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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), National Politics, Presidency, Top Stories
Saturday, June 30th, 2012

The Chairman of the Code of Conduct Bureau, Mr. Sam Saba, has said the constitution bars the bureau from making public the asset declaration forms of President Goodluck Jonathan and Vice-President Namadi Sambo. He said this in an interview in Abuja, on Friday. He said the National Assembly had yet to provide the required guidelines […]
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General Politics, House, Legislature, Top Stories
Friday, June 29th, 2012

BYKINGSLEY OMONOBI ABUJA — Investigations by Police detectives into the $620,000 oil subsidy bribe money collected by Mr Farouk Lawan from oil magnate, Mr. Femi Otedola, have unearthed a wider financial scandal. It was gathered that oil marketers who were indicted in the report recently submitted to the government by the Aigboje Aig-Imoukuede-led panel that […]
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Kano, National Politics, State News, Top Stories
Wednesday, June 27th, 2012

They are often blamed for any and every social disturbance in the northern part of Nigeria. In fact, to many, the Almajiri are nothing but irritants. But Hannah Hoechner, a researcher from the University of Oxford, United Kingdom, UK, who spent a year in Kano working with the Almajiri, does not see them as such. […]
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Action Congress of Nigeria, General Politics, Party Politics, Top Stories
Tuesday, June 26th, 2012

The Action Congress of Nigeria on Tuesday said President Goodluck Jonathan’s comments on key national issues during the Presidential Media Chat on Sunday exposed his administration’s lack of commitment to the fight against corruption, ending the Boko Haram crisis and others. In a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said, […]
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Boko Haram, National Politics, Top Stories
Monday, June 25th, 2012

PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday declared that the aim of the Islamic religious sect, Boko Haram’s insurgency in the country is to destabilise government and make it unable to function, vowing that his administration would do all that is necessary to halt their terrorist activities. Speaking during a live radio and television presidential media chat […]
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General Politics, Niger Delta, Top Stories
Saturday, June 23rd, 2012

BY SIMON EBEGBULEM, Benin City Alhaji Asari Dokubo, a former President of the Ijaw Youth Council and leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force (NDPVF). In this interview with Saturday Vanguard in Benin City, he bared his mind about current political situation in the country, saying that the people of the South South are […]
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Raw Politics, Top Stories, Women Politics
Friday, June 22nd, 2012

Law enforcement agents and travellers were last week astonished when 66 wraps of narcotics, which tested positive to methamphetamine, were discovered in the private part of Mande Bala, 48, at the screening section of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos on June 15, 2012. The lady was promptly arrested by officials of the National […]
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Boko Haram, National Politics, Top Stories
Friday, June 22nd, 2012

President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday sacked the Defence Minister, Dr. Haliru Bello; and the National Security Adviser, Gen. Owoye Azazi. The decision to sack the two former government officials over the growing level of insecurity in the country was taken less than two hours after the President returned from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where he […]
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Boko Haram, General Politics, Top Stories
Thursday, June 21st, 2012

Bomber dies as explosives go off in transit Jonathan carpets critics Pope decries attacks on Christians in the North Britain issues travel alert to citizens NIGERIA’S image at the best of times has always been far from the ideal. But with the orgy of violence unleashed on some parts of the country in the past […]
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General Politics, Kaduna, State News, Top Stories
Wednesday, June 20th, 2012

KADUNA State Police Commissioner, Mohammed Jinjiri Abubakar yesterday alleged that foreign nationals especially from three African countries were involved in the acts of terrorism currently ravaging parts of the north. The Commissioner told reporters in his office that citizens of Niger Republic, Chad and Cameroon were among those involved in the terror activities and warned […]