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News Updates's Blog – August 2012 Archive (5)

2015: Igbo should wait for Jonathan – Ben Obi

By VINCENT UJUMADU

Sen. Obi



PRESIDENTIAL adviser on inter party relations, Senator Ben Obi, want the Igbo to wait for President Goodluck Jonathan’s decision on whether to run or not before taking their own decision on the 2015 presidential race.

The senator, who spoke in Awka yesterday, observed that although the leadership of the apex Igbo socio –cultural organization, the Ohaneze Ndigbo, had insisted…

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Added by News Updates on August 26, 2012 at 5:13am — No Comments

Death by Facebook: Matters arising

The recent death of Cynthia Osokogu via the activities of criminals through the social media has brought to fore the good, the bad and the ugly sides of social networking sites. The social media commonly used in Nigeria include Facebook, 2go, Yahoo messenger, BBM, Netlog, Badoo, Eskimo, Twitter, Nimbuzz, amongst others. They all offer their users unrestricted access to chat with friends, relations and other acquaintances. Starting from Orkut, followed by Twitter and Facebook, social…

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Added by News Updates on August 26, 2012 at 5:02am — No Comments

She wants to know why

I came back from a three-day visit to Kenya last Monday with a copy of the in-flight magazine of Kenyan Airways- Msafiri (The Traveler) which I gave my children to read.

They asked some questions about Kenya before I travelled which I didn’t have enough time to answer them. I was happy to get them the magazine which had more than enough information they needed to know about the East African country.

What I didn’t bargain for was that the magazine will trigger a very pertinent…

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Added by News Updates on August 26, 2012 at 4:58am — No Comments

The Jonathan they don’t know

They” in this piece refers to all the cynics, the pestle-wielding critics, the unrelenting, self-appointed activists, the idle and idling, twittering, collective children of anger, the distracted crowd of Facebook addicts, the BBM-pinging soap opera gossips of Nigeria, who seem to be in competition among themselves to pull down President Goodluck Jonathan. This army of sponsored and self-appointed anarchists is so diverse; many of them don’t even know why or how they should attack…

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Added by News Updates on August 26, 2012 at 4:55am — No Comments

‘President should not joke with impeachment threat’

Dr. Babatunde Adejare

House of  Representatives member Dr. Babatunde Adejare (Agege Constituency) spoke with reporters in Lagos on national issues. Deputy Political Editor EMMANUEL OLADESU was there.

Could you…

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Added by News Updates on August 10, 2012 at 4:12pm — No Comments

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