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Emergency Rule: National Assembly Conference Grants Jonathan Sweeping Powers

The joint conference of the National Assembly has approved sweeping powers for President Goodluck Jonathan in the administration of the State of Emergency he declared in Yobe, Borno and Adamawa States last week.

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Obama Tours Africa, Boycotts Nigeria Again

 US President Barack Obama has once again snubbed Nigeria as he visits select African nations on his

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Jonathan Hails Labour’s “support of the Transformation Agenda”, Enjoins Partnership

Minister Of Labour And Productivity, Chief Emeka Wogu; President, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Comrade Abdulwahed Omar; President Goodluck Jonathan And The President, Trade Union Congress (TUC), Comrade Peter Esele Cutting  Anniversary Cake At The 2013 May Day Celebration In Abuja On Wednesday :State House Photo

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Pregnant women to get N5,000 each under SURE-P

In a bid to motivate them towards accessing quality health services for themselves, their unborn babies and

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Rivers PDP Suspends 27 House Members, Gives Amaechi 48hrs To Explain Plane Seizure

The crisis in the Rivers State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) deepened Monday with the suspension of 27 members of the state’s House of Assembly elected on the platform of the party.

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President Jonathan Initiates Probe Of AGF Mohammed Adoke

President Goodluck Jonathan may have taken the first anti-corruption step of his presidency against a highly placed government official: Mohammed Bello Adoke, Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation.

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We Can’t Register Your APC, INEC Tells Tinubu’s ACN, Buhari’s CPC, Others

The controversy surrounding the registration of the oppositions’ All Progressive Congress (APC) has taken another dimension with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) informing the leaders of the party that its acronym, contained in the application for registration as a political party is in conflict with that of another political party seeking registration, The African Peoples Congress (APC).

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Jonathan Urges African Leaders To Make Economic Emancipation Priority

President Goodluck Jonathan said Tuesday in Cape Town that having successfully liberated the continent from colonialism, racism and apartheid, African leaders must now give the fullest possible attention to the economic emancipation of their countries.

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Senate rejects bill to remunerate Obasanjo, Shagari, others

Nigeria’s senate has thrown out a bill seeking to remunerate former
presidents, Senate Presidents, Speakers of the Federal House of
Representatives, and ex-Chief Justices of the Federation.

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