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PDP Will Lead Nigeria To Greatness – Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan has said that PDP will work to lead Nigeria to greatness. Jonathan spoke in Sokoto on Saturday at a grand reception organised for a former governor of the state, Alhaji...

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BREAKING: Gbemisola Saraki, Kwara APC chieftains defect to PDP

Ilorin – Sen. Gbemisola Saraki and some chieftains of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara and their supporters, on Saturday, moved en masse to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Mr Lola Ashiru,...

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Northern leaders opposed to Jonathan are cowards—Yakassai

By Soni Daniel,  Regional Editor, North It is too late in the day for any right-thinking northern leader to oppose President Goodluck Jonathan’s Presidency, Alhaji Tanko Yakassai, the leader of the...

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House can pass 2014 Budget without APC Reps – Hon. Leo Ogor

’Defected lawmakers may still lose seats’ Leo Ogor, Deputy Leader of the House of Representatives, is  a major stakeholder in the ruling People’s Democratic Party. He can be counted as a member of...

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Jonathan: PDP Remains Unshaken Despite Defections

Chuks Okocha  and Jaiyeola Andrews   and     Mohammed Aminu President Goodluck Jonathan, has said the Peoples Democratic Party was still strong and stable and would remain unshaken despite the...

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Tambuwal absent as Jonathan ushers Bafarawa into PDP

SPEAKER of the House of Representatives, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal, a Sokoto State indigene, was conspicuously absent at an event held in the state on Saturday where President Goodluck Jonathan received...

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FG Plans Another Anti-corruption Unit

Ruth Choji Chairman, House committee on National Drugs Nacotic and Financial Crime, Hon Adams Jagaba has stated that the federal government will establish an Autonomous Agency to gather intelligence...

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Nigerians Should Query Missing $20bn – Fashola

George Okojie Lagos State governor Babatunde Fashola yesterday urged Nigerians to query the $20 billion reportedly missing from the federation account. He lamented that Nigerians were indifferent to...

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Police escorts, ex-militant leader survive attack on Bayelsa creeks

Twenty policemen in three escort gunboats escaped death on Saturday when unidentified youths engaged them in a shoot-out on the creeks of Bayelsa. The policemen were said to be escorting an ex-militant...

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2015 Elections: Police mopping up arms

The Nigeria Police said they have started mopping up arms ahead of the 2015 general elections in the country. Mr Frank Mba, the Force Public Relations Officer, disclosed this in an interview with the...

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Lagos State Governor Fashola uses Billionaire to entice Ibeju Lekki Chiefs to...

Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Raji Fashola visited Ibeju Lekki residents today just days after authorizing police to force residents from their land. Governor Fashola wants the area for the Lekki...

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Ivory Coast President hospitalised in France

The Ivory Coast’s 72-year-old president, Alassane Ouattara, is recovering in France after an operation to alleviate pain from a spinal nerve, his office said Sunday. “The head of state is doing well”...

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I was shot, Abe insists

BY  JIMITOTA        ONOYUME PORT HARCOURT—SENATOR Magnus Abe has insisted that he was shot by the Police during the aborted rally of the Save Rivers Movement, SRM, in Port Harcourt recently. Abe, who...

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Peterside: APC Has Started a Revolution in Nigeria

By Ernest Chinwo Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Petroleum Resources (Downstream), Mr. Dakuku Peterside, has said the All Progressives Congress (APC) has started a  revolution to...

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40,000 Policemen Promoted In 2 Years – AIG

Kunle Olayeni No fewer than 40,000 junior police officers within the ranks of constables, corporals and sergeants have been promoted by the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Alhaji Mohammed Abubakar....

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VENGEANCE IS COMING FOR DIRTY POLITICIANS – T.B. JOSHUA

On Sunday 9thFebruary 2014, the controversial Nigerian Prophet T.B. Joshua released yet more alarming prophetic messages to Nigeria, Africa and the international community. He declared vengeance was...

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We will restore stability in North-East, says Air Chief

The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Adesola Amosu, on Monday expressed the determination of the air force to restore stability in the North-East before the 2015 general elections. Amosu made the pledge...

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Fulani leader urges FG to create more grazing reserves

A Fulani leader, Alhaju Abdulkadir Salihu, has appealed to the Federal Government to create more grazing reserves across the country to curb the incessant clashes between farmers and Fulani herdsmen....

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President Jonathan sacked Chief of Staff, Mike Oghiadomhe.

President Goodluck Jonathan Monday sacked his Chief of Staff, Mike Oghiadomhe. Although no official reason was given for his removal, a source presidency said his ouster was anticipated and signposts a...

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Al libi captured

Nazih Abdul-Hamed Nabih al-Ruqai’i, known by the alias Abu Anas al-Libi, is a Libyan under indictment in the United States for his part in the 1998 United States embassy bombings. He worked as a...

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