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Saturday, April 25th, 2015
INEC will today (Saturday) hold supplementary governorship elections in Abia, Imo and Taraba states as well as National Assembly elections across 11 states. Recall that governorship elections in the 3 states were declared inconclusive because the margin between the leading candidate and the second place was less than the number of cancelled votes. In Imo […]
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Friday, April 24th, 2015
By Oludare Sunday Fase, Washington, DC – Nigeria’s former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said that President Goodluck Jonathan’s defeat during the just concluded presidential election is good for Africa even as he claimed that African leaders were happy with the results of the election. Speaking at the United States Institute of Peace in Washington DC, […]
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Friday, April 24th, 2015
Funeral rites for the late Oronto Natei Douglas, former Senior Special Adviser to the President on Research, Documentation, and Strategy, who died at the State House Clinic, Abuja on Thursday, April 9, 2015 has been released by the family. The high point of the six-day burial programme is his burial on Saturday, May 2 at […]
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Friday, April 24th, 2015
FROM IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu – Ahead of Saturday’s gubernatorial re- run polls in Imo state, the South East chapter of the All Progressive Congress (APC), has urged Imo electorates to return Governor Rochas Okorocha, as the only APC’s in the geo political zone. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared the April 11 governorship […]
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Friday, April 24th, 2015
By Tajudeen Balogun, Head, African Examiner, Nigeria Bureau Truth is constant. It is natural and fundamental. In a way, truth can be likened to foundation of a building, suggesting that whatever its state looks like, will certainly be evident and determine the quality and live-span of the structure. In contrary, deceits are weak and often […]
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Friday, April 24th, 2015
History Repeated As Barcelona Pair With Bayern Munich In UEFA Champions Semi Final. The first cracker is between Barcelona and Bayern Munich, while the second decisive encounter will be staged between Juventus and Real Madrid. The first legs were scheduled for May 5 and 6, while the second legs hold on May 12 and 13.It […]
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Friday, April 24th, 2015
Agabus Pwanagba – The Bauchi State Campaign Council of the PDP in the just concluded general election has alleged that National Officers of the party from the State sabotaged their campaign activities which led to the failure of the party in the state. The Coordinator of the Jonathan/Sambo Campaign Organisation in Bauchi South Senatorial District, Alhaji […]
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Friday, April 24th, 2015
Agabus Pwanagba, Jos – Controversy has continued to trail the poor performance of the PDP in the recently concluded general elections, as a Former Governor of Plateau State and Chieftain of the Party, Amb. Fidelis Tapgun, disclosed that he and some other party chieftains openly worked against the party in the state in the recent elections. […]
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Friday, April 24th, 2015
As the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) prepares for a rerun election in some polling units at the nine local government areas in Abia state, a socio-political group known as South East Progressives Assembly(SEPA) has berated the South West chapter of Ohaneze Ndigbo for ‘being driven by sentiment to campaign for the All Progressives Grand Alliance(APGA) […]
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Friday, April 24th, 2015
The Greater Together Campaign Organisation, GTCO, the campaign outfit of Dr. Dakuku Adol Peterside, has condemned attempts by Mr. Ezebuwon Nyesom Wike and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Rivers State to re-write history by turning head-down the sequence and facts of pre and post-election events in the state. It has also said that such […]
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Thursday, April 23rd, 2015
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja – The House of Representatives Thursday passed the 2015 Appropriation bill of N4.493, 363, 957, 158 trillion. The budget was made up of N2, 607, 132, 491, 708 trillion for recurrent expenditure and N701, 415, 465, 449 billion for capital expenditure. Also, the sum of N375, 616 billion was included in the […]
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Thursday, April 23rd, 2015
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja – The House of Representatives has said President Goodluck Jonathan lied to Nigerians by saying that the National Assembly did not meet the constitutional requirement for amending the constitution. It said on Thursday that four- fifths of 360 membership of the House is 288 and 317 members voted in support of the […]
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Thursday, April 23rd, 2015
From Mustapha Abdul salaam – A notorious and top Boko Haram insurgents Commander, Abu Mojahid has been killed Tuesday morning alongside others in an encounter with troops in the outskirt of Alagarno, Borno State, North Eastern Nigeria. In a post on defence official blog Thursday, Military indicated that the terrorists had staged a daring attack […]
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Thursday, April 23rd, 2015
President Goodluck Jonathan has directed the PDP Presidential Campaign Organization and the various associations that coalesced into the Jonathan/Sambo Support Group to immediately begin the process of removing the posters, billboards, banners, signs and other campaign materials in support of his re-election bid which still adorn the landscape in major cities across the country. This, […]
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Thursday, April 23rd, 2015
By Chuks Ehirim – Former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, has reminded the party of his earlier warning in 2013, concerning the possibility of suffering defeat in the 2015 general election, if its leaders did not mend their ways. In a statement in Abuja, captioned, “PDP- WERE YOU NOT WARNED?”, […]
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Thursday, April 23rd, 2015
From Abdul Gafar Bello -The lingering power supremacy tussle in the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) worsened Thursday as the body holds parallel quadrennial state delegates conference in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. While Comrade Ayuba Wabba’s faction staged its conference at the Banquet Hall beside along Ahmadu Bello Way, Comrade Joe Ajaero’s faction, scheduled its […]
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Thursday, April 23rd, 2015
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu – The ongoing political rift between governor Sullivan Chime, and members of the state House of Assembly Thursday took a new twist, as the lawmakers, resolved to invite the Economic And Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC to investigate the alleged financial recklessness of chairman of Enugu state Universal Basic Education Board, ENSUBEB, […]
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Thursday, April 23rd, 2015
The opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) has urged the newly-appointed Acting Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Solomon Arase, to approach his new task with a high level of professionalism as well as shun the crass partisanship that has dragged key national institutions, especially the police, into the partisan fray. APC in a statement issued in Abuja Thursday by […]
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Thursday, April 23rd, 2015
–As EU Leaders Move To Check Influx Of Migrants A multi-faith funerals service has been held in Malta, for 24 victims killed in the worst ever recorded capsizing, of a migrant boat in the Mediterranean. No fewer than 800 passengers died in last Sunday’s disaster. The Italian police indicated that the captain mistakenly crashed the […]
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Thursday, April 23rd, 2015
FROM IGNATIUS OKPARA, Yenagoa – Heavily armed men Wednesday invaded Ogbia Local government Area home of the outgoing President Goodluck Jonathan in Balyesa state and abducted the Council’s Chairman, Mr. Enaye Sasime Abah. A source indicated that the gunmen who stormed the area with sophisticated weapons, waylaid the Council’s boss along Otuasega/Okarki road after opening […]
