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Buhari Appoints Acting Chairperson for Nigerian Electoral Commission
Voice of America
Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Amina Bala Zakari as the acting chairperson of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Zakari takes over from Professor Attahiru Jega, the former chairman of the electoral body whose ...

Due process was followed in Zakari's appointment as acting INEC Chairman ...   The Guardian Nigeria (satire) (press release) (blog)
NASS Rift: Govs Hold Emergency Meeting Today   Leadership Newspapers
Presidency Explains Why Zakari Was Appointed Acting INEC Chair   CHANNELS TELEVISION
Pulse Nigeria
The Punch
Premium Times
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Vavi's fate will be known in two weeks
Times LIVE
Yesterday Numsa and the eight unions laid bare their plan for the special national congress. File photo. Image by: Gallo Images / Foto24 / Denzil Maregele. The next two weeks will decide the fate of former Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi and ...
Cosatu affiliates will fight for Numsa   Independent Online
Cosatu affiliates to take fight for Numsa to special congress   eNCA
LETTER: Unions back to basics   BDlive
The New Age Online
AllAfrica.com
Eyewitness News
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Lesotho Faces New Round of Violence, Political Crisis
Voice of America
JOHANNESBURG—. The tiny nation of Lesotho is threatening to erupt into violence again, less than a year after one of its former leaders fled into exile in South Africa. Now, the brutal killing of a top military officer has sent former leaders back ...
Lesotho military option   Times LIVE
SA to assist former Lesotho army chief death probe   Jacaranda FM
Military general Tlali Kamoli blamed for Lesotho turmoil   Eyewitness News

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Tribunal Strikes Out Agbaje's Petition Against Ambode
Leadership Newspapers
The Lagos State Governorship election tribunal sitting in Ikeja yesterday struck out the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the April 11 governorship election, Jimi Agbaje, against governor Akinwunmi Ambode of the All ...

Agbaje vs Ambode: Lagos PDP accuses APC of influencing tribunal's decision   Pulse Nigeria
Ambode hails tribunal ruling   The Guardian Nigeria (satire) (press release) (blog)
Ambode hails tribunal dismissal of Agbaje's petition   The News
CHANNELS TELEVISION
Daily Trust
SaharaReporters.com
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TV360

NASS Leadership: Buhari To Meet Warring House Of Reps Factions
CHANNELS TELEVISION
Buhari President Muhammadu Buhari is scheduled to meet members of the two factions in the House of Representatives tonight. A statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, said on Wednesday.
PDP Had No Pact With Dogara – Hon Agbedi   Leadership Newspapers
Dogara Attempts To Clean Up Image Of House Of Assembly After Show Of Shame   NAIJ.COM
Buhari to meet Dogara, Gbajabiamila   TV360
Nigerian Bulletin
Pulse Nigeria
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Boko Haram: We'll Honour Officers, Soldiers – COAS
Leadership Newspapers
The Nigerian Army is ready to honour its officers and soldiers who are involved in the ongoing counter-insurgency war in Maiduguri, Borno state. The Chief of Army Staff, COAS, Lt-Gen. Kenneth Minimah, who disclosed this during a press briefing in Abuja ...

Tackling Insurgency: Army Reiterates Commitment To Encourage Personnel   CHANNELS TELEVISION
Army day: Minimah to decorate troops in Maiduguri   Daily Trust
Celebrating Nigerian Army at 152, by Sani Kukasheka Usman   The Eagle Online

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Money Laundering: Court Frees Fani-Kayode
Leadership Newspapers
Reprieve came the way of former minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode as Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia of the Federal High Court in Lagos yesterday discharged and acquitted him of the money laundering charges brought against him by the Economic ...

Court acquits Fani-Kayode of money laundering charges   The Guardian Nigeria (satire) (press release) (blog)
EFCC mulls response to Fani Kayode's acquittal   The News
Fani-Kayode changed name in celebration of his legal victory   Eagle Reporters
CHANNELS TELEVISION
NAIJ.COM
DailyPost Nigeria
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ARNnet

Opened with much fanfare, IBM lab in Kenya looks for concrete results
ARNnet
H.E. the President of Kenya, Hon. Uhuru Kenyatta (left) and Dr. Kamal Bhattacharya, Director IBM Research - Africa (right) at the opening of IBM's First Africa Research Laboratory, November 8, 2013. In 2013, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta launched an ...

Kenya leader launches fight against illegal liquor   StarAfrica.com
President Uhuru Kenyatta did not disband NACADA, State House clarifies   The Standard Digital News (satire) (press release) (registration) (blog)
We got it wrong, Uhuru didn't disband NACADA – PSCU   Capital FM Kenya (press release) (blog)

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