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Touch Ihejirika, touch fire —Ohanaeze warns northern elders

Ohanaeze Ndigbo, a socio-cultural organisation of the Igbo, has warned the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) to stop threatening the former Chief of Army staff, Lieutenant-General Azubuike Ihejirika, or face...

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THE IJAW CHIEF DOES NOT KNOW WHAT HE DOES NOT KNOW – By Alfred Omolewa

“No psychologist should pretend to understand what he does not understand… Only fools and charlatans know everything yet understand nothing.” -Anton Chekhov One of the most profound observations now...

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Reps set for showdown over Rivers crisis

• Senators debate budget, seek economic policies review From ADETUTU FOLASADE-KOYI and IHEANACHO, Abuja All Progressives Congress (APC’s) directive to its lawmakers in the National Assembly to block...

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Onitsha crisis: Let’s not destroy Igboland, MASSOB warns traders

From GEOFFREY ANYANWU, Awka Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), yesterday, warned Igbo traders in Anambra State against allowing enemies of the movement to use them to...

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2015: Late MKO Abiola’s Wife Eyes Lagos Governorship On ACCORD Party

Mrs Modupe Onitiri-Abiola, one of the wives of late Chief MKO Abiola, on Saturday declared that she would contest the 2015 governorship election in the state on the ticket of ACCORD Party....

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EXCLUSIVE: Presidency pressures Senate to halt probe of missing N8 trillion...

The Nigerian Senate has come under intense pressure from the presidency, the petroleum ministry and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation [NNPC] to abandon a planned investigation into the...

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Gov Yari Commends FG Establishments In Zamfara

Gov. Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara on Friday in Gusau commended the efforts of Federal Government organisations based in the state towards developing  the north-western state. Yari gave the commendation...

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Nigeria Offers $2m To Support Post-conflict African Countries

Nigeria will provide two million dollars to support reconstruction and development in African countries emerging from conflicts,  Dr Nurudeen Mohammed, the Minister of State 11, Foreign Affairs, said....

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Chief Tony Anenih, To Everything There is a Season – By Pius Adesanmi

And a time to every purpose under the heaven. A time to spit on June 12 and a time to be an Abacha forever zealot. A time to receive more than two hundred billion naira for road construction and a time...

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Single Term Pact: Northern govs misunderstood Jonathan – Prof. Jerry Gana

By Soni Daniel, Regional Editor, North Prof. Jerry Gana,  orator, politician and member of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party’s Board of Trustees, is one who does not shy away from matters relating to...

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National confab, not solution to Nigeria’s problem – Bishop Kukah

Bishop Hassan Matthew Kukah is the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese. In this interview with journalists including TUNDE OMOLEHIN in Sokoto, Kukah bares his mind on national confab, the potential of...

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Jonathan seeks more govt support for the poor

PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan has called on African leaders to channel more support to the poor in their countries to ensure the much-needed transformational changes as Africa aims to achieve the goals...

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MASSOB Declares War On Miscreants Extorting In Group’s Name

The Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB yesterday declared war against erring members who use the name of the organization to extort money from traders and unleash...

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National Conference will boost mutual understanding

Alhaji Ibrahim Birnin-Tsaba,  former Secretary to the Zamfara State Government, said the proposed National Conference would help  Nigerians to understand and accommodate their differences. Ibrahim told...

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Amaechi Fires Jonathan’s Man, Secondus From Board

Anayo Onukwugha Rivers State Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi yesterday approved the sack of the national deputy chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and key loyalist of President Goodluck...

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National Conference: It is Jonathan’s Dialogue –APC

By Hugo Odiogor & Emmanuel Aziken Security of the venue and places where officials and delegates to the forth-coming National Conference will be given top priority by the Federal Government even as...

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The Sultan Memo to Jonathan: ‘Let there be justice!’

By Bashir Adefaka Friday, January 17, 2014 was two days after this year’s edition of the Armed Forces Remembrance Day. That was the day Sunday Vanguard made its second visit to the palace of the Sultan...

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Blames leaders for Nigeria woes – Wada

By BOLUWAJI OBAHOPO LOKOJA – Kogi State governor, Capt. Idris Wada has identified lack of unity and co-operation among the leaders in the country as the bane of under development. Wada stated this in...

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Fashola to Jonathan: ‘You will hand over whether you like it or not’

By Jide Ajani In this session with Lagos State governor, Babatunde Raji Fashola, he explains the style of administration that has been put in place in the state such that successive governments can...

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El-Rufai calls Asari Dokubo a thug

The Interim Deputy National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, Nasir El-Rufai has described ex-Niger Delta militant leader, Mujahid Asari-Dokubo as a thug, during an interview with Sahara TV,...

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