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National Politics, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency
Tuesday, February 1st, 2011
The chairman of Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and former President of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo would be absolutely irrelevant in Nigerian politics after the 2011 elections.This was the view of Senator Lekan Balogun, a Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party and leader of a coalition against Alao Akala’s second term […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Tuesday, February 1st, 2011
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has urged President Goodluck Jonathan to rescind the recent decision by the Attorney-General of the Federation, Mohammed Adoke (SAN), to withdraw the case file of the Minister of State for Health, Sulaiman Bello, accused by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission of N11.2m fraud. In […]
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General Politics, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency
Tuesday, February 1st, 2011
More facts emerged in Abuja on Tuesday on how the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party and President Goodluck Jonathan worked hand-in-hand to ensure that former President Olusegun Obasanjo triumphed in the political battled in Ogun State. Our correspondent gathered that while Jonathan needed the support of the Governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga […]
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National Politics, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency
Monday, January 31st, 2011
Presidential candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Malam Nuhu Ribadu, yesterday cried out that he had no link with former President Olusegun Obasanjo again. He made the response while responding to an allegation that he was OBJ’s stooge on facebook. Ribadu, through his campaign group said it was a malicious way of hacking […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Monday, January 31st, 2011
President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, said he has no ambition to stay in office beyond 2015, assuring Nigerians in Diaspora that while he will not contest the 2015 election, he will ensure that this year’s election is free and fair. The President promised that if voted in for the next four years, he would ensure significant […]
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General Politics, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Presidency
Sunday, January 30th, 2011
Former Head of State, General Muhamadu Buhari (rtd.), has said the forthcoming general election will be a watershed in the annals of Nigeria’s history, saying Nigerians are determined more than ever to take their destiny in their own hands by electing their choice of leaders. Burahi who is the presidential candidate of the Congress for […]
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Ibrahim Babangida (1985-93), Latest Politics, Presidency
Sunday, January 30th, 2011
FORMER Military President Ibrahim Babangida yesterday condemned last Friday killing of the Borno State Candidate of the All Nigeria Peoples Party, ANPP, Engr. Fannami Modu Gubio and six others, just as he said that the act which “is barbaric and frightening calls for worry by all in the country.” In a statement signed yesterday in […]
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Plateau, State News, Umaru Musa Yar'Adua (2007-10)
Sunday, January 30th, 2011
Sixteen lives were lost yesterday in Jos as armed youths took on soldiers in a free for all. The crisis was a fallout of Friday’s shooting of 15 students of the University of Jos. Also, filling stations, shops and several houses were burnt yesterday in the Farin Gada area. Speaking to newsmen in Jos, the […]
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Arewa House, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Sunday, January 30th, 2011
The Presidency has begun moves to contain the opposition of the apex socio-cultural group, Arewa Consultative Forum, to President Goodluck Jonathan’s ambition in the April election. A splinter group had issued a communiqué after ACF’s Tuesday meeting in Kaduna, spurning Jonathan’s emergence as the Peoples Democratic Party candidate for the election. Jonathan had emerged […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Saturday, January 29th, 2011
President Goodluck Jonathan Friday arrived Ethiopia for the 16th Ordinary AU Summit. The Ethiopian Minister of Water Resources, Mr. Alemuyehu Tageru, received President Jonathan and his entourage at the Bole International Airport, alongside the Nigerian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Odein Ajumogobia and the Ambassador to Ethiopia, Mr. Thaddeus Hart. On the entourage of the […]
