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American Politics, National Politics, Raw Politics, Top Stories
Sunday, September 9th, 2012
Fresh facts have emerged that Leader of the Action Congress of Nigeria, Bola Tinubu, paid $5000 to obtain the generic invitation from the Democratic Party campaign office, but claimed he was personally invited to attend by President Barack Obama as leader of Nigeria opposition. Obama, it has been revealed, did not personally extend what has […]
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Africa & World Politics, Delta, Headlines, National Politics, Raw Politics, State News, Top Stories
Sunday, August 19th, 2012
The former governor of Delta state, southern Nigeria, James Ibori, convicted for fraud by a court in Britain, has been transferred to the Worcestershire Long Lartin Prison outside London. The maximum-security prison houses terrorists, rapists, drug barons and other violent criminals. A recent report in The Guardian, a United Kingdom newspaper, portrayed the prison as […]
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Headlines, Lagos, Raw Politics, State News
Sunday, August 12th, 2012
Leadership Newspaper has petitioned the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Umaru Manko, over the beating of its photojournalist, Benedict Uwalaka, by some mortuary attendants at the state’s University Teaching Hospital. Uwalaka was attacked while covering the release of the corpses of the victims of Dana plane crash to their families. A legal practitioner, Adamu […]
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Ibrahim Babangida (1985-93), Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency, Raw Politics
Monday, July 30th, 2012
Former heads of state, General Olusegun Obasanjo and General Ibrahim Babangida have expressed concern over the growing insecurity in the country, saying “Nigeria is currently under fear and uncertainty.” In a joint statement obtained by our correspondent in Abuja on Sunday, they warned that the consequences were capable of affecting the unity of the country. […]
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General Politics, Latest Politics, Raw Politics
Wednesday, July 25th, 2012
President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday relieved the Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority, Mr. Omar Suleiman, of his appointment. The decision was contained in a statement made available to journalists by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati. No reason was given for the sacking of the former […]
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Lagos, Raw Politics, State News, Top Stories
Tuesday, July 17th, 2012
Those officers I caught are very bad examples for the military’ BY OLASUNKANMI AKONI & MONSUR OLOWOOPEJO LAGOS – Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, yesterday, arrested two military officers who drove on the dedicated Bus Rapid Transit, BRT, lane. The two military officers, who were accosted on the BRT lane at the Outer […]
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Bayelsa, First Ladies, Headlines, Raw Politics, State News
Friday, July 13th, 2012
By New Nigerian Politics Staff Reporter Information reaching New Nigerian Politics from Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, has confirmed that the former First Lady of that state and current First Lady of Nigeria, Dame Patience Jonathan, had been employed in the State civil service since her husband assumed the deputy governorship in 1999 and […]
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Bayelsa, Raw Politics, State News, Top Stories
Saturday, June 30th, 2012
A former governor of Bayelsa State, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, on Thursday lost N60m ($401,931) to the United States Government following a court ruling, premiuntimes.com reported on Friday. Alamieyeseigha lost the money when the US Department of Justice executed a forfeiture order granted by a federal district judge in the state of Massachusetts. The court granted the […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics, Raw Politics
Saturday, June 23rd, 2012
By: TIMOTHY OLA, Maiduguri Date: Thu, 06/21/2012 – 23:57 The Federal Government’s war on terrorism got a boost in Damaturu, Yobe State yesterday when soldiers captured one of the believed masterminds of last Christmas Day bombing of St. Theresa’s Catholic Church, Madalla, Niger State. In the net of the Joint Task Force (JTF) after a […]
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Raw Politics, Top Stories, Women Politics
Friday, June 22nd, 2012
Law enforcement agents and travellers were last week astonished when 66 wraps of narcotics, which tested positive to methamphetamine, were discovered in the private part of Mande Bala, 48, at the screening section of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos on June 15, 2012. The lady was promptly arrested by officials of the National […]
