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Defection: Only judiciary can interpret the law – Gov. Ahmed

Kwara State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed has, against the backdrop of the uproar generated by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal’sdefection to the All Progressives...

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Fulani attackers kill 20, raze 80 houses in Nasarawa

Gunmen, suspected to be Fulani herdsmen, unleashed a wave of coordinated attacks on Gidan Gambo, Abaagu, Atabela, Assakio, Assahangwa, Adamu Agyo and host of other communities in the southern...

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Mubi battle: Army arrests six senior officers for fleeing

Six military commanders, including an injured Lieutenant Colonel, have been arrested by the military for withdrawing from Mararaba ... The post Mubi battle: Army arrests six senior officers for fleeing...

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Ogun PDP ward congresses successful —Committee

Two members of a five-man committee set up by the National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to monitor the 2014 ad hoc ward congresses in Ogun State have described the...

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Withdrawal of security: I won’t be intimidated –Tambuwal

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, has described the withdrawal of his police aides ... The post Withdrawal of security: I won’t be intimidated –Tambuwal appeared first on The...

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2015: South East may dump Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan may lose the support of the South East geo-po¬litical zone in 2015 presiden¬tial election ... The post 2015: South East may dump Jonathan appeared first on The Citizen -...

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2015: PDP hands over party structures to govs

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) governors have won a major victory over the party’s leadership ahead of the 2015 elections by securing the nod of the Presidency to control the political structures...

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THE CITIZEN Exclusive: Police detain PDP election materials for Enugu Ward...

More facts have emerged why the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s Ward Congress elections could not hold in Enugu ... The post THE CITIZEN Exclusive: Police detain PDP election materials for Enugu Ward...

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16 PDP governorship aspirants in Rivers to shun appeal panel

Sixteen aggrieved Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship aspirants and 2,100 delegate-aspirants in Rivers State have said they will shun the appeal panel set up by the national headquarters of the...

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Number plate: Court upholds constitutionality of regulation 2012

Lagos Division of the Court of Appeal held yesterday that Regulation 2012 of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) under which the new plate number directive was issued was constitutional. The...

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Ebola carriers can be infectious without symptoms — STUDY

Nearly everything that the government has been saying about how and when Ebola is transmissible is turning out to be false, as evidenced by yet another peg in the Ebola matrix of lies coming undone....

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PDP throws open 2015 Presidential race to interested aspirants

The PDP on Monday called on aspirants interested in contesting the 2015 presidential election to come forward to the party`s national secretariat to pick the nomination and expression of interest...

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President Jonathan ended 40 years of corruption in Agric sector — Adesina

President Goodluck Jonathan through its Agriculture Transformation Agenda, has ended four decades’ corruption in the agricultural sector, the Minister of Agriculture, Dr Akinwumi Adesina has said. The...

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Coal power plant to begin operation in 2015 – Minister

Nigeria’s first power generating plant to be fuelled by coal will begin operation next year, the Federal Government has said. The Minister of Power, Prof. Chinedu Nebo, said this on Monday during the...

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FG unprepared for insurgency, says Okupe

The administration of President Goodluck Jonathan is not unprepared for the insurgency ravaging some states in the North, the Presidency has said. Speaking at the public forum on the impact of the...

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29 killed in suicide bomb attack on procession

Twenty-nine people died yesterday in the mid-day suicide attack on Muslim Shiite sect members celebrating the Ashurah Day in Potiskum, Yobe State,  eyewitnesses said. The suicide attack took place at...

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Gunmen attack Kogi Prison, set 145 inmates free

Suspected terrorists on Sunday night attacked the Koton-Karfe Minimum Prison in Kogi State setting free all 145 inmates in the four cells. It was said that the terrorists, suspected to be members of...

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Blame my successors for power sector woes —Obasanjo

Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has attributed the power sector woes in the country to his successors, saying, they abandoned the sector and should therefore, take the blame. The  former...

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Reeva: South African prosecutors appeal Pistorius verdict

South African prosecutors have filed an appeal against the sentence and conviction of Oscar Pistorius, who last month was sentenced to five years in jail for the culpable homicide of his girlfriend....

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Kwara to begin N14bn road projects

The Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, has said the state government will soon begin the reconstruction of Kaiama-Kishi Road at a contract sum of N8bn and Ilesha-Baruba/Gwanara Road awarded...

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