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Police make mass arrest over murder of Kwara CP

Posted by admin Headlines, Kwara, Nigerian Police, State News Tuesday, March 5th, 2013

The Enugu State Police Command on Tuesday said it had raided criminals’ hideouts and made random arrests in its investigations of the murder of Kwara State police commissioner, Mr. Chinweike Asadu, last Saturday. The Enugu State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Tonye Ebitibituwa, who announced the arrests declined giving the number and identity of those arrested. […]

How northern governors split Boko Haram

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Governors, Latest Politics Tuesday, March 5th, 2013

BY Emmanuel Aziken, Political Editor …C’ttee recommends amnesty, compensation LAGOS—The recent split in the ranks of the Islamist insurgent group, Boko Haram, leading to a division over a ceasefire, has been traced to a recent peace initiative spearheaded by the Northern States Governors Forum, NSGF. The peace offensive, which saw a delegation of the forum […]

Declare total amnesty for Boko Haram, Sultan tells Jonathan

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Latest Politics, National Politics, Sultan of Sokoto, Top Stories Tuesday, March 5th, 2013

By Luka Binniyat KADUNA — THE Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, yesterday, asked President Goodluck Jonathan to immediately grant amnesty to all members of the Islamic sect, Boko Haram, as a way of encouraging them to lay down their arms. Abubakar, who is also the President-General of Ja’matu Nasril Islam, JNI, the umbrella […]

AFRICAN IMMIGRANT MAGAZINE JANUARY 2013

Posted by admin Books & Magazines Monday, March 4th, 2013

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Igiebor stranded in Nigeria after Nations Cup win

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Monday, March 4th, 2013

Three weeks after wining the African Nations Cup with the Super Eagles, midfielder Nosa Igiebor is unable to rejoin his Spanish club, Real Betis. This is because the Spanish Embassy in Lagos as Thursday, was still playing hide and seek with regards to the issuance of an entry visa to the player. Igbiebor after the […]

Ezekwesili’s Challenge – By Arnold A. Alalibo

Posted by admin Arnold Alalibo, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists Sunday, March 3rd, 2013

By Arnold A. Alalibo / NNP / March 4, 2013 – Mrs Obiageli Ezekwesili, former Vice President of the World Bank and ex-Minister of Solid Minerals and Education, was in the news recently over her challenge to the Federal Government to account for N45 billion in foreign reserve account and another N22 billion in the […]

Letter: Kudos to Abia varsity for withdrawing Kalu’s certificate

Posted by admin Abia, Headlines, Letters, State News Sunday, March 3rd, 2013

The editor, I would like to thank the senate of Abia State University for withdrawing the certificate formerly granted our admirable one-time governor of Abia State, Chief Orji Uzor Kalu. If I have the power to grant national honors, the members of the Senate of the university who who voted for the withdrawal of the […]

APC: Determination or Desperation? -By Dr. Jideofor Adibe

Posted by admin Articles, Columnists, Jideofor Adibe, PhD, NNP Columnists, Party Politics Sunday, March 3rd, 2013

By Dr. Jideofor Adibe / London, UK / March 4, 2013 – The recent announcement by the leading opposing parties that they were dissolving their parties in favour of a mega party, the All Progressive Congress (APC) took Nigerians by surprise. True, Nigerians were not unaware of its coming but very few expected that it […]

Breaking News: Kwara Police Commissioner, Chinwike Asadu, shot dead in Enugu

Posted by admin Headlines, Kwara, Nigerian Police, Raw Politics, State News, Top Stories Sunday, March 3rd, 2013

ENUGU-Tragedy struck in Enugu Saturday night when the Kwara State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Chinwike Asadu, was shot dead by unknown gunmen. His police orderly, Aloha Olaniyi and Driver, Oliver Omeh, who were with him at the time of the incident sustained serious bullet wounds and are said to be lying critically at the National […]

Abia varsity withdraws Kalu’s certificate

Posted by admin Abia, Headlines, State News Saturday, March 2nd, 2013

The Abia State University has withdrawn the degree certificate it awarded to a former governor of the state, Uzor Orji Kalu. An online news portal, Premium Times, reports that the university in a statement by its Registrar, O. E. Onuoha, on Saturday said the decision was taken after an emergency meeting of the university senate […]