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- Boko Haram changes tactics - to target schools, kidnapping of wives and children
- New IG of Police, MD Abubakar implicated in 2001 Jos massacre of Christians
- Why Ringim fell, his lackluster tenure
- Soldiers: Falana sues Jonathan, Adoke
- Mixed reactions greet Abubakar’s appointment
- Boko Haram got weapons, training from al-Qaeda – Niger
- Security agencies yet to infiltrate Boko Haram –Expert
- FG paid N1.7tn fuel subsidy, not N1.4tn – CBN
- US demands probe of killings in North
- I won’t seek presidential pardon until I’ve cleared my name —George
- Explosion rocks minister’s house
- FG withdraws soldiers from Lagos streets
- Military intelligence uncovers plot to bomb INEC, CBN hqtrs, Transcorp Hilton
- Boko Haram killed 935 since 2009 – HRW
- Across ECOWAS, cautious relief trails Nigeria’s strike call-off
- Boko Haram: Sahel security chiefs invite Nigeria to Mauritania summit
- Kano Blasts: Police confirm 186 killed
- Why soldiers killed our men –MASSOB - Gives army 48 hours to release other members
- FG uncovers plot to bomb INEC, CBN offices
- Five Boko Haram bombers arrested in PH •Army on red alert
PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS
- We’ve no problem with Jonathan – Boko Haram
- Jonathan’s Nigeria: Teetering on the Brink & Hanging on the Precipice - By Frisky Larr
- Jonathan: How Not to Practice Zoology- By Odimegwu Onwumere
- Nigeria or President Jonathan’s Cabal? - By Dr. Leonard K. Shilgba
- This Jonathan Must Go - By Anthony A. Kila
- Presidency Needs More Sophisticated Handlers & Advisers - By Emeka Chiakwelu
- Gowon endorses Jonathan’s handling of subsidy, security crises
- Strike: Jonathan apologises to Int’l community •Says his govt can’t be toppled
- Confusion as Jonathan cancels fuel crisis speech
- Niger burns as protesters torch IBB campaign office•Policeman killed, curfew imposed
LEGISLATIVE POLITICS
- Appeal Court upholds Senator Agboola’s election
- Boko Haram attacks halt Reps’ subsidy probe
- Boko Haram: N’ Assembly to revisit Anti-Terrorism Act – Mark
- Senate orders probe of Sokoto’s escape (Endless probes)
- Senate approves 70 years as retirement age for varsity professors
- Subsidy scam: Senate reads riot act to EFCC •No sacred cows, lawmakers warn anti-graft agency
- Senate summons service chiefs, vows to ignore death threats
- Remi Tinubu, Ojudu, Ashafa, 2 others attacked •As miscreants lay siege to Ibadan
- Bakare urges National Assembly to impeach Jonathan (Was OBJ impeached for his own violation of the constitution?)
- Tambuwal: Salute to Chivalry as Speaker clocks 44
STATE POLITICS
- Breaking News: Supreme Court sacks five State Govs of Bayelsa, C/River, Adamawa, Kogi & Sokoto - Declares their seats vacant
- Hausa, Yoruba traders’ ejection not ethnic – Anambra
- Dangote distributes N100,000 each to Kaduna, Gombe refugees
- 2,000 protest against demolition of houses in Ebonyi
- Zamfara police arrest suspected killer of 4 policemen
- Two killed as police raid suspected Islamist hideout in Kano
- Lateness: Amosun locks out commissioners, aides, workers
- INEC clears Dickson for Bayelsa gov poll
- Just in: Boko Haram bombs two more churches in Bauchi
- Tension as two explosions rock Bayelsa, Jonathan's home state
- Lagos public toilets: Paying to get infected?
- C’River PDP ticket: Stage set for Imoke, Abang
- Six children die in fire in Katsina
- Five Boko Haram bombers arrested in PH •Army on red alert
- Disturbing Picture: Boko Haram bomb death toll rises to 162
GOVERNORS
- Breaking News: Supreme Court sacks five State Govs of Bayelsa, C/River, Adamawa, Kogi & Sokoto - Declares their seats vacant
- Gov Aliyu: We Know Boko Haram Sponsors
- A’Court reinstates Kebbi gov ...as Wamakko congratulates Jonathan
- Zamfara: Police arrest man, 30, for forging governor’s signature
- Jonathan moves to stop reckless spending by govs, ministers, others
NIGER DELTA POLITICS
EFCC POLITICS
- N180m Halliburton scam: EFCC gets deadline to arraign more suspects
- ‘Bankole, Nafada have case to answer’ - EFCC
- Subsidy scam: Senate reads riot act to EFCC •No sacred cows, lawmakers warn anti-graft agency
- Jonathan directs EFCC’s probe of subsidy payments
- That EFCC vs Joe Musa and others Court Saga: Questions Need Asking - By Akintokunbo A. Adejumo
PARTY POLITICS
WOMEN POLITICS
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AFRICAN & WORLD POLITICS
- Illegal Nigerian immigrant arraigned in UK for fake marriages
- Boko Haram got weapons, training from al-Qaeda – Niger
- US demands probe of killings in North
- Across ECOWAS, cautious relief trails Nigeria’s strike call-off
- Boko Haram: Sahel security chiefs invite Nigeria to Mauritania summit
- US delegation in Nigeria for regional
- Nations Cup: In Picture: E’Guinea claim historic win over Libya
- Jonathan, UK mourn •FG clueless — ACN (Can you do better?)
