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What Nigerians Want In 2013

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JonathanBY every stretch of the imagination, 2012 was a horrible year for the ordinary Nigerian. What turned out to be a torrid year began with the subsidy with battle over the sudden removal of fuel subsidy by President Goodluck Jonathan on January 1...
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Opi: Do More Than Rhetoric On Security, Power, Corruption

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IDAYE-6-1-13Idaye Opi is the coordinator of the Niger Delta Project Group in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. He told KELVIN EBIRI that this is the time for the leadership to move Nigeria beyond the realm of rhetoric.

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Uwazurike: Independence For Local Councils, True Federalism Essential

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UWAZURIKE-29-12-12Chief Goddy Uwazurike, lawyer and former vice president of the Igbo Think Tank Organisation, Aka Ikenga, spoke to TUNDE  AKINOLA on the prospects of getting the constitution amended the in the New Year

Do you have confidence in last...
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Citizens Demand Employment, Fight Against Corruption

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EDO citizens’ priority demands for the New Year is for government to tackle unemployment, frontally attack corruption, stabilise power supply and make healthcare seamless for the people.

They also cautioned the National Assembly and other...
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Show More Transparency, Fairness

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Chief Afam Ani, Enugu State chairman of Citizens Popular Party (CPP) spoke to LAWRENCE NJOKU on his expectations for 2013.

“I want to say that 2013 is not 2012 and we thank God that we have seen yet another year. As human beings we are full of...
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Akpabio: We Need Leaders Who Will Build This Country, Not Destroy It

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Akpabio-14_10_12Godswill Akpabio, the Governor of Akwa Ibom State said the long-term interest of his administration is to ensure that the future generations of Akwa Ibomites are provided for in all ramifications. In this interview with The Guardian South-south...
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The 2012 Diary: DECEMBER COMPILED BY VICTOR OSHISADA

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DECEMBER

 

December 1. Jaji bombings: Army re-deploys two commanding officers. Following suicide bombings of a Church during Sunday service, and right inside the Military Cantonment in Jaji, Kaduna State, Chief of Defence Staff, Admiral Ola...
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Starting On A Wrong Note And Ending Poorly

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Jonathan-8_12_12FOR President Goodluck Jonathan, the year 2012 began on a somewhat rough note, because the president himself stirred the hornets’ nest. As the year 2011 came to an end, the president and members of his economic team went to town with the...
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Imo: Intrigues And Power Play At Work

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OkorochaSTAKEHOLDERS in Imo State will not forget in a hurry some political events that occurred in 2012. The events include the restoration of power by the Court of Appeal in Owerri, to 27 local council chairmen of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who...
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Edo: Good Year For Democracy

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OshiomholeYEAR 2012 in Edo State was dominated by the governorship election and its aftermath. Political activities commenced in earnest at the beginning of the year, even though actual election was slated for July. Parties that participated in the election...
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Delta: Playing Host To Constitutional Dialogues

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UduaghanFOLLOWING the successful prosecution and conviction of former governor James Ibori in London, a source in Government House, Asaba said that some of his henchmen who are still very prominent in Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan’s government have become...
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Enugu: A Rumble In The Offing

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ChimeIN Enugu, there are few high and low points of political events that shaped the outgoing year

Earlier in the year, Enugu State governor, Sullivan Chime’s election nomination suit filed against him by Chief Alex Obiechina heightened tension in...
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Kwara: Weak Opposition Yields Good Harvest For PDP

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Abdulfatai-AhmedTHE lackluster performance of the opposition group in Kwara State did not make the terrain an eventful one in the year 2012. So weak was the opposition group that it has become extremely difficult to identify the arrowhead of the group.

Unlike in...
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States’ Poor Compliance With Accountability Processes

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FayemiFollowing our report of states’ 2012 budgets and how much appropriations have worked for the people, Mohammed Bougei Attah, National Coordinator, Procurement Observation and Advocacy Initiative (POAI), writes on how far states have complied with...
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‘Our Generation Laid Foundation For Democracy; Let Present Generation Take Us To Club Of 20 Largest Economies...’

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OBJ-2• Without Employment Opportunities, Youth Revolution Imminent

• What Do You Expect When You Extol A Thief In Your Community?

• Blame The Commanders, Not Awolowo For Civil War Killings, Starvation

 • I Didn’t Know...
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