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Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Party Politics, Presidency
Sunday, June 2nd, 2013
Presidential candidate for the Congress for Progressive Change in the 2011 Presidential election, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd), has said his joining the proposed All Progressives Congress is not all about securing the party presidential ticket for the 2015 elections. He also frowned on the declaration of emergency rule in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states. The […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Sunday, June 2nd, 2013
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, who is believed to be nursing presidential ambition, has restated his rejection of the policy of “consensus arrangement” rather than transparent elections to produce candidates for all elective offices, including the presidency. His reaction followed the suggestion by the Chairman of the PDP Board of Trustees, Tony Anenih, on Thursday in […]
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General Politics, Presidency, Sani Abacha (1993-98)
Thursday, May 30th, 2013
Major Hamza al-Mustapha said his conviction for the murder of the late Alhaja Kudirat Abiola was because he served in “a hated administration”. Al-Mustapha, a former Chief Security Officer to the late Head of State, Gen. Sani Abacha, also said other allegations of murder and attempted murder levelled against the administration were “spurious conjectures.” Al-Mustapha […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency
Thursday, May 30th, 2013
KEY predecessors of President Goodluck Jonathan in office, ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo; and ex-dictators, retired Generals Muhammadu Buhari, Ibrahim Babangida, and Abdusalami Abubakar (retd.), as well as the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, on Wednesday shunned the Democracy Day event of the Federal Government. While all former heads of government were reportedly invited […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Wednesday, May 29th, 2013
With the short and medium-term programmes mapped out for the power sector in the country, President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday said Nigerian children soon would no longer depend on generators for electricity supply. Speaking at the ground-breaking ceremony of the N162.9bn Zungeru Hydro Power Dam in Niger State, the President said many of the programmes […]
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Adamawa, Borno, Presidency, State News, Yobe
Sunday, May 26th, 2013
By Ben Agande, Addis Ababa- President Goodluck Jonathan has told the Secretary General of the United Nations, Mr Ban Ki Moon that due to the success so far recorded by troops deployed to the North Eastern states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa, the state of Emergency may not last for six months as prescribed by […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Presidency
Thursday, May 23rd, 2013
Reading the interview Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd) granted Daily Trust which was published on Wednesday, May 22, 2013, I am compelled to raise historical issues that put the former military Head of State’s words in perspective. Buhari blamed President Goodluck Jonathan for the insurgency by the militant sect, Jamā’a Ahl al-sunnah li-da’wa wa al-jihād, commonly […]
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Articles, Columnists, Frisky Larr, NNP Columnists, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency
Monday, May 20th, 2013
By Frisk Larr / NNP / May 20, 2013 – When I started taking on hate-filled critics of former President Olusegun Obasanjo during the days of his 8-year tenure, many hurled abuses at me and called me a sellout! Very few recognized my passion for putting facts in their correct perspective no matter how bitter […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Monday, May 20th, 2013
President Goodluck Jonathan has thanked Nigerians for their support for the state of emergency declared last week in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa States. Senior Special Assistant to the President, Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe, made this known in a statement on Sunday. The statement read, “President Goodluck Jonathan has expressed gratitude to all Nigerians for […]
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Ibrahim Babangida (1985-93), Latest Politics, Presidency, Sani Abacha (1993-98)
Friday, May 17th, 2013
The friendship among General Ibrahim Babangida, General Sani Abacha and the winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, Chief MKO Abiola has been described as “disastrous friendship,” Empowered Newswire has reported. It is a kind of friendship that leads to death and destruction. This statement was made by a Nigerian scholar who teaches at […]
