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Armed Forces, Boko Haram, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Wednesday, April 24th, 2013
By Muhammad Bello In an apparent reaction to the state of siege on Baga town in Borno State after the Friday clash between soldiers of the Multi-national Task Force (MTF) and Boko Haram Islamist insurgents, President Goodluck Jonathan Wednesday while inaugurating the Boko Haram Committee, warned soldiers on duty in troubled areas of the north […]
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Boko Haram, Headlines
Wednesday, April 24th, 2013
A member of the Presidential Amnesty Committee on Dialogue and Peaceful Resolution of Security Challenges in the North, Dr. Sani Abubakar Lugga (Wazirin Katsina), Wednesday expressed confidence that the recent killings in Baga in Borno state will not obstruct dialogue with the Boko Haram sect. Lugga spoke on the Hausa service of the British Broadcasting […]
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Headlines, Plateau, State News
Wednesday, April 24th, 2013
Seriki Adinoyi The Plateau State Police Command Tuesday said it recovered a cache of arms and Improvised Explosives Devices (IEDs) set to be detonated in the suburbs of Jos, the state capital. The state commissioner of Police, Mr. Chris Olakpe, who disclosed this in his office while briefing journalists, said the force made the discovery […]
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Headlines, Niger Delta
Wednesday, April 24th, 2013
By Ndubuisi Francis For the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs to effectively coordinate development activities in the Niger Delta region, all stakeholders, including oil companies, private sector, and local communities must buy into the region’s evolving action plan. The activities of all federal institutions operating in the region should also be streamlined with those of […]
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Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP)
Wednesday, April 24th, 2013
Doyin Okupe Says power supply will stabilise by 2014 The Senior Special Assistant to President Goodluck Jonathan on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe, Tuesday described the merger of opposition political parties on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as a weak association that would crumble and disappear by 2014, a year to the […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Osun, Raheem Oluwafunminiyi, State News
Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013
By Raheem Oluwafunminiyi / Ibadan, Nigeria / April 23, 2013 – AS PROFESSOR BASHIR ADEKUNLE OKESINA BECOMES UNIOSUN VICE-CHANCELLOR There is no disputing the fact that the paths leading to the appointment or re-appointment of a Vice Chancellor in most Nigerian universities today is highly contentious and not without its ups and downs. The Rivers […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Prince Charles Dickson
Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013
By Prince Charles Dickson /There is no disappearing trick better than the availability of a dense forest to disappear into; there is no sacrifice more efficacious than having many people on one’s side; there is no “The gods have elevated me” that is higher than the back of a horse. During the week”…Former […]
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Headlines, Uncategorized
Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013
The General Superintendent of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry, William Kumuyi, has declared that the only antidote to the various challenges plaguing the world and Nigeria in particular is a closer relationship with God and a life devoted to his will. He said this at the church’s fourth edition of the special miracle service held […]
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Headlines
Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013
The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a guardian, Edwin Alagbaso, for allegedly torturing a 12-year-old rape victim. Alagbaso, who used razor blade, knife and an iron rod to punish the victim, blamed her for “causing the rape”. A 22-year-old man, Uche Chibueze, who raped the minor, was also arrested by the police. PUNCH Metro […]
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Headlines, Party Politics
Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013
BY GBENGA OKE & MONSUR OLOWOOPEJO …Opposition must work harder, says Aliyu Leading figures in the emerging mega-opposition political party, All Progressives Congress, APC, Monday, vowed to make sacrifices to dethrone Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, over what they claimed was the legacy of waste and wantonness inspired by PDP. They spoke even as Governor Babatunde […]