- Israel offers counter-terrorism assistance to Nigeria
- Govt accepts U.S. proposal on security
Fuel subsidy protests across Nigeria•Transport fares, commodity prices jacked up
admin 08:46 am | PROTESTS broke out in different parts of the country on Monday, as labour unions threatened to paralyse the country over…
Jan 3 2012 / No Comment / Read More »Entertainment: Winding Up 2011: Mixed Bag of Joys, Scandals and Tragedies
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Jan 3 2012 / No Comment / Read More »Headlines
- Military uniform: Suspected bandits allege JTF conspiracy
- Mob sets policeman ablaze over driver’s killing (That should teach others a lesson)
- Biu, five policemen to be dismissed, tried
- Illegal Nigerian immigrant arraigned in UK for fake marriages
- Picture: Nollywood mourns again as veteran actor David Ihezie passes on
- Dangote distributes N100,000 each to Kaduna, Gombe refugees
- NDLEA arrests 2 with 70kg Indian hemp
- It’s been difficult signing Taye Taiwo—Mark Hughes
- Arewa youths suggest solution to Boko Haram crisis
- Boko Haram Braithwaite, Adebanjo warn against foreign intervention (In the meantime they have no solutions to offer)
- Boko Haram threatens to attack NLC over subsidy •Asks leadership to resign •We are analysing the genuineness of the letter —NLC •Police station bombed outside Kano •158 Boko Haram suspects arrested •Police engage man in 4-hr shootout in Kano; kill
- Naira falls to lowest level in eight weeks
- Nigerian excretes 86 wraps of heroin in US
- Teenagers paraded for stealing tithe in pastor’s house
- US delegation in Nigeria for regional
- Police recover 100 bombs in Kano
- Just in: Boko Haram bombs two more churches in Bauchi
- Pictures: Quads celebrate UK first as all simultaneously graduate with Masters degrees from same university
- Boko Haram: Our policemen are mercenaries –Tsav
- Picture: Police use teargas in on-going Nations Cup to disperse fans
- Opinion: Parable of oil subsidy
- Nations Cup: In Picture: E’Guinea claim historic win over Libya
- Picture: Marriage took me away from Nollywood. Now I’m back – Obey Etuk
- Boko Haram out to end 1914 amalgamation, install Islamic govt —Sanusi (Please end it and go your way)
- ‘No excuse to rape a woman, even if she is naked’
- Nigeria missing as African party begins•Equatorial Guinea, Libya set tune in Bata
- Group alleges killing of 510 Igbos in 2011
- Taiwo joins QPR on loan
- Picture: Police tear-gas Braithwaite, Nwabueze, others in protest against soldiers
- Occult church members arraigned
- 200 Christian families arrive Jos from Yobe
- Editorial: Subsidy strike: A post mortem
- Day Naval personnel wreaked havoc at marine academy
- Ojukwu: Nigerians in UK begin Christian rites
- Picture: 25-yr-old corps member arrested for swindling Canadian and US visa applicants
- Ndigbo accuse FG of toying with their lives
- 19 MASSOB members arraigned
- Suspect arrested with liquid cocaine at Lagos airport
- Bill to remove ‘’Force ‘’ from Nigeria Police passes second reading
- INEC shifts Adamawa guber, Soba constituency polls
- Leave Keshi alone – Okocha tells ex-internationals
- Boulder crushes father of 3 in Bauchi
- No Boko Haram in Police -DIG (So ignorant)
- Madalla bombing CP Zakari Biu suspended •Over escape of alleged mastermind from custody
- Keshi plots Rwanda’s downfall
- Breaking News: Labour Calls off Strike – Agrees to N97 per litre
- Just in: Fuel Protest: FG Goes After Occupy Nigeria Group
- Sylva challenges PDP over alleged bribery in INEC
- Man detained for impregnating daughter
- Muslims attend church service with Christians in Kano
- In Pictures: Occupy Nigeria Toronto protesters fight for more than ‘Goodluck
- United States issues fresh warning for citizens to stay clear of Nigeria
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- Boko Haram: Immigration closes Borno, Yobe borders
- Nigeria losses N500 billion daily due to strike
- Borno to build 7 Quaranic schools (Will those be followed by the building of 7 Christian schools?)
- EFCC denies arresting Adenuga, Odetola and others
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