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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), National Politics, Presidency, Top Stories
Monday, August 27th, 2012
President Goodluck Jonathan said yesterday he would prove critics of his administration wrong by 2013 when the dividends of new policies introduced would begin to manifest. Jonathan said this while declaring open the 52nd Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) in Abuja. He said he was the most criticised President in the […]
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Action Congress of Nigeria, Arewa House, Latest Politics, National Politics, Party Politics, Top Stories
Friday, August 24th, 2012
Major socio-cultural organisations in the country have expressed opposing views on the plan by the Federal Government to embark on an elaborate centenary celebration of the amalgamation of the Northern and Southern protectorates in 1914 by the British. Nigeria became a nation when the then Governor-General of the country, Lord Frederick Lugard, merged the Protectorate […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics, National Politics, Religion, Top Stories
Wednesday, August 22nd, 2012
THE National President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, on Wednesday, said there was no basis for the Federal Government to dialogue with the dreaded Boko Haram sect. He also berated the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Mohammed Nurudeen, for categorising Nigeria as the most Christian populated Islamic nation in […]
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Africa & World Politics, Delta, Headlines, National Politics, Raw Politics, State News, Top Stories
Sunday, August 19th, 2012
The former governor of Delta state, southern Nigeria, James Ibori, convicted for fraud by a court in Britain, has been transferred to the Worcestershire Long Lartin Prison outside London. The maximum-security prison houses terrorists, rapists, drug barons and other violent criminals. A recent report in The Guardian, a United Kingdom newspaper, portrayed the prison as […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics, National Politics, Sultan of Sokoto, Top Stories
Friday, August 17th, 2012
What is the role of traditional rulers in the battle for peace in NIgeria? The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, says traditional rulers are joining forces with the government and other stakeholders to restore peace to the country. Terrorism has crept into the country, with the Boko Haram sect setting off bombs in […]
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Boko Haram, General Politics, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Ibrahim Babangida (1985-93), Presidency, Top Stories
Friday, August 17th, 2012
Wole Mosadomi & Abdallah el-Kurebe MINNA — Former Military President, General Ibrahim Babangida yesterday described as laughable, the call by Islamic sect, Boko Haram on President Goodluck Jonathan to resign from office as condition for peace to reign in the country. General Babangida at an interaction with newsmen at his Hill Top mansion, Minna, Niger […]
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Boko Haram, General Politics, Latest Politics, Top Stories
Wednesday, August 15th, 2012
By Hugo Odiogor & Luka Binniyat LAGOS— Nigeria’s Ambassador to the United States, Prof. Ade Adefuye, yesterday, proffered reasons why Nigeria is against plans by Americans to classify Boko Haram as a Foreign Terrorist Organisation (FTO). Ambassador Adefuye who was guest speaker of the Third Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, (NIIA), symposium on the visit […]
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Delta, General Politics, Governors, State News, Top Stories
Monday, August 13th, 2012
BY IKECHUKWU NOCHIRI ABUJA — The Delta State Government has gone before the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja to challenge moves by the Federal Government to claim the $15 million allegedly given to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, by the jailed former Governor of the State, Chief James Ibori, who left ofice […]
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Boko Haram, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency, Top Stories
Sunday, August 12th, 2012
Christians in the North have asked President Goodluck Jonathan to resign over his comment on Boko Haram. Jonathan was quoted to have said he could not crush the Islamic sect because “they are our siblings and you cannot set the army to wipe out your family”. In a statement by its spokesman, Mr. Sunday Oibe, […]
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American Politics, Boko Haram, General Politics, Latest Politics, Top Stories
Thursday, August 9th, 2012
ABUJA (AFP) – US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Nigeria on Thursday to meet President Goodluck Jonathan and was expected to offer assistance in helping the country stop a worsening Islamist insurgency. Her visit to Nigeria comes with Jonathan under growing pressure to stop the violence in the northern and central regions of […]
