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Tuesday, January 18th, 2011

President Goodluck Jonathan has said the resignation of Chief Okwesilieze Nwodo as National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) was a good development that would move the party forward. The President who spoke with aviation correspondents yesterday at the Lagos Airport on arrival from Abuja said the party was working very hard to move […]
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Raw Politics, Top Stories
Monday, January 17th, 2011

His quest to relocate abroad and drop the shackles of poverty pushed him to the extreme of desperation. Rasheed Adekola was arrested on Tuesday at the Canadian embassy for submitting 17 fake documents in order to obtain a student visa to Canada, TOYOSI OGUNSEYE reports. His quest to relocate abroad and drop the shackles of […]
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All Nigerian Peoples' Party (ANPP), Elections 2011, General Politics, Kano, Party Politics, State News, Top Stories
Sunday, January 16th, 2011

The Kano State Governor, Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau has emerged the Presidential candidate of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) for the April general election. The Chairman of the ANPP convention committee, Chief John Odigie Oyegun, while clearing the air on the contravention of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) deadline, said the party had been […]
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Action Congress of Nigeria, Party Politics, Top Stories
Friday, January 14th, 2011

AT last the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has adopted former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) as its consensus presidential candidate for the April 2011 polls. Ribadu emerged form the CAN special congress yesterday in Lagos, a day after the Democratic Party (PDP) picked President Goodluck Jonathan as its standard bearer […]
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Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Top Stories
Friday, January 14th, 2011
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan early this morning emerged as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, defeating former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar and Mrs Sarah Jibril at the party’s national convention, which took place at the Eagle Square in Abuja. The build-up to the election suggested that it would be a keenly contested primary but it turned […]
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Party Politics, Top Stories
Thursday, January 13th, 2011

1am Taraba State: Jonathan coast home 62 vote while Atiku gets 16 votes and non for Sarah Jubril Sorry for the break. 11.16pm Anambra State: Goodluck Jonathan got 47 votes, Atiku 8 while Sara Jubril got nothing 11.35pm The whole 141 delegates from Akwa-Ibom State voted for Dr. Goodluck Jonathan 11.20pm Counting commence on the […]
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Wednesday, January 12th, 2011

AN Enugu High Court has granted an interim order restraining the national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr Okwesilieze Nwodo, from parading himself as chairman and member of the party (PDP)Ruling on the motion on Wednesday shortly after hearing the submissions of Chief (Mrs) Justine Offia (SAN), counsel for the plaintiff and Professor […]
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INEC Politics, Top Stories
Monday, January 10th, 2011
Three days to the commencement of the long-awaited registration of voters, about 46,000 units of the 132,000 Direct Data Capturing machines ordered by the Independent National Electoral Commission are yet to arrive the country. The contracts were awarded to three companies — Avante Technology, Haier Electrical Appliances Corporation of China, and Zinox Technologies. While Zinox, […]
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Sunday, January 9th, 2011
FormerLagos State Governor, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has said he was not afraid of death and stressed that threats to his life or a phantom frame up that is politically motivated was one of the greatest disservice to enthroning democratic stability in Nigeria. Tinubu told reporters yesterday at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos on […]
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Saturday, January 8th, 2011

Saharareporters just learnt minutes ago that the SSS at MMIA in Lagos arrested Okey Ndibe and detained, a columnist and US professor. Mr. Ndibe arrived on Turkish airlines at 9:31 PM (Nigerian Time). An Immigration officer handed his passport to an State Security Service (SSS) who instructed him to get his luggage and come with […]