Tag: barack obama

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December 15, 2012

SNAPSHOT: President Obama weeps over primary school shooting

There have been many dramatic and emotional moments at the White House — but few have been as wrenching as ...

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December 2, 2012

Simon Kolawole: Beyond sacking civil servants

…we cannot be building a new Presidential Banquet Hall at over N2 billion and be complaining about “no money”. A ...

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November 27, 2012

Iyinoluwa Aboyeji: Cutting the fat in our politics (YNaija FrontPage)

…we don’t have to settle for the mediocre compromise that most of Nigeria’s mainstream political parties represent. Last week, we ...

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November 26, 2012

Opinion: What if President Obama were a white man?

by Dr. Boyce Watkins Thus far, he has treated his black skin to be a burden, as if not mentioning ...

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November 26, 2012

So much swag: Obama Campaign made a whopping $40 million in profits from selling ‘Obama Swag’

According to CNN, the Obama campaign pocketed a hefty amount of change (if you call $40 million dollars change) due ...

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November 18, 2012

PHOTO(SHOP): Meet the new King of Zamunda, Barack Hussein Obama

Isi Esene This obviously photoshopped photo makes Barack Obama look like something out of the classic Eddie Murphy movie, ‘Coming ...

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November 15, 2012

TICKER: “F— Obama!”: Man commits suicide over Obama’s re-election

A Key West man who told his partner that “if Barack gets re-elected, I’m not going to be around” was ...

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November 12, 2012

How the youth vote prevented Mitt Romney from becoming president

by Tyler Kingkade When candidate and party platforms are built upon restricting access to equal rights whether it be marriage, ...

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November 11, 2012

Senate launches war against ambitious school children… in last week’s news with a pinch of salt

by Stanley Azuakola Nigeria’s senate may soon pass a contentious bill which would make it illegal for school children from ...

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November 11, 2012

Obama Victory Hug: The story behind the most-liked photo of all time

by Rachel Ogbu What is it about the Obamas that make people all gooey inside. He is the most powerful ...

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November 11, 2012

Simon Kolawole: Obama is an inspiration, any day

Nigeria is like this today because the enemies of progress have been calling the shots in critical positions. No, no, ...

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November 11, 2012

Hauwa Gambo: All I want to say is, thank you, America (YNaija Frontpage)

Whether the rest of the world hates America’s guts or not, they have to admit ­those guys know how to ...

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November 10, 2012

TICKER: Mitt Romney was “shellshocked” by loss, wife and VP pick’s wife cried as Romney congratulated Obama on phone

As Republicans search for reasons why they came up short in Tuesday’s elections, anonymous Mitt Romney advisers have described what ...

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November 9, 2012

Wait, what?! ‘President Romney’s’ official website accidentally goes live

by Isi Esene Don’t let Beyonce, who called Romney supporters “Mitches” after Barack Obama won re-election, hear this. In a ...

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November 8, 2012

Fun Video: President Obama raps along to MC Hammer’s ‘U can’t touch this’ (WATCH)

by Isi Esene Barack Obama is filled with the gift of the garb and uncommon swagger but keeping it real ...

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November 8, 2012

Akintunde Oyebode: From Uncle Sam with love (YNaija FrontPage)

The way Dame Patience Jonathan was unleashed during the Presidential campaign suggested women were a clear target. I am convinced ...

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November 8, 2012

WATCH: President Obama’s grandmother does a victory dance in Kenya

by Rachel Ogbu After results from the US election turned out in President Barack Obama’s favour, Sarah Obama, his step-grandmother ...

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November 8, 2012

TICKER: #ElectionBlues: Mother names her twins Barack Obama, Mitt Romney

A Kenyan mother has named her new-born twins after US President Barack Obama and his Republican challenger Mitt Romney, the ...

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November 8, 2012

Joachim MacEbong: Thoughts on the US elections: Making democracy beautiful

by Joachim MacEbong While some may scoff at the focus and interest shown by the rest of the world, the ...

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November 7, 2012

He didn’t just win: President Obama makes social media history

by Isi Esene The words “four more years”, coupled with a photo of President Barack Obama and wife, Michelle embraced ...

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November 7, 2012

#AmericaDecides: 12 takeaways from Obama’s re-election

by Maggie Haberman Romney is not by nature a risk-taker, and that came through in how he ran his campaign ...

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November 7, 2012

Washington Post: Obama 2012: The strategy that paved a winning path #AmericaDecides

by Scott Wilson and Philip Rucker In early spring, President Obama’s veteran campaign staff in Chicago confronted the question that ...

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November 7, 2012

Opinion: Romney couldn’t overcome contradictions #AmericaDecides

by Timothy Stanley   I suspect that the Republicans nominated Romney partly because he spent so much money acquiring the ...

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November 7, 2012

#AmericaDecides: “We are greater than the sum of our parts…” – Pres. Obama gives rousing acceptance speech

by Isi Esene The US presidential election had been too close to call right from the start. The Republican candidate, ...

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November 7, 2012

#AmericaDecides: BreakingNews: Mitt Romney concedes defeat to Obama

by Isi Esene After the long wait for Mitt Romney’s phone call to president Barack Obama conceding defeat, the Republican ...

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November 7, 2012

#AmericaDecides: Barack Obama remains the 44th president of the United States of America

by Isi Esene The US presidential election had been too close to call right from the start. The Republican candidate, ...

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November 6, 2012

#AmericaDecides: As voters take over, Obama crosses 50 percent mark, latest poll

by Chi Ibe The final IBD/TIPP presidential tracking poll finds President Barack Obama holds a slim lead, 50.3 percent to ...

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November 6, 2012

#AmericaDecides: Another nail-biting evening – but beneath the surface, not much will change

by Gil Troy With many pollsters declaring today’s presidential election “too close to call,” Americans face the third of four ...

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November 6, 2012

#AmericaDecides: Obama, Romney get 5 votes each as first ballots are cast in US presidential election

by Isi Esene The neck-to-neck struggle for supremacy in the US presidential election continues with both Barack Obama and his ...

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November 5, 2012

US presidential election: Both sides should calm down

by Joe Scarborough We can fret, flail around with our theories, over-analyze and pontificate as to why our side will ...

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