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INEC Politics, Jigawa, Latest Politics, Raw Politics, State News
Sunday, May 20th, 2012

By Aliyu Dangida Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Mohammed Jega, reportedly escaped death, yesterday, when some youths attacked him at the palace of the Emir of Kazaure, Alhaji Najib Hussaini Adamu, in Jigawa State. Jega was said to be in the town to attend the wedding of the daughter of […]
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Borno, Headlines, State News
Sunday, May 20th, 2012
The Borno State Government said on Saturday that it had released N100 million for the purchase of surplus onions produced by farmers in the state. Alhaji Zanna Mustapha, the Deputy Governor of the state dropped the hint in Maiduguri, while inspecting some bags of onions, which had been purchased and kept at the government’s central […]
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Niger Delta
Sunday, May 20th, 2012
By SAMUEL OYADONGHA, P/Harcourt The Joint Task Force (JTF) in the Niger Delta, codenamed Operation Pulo Shield, at the weekend, smashed an oil theft syndicate using the riverside Otuogori community in Ogbia local government area of Bayelsa State as depot for the transportation of illegally refined petroleum products to other parts of the country. Six […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Sunday, May 20th, 2012
* All options are open – VP Sambo By Kingsley Omonobi “Drop your arms and embrace dialogue”. With these words, the Federal Government restated its willingness to engage in talks with the Islamist group, Boko Haram, to end the spate of bombings, gun attacks and killings in some parts of the North. The vice president, […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Sunday, May 20th, 2012
Photos are beginning to come through from the picket in London to protest that King Mswati III of Swaziland has been invited to take part in the Jubilee celebrations of the UK’s Queen Elizabeth. The King, sub-Saharan Africa’s last absolute monarch, is staying at the Savoy Hotel, where rooms cost about £400 per night. He […]
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Boko Haram, Headlines
Sunday, May 20th, 2012
Hauwa responding to questions from journalists As JTF uncovers sect’s enclave in Jos • Five other suspected bombers’ wives held • Accept negotiation offer, Sambo tells sect A suspected Boko Haram enclave came down in rubbles yesterday in Jos. Its last occupants included Hauwa Mohammed, said to be the widow of the suspected ThisDay suicide […]
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Africa & World Politics, American Politics
Sunday, May 20th, 2012
“Today, I can announce a new global effort we are calling a ‘New Alliance’ for food security and nutrition. And, to get the job done, we are bringing together all the key players around a shared commitment,” said Obama. At a food security forum in Washington, the president said ending hunger by making African farms […]
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Articles, Columnists, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85), Nasir El-Rufai, NNP Columnists, Presidency
Sunday, May 20th, 2012

By Nasir El-Rufai | NNP | May 20, 2012 – In pursuance of the primary objective of saving our great nation from total collapse, I, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari of the Nigerian army have, after due consultation amongst the services of the armed forces, been formally invested with the authority of the Head of the Federal […]
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Arnold Alalibo, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists
Sunday, May 20th, 2012

By Arnold A. Alalibo | NNP | May 20, 2012 – Since Abraham Lincoln defined democracy as “Government of the people, by the people and for the people”, it has remained the most popular and acceptable definition of the term. The reason is that it encapsulates and conveys the essence of democracy as it was […]
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Articles, Columnists, Leonard K. Shilgba, PhD, NNP Columnists
Sunday, May 20th, 2012

By Dr. Leonard K. Shilgba | Yola, Nigeria | May 20, 2012 – Only a few Nigerians may not be aware that their country is presently engaged with too many problems on her plate. But how do we articulate those problems in a way that facilitates an understanding of both the dimension and probable solutions? […]