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Good Governance: Hon. Bimbo Daramola and his 32 Bed Hospital By Ayodele Bayode
Dear Editor, I have some good words to say about Bimbo Daramola, the legislator representing
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Confusion as Nigerian Senate says President has not declared any State of Emergency
President Goodluck Jonathan Jonathan had on Tuesday declared a state of emergency in three states, Borno, Adamawa and Yobe States. …... read more
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Nigerian lawmakers back emergency rule, but fear it won’t change much
President Goodluck Jonathan declared a State of emergency in Borno, Yobe and Nasarawa. Federal lawmakers on Wednesday signaled their support for the emergency rule in... read more
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Nigeria’s Human Rights Body Launches Broad Inquiry Into Baga Massacre
A sweeping and independent investigation by Nigeria’s human rights commision is underway into last week’s deaths in Baga community of Borno state where several residents... read more
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ACN urges Nigerians to resist Jonathan’s “evil” $40million Internet spy contract
President Goodluck Jonathan The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has condemned as “evil” the Jonathan administration’s $40 million ambitious internet spy programme awarded to an... read more
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Government White Paper Indicts Prominent Politicians For Creating Boko Haram
The Federal Government has released a white paper on the report. …... read more
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6,000 innocent children held in Nigerian prisons, report says
Lack of potable water, inadequate sewage facilities, and severe overcrowding have resulted in dangerous and unsanitary conditions in Nigerian prisons. Nigeria’s notorious jails and detention... read more
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Nigerians demand immunity clause amendment
Will their voices count? The immunity clause in the constitution provides the president, vice president, governors and their deputies, with protection from prosecution from offences... read more
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Jonathan, Nigerian wealthy family named in “dubious” Malawi oil deal
President Goodluck Jonathan An international oil sale scandal is brewing in Malawi over a multimillion government-to-government oil contract the country reached with Nigeria; and at... read more
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Nigeria Not Your Banana Republic, Perm Sec Rebuked America
Former American President, Richard Nixon With soaring corruption and receding life standards, Nigeria’s global reputation is far from lustrous. But decades ago, when official sleaze... read more
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Popular columnist, Sam Omatseye, under fire over column on Achebe
Writers Wole Soyinka and Chinua Achebe The Nation newspaper’s well-known columnist, Sam Omatseye, has drawn criticisms after he wrote an article considered by some as... read more
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Reps insist Jonathan fires SEC boss, Arunma Oteh
SEC DG, Aruma Oteh, The resolution is seen as a subtle threat to the Nigerian president over budget review request. …... read more
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ACN, CPC complicit in Alamieyeseigha, Bulama’s pardon
Former Governor Diepreye Alamieyeseigha Nigerians have questioned the role played by opposition governors at the meeting. …... read more
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Nigerian Senate vows to limit Jonathan, Alison-Madueke’s powers in petroleum law
Senators said the PIB currently allocates too much power to the President and the Minister of Petroleum. …... read more
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Petroleum Industry Bill scales second reading in Nigerian Senate
President of the Senate, David Mark After much dilly dallying senate gives PIB a second passage. …... read more
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Abia Governor attacks predecessor, Orji Kalu, as “political failure” who forged school certificate
The incumbent governor says his predecessor is a burden. …... read more
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Interview: CNN disowns US lobbying firm, raising questions about Jonathan’s $40,000 payment
Right: President Goodluck Jonathan. Left: CNN’s Christiane Amanpour Cable News Network, CNN, has denied being paid, or contacted by American lobbying firm, Fleishman-Hillard, for a... read more
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Embarrassed Nigeria Justice Minister, Adoke, denies Oyerinde murder “confusion”
Attorney General Mohammed Adoke says he will be attending a meeting against child sexual abuse in Belgium and won’t be available for the Malabu probe... read more
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FG says it’s confused on Oyerinde’s murder case, police admits behaving unprofessionally
House of Representatives is trying to make sense of the police, SSS investigations Police and the SSS, admit they carried out the murder investigation without... read more
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Presidency attacks ACN’s economy remark as “blind politicking”
Aso Rock spokesperson, Doyin Okupe The presidency says ACN’s criticism are myopic. The Nigerian presidency, severely criticized lately for its performance and accused of lying... read more
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Bill Clinton counters Jonathan, insists poverty behind Boko Haram, Ansaru insurgency
Former U.S. President, Bill Clinton Former U.S. President Bill Clinton said Tuesday Nigeria’s challenge of terrorism in the north was being fuelled by extreme poverty... read more
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Iran accuses US, Israel of sponsoring “Iranophobia” in Nigeria terrorism allegations
Iranian Flag [Photo: theriskyshift.com] The diplomatic spat is not the first between Nigerian and Iran. The Iranian government has dismissed allegations it was behind an... read more
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I died for seven days; friends sold my properties hoping I won’t return –Patience Jonathan
Patience Jonathan First Lady, Patience Jonathan, on Sunday opened up on her controversial medical trip last year, admitting for the first time she ailed terribly... read more
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Mark vows Senate “bite” if Jonathan fails to sack Maina
Pension Task Force, boss, Abdulrasheed Maina Senate president said battle line drawn …... read more
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Nigeria, ECOWAS’ largest donor, continually outsmarted by smaller West-African countries
Kadré Désiré Ouedraogo, the president of the ECOWAS commission, doesn’t come away as extravagant, with his modest suits, chauffeured-cars, and few guards. But in Abuja,... read more
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EXCLUSIVE: Jonathan spends $60,000 to arrange CNN interview
As the dust over President Goodluck Jonathan’s embarrassing outing in a recent CNN interview is yet to settle, PREMIUM TIMES can report that the presidency actually spends thousands... read more
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