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Nigeria’s Opposition Fail to Agree on Joint Candidate for April Election

January 31, 2011 by benim

Nigeria’s opposition parties failed to agree on a joint candidate to face President Goodluck Jonathan, the flag bearer of the ruling People’s Democratic Party, in April’s presidential election, the parties said. The inability to reach an accord comes ahead of … read more »

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Nigeria 2011 Election: North considers who to back against Jonathan

January 23, 2011 by benim

Ahead of general elections in April, northern political leaders have the task of backing   a strong presidential candidate from the region to run against President Goodluck Jonathan. This was part of decisions reached at a strategic meeting last week … read more »

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Nigerian Presidential Candidates Campaign on Economy

January 20, 2011 by benim

Presidential candidates in Nigeria are promising to create more jobs and attract more outside investment by improving infrastructure. Unemployment is a big issue in Africa’s most populous nation. So presidential candidates are campaigning hard on the economy with opposition parties … read more »

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Nigeria party picks Ribadu for election bid

January 14, 2011 by benim

Nigeria’s Action Congress (ACN) opposition party on Friday confirmed former anti-corruption tsar Nuhu Ribadu as its nominee for April presidential elections, running against President Goodluck Jonathan. Ribadu won international praise for arrests of graft suspects and seizures of assets as … read more »

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Nigerian Presidential Candidate Ribadu Vows to End Corruption If Elected

January 3, 2011 by benim

Nigeria’s former anti-corruption chief said he will end graft and improve government transparency if elected president in a vote scheduled for April. “Solving the problem of corruption will solve other issues, whether it is infrastructure challenges, insecurity or lack of … read more »

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Ex-President Obasanjo is kingpin of electoral fraudsters: Bakare

December 2, 2010 by benim

CONVENER of the Save Nigeria Group (SNG) and Senior Pastor at the Lagos-based Latter Rain Assembly, Tunde Bakare, yesterday took a swipe on former President Olusegun Obasanjo, describing him as the kingpin of electoral fraudsters. Bakare, who blamed Obasanjo for … read more »

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Jonathan accuses Atiku of disloyalty to party

November 29, 2010 by benim

President Goodluck Jonathan has accused his main opponent for the presidential ticket of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar of betrayal and disloyalty to the party over his reaction to the party’s loss of Osun State. The President, in … read more »

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Nigeria: Atiku Mocks Obasanjo “We too dey laugh ooo!”

November 27, 2010 by benim

Barely 24 hours after receiving a political blow, ex-Vice-President Atiku Abubakar on Friday hit ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo over the loss of the South-West by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). He also said: “We too dey laugh ooo!” over the victory … read more »

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Nigeria: How Appeal Court nullifies Oyinlola ‘s election, declares Aregbesola winner

November 26, 2010 by benim

Barely a month after a Federal Appeal Court sitting in Ilorin nullified the election of former Governor Segun Oni of Ekiti, the Appeal Court in Ibadan, Oyo State capital on Friday sacked the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) administration of … read more »

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Ex Nigerian VP Atiku Abubakar to challenge Jonathan at PDP primaries

November 22, 2010 by benim

Former Nigerian vice president Atiku Abubakar will challenge President Goodluck Jonathan as the consensus northern candidate in ruling party primaries ahead of elections next April, his spokesman said on Monday. The emergence of a single candidate from the north to … read more »

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Nigeria: Militants bomb Alaibe’s house, kill police orderly

November 13, 2010 by benim

No. 163 P.T.I. Road, Effurun home of Delta State Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, guber aspirant; Mr. Jude Ukusare set ablaze on Thursday night, roasting his 73-year- old mother and a 9 -year-old niece alive By Emma Amaize,Warri/Samuel Oyadongha Militants, … read more »

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Nigeria: ‘Action Congress will kick the ruling party out of South-West’

October 28, 2010 by benim

The former Governor of Lagos State, and a chieftain of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, declared that his party will send the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) packing from Nigeria’s Southwest region come 2011. Mr Tinubu, … read more »

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Nigeria: Ekiti Deputy Speaker is dead

October 28, 2010 by benim

The 39-year old Deputy Speaker of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, Saliu Adeoti, is dead. Mr. Adeoti died at about 8.30am yesterday at the University Teaching Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, Oyo State, after a protracted illness. The deceased, according to … read more »

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