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A Handbook for Electorates
Like a political compass, the book Democracy in Nigeria is furnished with materials that can guide the electorates in Nigeria on making good political judgements. Tracing the nation’s political history, the book is a good reminder of the travails of democracy in the stream of time and as well as an expose of the obstacles
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US Report on Nigeria: Cover your face in shame, ACN tells PDP, FG
…Says With successful convention, we have crossed last hurdle on path to merger The Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, has described the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and the government it controls at the centre as a cesspool of corruption and asked them to cover their faces in shame. Related posts: ACN, ANPP, CPC, others set to finalise
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The accident that crippled Achebe
When Achebe wrote about the tragic heroes in his novels, such as Okonkwo and Ezeulu, he never envisaged that a tragic path was lurking ahead of him, like his fictional characters. On one uneventful day in 1991, Achebe, in the company of his first son, Ike, was in high spirit. He had a conference to
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Son Of Chief Obafemi Awolowo, Oluwole, Dead At 70
Oluwole Awolowo, the second son of late Yoruba sage Chief Obafemi Awolowo is dead. He died today after a brief illness accordding to his sister, Tokunbo Awolowo. Saharareporters confirmed that Mr. oluwole died in London hospital where he had been receiving treatment. Until his death Mr. Awolowo was the publisher of the Tribune newspapers. He
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The Case Against Pardoned Corrupt Former Governor DSP Alamieyeseigha And His Accomplices
The Royal Bank of Scotland who assisted the Metropolitan Police in gathering evidence for an operation code named ‘Heimdal’ identified a suspicious transaction involving a company named ‘Rapid Trades of Nigeria Ltd’. This company paid a whopping sum of money to another company named ‘Santolina Investment Corporation’ whose Director and Sole Signatory for the account
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Gowon defends civil war, pardon for Alamieyeseigha, others
Former Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon (rtd), Monday relived the civil war 43 years after it threatened the foundations of the country. Related posts: Gowon hits Achebe on civil war, says: He wrote out of ignorance EXCLUSIVE: Alamieyeseigha’s Pardon: America strikes as Bill Gates cancels planned official visit to Nigeria God told Jonathan to
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EXCLUSIVE: Alamieyeseigha’s Pardon: America strikes as Bill Gates cancels planned official visit to Nigeria
America’s richest man, Bill Gates, has cancelled his scheduled March 27 official visit to Nigeria, in response to the controversial pardon granted by President Goodluck Jonathan to ex-convicts Diepreye Alamieyeseigha and Shettima Bulama, PREMIUM TIMES can authoritatively report today. Related posts: Bill Gates did not cancel trip, says Abati Gowon defends civil war, pardon for
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2015: Merger party may cause religious, ethnic divide -Northern Christians
Christians in the 19 northern states and Abuja under the umbrella of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) have warned politicians in the country to desist from polarizing political parties along religious and ethnic lines, saying that recent merger of some political parties appeared to have taken religious dimension. Speaking yesterday in a chat with Daily
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Judge Postpones Okah’s Sentence To March 18th 2013-CHANNELSTV.
The judge presiding over the sentencing of Henry Okah in the Johannesburg High Court, Neels Claassen has postponed the case again to the 18th, 19th, and 20th of March. Although the judge had said he would not allow any other postponement, he said he had to do this in order to give Mr. Okah’s new
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You haven’t done well with oil money, Clinton tells Nigeria
IT was a stark reminder of the wastefulness of the nation’s leaders as former United States (U.S.) President Bill Clinton declared that Nigeria had failed to properly use her rich natural resources. Related posts: ‘Nigeria’s economy is strong’, FG replies Clinton Nigeria’s Foreign Policy to Attract Support for Economy, Says Jonathan Nigeria is on
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Iran and new face of terrorism in Nigeria
The revelation last Wednesday by the Department of State Security Service that it had uncovered a terror cell in Lagos linked to Iran suggests strongly that the global terrorism that has been ravaging parts of the North is creeping towards the nation’s commercial nerve centre. This new face of terrorism is a chilling reminder and,
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U.S. may deploy drones, spy planes in Nigeria over Boko Haram
Though the debate about the rightness or otherwise of the use of external forces to check the Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria has simmered down, it may be stoked with a planned intervention of the United States (U.S.) in the crisis. Related posts: Nigeria claims arrest of Boko Haram member at senator’s home Boko
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Nigeria is on the verge of losing its monopoly as Africa’s major oil and gas producer – Sunmonu
Managing Director of Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Ltd Mutiu Sunmonu has warned that Nigeria is on the verge of losing its monopoly as Africa’s major oil and gas producer as more sub-Saharan African countries join the oil club. He pointed out that more countries – Ghana, Niger, Chad, Kenya and Mozambique – are
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Nigerian Spring — Long Overdue By May Akabogu-Collins.
I was a visiting professor in Paris last fall and it was the first day of class. I was making copies for my 10:30 class at the faculty lounge where two female professors were kibitzing by the coffee machine. “Oh, yeah,” one said. “Soon as I learned he’s Nigerian, I discounted everything he’d said as
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The Wealth And Poverty Of A Nation: Who Will Restore The Dignity Of Nigeria?–By Oby Ezekwesili
Being text of the lecture delivered by Nigeria’s former Minister of Education and former Vice President (Africa) at the World Bank, Dr Obiageli Ezekwesili; as the 42nd Convocation Lecturer at her alma mater, the University Of Nsukka, recently. Related posts: I pray for our oil to dry up – Ezekwesili World Bank Slams Nigeria Over
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