On behalf of himself, the Federal Government and the people of Nigeria, President Goodluck Jonathan has congratulated the reelected President of the United States of America, Barrack Obama
Author: Segun Adebowale
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Mitt Romney, the main challenger of President Barack Obama for the presidential seat of the United States of America, spoke shortly after conceding defeat in the November 6, 2012 election. Here is the full speech
Being the full text of the victory speech of President Barack Obama of the United States of America sequel to his announcement as the winner of the November 6, 2012 presidential election. He defeated Mitt Romney, his main challenger.
The Romney campaign’s last-ditch attempt to put blue-leaning Midwestern swing states in play failed as Obama’s Midwestern firewall sent the president back to the White House for four more years. Obama picked up the swing states of New Hampshire, Michigan, New Mexico, Iowa, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, and Ohio. Florida and Virginia are still too close to call, but even if he won them, they would not give Romney enough Electoral College votes to put him over the top
Only the Speaker, Hon. Suraj Adekunbi Ishola, and six lawmakers were at the assembly complex for the sitting
Aliyu said if the Federal Government should proceed to dialogue with faceless members of Boko Haram, the peace process could be hijacked by fraudsters
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika, in a media chat on Tuesday in Abuja, said that the methodology used by human rights group is faulty
Polls in 40 states have already closed, including the polls in all but two crucial swing states. ABC News has projected that Romney will win 18 red states, while Obama will carry 13 states and Washington D.C. So far, networks have called five crucial swing states–Michigan, New Mexico, New Hampshire, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania–for Obama
The position of the party was made known on Tuesday in Abuja by its National Chairman, Prince Tony Momoh, who told Buhari, the CPC’s presidential candidate in the 2011 election, not to consider the proposal by Boko Haram
Oshiomhole however told the Head of Service of the local governments that they are to ensure that only the salaries of teachers and local government employees are paid, stressing that they are not to run those local governments as if they were sole administrators
Consequently, the party has set up a committee saddled with the responsibility of ensuring that all the splinter groups fuse into it to enhance unity and cohesion
Speaking in Abuja at the opening ceremony of a one-week training for the new officers alongside 60 others who were retained, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on MDGs, Dr. Precious Gbeneol said that apart from 113 local government areas where the MDGs conditional grants scheme was already ongoing, additional 148 local governments have been added for 2012
This becomes necessary in view of the plans to embark on rehabilitation and reconstruction of communities affected by the disaster
Under a new policy rolled out by the Administration, the mode of meat haulage in the FCT is now through dedicated meat vans and special purpose-made tricycles with meat haulage compartment
But veteran sports writers such as Ikeddy Isiguzo, Onochie Anibeze, Patrick Omorodion, Paul Bassey, Ayo Ositelu, Toni Ubani, and former international stars like Nduka Odizor, Adokie Amiesimaka, Segun Odegbami and others have warned and suggested that until the critical factors undermining the implementation of past National Sports Policy are checked, McKenzie recommendations will be difficult to implement in environmental that allows politics to reign unabated
The PDP therefore urged Fayemi to save the state from ridicule, embarrassment of his comedy of governance and total rejection by the people by resigning immediately
In the ensuing gun battle, Kawonise was reportedly hit in the leg by bullets, while one of the two policemen also suffered gunshot wounds
You would think the teeming population of the youth, which currently stands at over 350 million aged between 15 and 24 in Africa, is alarming enough. This is not until you are privy to the number of young Africans that arrive every year on the labour market – that stands at 10 million per annum
The Programme Officer said that Global Sanitation Funds is meant to support World Sanitation Programme for a period of five years (2013-2017)