Tag Archives: Namadi Sambo
Indications emerged at the weekend that no fewer than three political camps are at present arrayed against Vice President Namadi Sambo, moving to replace him as veepee, in the build-up to the 2015 presidential election. In the first group, according … read more »
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Tagged Goodluck Jonathan, Ibrahim Shema, IndepthAfrica, Isa Yuguda, Jigawa State, Jonathan, Namadi Sambo, Sambo, Sule Lamido
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President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday in Abuja called on members of the opposition to join the Peoples Democratic Party. Mr. Jonathan made the invitation at the grand finale of PDP National Reconciliation and Consolidation Tour undertaken by the National Working … read more »
Posted in Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Abuja, Bamanga Tukur, Godswill Akpabio, GoodluckJonathan, Namadi Sambo, National Working Committee, Nigeria, nigerian newspapers, PDP, People Democratic Party
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Gunmen on tricycles launched attacks at Hotoro, Sharada and Dakata areas of Kano, northwest Nigeria killing three pesons and injuring several other civilians Sunday evening. The attacks came few hours after Vice President Namadi Sambo left Kano. Nigeria’s VP was … read more »
By Israel Ekene Ohia Thank God Almighty, per chance Nigerians may at last get rid of the PDP in 2015. Yes, we all want the ravaging PDP out of power and out of our lives. You do not need to … read more »
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Tagged APC, Bola Tinubu, Buhari, IndepthAfrica, Muhammadu Buhari, Namadi Sambo, Niger, Nigeria, Nigerian, nigerian newspapers, PDP
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President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday said the apparent slowness of his administration in deciding on major national issues was to avoid costly mistakes. Jonathan, at a Christmas Service held at the Cathedral Church of The Advent, Life Camp, Gwarinpa, Abuja, … read more »
Posted in Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Abuja, Anglican Communion, GoodluckJonathan, IndepthAfrica, Jonathan, Namadi Sambo, Nicholas Okoh, Nigeria, Nigerian, Nigerian news
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President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday said that the country is more important than personal, religious and ethnic differences, urging Nigerians to rise above individual differences and promote values that bind the country together. Speaking at the emblem appeal launch for … read more »
Posted in Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged IndepthAfrica, Murtala Nyako, Namadi Sambo, Nigeria, Nigerian Armed Forces, Nigerian news, Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa, Senate President, Shehu Shagari, Yakubu Gowon
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A top Muslim traditional leader in northeastern Nigeria escaped a suicide attack on Friday, when the bomber was thwarted by local people before blowing himself up, residents said. Several people were wounded in the blast outside the main mosque after … read more »
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SUSPECTED terrorists yesterday scaled up their attacks in Borno, Kaduna and Sokoto states. Five people, including a suicide bomber who carried out the first attack in Sokoto since the insurgency in the North began in 2009, died in the explosion. … read more »
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As JTF uncovers sect’s enclave in Jos • Five other suspected bombers’ wives held • Accept negotiation offer, Sambo tells sect A suspected Boko Haram enclave came down in rubbles yesterday in Jos. Its last occupants included Hauwa Mohammed, said … read more »
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Reports reaching me and as read from the Vanguard Newspaper, is that the Federal Government in spite of sound advise (including my suggestion to make the removal gradual) to the contrary has effected the total removal of Fuel Subsidy with … read more »
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Tagged Federal government of the United States, Gani Fawehinmi, Goodluck Jonathan, Government, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Namadi Sambo, Nigeria, Nigerian, Subsidy
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Ever since the Nigerian government officially announced a few months ago its plans of removing the subsidy on petroleum or premium motor spirit (PMS) by January 2012 , the debate for or against this policy has raged on and is only … read more »
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Tagged Civil Society, Goodluck Jonathan, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Namadi Sambo, National Assembly, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria, Nigerians, Subsidy
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Nigerian police have charged a fiery Muslim cleric with an alleged post-election bombing in April that killed the person assembling the explosive, a court clerk said Tuesday. Awwal Adam Albani, head of a Salafi Islamic sect, appeared before court on … read more »
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Nigerian police Monday probed a series of explosions following President Goodluck Jonathan’s inauguration, including bombs that ripped through a crowded beer garden, with about 20 feared dead. The blasts struck four cities, mainly in Nigeria’s north, which was hit by … read more »
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Nigeria tightened security and shut its land borders on Friday ahead of the start of a landmark election period to choose a new legislature, president and state governors over three successive weekends. Authorities announced a reshuffling of state police … read more »
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Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan addressed thousands Saturday at a major rally two weeks before polls, pledging “transformation” for Africa’s most populous nation and largest oil producer. The rally in the capital was billed as the wrap up of a nationwide … read more »
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Tagged Abuja, Africa maps, Africa news, African news, African tribes, breaking news, Elections, Embassies and Consulates, Goodluck Jonathan, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthNigeria, IndepthWorld, Muhammadu Buhari, Namadi Sambo, News local news, newspapers, Nigeria 2011 elections, Nigeria news, Nigerian, Peoples Democratic Party, President of Nigeria, World news
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February 28, 2011 by benim
Electoral reforms, the consolidation of the Amnesty programme, increase in power supply are some of the achievements of the administration of Goodluck Jonathan and his deputy, Namadi Sambo in the few months they have been in charge of affairs in … read more »
Posted in Election, News, Nigeria, Politics, West Africa
