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Africa & World Politics, Top Stories
Friday, May 27th, 2011
The Nigerian ambassador to Kenya, Dr Chijioke Wilcox Wigwe, is on the verge of going on an unprecedented trial in that country for assault, battery and cannibalism. On May 11, Wigwe allegedly attacked his wife, Tess Iyi. According to diplomatic sources, Kenya Police Commissioner Mathew Itwere has formally written to the Nigerian government through the […]
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Enugu, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency, Top Stories
Thursday, May 26th, 2011
President Goodluck Jonathan, has lambasted those lobbying for ministerial appointments, saying less than 10 per cent of them are genuine. He disclosed this during the presidential inauguration lecture in Abuja, which was delivered by Prof. Ladipo Adamolekun, even as the independent scholar urged the President to declare and make public, his assets and those of […]
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Armed Forces, Nigerian Police, Top Stories
Wednesday, May 25th, 2011
One of the survivors of last Monday killing of a Divisional Police Officer (DPO), the Divisional Crime Officer (DCO) and other policemen at Badagry, Lagos by irate soldiers from Ibereko Military Cantonment, has opened up on how they were attacked. Assistant Superintendent of Police, ASP, Afolabi Taofeek, the Crime Officer at Badagry Police Station who […]
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Governors, Imo, Lagos, Ministries, Nasarawa, State News, Top Stories
Monday, May 23rd, 2011
Attempts by some defeated governors and governorship candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party to become ministers may have hit a brick wall. Top among them are Imo State Governor Ikedi Ohakim, his Nasarawa State counterpart, Akwe Doma, and the governorship candidate in Lagos State, Dr. Ade Dosunmu. Their names were said to have been […]
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National Politics, Top Stories
Friday, May 20th, 2011
Former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, has passed a vote of no confidence in President Goodluck Jonathan and Vice President Namadi Sambo, saying the duo cannot bring Nigeria out of the woods. El-Rufai also said that Jonathan’s comment on the crisis that trailed the outcome of the presidential election is […]
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EFCC Politics, Top Stories
Wednesday, May 18th, 2011
Former Managing Director of Bank PHB Plc, Mr Francis Atuche and his wife were separately arraigned yesterday before an Ikeja High court for conspiracy and stealing of N32.2 billion belonging to Bank BHB Plc while Atuche held sway as the chief executive officer . Atuche, who was arraigned before Justice S.A. Onigbanjo alongside two others, […]
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EFCC Politics, Governors, Top Stories
Sunday, May 15th, 2011
NINE outgoing state governors across the country who have enjoyed immunity for the past four or eight years may soon be guests of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, as their tenures expire on May 29. Sources at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, told Vanguard, weekend, that the anti-graft agency was going […]
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House, Legislature, Top Stories
Friday, May 13th, 2011
Members of the House of Representatives on Thursday found their Speaker, Mr. Dimeji Bankole, NOT guilty of embezzling any member’s salary and allowances as insinuated by Rep Dino Melaye on Wednesday. Mr. Melaye who had been suspended last June along with 10 others for making serious allegation against the Speaker had invoked Order 5 of […]
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Africa & World Politics, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency, Top Stories
Thursday, May 12th, 2011
Ugandan police shot at a crowd in the capital Kampala after it attacked a car carrying Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan who had attended President Yoweri Museveni’s inauguration, a government spokesman said. At least one person was killed in the incident. “The car belonging to Goodluck Jonathan was stoned by mobs,” said Fred Opolot, director of […]
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House, Legislature, Top Stories
Wednesday, May 11th, 2011
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Dimeji Bankole, narrowly escaped suspension on Wednesday as lawmakers moved to probe a N10bn loan he allegedly took on behalf of the House. Amid a rowdy session, the House resolved to give him 24 hours (up till today) to explain the circumstances under which the loan […]
