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Headlines, Presidency, Umaru Musa Yar'Adua (2007-10)
Thursday, September 19th, 2013
Suspected kidnappers THE State Security Service on Thursday said it had foiled a plot to abduct one of the daughters of late President Umaru Yar’Adua. The SSS said two suspects, Hamza Abubakar and Lawrence Okoro, had been arrested in connection with the foiled kidnap attempt. Deputy Director, SSS, Public Relations, Ms. Marilyn Ogar, told newsmen […]
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National Politics, Presidency, Top Stories
Saturday, September 14th, 2013

IT appears President Goodluck Jonathan is not done yet with the cabinet shake-up he began on Wednesday, as indications emerged on Friday he could name more ministers for replacement shortly. Saturday Tribune gathered that the assessment team, which x-rayed the sacked ministers’ performance, has already turned in another report, which will be used in relieving […]
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Headlines, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Presidency, Sani Abacha (1993-98)
Friday, September 13th, 2013
13-09-13 PRESS RELEASE The Days of Abacha Are Here Again With Us – Breakaway PDP It started like a joke. After the State Governors elected their leader, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State, in a vote of 19 to 16, defeating Gov. Jonah Jang of Plateau State to retain his position as Chairman […]
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General Politics, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency, Top Stories
Thursday, September 12th, 2013

Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar replied yesterday to his former boss Chief Olusegun Obasanjo’s allegation of corruption. He said his United State visa had just been renewed, contrary to the insinuations by ex-President Obasanjo. He also said he had visited the United States since he left office in 2007, adding that he had been investigated by […]
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EFCC Politics, National Politics, North-West, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency, Top Stories
Thursday, September 12th, 2013

…says his real age blurs his memory Defending her integrity, the Former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Mrs. Farida Waziri on Wednesday blasted ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo describing him as a blatant liar and a peddler of “arrant falsehood.” Obasanjo had in an interview attacked the integrity and the tenure of Mrs […]
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Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency
Wednesday, September 11th, 2013
By Henry Umoru ABUJA- FORMER Vice President Atiku Abubakar Wednesday took a swipe at former President Olusegun Obasanjo, noting that his former boss lied that he risked jail if he travels to the United States of America, USA. In a statement Wednesday by his media adviser, Garba Shehu, Atiku Abubakar who noted that Obasanjo’s statements […]
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Niger Delta, Presidency
Thursday, September 5th, 2013
BY JIMITOTA ONOYUME PORT HARCOURT— EX- militant commanders in the Niger Delta have vowed to resist any move to deny President Goodluck Jonathan his constitutional second term in office. In a statement under the aegis of Leadership, Peace and Cultural Development Initiative, the ex-militant leaders said they would apply all lawful means to stop those […]
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Presidency
Thursday, September 5th, 2013
By bayo Olupohunda “When the head is rotten, it affects the whole body” — A popular African proverb At the inception of President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration in 2011, Nigeria’s first minority president, the man whom much hope had been invested to clean the Aegean Stable shocked the entire nation. It was in the answer he […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Governors, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency
Sunday, September 1st, 2013
President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday held two separate meetings with former President Olusegun Obasanjo and 16 Peoples Democratic Party in what is believed to be his bid to resolve the crisis that led to the emergence of a splinter group in the party. He first met behind closed doors with Obasanjo for about two hours […]
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Anambra, Headlines, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency, State News
Sunday, September 1st, 2013
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo is said to have returned to the trenches within the fold of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) following the outcome of the governorship primaries of the party in Anambra State. Obasanjo had recently attempted to broker a truce between the PDP and the aggrieved governors of the party under the aegis of […]