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Sunday, 24 August 2014

Vanguard Newspaper Report

2015: Why Jonathan should run with Sambo - Senator Braimoh
2:12:55 AMAbiodun Alade

Senator Yisa Braimoh (Edo North from 2007-2011) has been a recurring decimal in the nation's political arena since the ill-fated third republic. He was a running mate on the National Republican Convention (NRC) gubernatorial ticket in Edo State in 1991; and was in the botched Abacha transition programme leader of the National Congress Party of Nigeria (NCPN). In this interview, he speaks, among others, on the achievements of the President Jonathan administration, the president's second term in office and why Vice President Namadi Sambo should be retained on the re-election ticket

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Army has placed orders for anti-Boko Haram ammunition - Minimah
12:20:41 AMAbiodun Alade

CHIEF of the Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Kenneth Minimah, says the army would soon end the Boko Haram insurgency in the northern part of the country.

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A tale of two defectors: Fani-Kayode and Ribadu
Saturday, August 23, 2014 11:39 PMAbiodun Alade

A honest politician, like a chaste prostitute, is almost an oxymoron - a contradiction in terms. Still there are a few who are passably honest and stay true to the ideals associated with them from start to finish. By contrast, the nation had witnessed a tragic-comical episode of two young politicians who in the space of a few years have turned themselves into political nuisances.

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June 12 Controversy: Those close to Abiola sold him out-Fred Eno
Saturday, August 23, 2014 11:30 PMAbiodun Alade

Fred Eno was special assistant to the late Chief MKO Abiola, the undeclared winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election. In this interview, he says he did not betray a former general secretary of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), Frank Kokori, during the struggle to revalidate the annulled 1993 election, contrary to the claim by Kokori. Eno tells his story of the June 12 struggle and the lessons he learnt.

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35 police officers missing after Borno insurgency attack
Saturday, August 23, 2014 11:20 PMAbiodun Alade

Force Headquarters, yesterday, confirmed that following the deadly attack by suspected Boko Haram fighters on the Mobile Police Training School, Gwoza, last week, 35 of its officers were still missing.

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Gunmen kill three cops in Bauchi
Saturday, August 23, 2014 8:20 PMAbiodun Alade

Gunmen have killed three policemen at a check point around Tilden Fulani village in Toro local government area of Bauchi State.

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2015: '1.8m Nigerians want Jonathan for second term '
Saturday, August 23, 2014 8:20 PMAbiodun Alade

Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday, said it had collected signatures of 1.8 million people from the South-west who wanted President Goodluck Jonathan to seek re-election come 2015 election.

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The chicken and cow business in Enugu Government House
Saturday, August 23, 2014 7:59 PMAbiodun Alade

The Igbo have a rather pithy saying about fortuitous revelations. It is good, they say, that the wind blows now and then, or so that men too would know that the chicken has an anus. The chicken indeed does have an anus, and there is evidence of this in the Enugu Government House where an impeachment saga has opened up some funny chicken business.

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Confab: Our problem with'new Constitution', by Gov. Kwankwanso
Saturday, August 23, 2014 7:58 PMAbiodun Alade

Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso of Kano State insists a plan to extend the tenure of President Goodluck Jonathan through the outcome of the National Conference is in the offing, but says it will not see the light of day. He also speaks, in this interview, on the plans of his party, the APC, for Nigeria in 2015

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FIFA U-20 Women's W/Cup: Falconets set to rule the world
Saturday, August 23, 2014 7:57 PMAbiodun Alade

The final of the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Canada 2014 comes up tonight at the Olympic Stadium, Montreal, Canada. The match is a repeat of the 2010 showpiece between the then hosts Germany and Nigeria. That game went the way of the European side, an outcome the in-form Nigerians will be aiming to avenge to tonight.

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