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Articles, Columnists, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), NNP Columnists, Presidency, Tochukwu Ezukanma
Saturday, May 10th, 2014
By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | May 10, 2014 – The fundamental problem of the Nigerian society is lawlessness. It is lawlessness that finds its most frequent and widespread expressions in acts of corruption. It is leadership that informs and shapes a nation. A nation essentially “draws its will principally from the example of […]
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Articles, Boko Haram, Columnists, Max Siollun, NNP Columnists
Saturday, May 10th, 2014
By Max Siollun | NNP | May 10, 2014 1) Boko Haram is here to stay. Those who keep asking why the army is not able to “finish off” Boko Haram overnight do not understand that terrorism is a decades long problem. This is real life, not a Rambo or Chuck Norris film. Look at […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Friday, May 9th, 2014
Ideye and Uche | credits: File copy Joseph Dosu insists the Super Eagles won’t miss Villarreal striker Ikechukwu Uche and Dynamo Kyiv forward Brown Ideye in this summer’s World Cup in Brazil. The duo missed out on World Cup selection after Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi announced his 30-man provisional squad for the football’s showpiece with […]
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American Politics, Latest Politics, National Politics, Top Stories
Friday, May 9th, 2014
| credits: File copy As Nigerians await international help in fighting the Boko Haram menace, it has been confirmed that some security operatives from the United States and Britain are already in the country. Saturday PUNCH gathered that seven deployed US military personnel with the 50 stationed in the US Embassy in Abuja, and a […]
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American Politics, Headlines
Friday, May 9th, 2014
Hillary Clinton | credits: File copy United States’ former Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, said on Wednesday night in New York that the Nigerian government had shown irresponsibility in matters relating to girls and boys over the years. Clinton, who is a likely presidential candidate in 2016, added her voice to an increasingly widespread […]
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Borno, Headlines, State News
Friday, May 9th, 2014
Director General, National Space Research Development Agency, Prof. Seidu Muhammed in this interview with EVEREST AMAEFULE, addresses talks about the activities of the agency and why its satellites can’t track Chibok girls It is now 11 years since Nigeria launched an earth observation satellite – the NigeriaSat-1. How do you assess the odyssey to the […]
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Armed Forces, Headlines
Friday, May 9th, 2014
Amnesty International on Friday said the Nigerian military ignored advanced warnings on plan by the Boko Haram Islamic sect to carry out armed raid on Government Secondary School, Chibok in Borno State. The group spoke as one of the victims’ father told CNN that the insurgents were usually supplied by helicopters. Speaking with CNN correspondent, […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Friday, May 9th, 2014
President Goodluck Jonathan President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday said he believed that with the global efforts to find and rescue the over 200 girls abducted from their school by Boko Haram insurgents, an end to the reign of terror in Nigeria had begun. Jonathan, who once again promised that the girls would be rescued, […]
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Headlines, Oil Politics
Friday, May 9th, 2014
Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala | credits: blogs.cfr.org The Federal Government has appointed forensic auditors to carry out a detailed investigation into the activities of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation. The Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, disclosed this during a debate at the 24th edition of the World Economic Forum for Africa. […]
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Latest Politics
Friday, May 9th, 2014
Vice-President Namadi Sambo The Federal Government plans to spend $3.7bn to upgrade the nation’s power transmission infrastructure. Vice President Namadi Sambo disclosed this on Thursday while granting audience to the management of Genesis Electricity Consortium led by a Nigerian businessman, Mr. Arthur Eze, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Most of the members of the […]
