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Latest Politics, Top Stories, United Nations
Saturday, September 21st, 2013
President Goodluck Jonathan and his wife arrived New York earlier today. Photo: State House By SaharaReporters, New York Nigeria, which has failed to focus on implementing the United Nations Millenium Development Goals, is sending a record 600-man delegation to the 68th General Assembly in New York which will focus on a follow-up plan, SaharaReporters investigations […]
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General Politics, Latest Politics, Top Stories
Friday, September 20th, 2013
President Goodluck Jonathan will fly to New York on Saturday to participate in the 68th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, which is expected to focus on identifying parameters for the post-2015 global development agenda. President Jonathan, who is also scheduled to meet with President Barack Obama of the United States in New York, will […]
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Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Headlines, Top Stories
Wednesday, September 18th, 2013
Mallam Nasir El-Rufai The words of war between Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, the former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, and the Christian Association of Nigeria CAN has taken a dangerous dimension. Today, 18.09.2013, the umbrella body of Nigerian Christian youth organizations, Christian Youth Vanguard (CYV), issued a statement in Abuja and […]
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Latest Politics, National Politics, Top Stories
Tuesday, September 17th, 2013
As CAN declares 7-day fasting By SAM EYOBOKA & CALEB AYANSINA ABUJA—A REGIONAL socio-political group that promotes the interests of the people of the Middle Belt region, the Middle-Belt Forum, MBF, yesterday, admonished former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, to display every sense of responsibility and patriotism in his comments on […]
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Boko Haram, Borno, Latest Politics, State News, Top Stories
Tuesday, September 17th, 2013
BY KINGSLEY OMONOBI, WITH AGENCY REPORT Army authorities disclosed, yesterday, that 15 soldiers and a lieutenant have been killed by Boko Haram terrorists along the Baga-Maiduguri Road in Borno State, while 150 sect members were killed by troops of the 7th Division during a fierce battle with the insurgents last weekend. Defence sources, however, […]
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National Politics, Presidency, Top Stories
Saturday, September 14th, 2013
IT appears President Goodluck Jonathan is not done yet with the cabinet shake-up he began on Wednesday, as indications emerged on Friday he could name more ministers for replacement shortly. Saturday Tribune gathered that the assessment team, which x-rayed the sacked ministers’ performance, has already turned in another report, which will be used in relieving […]
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General Politics, Headlines, Ondo, State News, Top Stories
Saturday, September 14th, 2013
The former governor of Ondo state, south west Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Agagun is dead. Report reaching African Examiner says Chief Agagu who just returned to the country from United States died Friday evening in his Ibadan residence after a brief illness. Chief Agagu was born 16 February 1948. He was Governor of Ondo State from […]
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General Politics, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency, Top Stories
Thursday, September 12th, 2013
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar replied yesterday to his former boss Chief Olusegun Obasanjo’s allegation of corruption. He said his United State visa had just been renewed, contrary to the insinuations by ex-President Obasanjo. He also said he had visited the United States since he left office in 2007, adding that he had been investigated by […]
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EFCC Politics, National Politics, North-West, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency, Top Stories
Thursday, September 12th, 2013
…says his real age blurs his memory Defending her integrity, the Former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Mrs. Farida Waziri on Wednesday blasted ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo describing him as a blatant liar and a peddler of “arrant falsehood.” Obasanjo had in an interview attacked the integrity and the tenure of Mrs […]
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Latest Politics, National Politics, Top Stories
Wednesday, September 11th, 2013
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan has sacked nine cabinet ministers amid serious divisions in the governing party. Two weeks ago, seven of the country’s powerful state governors and former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar formed a splinter-group in the PDP. They were angry after their allies were disqualified from party elections. BBC Nigeria analyst Naziru Mikailu says the […]
