles, Columnists, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Lawrence Okezie Odoemelem, NNP Columnists, Presidency
Friday, August 12th, 2011
MEMO TO:PRESIDENT GOODLUCK JONATHAN FROM:Lawrence Okezie Odoemelem Subject:At a time like this… Dear Mr. President, I am greatly disturbed by your recent adventure into this six year single tenure debate barely three months after you were sworn in as the 14th President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Federal Republic of Nigeria. Your interest in […]
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National Politics, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency
Thursday, August 11th, 2011
Claims rejecting Atiku’s request for favour Why sale of Daily Times went awry, by firms’ chiefs BPE denies alleged govt’s shares in Eleme Petrochemical FROM November 1999 to July 2003, he was the Director-General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) and also the Secretary of the National Council of Privatisation (NCP). Thereafter he became […]
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Armed Forces, General Politics, Ibrahim Babangida (1985-93), National Politics, Presidency
Thursday, August 11th, 2011
Until Saturday, July 9, 2011, when Tavershima Olayinka, Orkar, an architect, and second son of the late Major Gideon Gwadza Orkar, got married in Ogbomosho, Oyo State, not much had been heard of the family of the man who led one of the bloodiest revolts in Nigeria’s political history: the putsch against the General Ibrahim […]
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CPC (Congress 4 Progressive Change), Elections 2011, General Politics, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), NNP Elections 2011 Updates, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Presidency, Raw Politics, Top Stories
Thursday, August 11th, 2011
The Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) has asked the Presidential Election Tribunal to enter judgment in favour of its presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari on the grounds that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has flouted the order of the tribunal directing it to allow the party to inspect the materials used for the April […]
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Delta, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency, State News, Top Stories
Monday, August 8th, 2011
Delta State Government has denied offering N3bn bribe to Electoral Petitions Tribunal judges and former President Olusegun Obasanjo to secure a favourable verdict for Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan. An online news portal, Saharareporters, had reported that the state offered the huge sum to “buy the judgment” of the tribunal in the suit by the state Democratic […]
