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Nigeria Elections: Muhammadu Buhari Elected President in Historic Vote

YoopyaApril 1, 2015July 1, 2023

by YoopyaApril 1, 2015July 1, 20230

A former military dictator with a checkered human-rights record was elected president of Nigeria on Tuesday, making him the first opposition candidate to win a...

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Nigeria’s next president: Muhammadu Buhari beats Goodluck Jonathan

YoopyaApril 1, 2015July 1, 2023

by YoopyaApril 1, 2015July 1, 20230

Lagos, Nigeria (CNN)Africa’s most populous country has a new president — and he’s got a spate of obstacles ahead of him. Opposition candidate Muhammadu Buhari...

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Opposition candidate appears ahead in Nigerian election

YoopyaMarch 31, 2015July 3, 2023

by YoopyaMarch 31, 2015July 3, 20230

Lagos, Nigeria (CNN) With partial results reported in the Nigerian presidential election, it appears opposition candidate Muhammadu Buhari is leading incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan. Reuters,...

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Chad Strongman Says Nigeria Is Absent in Fight Against Boko Haram

YoopyaMarch 28, 2015July 3, 2023

by YoopyaMarch 28, 2015July 3, 20230

NDJAMENA, Chad — Chad’s president, Idriss Déby, speaks in a soft mumble, wears spectacles and an immaculate white robe, and is to be found in...

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Nigeria election stumbles into action as president struggles to cast vote

YoopyaMarch 28, 2015July 3, 2023

by YoopyaMarch 28, 2015July 3, 20230

Biometric card readers initially fail to register Goodluck Jonathan as voters go to the polls in a close-run contest that has fuelled fears of violence....

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Nigeria’s military pushes extremists before elections

YoopyaMarch 27, 2015July 9, 2023

by YoopyaMarch 27, 2015July 9, 20230

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Beefed up by new weapons from China, Russia and the Czech Republic, and strengthened by training from foreign advisers, Nigeria’s military...

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“Omotola” to get Women4Africa honour

YoopyaMarch 25, 2015July 3, 2023

by YoopyaMarch 25, 2015July 3, 20230

More honours are surely on the horizon for “Nollywood” star, “Omotola Jalade Ekeinde”, who is celebrating her 20th anniversary as an actress this year. Come...

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Davido To Release Album On The Day of His Graduation

YoopyaMarch 25, 2015July 3, 2023

by YoopyaMarch 25, 2015July 3, 20230

HKN Gang Frontier, Davido is set to release His Album on His Graduation Day, which Apparently should be in Less than Few Weeks From Now,...

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High rate of consumer rights abuse worries CPC

YoopyaMarch 24, 2015July 3, 2023

by YoopyaMarch 24, 2015July 3, 20230

The Director-General, Consumer Protection Council (CPC), Mrs. Dupe Atoki, has decried the high rate of consumer rights abuses in the telecommunications, aviation, banking and power...

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800 Policemen Were Used For Patience Jonathan’s Rally in Kaduna

YoopyaMarch 20, 2015July 3, 2023

by YoopyaMarch 20, 2015July 3, 20230

800 policemen were on Wednesday deployed for a Peoples Democratic Party, PDP rally in Kaduna because the first lady was expected to be in attendance;...