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Bayelsa, EFCC Politics, General Politics, Governors, Headlines, Raw Politics, State News
Monday, June 1st, 2015
Timipre Sylva The Director of Public Prosecutions of the Federal Ministry of Justice, Mr. M.S. Diri, on Monday withdrew the N2.45bn fraud charges instituted against a former governor of Bayelsa State, Mr. Timipre Sylva. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission had on May 18, 2015 re-arraigned Sylva on six counts of fraud before Justice […]
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Adamawa, EFCC Politics, Headlines, Raw Politics, State News
Monday, June 1st, 2015
Murtala Nyako The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Monday questioned a former governor of Adamawa State, Admiral Murtala Nyako (retd.), for over six hours in Abuja. Nyako, who returned to the country from his sojourn overseas on Saturday, was said to have reported at the headquarters of the EFCC as early as 10 […]
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Ekiti, Governors, Headlines, Raw Politics, State News
Monday, June 1st, 2015
Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose Tension rose again in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State, on Monday as supporters of the state Governor, Ayodele Fayose, and some Peoples Democratic Party members laid siege to the state House of Assembly in Ado Ekiti . Their action was to prevent the 19 All Progressives Congress lawmakers from […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Raw Politics, Uwa Eghomeka, Women Politics
Tuesday, May 26th, 2015
By Uwa Eghomeka | Benin City, Nigeria | May 26, 2015 – We live in an unusual world – a world where vices are seen as virtues, where ignorance is strength, freedom is slavery and war is peace. (Apologies to George Orwell). I recall that when I was growing up, my mother often told me […]
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Headlines, Lagos, Raw Politics, State News
Monday, April 13th, 2015
For the first time, Chimamanda struggled unsuccessfully to retell the Igbo story – the story that had strengthened the bond of unity, in that no Nigerian, no region, no state and no voice could run the pageantry show of might alone without the tripod stand of others. Perhaps she ran afoul of what she has […]
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Akwa Ibom, Election 2015, Elections, Headlines, Raw Politics, Rivers, State News
Monday, March 30th, 2015
Muhammadu Buhari, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), continues to lead incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) with a comfortable margin, even as controversial election results from Rivers and Akwa Ibom states were added to the national tally, giving a boost to Mr. Jonathan. Election observers as well as Governor Rotimi […]
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All Peoples' Congress (APC), Headlines, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Raw Politics, Rivers, State News
Sunday, March 22nd, 2015
Rivers State Deputy Governor, Tele Ikuru | credits: http://upload.wikimedia.org A crack has appeared in the All Progressives Congress in Rivers State as Deputy Governor Tele Ikuru on Sunday announced his defection to the Peoples Democratic Party. Ikuru, who has worked with Governor Rotimi Amaechi for about eight years, may be received by President Goodluck Jonathan […]
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Africa & World Politics, General Politics, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Presidency, Raw Politics, Top Stories
Saturday, March 7th, 2015
Rose Graham Nigerian freelance journalist in the United Kingdom, Mrs. Rose Graham, whose footage of anti-Muhammadu Buhari protesters at Chatham House two weeks ago has now gone viral, tells TOBI AWORINDE that she was not paid by the All Progressives Congress for her support What happened at Chatham House on March 26, the day of […]
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Ekiti, Headlines, INEC Politics, Raw Politics, State News
Wednesday, March 4th, 2015
APC National Publicity Secretary, Lai Mohammed and Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, and the All Progressives Congress on Tuesday engaged in a war of words over the fate of Prof. Attahiru Jega as the chairman of the the Independent National Electoral Commission. Fayose began the verbal onslaught when he described […]
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General Politics, Headlines, INEC Politics, Raw Politics
Tuesday, March 3rd, 2015
The House of Representatives on Tuesday warned the Federal Government against tampering with the existing “arrangements” for the March 28 elections, particularly the removal of the Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega. The House noted that changing the election plans either by further extending the dates or removing Jega would only lead to […]