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Tagged Africa maps, Africa news, African news, African tribes, Aso Rock, Bauchi, Benin, Benin City, breaking news, Delta State, Embassies and Consulates, Goodluck Jonathan, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthNigeria, Namadi Sambo, News local news, Nigeria, World news
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January 20, 2011 by benim
THE Presidential Advisory Council, PAC, yesterday, expressed concern over the increasing high cost of governance and advised President Goodluck Jonathan to reduce the number of Ministries, Departments and Agencies, MDAs. PAC, in its recommendation, wants government to begin the process … read more »
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Tagged Africa maps, Africa news, African news, breaking news, Embassies and Consulates, Goodluck Jonathan, Independent National Electoral Commission, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kaduna, Kaduna State, Namadi Sambo, National Youth Service Corps, News local news, newspapers, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigerian, voter registration, World news
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January 20, 2011 by benim
Tragedy struck in Kaduna on Wednesday as the Vice President Mohammed Namadi Sambo was undertaking his voter registration at his Kabala Costain/Doki ward in kaduna State. The incident, which took place at the popular Tafawa Balewa Road, close to the … read more »
Posted in Conflict/Tragedy, News, Nigeria, Politics, West Africa
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Tagged Africa maps, Africa news, African news, breaking news, Embassies and Consulates, Goodluck Jonathan, Independent National Electoral Commission, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kaduna, Kaduna State, Namadi Sambo, National Youth Service Corps, News local news, newspapers, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigerian, voter registration, World news
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January 16, 2011 by benim
That is the million dollar question of the lips of everyone, especially those with a lot of decorum and modicum of uprightness, and the question came about, because all over the black berry messenger at the weekend some very wicked … read more »
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Tagged Africa maps, Africa news, African news, breaking news, Deputy Governor, Embassies and Consulates, IndepthAfrica, Kaduna State, Namadi Sambo, News local news, newspapers, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigerian, Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa, Peoples Democratic Party, Vice President of Nigeria, World news
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December 30, 2010 by benim
Unity of Nigeria as an entity will be further strengthened if Nigerians elect the first president from the minority South-South geopolitical zone in 2011, the Ekiti State chapter of the Goodluck/Sambo Campaign Organisation has said. State coordinator of the organisation, … read more »
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Tagged Africa news, African news, breaking news, Ekiti State, Goodluck Jonathan, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Namadi Sambo, News local news, newspapers, Nigeria, Nigeria news Papers, Peoples Democratic Party, President of Nigeria, Vice President of the United States, World news
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December 18, 2010 by benim
Barely 48 hours after 21 governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) endorsed President Goodluck Jonathan for the 2011 presidential election, 75 PDP senators yesterday threw their weight behind him. 844 delegates to the PDP forthcoming presidential primaries from the … read more »
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Tagged Goodluck Jonathan, Kaduna State, Namadi Sambo, Peoples Democratic Party, President, Redeemed Christian Church Of God, West Zone cricket team, Zamfara State
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December 6, 2010 by benim
Barr. Ahmad Ali Gulak is the Director of Contact, Mobilization and Organization of the President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan and Vice President Namadi Sambo 2011 Presidential bid. In this interview he speaks on Jonathan’s chances and why he should continue in … read more »
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Tagged Abubakar Abdulsalami, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, Africa news, Goodluck Jonathan, IndepthAfrica, Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola, Namadi Sambo, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Sani Abacha, Umaru Yar'Adua
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November 29, 2010 by benim
Fiery Lagos-based pastor, Tunde Bakare, has confirmed to Saharareporters that President Goodluck Jonathan provided a $50,000 cash bribe to a delegation of the Save Nigeria Group that visited him last Monday, but that the group sent back the money. Pastor … read more »
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Tagged $50, 000 Bribe, Abuja, Goodluck Jonathan, IndepthAfrica, Jonathan Offered, Mr. Jonathan, Namadi Sambo, Niger Delta, Nigeria, Nigerians, Olusegun Obasanjo, Plateau State, political-news, President Jonathan Offered Us $50, Tony Uranta, Tunde Bakare
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November 10, 2010 by benim
Nigeria’s labor unions called off a one-day general strike over the minimum wage in Africa’s top oil producer after the groups said President Goodluck Jonathan pledged to boost the rate. The strike, initially planned to last three days, was halted … read more »
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Tagged Abuja, Africa news, Goodluck Jonathan, IndepthAfrica, International Trade Union Confederation, Lagos, Minimum wage, Namadi Sambo, Nigeria, Nigeria Labour Congress, political-news, Strike action, strike today, Trade Union Congress
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November 10, 2010 by benim
Yet another dialogue between the presidency and leaders of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), to forestall a planned nationwide strike today, has been deadlocked. President Goodluck Jonathan who rushed down from Lagos yesterday to lead a high level delegation of … read more »
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Tagged Abuja, Africa news, Goodluck Jonathan, IndepthAfrica, International Trade Union Confederation, Lagos, Minimum wage, Namadi Sambo, Nigeria, Nigeria Labour Congress, political-news, Strike action, strike today, Trade Union Congress
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October 25, 2010 by benim
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan has dropped the ‘Commander-In-Chief’ of the Armed Forces from his official title, according to the Europe correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). “Mr President has removed the title, ‘Commander of the Armed Forces,’ Vice-President Namadi … read more »
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