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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Omolara Williams, Raw Politics, Women Politics
Tuesday, August 27th, 2013
By Omolara Williams | NNP | August 27, 2013 – In the dark old days when the military dominated Nigeria’s political scene, the phenomenon of brain drain became crystallised in our national consciousness, as our best brains in all walks of life embarked on an exodus to nations in different parts of the world, in […]
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Latest Politics, Raw Politics, Top Stories
Friday, August 16th, 2013
Prof. Tam David-West A former Minister of Petroleum, Prof. Tam David-West, on Thursday said there were more thieves in the Nigerian government than saints. David-West spoke at a town hall meeting organised by the University of Ibadan chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities. He described as a “vagabond” any government that […]
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Headlines, Plateau, Raw Politics, State News
Thursday, August 15th, 2013
Plateau State Governor, Mr. Jonah Jang, has dragged his predecessor, Senator Joshua Dariye, before the court. The governor is demanding a N10bn compensation for libel and defamation of character. Joined in the suit is Beacon Newspapers, published in Jos, the state capital. In a suit filed at Jos High Court, Jang, through his counsel, Sunday […]
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Adamawa, Jigawa, Niger, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Raw Politics, Sokoto, State News, Top Stories
Wednesday, July 31st, 2013
By Soni Daniel, Regional Editor, North; Emmanuel Aziken, Political Editor, Henry Umoru & Tina Akannam ABUJA — NATIONAL Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, yesterday took a swipe at five governors from the North elected on the platform of the party, warning them to show decorum, humility and respect him. One […]
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Headlines, Ondo, Raw Politics, State News
Monday, July 1st, 2013
BY DAYO JOHNSON AKURE —AT least 30 gunmen in the early hours of Sunday stormed the Olokuta Medium Security Prison in Akure, Ondo State capital, and set free about 175 inmates mainly those standing trial for robbery. A prison officer was shot in the right leg by the gunmen and he is receiving treatment at […]
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General Politics, Raw Politics, Top Stories, Wole Soyinka
Friday, June 21st, 2013
NOBEL Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka has berated critics, who attributed the cause of late Chinua Achebe’s accident that eventually confined him to a wheel chair until he recently breathed his last, to the “spotless ram” he presented to him as a gift for his sixtieth birthday. Soyinka, in a release entitled “The Village Mourners Association,” […]
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Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics, Raw Politics, Top Stories
Wednesday, June 19th, 2013
By Henry Umoru …Fundamentalism, corruption threaten democracy — Shonekan ABUJA — FORMER President of Ghana, Flt. Lt. Jerry Rawlings, Monday said if Nigeria and other parts of Africa must get it right and strengthen democracy, corrupt politicians must not be allowed to go scot-free. This came as former Interim Head of State, Chief Ernest Shonekan, […]
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Raw Politics, Religion, Top Stories
Monday, May 20th, 2013
Bishop Isaac Owusu Bempah, Founder and Leader of the Glorious Word Power Ministries International, has labeled two of Nigeria’s celebrated pastors as partners in winning souls for the devil. In the godly words of the controversial Owusu Bempah, the founding President of Believers’ LoveWorld Incorporated also known as “Christ Embassy”, Dr Christian Oyakhilome (popularly known […]
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EFCC Politics, House, Legislature, Raw Politics
Thursday, April 11th, 2013
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has summoned the Clerk of the House of Representatives, Mr. Mohammed Sani-Omolori. Although, details of the invitation were sketchy on Wednesday, The Punch confirmed that he had yet to honour the invitation. Confirming the report, the EFCC spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren said, “It is true we invited the clerk of the […]
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Headlines, Nigerian Police, Raw Politics, State News
Tuesday, April 9th, 2013
THE police in Bayelsa State on Tuesday recovered 10 decomposing bodies said to be those of the policemen killed in an ambush on Saturday night. Twelve policemen on escort duty were murdered in the attack along the Azuzama waterways of Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of the state which the Movement for the Emancipation of […]
