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Governors, South-West
Saturday, July 9th, 2011
Governors of states that made up the old Western Region have given teeth to their quest for regional integration when they agreed to set up a 21-man technical committee to explore areas of possible cooperation among them. This was their main decision at a meeting they held in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital on […]
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Governors, South-West
Tuesday, July 5th, 2011
LAGOS — A one-day meeting of the six governors of the South West region will hold in Lagos today. Usually reliable sources said the close-door meeting to be hosted by Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State will be attended by his Action Congress of Nigeria’s counterparts from Osun (Engr. Rauf Aregbesola), Ogun (Senator Ibikunle Amosu), […]
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Governors, South-West
Thursday, June 23rd, 2011
The six South-West governors were conspicuously absent yesterday at the reconvened Yoruba Unity Forum which held at the Ikenne, Ogun State home of the late sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo and presided over by the matriarch of the Awolowo, Chief (Mrs.) Hannah Idowu Dideolu Awolowo. Among those officially invited were Senator Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State, […]
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Elections 2011, Latest Politics, NNP Elections 2011 Updates, South-West
Tuesday, May 10th, 2011
Fresh documents obtained by Daily Sun have exposed the massive electoral fraud perpetrated by the Peoples Democratic Party in the previous elections, especially in 2003. A comparative analysis of the results of the presidential election in 2003 and 2011, with particular reference to Ogun state, show a rather wide margin between registered voters and actual […]
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Articles, Churchill Okonkwo, Columnists, Elections 2011, NNP Columnists, South-West
Sunday, May 8th, 2011
By Churchil Okonkwo, NNP – May 8, 2011 – Just before this general election in a piece “Southeast Governors, Dora Akunyili and Ohaneze: The Scavengers that will Destroy Ndigbo” I wrote that the present crop of politicians pretending to be fighting for Odimma Ndigbo are nothing but scavengers that will ultimately leave the position of […]
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Latest Politics, Legislature, Senate, South-East, South-West
Thursday, May 5th, 2011
AS part of his ongoing consultations on the formation of the next administration in line with the federal character principle enshrined in the constitution, President Goodluck Jonathan, on Wednesday invited the President of the Senate, Senator David Mark, to the Obudu Cattle Ranch in Cross River State, venue of his seven-day retreat. Sources in Abuja […]
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Governors, Legislature, Senate, South-West
Wednesday, May 4th, 2011
The scramble for juicy slots in the emerging cabinet of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president-elect is already threatening the warm relationship between certain stalwarts of the party in the South-west, Daily Sun can authoritatively reveal. A former governor in the South -west who recently lost out in his bid for senatorial seat and a […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency, South-West, Top Stories
Tuesday, February 15th, 2011
Former Lagos State Governor, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has totally denied reports making the rounds that he and the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN’s) presidential flag bearer, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu were on collision course. He said the reports were from cunningly creative writers who, not only wanted to hatch a conflict between them, but preferred […]
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National Politics, South-West
Tuesday, February 15th, 2011
DESPITE President Goodluck Jonathan’s clarifications of the statement he made about the South-West geopolitical zone, on Monday, Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) chieftain, Senator Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday, fired back at the president, saying with his statement, that he had only insulted the South-West. While Jonathan had mentioned on the Facebook that people from the […]
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Latest Politics, South-West
Tuesday, February 15th, 2011
FOLLOWING the condemnation of his speech at the zonal presidential rally of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ibadan last Tuesday by some politicians in the country, President Goodluck Jonathan has described their interpretation as unfortunate, saying that as a true leader, he takes responsibility for any misunderstanding of the context of the statement. In […]