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Women Politics
Friday, August 9th, 2013
At a time that threats against the life of the girl-child seem to be getting compounded, an actress, Funmi Fiberesima, is digging into unresolved questions that surround genital mutilation. Her maiden film, titled Onikola (facial mark doctor), is due to hit the screen soon. “Onikola is a film that brings to light the harmful side […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Prince Charles Dickson, Women Politics
Saturday, June 29th, 2013

By Prince Charles Dickson | Jos, NIgeria | June 28, 2013 – The greatest lesson in life is to know that sometimes even fools are right—Winston Churchill Early this year, I was with Ngozi Iweala and she spoke glowing on Nigeria’s economy, gdp and all those terms. I nodded and smiled. I recalled our meeting […]
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Articles, Columnists, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, NNP Columnists, Women Politics
Friday, June 14th, 2013

By Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala | Abuja, Nigeria | June 14, 2013 – There has recently been a lot of misinformation and misconception in our public debate on debt. My goal in this article is to shed some light on the public debt, to clarify the real state of Nigeria’s debt position, and hopefully, provide a […]
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General Politics, Headlines, Women Politics
Wednesday, June 5th, 2013

The former Director-General, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, Prof. Dora Akunyili, on Tuesday named her inability to establish a Drug Mart as one of her greatest regrets. Akunyili, who shot into limelight for revolutionising the fight against fake drugs, also blamed fake and counterfeit drugs in the country on lack of […]
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Headlines, Judiciary, Women Politics
Sunday, June 2nd, 2013
I first met the Honourable Justice Aloma Muktar as a High Court Judge in Kano in 1984. My client, a trade union had sued a powerful Lebanese company in the Kano State High Court for illegally withholding the check dues deducted from the wages of all the workers in its employment. The company which had […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Olusola Daniel, Women Politics
Thursday, April 4th, 2013

By Olusola Daniel / Lagos, Nigeria / April 4, 2013 –-Having spotted-, on several sites, an article by one Yushau A. Shuaib in which the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is accused of facilitating controversial appointments in favour of her Igbo fellows, I was alarmed by this tale […]
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Headlines, Niger, State News, Women Politics
Wednesday, March 13th, 2013
Niger State Government has inaugurated a committee to investigate the alleged cases of genital mutilation and other related issues of abuse of women in the state. Governor Babangida Aliyu stated this on Wednesday when a delegation of the state branch of the International Federation of Women Lawyers visited him in Minna. Aliyu, who said he […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Omoade Adelani, Uncategorized, Women Politics
Monday, February 25th, 2013

By Omoade Adelani | NNP | Feb. 25, 2013 – For too long, we have been fed with lies, innuendos and sarcasm garnished with semblance of truth by desperate hustlers at the Nigerian political scene. We have been made to believe that Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the chief driver of the Nigerian economy, gets her orders […]
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Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Women Politics
Thursday, February 21st, 2013
• President’s wife tasks N’Assembly over N4b mansion • He can contest, says Fasehun DESPITE a claim by President Goodluck Jonathan that campaigning for the 2015 election is diversionary, what appears like a tacit endorsement of his candidature for the race came Thursday with Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Women Leader, Ambassador Kema Chikwe, saying that […]
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National Politics, Nigerian Police, Top Stories, Women Politics
Monday, February 4th, 2013

Men of the Anti Bomb Squad of the Nigerian Police Force on Monday, detonated a device believed to be Improvised Explosive Device in front of the Nipost Office in Area 10, Abuja. LEADERSHIP gathered that the IED, contained in a parcel with N100 postage stamp, was addressed to the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister […]