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General Politics, Latest Politics, Tochukwu Ezukanma, Top Stories
Wednesday, August 17th, 2011
This news from Germany is really disturbing. Why is it that our leaders make us laughing objects before the international community and they will turn around to accuse us, the poor and voiceless masses? This accusation from “The Voice Baden Württemberg” in Germany that most Nigerian refugees are deported without proper identification or procedure is […]
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Boko Haram, Borno, Raw Politics, State News, Top Stories
Monday, August 15th, 2011
A deadly explosion was yesterday averted by the police in Borno when a 25-year-old suicide bomber with heavily wired Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) was gunned down by policemen at the entrance of the state headquarters of the police in Maiduguri. The bomber had defiled attempts to check his Honda Accord car at the command’s gate […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency, Top Stories
Monday, August 15th, 2011
ABUJA— NOTWITHSTANDING the spate of criticisms that greeted the plan by the presidency to send a bill containing a single term proposal for president and governors to the National Assembly, it emerged, yesterday, that President Goodluck Jonathan is not about to jettison the plan. Those wishing that the idea would be dumped have therefore been […]
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CPC (Congress 4 Progressive Change), Elections 2011, General Politics, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), NNP Elections 2011 Updates, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Presidency, Raw Politics, Top Stories
Thursday, August 11th, 2011
The Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) has asked the Presidential Election Tribunal to enter judgment in favour of its presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari on the grounds that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has flouted the order of the tribunal directing it to allow the party to inspect the materials used for the April […]
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Education, Top Stories
Wednesday, August 10th, 2011
For the fourth year running candidates who wrote the May/June 2011 West African Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) conducted by the West Africa Examinations (WAEC) recorded mass failure as only 31 per cent made five credits including English Language and Mathematics. The Head of National Office (HNO), Dr. Iyi Uwadiae disclosed the figure in Abeokuta, […]
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Delta, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency, State News, Top Stories
Monday, August 8th, 2011
Delta State Government has denied offering N3bn bribe to Electoral Petitions Tribunal judges and former President Olusegun Obasanjo to secure a favourable verdict for Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan. An online news portal, Saharareporters, had reported that the state offered the huge sum to “buy the judgment” of the tribunal in the suit by the state Democratic […]
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Abdulsalaami Abubakar (1998-99), Presidency, Raw Politics, Top Stories
Saturday, August 6th, 2011
Former Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, according to an Afenifere chieftain, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, offered money to the National Democratic Coalition (NADECO) leaders who visited him just immediately after the demise of General Sani Abacha, the maximum dictator, to whom Major al-Mustapha was the chief security officer, CSO. But the offer was politely turned […]
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General Politics, Headlines, Religion, Top Stories
Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011
To avert further negative publicity over a petition written by a member of the Akindayomi family, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) on Monday rushed back to Nigeria from the United Kingdom to hold an emergency meeting with the family of the Reverend Akindayomi, founder of the church. The closed […]
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Headlines, Raw Politics, Religion, Top Stories
Monday, August 1st, 2011
The family of the founding pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Late Reverend Josiah Olufemi Akindayomi, has expressed dissatisfaction with the current leadership of the church and the family’s role in its management. The family wants to have a representative, elected by the family, in a permanent position on the governing council […]
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General Politics, Religion, Sultan of Sokoto, Top Stories
Thursday, July 28th, 2011
he warned against the breach of Nigeria’s unity, the Sultan of Sokoto and President of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has asked other Nigerians to stop antagonising the Muslim community. To the opponents of Islamic banking, Sultan said the bickering on the matter was unnecessary because, “we are […]
