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General Politics, Latest Politics, Presidency, Top Stories, Yakubu Gowon (1966-75)
Thursday, March 10th, 2016
By Emmanuel Aziken, Political Editor Former military Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon, retd; yesterday owned up to fathering a love child with the late public relations expert, Princess Edith Ike Okongwu, bringing to an end the 48-year-old paternity dispute over Musa Gowon. Musa, who returned to Nigeria at the end of last year, after […]
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Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics, Presidency, Sani Abacha (1993-98)
Tuesday, March 8th, 2016
Olalekan Adetayo and Adelani Adepegba Switzerland has given conditions for repatriating $321m looted by a former military ruler, the late Gen. Sani Abacha, to Nigeria. Part of the conditions is that the fund would be used for projects that would benefit Nigerians and they (the projects) must be monitored by the World Bank. The Minister […]
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Aviation, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Presidency
Tuesday, March 1st, 2016
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja The Presidency on Sunday disclosed that the Federal Government has commenced discussions on partnerships towards establishing a national airline for the country. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, disclosed this in a statement made available to journalists from Doha, Qatar where President Muhammadu Buhari is […]
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Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Presidency
Saturday, February 27th, 2016
President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday concluded the lesser Hajj to end his visit to Saudi Arabia. President Buhari The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the President and his entourage performed the final Dawaf, which is the circumambulation of the Holy Ka’aba seven times, and offered supplications Allah to round off the pilgrimage. Buhari […]
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Articles, Columnists, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), NNP Columnists, Presidency, Tochukwu Ezukanma
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2016
By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | February 23, 2016 – There can be no freedom without the law. While it is the law that limits our freedom, it is also the law that guarantees our freedom. When there is no law to limit one’s freedom, there will be no law to guarantee his freedom. […]
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Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Presidency
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2016
From Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed a visually impaired man, Dr. Samuel Inalegwu Ode Ankeli as his senior special assistant on persons living with disability. Buhari’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said in a statement that Ankeli headed the Directorate of Persons With Disability at the Buhari/Osinbajo APC […]
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Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Presidency
Tuesday, February 16th, 2016
Sacked DGs were sabotaging Buhari’s govt –Oyegun • Justifies discrepancies in the budget From Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, Abuja National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for sacking 26 directors general of parastatals, agencies of government and commissions. Oyegun alleged that many used their positions to sabotage the […]
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Latest Politics, Murtala Ramat Muhammed (1975-76), Presidency
Friday, February 12th, 2016
By Peter Okutu 40 years ago, after the calamitous coup failed, Lt. Colonel Buka Dimka who played a leading role in the events of February 13, 1976 sought refuge in the arms of an old girlfriend in Afikpo in the then Anambra State. An indigene of the town, Chief Jasper Okoro, a native of Afikpo […]
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Latest Politics, Murtala Ramat Muhammed (1975-76), Presidency
Friday, February 12th, 2016
Tomorrow would make it 40 years since Lt. Col. Buka Dimka and his gang of military adventurers instigated an aborted rebellion against a popular military administration that had quaked political powers not only in Nigeria but globally By Emmanuel Aziken, Political Editor Those who had the booming sound of the gun shot that early Friday […]
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Abuja (FCT), Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Headlines, Presidency, Raw Politics, State News
Thursday, February 11th, 2016
-Sun By Henry Umoru & Joseph Erunke ABUJA — THE Senate, yesterday, vowed to probe former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan as well as ministers who served under them to correct alleged violation of the master plan of the nation’s capital city. Addressing journalists, yesterday, Chairman, Senate Committee on Federal Capital Territory, Senator […]
