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Epetedo Declaration: “Today, I join you in saying, ‘Enough is Enough!'” – MKO Abiola [Read Full Text]
by Moshood Kashimawo Abiola No one can give you power. It is yours. Take it! From this day, show to the world that anyone who takes the people of Nigeria…
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6-year single term: Presidency disagrees, gives ONLY condition for support (READ, WATCH)
by Rachel Ogbu Ahmed-Gulak The Presidency has said it could support the six-year single term for President and governors on one condition, the amendment must take effect from 2019. On Monday, the federal…
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It’s crunch time: Disagreements in APC over sharing of party offices
There is tension in the yet-to-be registered main merger opposition party, All Progressive Congress, over distribution of offices. The APC is a product of a merger between the Action Congress…
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Desperate measures: PDP forces its workers to take oath of secrecy
by Rachel Ogbu National Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur| credits: gongnews.net In a recent move by the Peoples Democratic Party to control the flow of information in and outside…
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Single tenure: The proposal will fail – Presidency dares Senate
The Presidency is not taking likely the plans to declare a single six-year tenure for the President and governors. On Friday, the Special Adviser to the President on Political…
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NGF crisis: “Amaechi presided over a voodoo voting process” – Mimiko opens up (again)
by Rachel Ogbu In this interview with Punch Newspaper's SUNDAY ABORISADE, the Ondo State Governor, Olusegun Mimiko addresses the recent controversial Nigerian Governors’ Forum election and the roles he played.…
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Simon Kolawole: Fellow Nigerians, the Governors Forum distraction is all politics
by Simon Kolawole So our politicians are now symbols of credible elections and role models of integrity? Seriously? Since when? Many Nigerians are selling and buying that line. Have we…
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Learning new tricks: Meet the 78-year-old woman who just gained admission into primary school (PHOTOS)
A 78-year-old widowed grandmother has started primary school so she can begin to make the most of her passion for politics. Mariana Ong'ango Ololo turned up unannounced for class at…
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Okey Ndibe: A case for canceling the 2015 elections
by Okay Ndibe Nigerians may not be able to bear – should not bear – the burden of yet another clash of naked ambitions. Once again, Nigeria has entered an…
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7 things to AVOID on social media
by Kelly Marcus While it is great for sharing information about your life, there is a line that needs to be drawn in how much detail you can share. There is…
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Reno Omokri: President Jonathan is a study in under-promising and over-delivering
by Reno Omokri These successes have not been accidental. The Federal Government has taken a number of initiatives to get Nigerians working. As we approach the midterm period of the…
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Atom Lim: Jonathan, a PhD holder lacking street wisdom (Y! Politico)
by Atom Lim For all you know, Jonathan might be a First Class brain who just lacks the street wisdom of Donald Duke or Rotimi Amaechi and therefore appears clueless.…
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Opinion: The Uniport 4 (Jonathan, Amaechi, Wike & Princewill) and way out of the Rivers macabre dance
by Eze Chukwuemeka Eze I plead with Mr President as the elder to Amaechi and leader of PDP not only to summon but call his younger brother, Amaechi considering all the…
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Opinion: Why the Ijaws still love Alamieyeseigha
by Steve Azaki As Governor of Bayelsa, Alamieyeseigha interceded on numerous occasions to secure the release of expatriate oil workers who had been kidnapped. He braved rough seas on occasion…
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SNAPSHOT: What is musician, Justin Timberlake showing Obama on his phone?
by Isi Esene Unlike us mere mortals, President Barack Obama gets to meet and greet celebrities like Justin Timberlake, Queen Latifah, Jay Z, Beyonce and a host of others we…
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“I was the 1st to give PDP N100m to register, and Obasanjo N100m to campaign” – Orji Kalu is still talking
by Rachel Ogbu As a guest on a Kaduna based radio station, ex- Abia State governor Orji Uzor Kalu said he gave ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo N100 million to run his…
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Bola Tinubu: State of emergency – President Jonathan’s ploy to subvert constitutional democracy
by Bola Tinubu If development is about the people, all measures put in place for the sustenance and maintenance of the super-structure of the society must take into cognisance local…
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Gbenga Olorunpomi: Blood everywhere and the tonic in the APC manifesto (Y! Politico)
by Gbenga Olorunpomi In one week, the murders we have witnessed can only be compared to the genocide taking place in Syria at this point. And we are not officially…
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Opinion: When will we put everything on hold until we get the change we want?
by Olabode Emmanuel Olawumi Probably, we just need to watch our backs by examining what we do as individuals. What do we believe in? What is driving us? Where are…
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Fisayomi Eko-Davies: The long wait for the Nigerian messiah (Y! Superblogger)
Basic things of life are strange to us and our mothers worship the grounds our enslavers walk upon. I hope I get inspired to write about something else soon because…
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Opinion: Leave the President alone
by Abdullahi Garba It is desperate opposition politicians who have a problem of presenting a credible track-record and an impressive score-sheet that Nigerian voters can rely on in deciding who…
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Awww, such a cutie: Bill Clinton swagging with his saxophone at age 12 (SNAPSHOT)
Former President Bill Clinton wooed voters in the early 1990s with his jazzy saxophone skills -- skills he's been honing for a very long time. In this 1958 photo, 12-year-old Bill Clinton hangs…
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Gbenga Olorunpomi: The birth of APC – INEC’s moment in the sun
by Gbenga Olorunpomi Now, the ACN has shown its hand. It is time for the other partners to follow suit. On Thursday, April 18th, the leadership of the Action Congress…
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Atom Lim: 2015 and the arrogance of social media activists (Y! Politico)
by Atom LimThe new cool is ‘activists’ accusing the rest of the Nigerian youth population of lacking interest in politics and not being involved, often without any proof.Lately, there has…
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Nigerians are amazed at Jonathan’s achievements – Reuben Abati gives it straight
by Akan Ido Dr. Reuben Abati, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, speaks with the Punch Newspapers on the achievements of the president, Goodluck Jonathan, the…
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Simon Kolawole: Militancy and the politics of hypocrisy
by Simon Kolawole Speaking out against injustice and highhandedness, no matter what part of the country is at the receiving end, is a better way of building a nation. One…
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Michael Orodare: The resurgence of the neglected generation (Y! Politico)
by Michael Orodare They thought they were doing it right, not knowing they sat on a keg of gun-powder and their attitudes to the coming generation re-filled the keg daily.…
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12 funniest people caught sleeping on the job
Now you understand why your apartment was robbed 3 times last year. Some people really hate Mondays. Politics. I bet the Queen wouldn’t be impressed. No, wait, THIS is the…
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Why APC will never rule Nigeria – Bauchi governor, Isa Yuguda
by Akan Ido In this interview with the Vanguard Newspapers, Governor Isa Yuguda of Bauchi State talks about his party, the race for the 2015 elections, the opposition parties, Boko…
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Editi Effiong: On oil theft, NOI and GEJ need to stop whining
by Editi Effiong In 1992, a Glencore oil trader got off the plane in Lagos with a briefcase filled with millions of dollars. His mission: meeting with a Niger Delta…
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