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Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Presidency
Sunday, March 6th, 2011
Those who underrate him, those who think he is just another political wannabe must have started asking themselves this crucial question: have we been fair to Dele Momodu? The answer to that poser is as clear as daylight. But in a political climate that has been seriously polluted by desperadoes and dominated by people with […]
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Ogun, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency, State News
Thursday, March 3rd, 2011
The legal battle for the soul of the Ogun State chapter of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ended yesterday with the camp of former president, Olusegun Obasanjo emerging victorious over the faction loyal to Governor Gbenga Daniel. The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja in its judgment affirmed former ECOMOG commander, General Adetunji Idowu […]
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Presidency
Tuesday, March 1st, 2011
he Minister of Defence, Mr. Adetokunbo Kayode (SAN), in this interview with journalists in Akure, insists that President Goodluck Jonathan is the candidate to beat in the forthcoming presidential poll among other issues. SUNDAY ABORISADE was there. Excerpts: What are the chances of President Goodluck Jonathan in the forthcoming election in the South-West especially with […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Ogun, Presidency, State News
Tuesday, March 1st, 2011
President Goodluck Jonathan will not visit Ogun State in his nationwide campaign until the crisis between former President Olusegun Obasanjo and Governor Gbenga Daniel is resolved, THE PUNCH learnt on Tuesday. Our correspondent gathered that the crisis forced the President and members of his campaign team to postpone the planned visit to state on Tuesday […]
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Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency, Top Stories
Monday, February 28th, 2011

Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has advocated for the amendment of some sections of Nigeria’s constitution, so that performing governors in the country would be transferred to other states to ensure even development. Chief Obasanjo, who was in the state to participate in the flag-off campaign of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in Uyo Senatorial […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Monday, February 28th, 2011
In an apparent display of presidential powers, Dr Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday locked out the Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, some of his aides as well as other commercial passengers from Benin City, where ironically Oshiomhole is chief executive. The President’s security apparatus, The Sun learnt, simply shut down the Benin airspace over what it […]
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Ibrahim Babangida (1985-93), Presidency, Top Stories
Friday, February 25th, 2011
There are very strong and reliable indications that the last may not have been heard of the presidential ambition of ex-military President, General Ibrahim Babangida, Saturday Sun can reveal. The adoption of former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, as the consensus candidate of the Northern Political Leaders Forum (NPLF) may after all not have ended […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency, Top Stories
Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011
FORMER Military President, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida, said, yesterday, that he was yet to seal a deal to support President Goodluck Jonathan in the forthcoming presidential election, affirming that he was still open to supporting the President or any of his major rivals. The former Head of State who was an aspirant on the platform of […]
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General Politics, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011

Former military president, General Ibrahim Babangida, Tuesday opened what may become a subject of legal fireworks, declaring that President Goodluck Jonathan is constitutionally barred from seeking another term in office by 2015 if he wins the forthcoming presidential election. In a statement denying reports that he had struck a deal with Jonathan ahead of the […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Kwara, Presidency, State News
Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011
Governor Bukola Saraki of Kwara State A semblance of hell broke loose Tuesday in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital as members of rival political parties violently attacked each other, destroying campaign bill boards and inflicted heavy bodily harm on rival party members on a day President Goodluck Jonathan storm the capital for his presidential campaign. […]