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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Thursday, May 22nd, 2014
Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar Security was on Thursday morning beefed up around the Presidential Villa, Abuja, ahead of a protest rally being planned by #BringBackOurGirls campaigners seeking the rescue of the abducted pupils of Government Girls’ Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State. The campaigners had threatened to take their protest to the Presidential Villa where […]
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Boko Haram, Presidency
Thursday, May 22nd, 2014
President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday urged those who have been protesting the abduction of more than 200 schoolgirls in Chibok, Borno State to henceforth direct their protests to terrorists and not the government. He also urged them to learn from citizens of other countries who do not blame their governments for any terrorist acts in their […]
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Headlines, Tafawa Belewa (1960-66)
Monday, May 19th, 2014
Dr Jeleel Tafawa Balewa is a son of the late first Prime Minister of Nigeria, Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa. He speaks on how Nigeria should handle the Boko Haram insurgency; the main problem facing the country and how he has been pressurised to contest the presidential election, among others. Excerpts: HOW would you introduce yourself […]
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General Politics, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency
Wednesday, May 14th, 2014
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo The battle for the political soul of Ogun State reverberated on Tuesday at the National Conference in Abuja when a delegate representing the South-West, Senator Femi Okurounmu, told members of the Confab Committee on Political Restructuring and Forms of Government by that his kinsman and former President Olusegun Obasanjo did not […]
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Boko Haram, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Headlines, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency
Wednesday, May 14th, 2014
History and posterity have a way of rendering pronouncements. Insofar as the Goodluck Jonathan administration goes, no one knows – with any degree of certainty – what the judgment would be. Nonetheless, one thing is certain: By 2015 or 2019, his administration would be adjudged by supporters, critics and the general public as the most […]
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Articles, Columnists, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), NNP Columnists, Presidency, Tochukwu Ezukanma
Saturday, May 10th, 2014
By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | May 10, 2014 – The fundamental problem of the Nigerian society is lawlessness. It is lawlessness that finds its most frequent and widespread expressions in acts of corruption. It is leadership that informs and shapes a nation. A nation essentially “draws its will principally from the example of […]
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Kaduna, Presidency, State News
Sunday, May 4th, 2014
By Olayinka Ajayi Veteran politician and second republic governor of old Kaduna State, Alhaji Balarabe Musa, is worried that there appears to be a conspiracy to stop the 2015 presidential election. Balarabe, in this interview, also speaks on the insecurity challenge the nation is facing, the hostilities between Fulani hersdmen and locals in some parts […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Friday, May 2nd, 2014
Gbenga Adeyinka, Fasusi Martins and Famoriyo Solomon In the light of the recent bomb blasts in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Nigerians have been reacting to the insecurity in the country, with many calling for President Goodluck Jonathan’s resignation. Saturday PUNCH went to the streets to get reactions from the public Gbenga Adeyinka, Comedian […]
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All Peoples' Congress (APC), Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Presidency
Saturday, April 26th, 2014
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo Loyalists of former President Olusegun Obasanjo in the Peoples Democratic Party have dumped the ruling party for the All Progressives Congress. Saturday PUNCH learnt on Wednesday that the former President’s supporters, particularly those in the South-West, left the PDP because they felt that they had been sidelined. It was learnt […]
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Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2014
A former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Prof Ishaq Oloyede, on Wednesday explained why the 2005 National Political Reforms Conference, organised by the then President Olusegun Obasanjo failed. Oloyede, who was a co-chair of the 2005 Conference and now a delegate to the 2014 National Conference, said the 2005 conference failed because members of the […]
