Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma has released the report of the Commonwealth Observer Group (COG) for the April 2011 polls in Nigeria. Speaking in London on 25 May 2011, Mr Sharma
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AMNESTY FOR MAJOR MUSTAPHA
May 25, 2011 Comment Off 53 ViewsThe African Renaissance Party calls on President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan to tamper justice with mercy and to grant Major Hamza Al-Mustapha immediate and unconditional amnesty. The party notes that
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Nigeria: Who Will Be Named to Jonathan’s Cabinet?
May 25, 2011 Comment Off 26 ViewsAFTER his inauguration on May 29, President Goodluck Jonathan would necessarily reconstitute the Federal Executive Council (FEC) and the caliber of men and women he selects from the many that are
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Nigeria polls offer hope for Africa: UN chief
May 25, 2011 Comment Off 60 ViewsABUJA, May 24 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon hails the presidential elections in Nigeria, saying the country's present democracy has offered bright hope for the rest of Africa. Ban
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Nigeria: Commonwealth Rates 2011 Elections High
May 25, 2011 Comment Off 57 ViewsAbuja — The Commonwealth Secretariat in London has declared Nigeria's 2011 general elections as high in quality and "credible and creditable." In the final report by its observer group
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Obamas to meet Kate and William in London
May 25, 2011 Comment Off 26 Views(CBS/AP) LONDON ? Buckingham Palace says President Obama and his wife Michelle will meet Prince William and the former Kate Middleton during their state visit to Britain. A palace official,
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Benue opposition leader gets bail
May 25, 2011 Comment Off 48 ViewsThe Nigeria Police have released Steve Torkuma Ugbah, the governorship candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in the just-concluded general elections. Mr Ugbah and 14 of his supporters
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Nigeria : EFCC Set to Quiz Bankole
May 21, 2011 Comment Off 37 ViewsThe Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, is now set to quiz Speaker Dimeji Bankole of the House of Representatives, possibly next week, the eve of his departure from office over the
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Don’t govern until you are sworn in, Jonathan tells governors-elect
May 20, 2011 Comment Off 31 ViewsPresident Goodluck Jonathan yesterday urged newly elected governors to stop interfering in the governance of their states, as the mandate of the incumbent governors runs till May 29. "We must not
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Nigeria: Jonathan Orders Review of Foreign Policy
May 17, 2011 Comment Off 63 ViewsAbuja — In line with his promise to make changes in critical sectors President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday ordered immediate review of Nigeria's foreign policy, to reflect current
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