An act of treason Monday, March 01, 2010
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When an unconscious President Umaru Yar’Adua was flown back home in an air ambulance under cover of darkness last Wednesday, a security cordon of at l...
Ivory Coast announces new electoral commissionFriday, February 26, 2010
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Ivory Coast on Friday announced the formation of a new electoral commission, a key step towards resolving a political crisis in the top cocoa producer...
Conduct elections quickly, Jonathan tells Niger juntaFriday, February 26, 2010
Ihuoma Chiedozie and Oluwole Josiah
Acting President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday directed the Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy, the military junta that recently seized ...
Jonathan Sends First Bill to SenateWednesday, February 24, 2010
Sufuyan Ojeifo
Acting President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday sent to the Senate his first set of executive communications, two weeks after the National Assembly passe...
Yar’Adua laying bad precedentTuesday, February 23, 2010
Olusola Fabiyi,
The Save Nigeria Group on Monday accused President Umaru Yar’Adua of laying a bad precedent with the way his sickness was being shrouded in secrecy by...
You have world support, Bush tells Jonathan Monday, February 22, 2010
Elizabeth Archibong
Nigeria’s Acting President, Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday evening in Abuja secured the support of the former President of the United States, George...
Assembly files objection against activist’s suitTuesday, February 16, 2010
Tony Amokeodo and Kazeem Ibrahym,
The Lagos State House of Assembly has filed a preliminary objection against a suit filed by a journalist and human rights activist, Mr. Richard ...
Party is over, says Jonathan Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Elizabeth Archibong
In what looks like reading the riot act to all favour seekers and fair weather friends, the Acting President, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, yesterday s...
Council of Obas seeks police protection Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Ifedayo Adebayo
The recent kidnap and death of a first class monarch in Ekiti State, Adeleye Orisagbemi, is behind the call for police protection for traditional rule...
Anambra 2010: APGA won fair and square Monday, February 15, 2010
Our Correspondent,
The camp of the Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, on Monday claimed that the ruling All Progressives Grand Alliance satisfied all the requirem...
Lawmakers to account for failed mission Monday, February 15, 2010
Festus Owete
Tomorrow, the five members mandated by the House of Representatives to visit ailing President Umaru Yar'Adua in Saudi Arabia will present the report o...
The battle to be Vice President Monday, February 15, 2010
Elor Nkereuwem
Despite the jostle for an imagined vacancy in the office of the vice-president by cronies of ailing president Umaru Yar'Adua, Acting President Goodluc...
U.S. congratulates Nigeria's acting leader Friday, February 12, 2010
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The United States on Friday congratulated Nigeria for maintaining democratic principles after Vice President Goodluck Jonathan assumed executive power...
Only ING can lead Nigeria out of constitutional Friday, February 12, 2010
MUDIAGA AFFE,
Cleric and presidential candidate of Fresh Democratic Party in the 2007 election, Rev. Chris Okotie, speaks on constitutional crisis facing the countr...
The Yar’Adua pendulum and Senate’s last strawFriday, February 12, 2010
JOHN ALECHENU
National Assembly’s decision to recognise Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan as Acting President was the last spanner in the works of those allegedly wo...