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Latest Politics, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Presidency, South-East
Friday, April 22nd, 2011
The controversy trailing the last presidential election took another dimension yesterday when members of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) disowned the party’s standard-bearer, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari. They said that the election was the freest ever conducted in Nigeria. After the results of the presidential election were announced, Buhari had rejected results in the South […]
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Elections 2011, South-East, South-South
Thursday, April 21st, 2011
Abia State Governor, Chief Theodore Orji, has debunked the claim by the Congress for Progressive Change that votes from the South-South and the South-East were inflated in favour of President Goodluck Jonathan during the presidential election. He said the high votes recorded from the two zones were as a result of the popularity of […]
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Headlines, South-East
Wednesday, April 20th, 2011
The Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, has warned that it could not afford the luxury of folding its arms and watch helplessly as Ndigbo continue to be slaughtered in the Northern states. MASSOB read the riot act in a communique issued Tuesday evening, after its emergency meeting at Freedom […]
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Headlines, South-East
Saturday, April 16th, 2011
A group under the aegis of South-East and South-South Professionals, on Thursday said that the spate of insecurity in the two zones of the country “has remained a cog in the wheel of progress in the area.” The body, made up of professionals in various fields of human endeavour, stated that no society in […]
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Elections 2011, South-East
Saturday, April 16th, 2011
FORMER Minister of Petroleum and Steel and elder statesman, Alhaji Shettima Ali Monguno, on Thursday condemned the Ohanaeze Ndigbo leadership for urging the Igbo to vote en mass for President Goodluck Jonathan in today’s election, warning that such calls could jeopardise the peace and unity of the country. Monguno, who spoke to The Guardian at […]
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Elections 2011, Latest Politics, South-East
Thursday, March 31st, 2011
THE Lagos State governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola, on Monday, raised an alarm, alerting people to the alleged plan by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to forment trouble and rig the April elections in the state. The governor, who urged the people to be vigilant, also enjoined them to vote and protect their votes from marauders. […]
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South-East, Top Stories
Tuesday, March 8th, 2011
OWERRI – The Nigerian Army has reassured the citizenry that it will intensify efforts to arrest the ugly incidents of kidnapping and other criminal activities in the South East geo-political zone. The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika, stated this when he paid a courtesy call on Imo State governor, Chief Ikedi Ohakim, […]
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Latest Politics, South-East
Friday, February 11th, 2011
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, promised that the Federal Government would continue to provide infrastructures that would boost the economy of the South East geopolitical zone and improve the living condition of her people whom he described as the most enterprising in the country. He declared the commitment of the government to tackle the problem of […]
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Education, Headlines, South-East
Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011
THE Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has lifted embargo on admission of candidates for 2011/2012 academic session placed on the Lagos State University, Ojo, and the five South-East state-owned universities. JAMB Registrar and Chief Executive, Professor ‘Dibu Ojerinde, made this known in Abuja, on Wednesday, after a parley with all the stakeholders, including the […]
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Latest Politics, North-Central, South-East, South-South
Saturday, January 29th, 2011
Governors from three geo-political zones rose yesterday from a meeting, chaired by their Kwara State counterpart and leader of the Governors’ Forum, Bukola Saraki, with a firm resolve to ensure the stability of the country and support the presidential aspiration of President Goodluck Jonathan in the April, 2011 elections. The meeting, which is a continuation […]
