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General Politics, Top Stories, Women Politics
Monday, December 10th, 2012
By Emma Amaize, Kingsley Omonobi, Austin Ogwuda & Festus Ahon ASABA – Gunmen, yesterday, raised the stake when they abducted the mother of the Minister of Finance, Prof. Okonjo-Iweala, Professor Kamene Okonjo, in Ogwashi-Uku, Delta State. Okonjo-Iweala’s mother, 82, who is the wife of the Obi of Ogwashi-Uku Kingdom, Professor Chukwuka Aninshi Okonjo Agbogidi, was […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), National Politics, Presidency, Top Stories
Friday, December 7th, 2012
Billions of naira of taxpayers’ money have been expended on the foreign trips of President Goodluck Jonathan despite his January promise to cut down on such trips. This newspaper’s findings show that the President and his entourage have spent not less than N3.354bn on foreign trips since 2010. Our correspondent learnt that in the first […]
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CBN (Central Bank of Nigeria), National Politics, Raw Politics, Top Stories
Thursday, December 6th, 2012
The Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Mallam Lamido Sanusi, on Wednesday fired back at those calling for his removal, saying they missed the point. The CBN governor said his removal would not change the political structure of the country which he said could not guarantee economic development in its current form. “So if you […]
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Raw Politics, Top Stories
Tuesday, December 4th, 2012
INFORMATION obtained from government aviation agencies and airline operators has revealed that President Goodluck Jonathan-led administration spends an estimated N9.08bn annually on the Presidential Air Fleet. PAF has the third largest fleet of aircraft in the country. According to findings, the PAF contains a total of 10 aircraft, coming closely behind Aerocontractors Airlines, which has […]
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Biafra, National Politics, Top Stories
Friday, November 30th, 2012
… Recognises new daughter The will of the late Ikemba Nnewi, Chief Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, was on Friday presented to the family with his widow, Bianca, getting the lion’s share. The presentation by the Chief Registrar of the Enugu High Court, Mr. Dennis Ekoh, was witnessed by Bianca, Mr. Val Nwosu, Ojukwu’s first cousin, and Mr. […]
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General Politics, House, Legislature, Senate, Top Stories
Friday, November 30th, 2012
Security remained the issue yesterday, with scary lawmakers urging the executive to tackle the monster. House of Representatives members declared the National Assembly a likely target of terrorists. The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) was worried that rampaging gunmen were killing people all over the country. And the opposition Action Congress of Nigeria (CAN) said […]
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Latest Politics, Top Stories
Wednesday, November 28th, 2012
The organised labour on Wednesday berated the Governor of Central Bank, Mallam Lamido Sanusi, for calling for the sacking of 50 per cent of civil servants and urged the Federal Government to remove him. The Nigeria Labour Congress specifically said Sanusi must be sacked before he destroyed the Nigerian economy. Other groups that condemned the […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), National Politics, Presidency, Top Stories, Uncategorized
Saturday, November 24th, 2012
Over N5tn in government funds have been stolen through fraud, embezzlement and theft since President Goodluck Jonathan assumed office on May 6, 2010, a SUNDAY PUNCH investigation has found. Our correspondents arrived at the stolen sum after poring over the reports of the various committees set up by the President to probe some sectors of […]
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National Politics, Oil Politics, Top Stories, Women Politics
Thursday, November 22nd, 2012
THE Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has alerted President Goodluck Jonathan to a looming acute fuel shortage if the Federal Government fails to pay N1.13trn subsidy owed it (NNPC), The PUNCH learnt. The NNPC top management, led by the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, and the corporation’s Group Managing Director, Mr. Andrew Yakubu, reportedly […]
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Bayelsa, National Politics, State News, Top Stories
Tuesday, November 20th, 2012
Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has disputed the claim by President Goodluck Jonathan in his Sunday’s presidential chat that the military operation in Odi, Bayelsa State in 1999 failed to stop the killings of security agents in the Niger Delta. Fani-Kayode said in a statement on Monday that former President Olusegun Obasanjo, who ordered […]
