Barack Obama has accepted the Democratic Party's historic nomination to run for president of the US in front of a crowd of some 75,000 people.Read More:http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7586375.stmAKPC_IDS += "5137,";...
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Obama launches historic campaign
Forgive me for afflicting you with Obasanjo — Solomon Lar begs Nigerians
Elder statesman and first chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Solomon Lar, has called on former President Olusegun Obasanjo to leave President Umaru YarAKPC_IDS += "4877,";...
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Storm in OBJ
In the hay days of the regime of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, it was more of a ritual for the process of cabinet formation to generate great tension and excitement. Obasanjo had a way of going by the selection process. Even though he was not given to dilly-dallying in selecting his own men, h...
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Why Yar'Adua will run a corrupt-free govt – Akinjide
Former Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Chief Richard Osuolale Akinjide (SAN), a political juggernaut who belongs to the first generation of SAN, took a critical look at the last April elections, the on-going political gerrymandering and what the Yar'Adua administration ma...
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What next for Nigeria's corruption crusade?
Umaru Yar'Adua steps into Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo's shoes on Tuesday with a burden to prove to his critics that he is the man for the job and not the outgoing leader's puppet as he is widely seen.Read More:http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6692725.stmAKPC_IDS += "4779,";...
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Nicolas Sarkozy Wins French Presidency:I have mandate for change
Nicolas Sarkozy, a blunt and uncompromising pro-American conservative, was elected president of France Sunday with a mandate to chart a new course for an economically sluggish nation struggling to incorporate immigrants and their children.Read More:http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/05/06/france.e...
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Who will be Nigeria's next President?
AS political violence intensifies in Nigeria, two front-runners have emerged in the countryAKPC_IDS += "4671,";...
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Dual national enters the fray in Nigerian vote
Isa Odidi's ambitions go far beyond being a highly successful immigrant, research scientist cum high-tech entrepreneur, married father of five living in an affluent Toronto neighbourhood. Dr. Odidi, 50, wants to be president of Nigeria, and in a few days he will fly to its capital, Lagos, to campaig...
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May 27 Will Be My Last Night in Aso Rock
Abuja, 02.25.2007 -- President Olusegun Oba-sanjo yesterday said the talk about his reluctance to vacate office on May 29th when his tenure will expire is borne out of "malice and mischief" as he had made up his mind not to spend the night of May 28th in the Presidential Villa.
Obasanjo while spe...
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Obasanjo Calls Extraordinary Cabinet Meeting Over Candidates – World News – Playfuls.com – Business & World
Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo summoned an extraordinary cabinet meeting Tuesday to decide about some 150 politicians vying for elective positions in April's elections but who had been accused of graft by the country's electoral agency.
The agency, the Independent national Electoral Commissio...
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