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All Peoples' Congress (APC), Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Party Politics, Presidency, Top Stories
Saturday, August 10th, 2013
Fomer Head of State Maj.-Gen. Buhari is likely to contest presidential primary of the All Nigeria Peoples Party. His loyalists told SUNDAY PUNCH that despite the anti-Buhari lobby in the APC, the general would contest the primary. SUNDAY PUNCH gathered that the anti-Buhari lobby in APC is made up of two groups. The first group […]
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General Politics, Latest Politics, Nigerian Police, Top Stories
Friday, August 9th, 2013
The Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Muhammed Abubakar, on Thursday vowed to uphold the integrity of the police, saying he would not preside over a corrupt Nigeria Police Force. He was reacting to the recent dismissal of a police sergeant, Chris Omeleze, who was caught on video, demanding a bribe of N25,000 from a motorist. Abubakar […]
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National Politics, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Top Stories
Tuesday, August 6th, 2013
A veteran presidential candidate and a major stakeholder in the newly-registered All Progressives Congress, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) on Tuesday said the new party was determined to push out the ruling Peoples Democratic Party in 2015. “The APC is focus-driven to push the PDP out of power by 2015,” Buhari told members of the Democratic […]
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CBN (Central Bank of Nigeria), Latest Politics, Top Stories
Tuesday, August 6th, 2013
President Goodluck Jonathan has queried the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mallam Lamido Sanusi, over some items in the apex’s bank’s 2012 audit report. A confirmation of the query was made by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, when he was contacted by one of our […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News, Top Stories
Tuesday, August 6th, 2013
The father of Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, Alhaji Ademola Fashola, who died on Monday, has been buried. The deceased, 80, was buried on Tuesday at the Vaults and Garden, Ikoyi, a private cemetery in the state. The governor’s father began his final journey at his residence on Ladipo Labinjo Street, Surulere, Lagos, where […]
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Latest Politics, Nigerian Police, Top Stories
Tuesday, August 6th, 2013
THE Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Mohammed Abubakar, on Monday visited Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital, without visiting the state Governor, Rotimi Amaechi. Abubakar was in the state to inaugurate 100 Prado Sports Utility Vans donated to the nine Niger Delta state Police commands by the Niger Delta Development Commission. The IGP also did not address […]
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All Peoples' Congress (APC), General Politics, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Party Politics, Presidency, Top Stories
Sunday, August 4th, 2013
The Presidency on Sunday blasted APC leaders saying that they were not only unprogressive but also describing them as “politically expired” politicians. However, the APC reacted swiftly, saying Nigerians knew very well that most of the PDP leaders were septuagenarians and octogenarians. APC national leaders – Chief Bisi Akande is 74 years, Maj.-Gen. Muhamadu Buhari,70; […]
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Headlines, Nigerian Police, Top Stories
Sunday, August 4th, 2013
The policemen accused of collaborating with hoodlums to kill two youths in Badagry, Lagos State, have been arrested. They were arrested on Friday, according to the police authorities. However, a new video made available to our correspondent identified two of the policemen as Inspector Adefemi Ashogbon, who is the station officer of the Badagry Police […]
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Anambra, Lagos, Latest Politics, State News, Top Stories
Sunday, August 4th, 2013
BY CLIFFORD NDUJIHE AND OLASUNKANMI AKONI …No, Fashola should apologise to Obi — APGA LAGOS — All Progressives Congress, APC, Sunday, accused Governor Peter Obi of Anambra State, of threatening the country’s unity and whipping up tribal sentiment by sensationalising the recent ‘deportation’ of some indigenes of the state from Lagos. The party in a […]
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Action Congress of Nigeria, All Peoples' Congress (APC), Party Politics, Top Stories
Friday, August 2nd, 2013
The newly registered All Progressives Congress has begun moves to draft a former Minister of Defence (retd.), General Theophilus Danjuma, into the 2015 presidential election race, Saturday PUNCH has learnt. It was learnt that the North had foreclosed the possibility of getting the Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential ticket with President Goodluck Jonathan’s grip on the […]
