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Governors, Presidency, Shehu Aliyu Shagari (1979-83)
Tuesday, July 30th, 2013
Four northern governors met with Second Republic President, Alhaji Shehu Shagari, in Sokoto on Tuesday. It was gathered that Governors Rabiu Kwankwaso (Kano), Murtala Nyako (Adamawa), Sule Lamido (Jigawa) and host, Aliyu Wamakko, met the former President to brain- storm on the way out of the nation’s problems. The governors, along with their Niger State […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Monday, July 29th, 2013
The Presidency on Sunday dismissed the reported insistence of five northern governors on the sack of the Peoples Democratic Party National Chairman, Dr. Bamanga Tukur. The governors — Muritala Nyako (Adamawa), Rabiu Kwankanso (Kano), Babangida Aliyu (Niger), Sule Lamido (Jigawa), and Aliyu Wamakko (Sokoto) —had on Saturday met with President Goodluck Jonathan on issues that […]
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Abdulsalaami Abubakar (1998-99), General Politics, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Governors, Ibrahim Babangida (1985-93), Presidency, Top Stories
Friday, July 26th, 2013

By Soni Daniel, Regional Editor, North ABUJA — The presidency, yesterday, described the five northern governors, who carpeted Peoples Democratic Party over alleged poor leadership and internal crises, as agents of the opposition. It warned them to desist from continuing to engage in acts capable of unduly heating up the polity and distracting President Goodluck […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Thursday, July 25th, 2013
President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday vowed to use his influence as the President of the country and as the leader of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party to end what he described as “political excesses” currently characterising the nation’s polity. He said his intervention had become necessary because politicians’ excesses were unnecessarily overheating the polity ahead […]
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Akwa Ibom, Headlines, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency, State News
Friday, July 19th, 2013
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo and Akwa Ibom State Governor, Godswill Akpabio, met behind closed doors in Abuja on Thursday to deliberate on the polarisation of the Peoples Democratic Party governors. It was gathered that at the meeting, Akpabio also solicited Obasanjo’s support for President Goodluck Jonathan’s second term bid in 2015. Akpabio, who chairs the […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Governors, Presidency
Thursday, July 18th, 2013
Opposition political parties and the Presidency on Wednesday engaged in a fresh war of words over the political crisis in Rivers State. The latest twist to the tale was the stoning of the convoy of four northern state governors, who paid a visit to their Rivers State counterpart, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, on Tuesday. The Action […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Wednesday, July 17th, 2013
From GODWIN TSA, Abuja Hearing in the suit of forgery brought against two journalists with the Leadership Newspaper took a twist yesterday following a summon by an Abuja High court directing President Goodluck Jonathan to appear before it. The summons, which was issued at the instance of counsel to the journalists, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN) […]
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National Politics, Presidency, Sani Abacha (1993-98), Top Stories
Friday, July 12th, 2013

A close aide to former Nigerian military ruler Sani Abacha has been acquitted of killing the wife of politician Moshood Abiola, after spending 14 years in prison. Major Hamza al-Mustapha was sentenced last year to hang for ordering the killing of Kudirat Abiola. She was shot dead in 1996, three years after the elections her […]
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Action Congress of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Party Politics, Presidency, Top Stories
Wednesday, July 10th, 2013

The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has heaped the blame for the ongoing crisis in Rivers State on President Goodluck Jonathan and asked the National Assembly to immediately commence impeachment proceedings against him, for failing to live up to his oath of office to uphold the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. In a […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Wednesday, July 10th, 2013
The Presidency on Tuesday said President Goodluck Jonathan did not need the support of the spokesman for the Northern Elders’ Forum, Prof. Ango Abdullahi, or “his North” to win the 2015 presidential election if he decides to contest. Special Adviser to the President on Political Matters, Dr. Ahmed Gulak, said this in an interview with […]