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In 1984 Bob Geldof and some of his friends came out with the hit song 'Do they know it's Christmas' to draw attention and raise fund for the famine stricken people of the horn of Africa. While people in other countries were having a merry Christmas the people of Ethiopia could only think of where their next meal would come from and the celebration of Christmas was far from their thoughts.

By  Imohimi Uduigwome Airenevboise

Do They Know People Are Suffering?

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After a week of frantic political hocus-pocus, the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has finally come up with a very definite and unambiguous position for the 2011 general elections: it is hopelessly divided and those Nigerians who lose sleep over that can go jump into the lagoon.

By Garba Deen Muhammad

Jonathan's People

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Prominent legal scholars in Nigeria have written divergent opinions on whether the president's assent is required in the constitutional amendment process; particular mention must be made of the opinions of Chief Richard Akinjide, SAN, Prof Taiwo Oshipitan, SAN, Mr. Olisa Agbakoba, SAN and most recently the official position of the Nigerian Bar Association who have argued that the proposal for the alteration of the 1999 Constitution as passed by the National Assembly and approved by more than two-thirds majority of the State Houses of Assembly  cannot take effect as amendments to the 1999 Constitution in the absence of the assent of the President.

By Kayode Oladele                   

The President Has No Formal Role In Constitutional Amendment -Part Two

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It is both interesting and remarkable quoting from the Facebook page of our President (the writer of this piece is a curious and courageous follower), he wrote, inter alia, on 11th August, 2011: “If Nigeria's economy must grow, the citizens of Nigeria must care enough about their country and their future to be watchful over the governments at all levels (Local, State and Federal Governments) and hold them to account.

Open Letter to President Jonathan Goodluck and Prof Attahiru Jega on the 2011 Elections: Making a case for Nigerians in Diaspora

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Mr. Nuhu Ribadu's attention has been drawn to claims in the Sunday (August 15, 2010) sermon of respected preacher, Pastor Tunde Bakare, to the effect that Mr. Ribadu desires to hijack the Save Nigeria Group (SNG) for the purpose of his political ambition.
                                                         

By Chido Onumah                   

Nuhu Ribadu Refutes Pastor Bakare's Sermon Claims

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I want to bring to the attention of Mr President, Governor Fashola and all well meaning and thoughtful Nigerians about the plight of a seventeen year old girl named Comfort from a dirt poor family from Rivers State who is now languishing in Kirikiri prison where she recently gave birth to a baby boy named Monday.
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Fashola, Please Help Release 17-Year Old Girl Imprisoned At KiriKiri By Her Uncle After He Impregnated Her

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Racked by frustration over his still-born presidential campaign, former Nigerian dictator, Ibrahim Babangida yesterday in Minna issued a rambling statement at a restricted media parley that saw some of malleable editors and media executives in attendance smiling home with N10 million in "transportation money."
                                       
SaharaReporters, New York

Babangida "Buys" Media Executives, Talks Down Dele Giwa, June 12 And Okigbo Report

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You must be wondering who "they" are! Well, 'they' would be the political gladiators and the men and women who hold sway in Nigeria as the custodians of our destiny.
                                                                                                  
Written by Kayode Ogundamisi 

Not God! Not Jerry Rawlings! Only Nigerians Can Save Nigeria From Them!

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Citizen Reporter, Kayode Ogundamisi, interviews fiery Lagos pastor of the Latter rain Assembly and convener of the Save Nigeria Group.

Pastor Tunde Bakare, Fiery Lagos Preacher Speaks

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Next Saturday's elections of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), if it holds at all, may yield a new crisis as the old order seems unwilling to yield to the new.  As with most issues concerning Nigeria, the remnant of the current NFF stakeholders, having usurped and perverted authority under the ousted Chairman, Sani Lulu, are determined to maintain their status and pre-eminence in the Federation in order to continue to feed on the system.
                                       
SaharaReporters, New York

NFF Elections In Danger, As Old Guard Plays A Slippery Game