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President Goodluck Jonathan’s performance will earn him a second term in 2015, Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin Clark, said yesterday The former Federal Commissioner for Information in the Yakubu Gowon cabinet insisted in an interview with The Nation in Abuja, that the president is eminently qualified to contest again. He was optimistic that the North would vote for Jonathan based on ...

Lagos State Government on Saturday condemned the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers on its threat to embark on strike if the sacked Lagos doctors were not recalled. The state government described the proposed solidarity strike as blackmail by NUPENG and Nigerian Medical Association. In a statement by the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Lateef Ibirogba, the ...

By Daily Guide Chelsea is ready to stick to their famous old guards, with the club offering new deals to veterans Michael Essien, Frank Lampard and Florent Malouda. However, the club has released two of its first team players- Salomon Kalou and Jose Bosingwa. In Kalou’s case, Chelsea may still be willing to negotiate a new deal if their next ...

(AFP) – Tuareg rebels and the Islamist rebel group Ansar Dine agreed Saturday to join forces and create a transitional Islamic state in northern Mali, according to a accord seen by AFP. “The Ansar Dine movement and the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (Tuareg MNLA) proclaim their dissolution in Azawad (northern Mali),” the deal said. “The two movements ...