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General Politics, Governors, North-Central, North-East, North-West, Top Stories
Friday, May 18th, 2012
KADUNA – Ahead of the 2015 elections, the 19 Northern Governors, yesterday, expressed determination to sink their differences and unite to produce the president from the region in 2015. This was the outcome of their quarterly meeting held in Kaduna. Speaking the minds of his colleagues at the opening session of the meeting, chairman of […]
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National Politics, Nigerian Police, Top Stories
Thursday, May 17th, 2012
BY INNOCENT ANABA LAGOS — The provision of the Police Act, which prohibits a female officer from marrying a man of her choice without the permission of the Commissioner of Police in the command where she is serving, has been declared illegal and unconstitutional by a Federal High Court in Ikeja, Lagos. Trial judge, Justice […]
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General Politics, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Presidency, Raw Politics, Top Stories
Tuesday, May 15th, 2012
Former Head of State and presidential candidate for the Congress for Progressive Change, Major-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd), said on Monday that unless there was fairness and justice in the conduct of the 2015 presidential elections, there would be violence in the country. Speaking while receiving party supporters from Niger State in his Kaduna office, Buhari […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Governors, Oil Politics, Presidency, Top Stories
Sunday, May 13th, 2012
Seven-day protests and strikes embarked upon by organised labour and civil society groups in January forced most governors to abandon President Goodluck Jonathan despite the plan they had with him to withdraw the fuel subsidy, SUNDAY PUNCH has authoritatively learnt . Investigations by our correspondents showed that although most governors were party to the decision […]
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National Politics, Top Stories
Wednesday, May 9th, 2012
The British Government may soon begin to bar children of corrupt Nigerian politicians from its private schools. This follows last month’s conviction of a former governor of Delta State, Chief James Ibori, by a London crown court for stealing millions of pounds from the treasury of his state and spending the same to acquire luxury […]
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General Politics, Lagos, State News, Top Stories
Monday, May 7th, 2012
Lagos State government on Monday, made real its threat by sacking all the striking medical doctors in the state. Each doctor was served a dismissal letter dated Friday, May 4, 2012 and signed by the CMD of LASUTH, Professor David Oke. In the letter, the Personnel Management Board, PMB, the disciplinary organ of government which […]
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National Politics, Soccer, Sports, Top Stories
Friday, May 4th, 2012
BY OLA AJAYI, IBADAN A retired Nigerian footballer, Rashidi Yekini who scored the country’s first goal at the World Cup is dead. Yekini who was born in Kaduna was said to have died in his Kwara residence. Though, the circumstances surrounding his death were still sketchy at the time of this story, his death was reportedly […]
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Boko Haram, National Politics, Top Stories
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012
The second group we will also attack soon are PUNCH, Daily Sun, Vanguard, Guardian, Nation, Tribune, and National Accord” PUNCH logo advertisement The Islamic fundamentalist sect, Boko Haram, has threatened to attack PUNCH and six newspapers, all based in the South. The sect issued the threats in an 18-minute video posted on Youtube. The […]
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Governors, House, Legislature, National Politics, Senate, Top Stories, Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye
Tuesday, May 1st, 2012
If the push by lawmakers sails through in a fresh amendment of the 1999 Constitution, the President, his deputy, all governors and their deputies may lose immunity from prima-facie criminal cases. Section 308 of the 1999 Constitution presently confers immunity on the President and governors. The extant section 308 (a) states: “No civil or criminal […]
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General Politics, Top Stories
Monday, April 30th, 2012
IT was another day of horror and gnashing of teeth in the northern part of Nigeria on Monday, as 11 people, including three suicide bombers, were killed in an early hour bomb explosion that shook the city of Jalingo, the Taraba State capital. The suicide bombers were said to have attacked the convoy of the state […]
