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House, Legislature, Top Stories
Monday, February 7th, 2011
Shock and disbelief trailed the release of candidates’ list for Ogun State yesterday, as the names of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Dimeji Bankole, Governor Gbenga Daniel and Mrs. Lola Abiola-Edewor were not on the Peoples Democratic Party’s list released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Abeokutal. The former managing director […]
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CPC (Congress 4 Progressive Change), Latest Politics, Top Stories
Sunday, February 6th, 2011
As the 2011 presidential election gathers momentum, Senior Pastor of the Latter Rain Assembly and vice presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), Pastor Tunde Bakare has said he never at any time said God told him to participate in the election. He said he was contesting the election based on a personal […]
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Nigerian Police, Top Stories
Sunday, February 6th, 2011
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Mr Hafiz Ringim, weekend, disclosed that over N15 billion had been released to the Nigeria Police Force to purchase equipment and other necessary logistics, with a view to ensuring a successful general elections come April. The sum, he said, also included retraining of policemen, pointing out that officers and men […]
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Presidency, Top Stories, Umaru Musa Yar'Adua (2007-10)
Saturday, February 5th, 2011
The Yar’Adua Administration, with its Justice Minister, Michael Aondoakaa leading the charge, refused to cooperate with Britain on a prisoner transfer agreement unless the United Kingdom dropped corruption charges against former Delta State governor, James Ibori, documents released by WikiLeaks stated on Friday. Britain, keen to secure an agreement allowing the transfer of more than […]
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Delta, State News, Top Stories
Friday, February 4th, 2011
The London Telegraph reported yesterday how the Yar’Adua administration opted out of a prisoner transfer agreement with Britain unless the Crown Prosecution Service dropped charges against ex-Governor James Ibori of Delta State. Chief Ibori is accused of laundering more than 196 million Pounds public funds in Britain. The agreement would have allowed Britain deport more […]
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Headlines, Top Stories
Thursday, February 3rd, 2011
The Federal Government has made good its promise to airlift stranded Nigerians in Egypt following the anti- government protests that have rocked the Arab nation in the last one week. President Goodluck Jonathan had Tuesday directed both the Foreign Affairs Minister,Odein Ajumogobia and the National Security Adviser,Lt. General Owoye Asazi[rtd] to ensure that the evacuation […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency, Top Stories
Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011
IF given the mandate to lead Nigeria in the next four years, President Goodluck Jonathan has promised not to let Nigerians down. The president vowed that he was prepared to stake his reputation to ensure a drastic change in the conduct of government’s business in Nigeria within a short time, starting with the conduct of […]
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Top Stories
Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011
Vice-President Namadi Sambo said Tuesday there would be no sacred cows in the Federal Government’s drive against corruption. He spoke at Mbora District of Abuja where he performed the foundation laying ceremony for the new headquarters of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) which cost is put at N18, 867,283,615.14. Sambo said the project […]
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Plateau, State News, Top Stories
Monday, January 31st, 2011
A new set of military men from the Nigerian Army arrived in Jos yesterday to take over from the officers and men on ground following a mass protest by over 20,000 women. The soldiers who arrived in almost 20 Marco Polo buses were immediately taken to the headquarters of the Special Task Force (STF) close […]
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CPC (Congress 4 Progressive Change), Elections 2011, Party Politics, Top Stories
Monday, January 31st, 2011
The presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Monday picked the Convener of the Save Nigeria Group, Pastor Tunde Bakare, as his running mate in the April election. Buhari, through his spokesperson, Mr. Yinka Odumakin, said the choice of Bakare was based on the need, “to put the […]
