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In church: You do not own Nigeria, Jonathan tells Obasanjo

From JULIANA TAIWO-OBALONYE, Abuja President Goodluck Jonathan has again hit back at former President Olusegun Obasanjo, saying he and his like do not own Nigeria, reiterating that Nigeria does not...

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Jonathan wooed to become first Biafran president

NAIJA NEWS SWEEP – President Goodluck Jonathan is being wooed by Biafrans to help actualise Biafra Republic and in turn become the first President of the new country. As the amalgamation of Northern...

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Unusual Xmas gift in Port Harcourt

FROM TONY JOHN, Port Harcourt Members of St. Matthew’s Anglican Church, Nkpogu, in Port Harcourt City Local Government Area of Rivers State, yesterday got an unusual Christmas gift, as Archbishop of...

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Amaechi urges Rivers people to sustain good governance

From TONY JOHN, Port Harcourt Rivers State Governor, Chibuike Amaechi, has called on people of the state to continue to stand by his administration against injustice and political interference from...

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Rivers factional Speaker denies plot to impeach Amaechi

BY EGUFE YAFUGBORHI PORT HARCOURT—Factional Speaker of  Rivers State House of Assembly, RVHA, Evans Bipi, has denied reports of plot by him to impeach the state governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi. Echoes of...

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Neither me nor my father ‘ll leave PDP — Akinjide

BY OLA AJAYI IBADAN — OLOYE Jumoke Akinjide, Minister of State, Federal Capital Territory has denied claims that she was planning to dump the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Oloye Akinjide, who also...

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N30bn 2014 irrigation projects: S/West short-changed •North -80% •SS/SE -18%...

AS the presidency is addressing claims of marginalisation in federal appointments by the South West, the zone  may be facing a new form of discrimination, going by the proposed details in some...

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2013: JTF killed 82 sea pirates, nabbed 1,857 crude oil thieves in N-Delta...

By Samuel Oyadongha Yenagoa—The Joint Task Force in the Niger Delta, codenamed Operation Pulo Shield, said yesterday it killed 82 sea pirates and robbers, lost three of its operatives in active service...

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Jonathan: The Shoeless President, 2015 And His Controversies

LEADERSHIP – President Goodluck Jonathan has cleverly kept mum whether or not he would seek re-election in 2015 while everybody (either for or against), is busy touting him. Of course, it gives him...

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10 legal giants to defend governors’ defection to APC

An epic legal battle will begin on January 27 between five All Progressives Congress (APC) governors and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over their constitutional right to defect from the party on...

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Controversy trails death of APC chieftain aide’s wife in Lagos

By Evelyn Usman LAGOS — Controversy is currently trailing the death of wife of the Personal Assistant to a chieftain of  All Progressives Congress, APC, Mr Sanni Ajibola Yusuf. The woman’s lifeless...

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TRAGEDY: Blogger Sentenced To Death in Saudi Arabia

Raif Badawi, a blogger in Saudi Arabia who has been imprisoned for violating the nation’s anti-cybercrime law, was given the death penalty for apostasy by a higher court Wednesday, his wife told CNN....

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Anti-AIDS wonder drug discovered underway

Research led by scientists at the Gladstone Institutes, San Fransisco, United States has identified the precise chain of molecular events in the human body that drives the death of most of the immune...

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S/South leaders to OBJ: Stop intimidating Jonathan

FORMER president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, was, on Thursday, cautioned by South-South leaders, chiefs, elders and stakeholders to stop harassing, intimidating, stampeding or blackmailing President...

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Jonathan’s Killer Squad: 1000 Watch List Plunges Presidency, Amaechi in fresh...

The allegation of 1000 people on President Goodluck Jonathan’s watch list and alleged training of killer squad as alleged by former president Olusegun Obasanjo in his recent open letter entitled...

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HIV/AIDS patients protest over alleged killer drug •Investigations on — Minister

LOOKING at her in the crowd of protesters at the ARV Clinic at the Adeoyo Maternity, Yemetu, Ibadan, Oyo State, it was obvious that the issue at stake was a matter of life and death. The protesters...

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Open letter: Ribadu backs Obasanjo

Former Chairman of the Economic and Finacial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, declared yesterday that ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo’s recent open letter to President Goodluck Jonathan was...

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Man detained for two months for allegedly criticising Bayelsa governor on...

Tonye Okio was arrested October 26. A businessman, Tonye Okio, spent his Christmas and will start the New Year at a Bayelsa prison for allegedly criticizing the Bayelsa State governor, Seriake Dickson,...

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UCH doctors give management 4-day ultimatum over unpaid allowances

By OLA AJAYI, Ibadan HARD times await thousands of patients at the University College Hospital, UCH, Ibadan as medical and dental consultants in the teaching hospital are set for industrial dispute...

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Kwankwaso to Nigerians: kick out PDP in 2015

Governor Rabi’u Kwankwaso of Kano State yesterday asked Nigerians to work together to kick out the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) out of power in 2015. Nigerians, he said , are yearning for change in...

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