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Nigeria doctors denied visas for Hiroshima confab

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Friday, August 24th, 2012

Japan won’t grant visas to most members of a group of Nigerian doctors planning to attend a conference in Hiroshima sponsored by the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, its U.S. affiliate said Wednesday. The Foreign Ministry said it rejected requests from nine of the 13 Nigerian applicants. Kazuo Inamura, a senior official […]

CBN to introduce N5,000 note next year

Posted by admin CBN (Central Bank of Nigeria), Headlines Thursday, August 23rd, 2012

NEW legal tender will be introduced in the country early next year by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), it has now been confirmed. It’s a N5,000 bill, which will, among others, have the features of three female Nigerian nationalists: Margaret Expo, Funmilayo Kuti and Gambo Sawaba on it. According to the CBN Governor, […]

Mother recalls last conversation with slain Cynthia Osokogu

Posted by admin Headlines Thursday, August 23rd, 2012

SURROUNDED by sympathisers at their ECWA Staff Quarters home in Farin Gada on Zaria Road, Jos North Local Council of Plateau State, Mrs Joy Osokogu, mothers of Cynthia Osokogu who was killed in a Lagos hotel room, yesterday spoke of the family’s anguish upon learning of her death. The huge toll the anxiety and uncertainty, […]

Force inevitable if Mali talks fail, says Nigeria

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, African Union (AU), ECOWAS, Latest Politics, United Nations Thursday, August 23rd, 2012

ENT Goodluck Jonathan yesterday warned that regional troops would definitely intervene in the occupied area if negotiations with extremists in Mali failed to yield a solution. This came days after Mali’s new Foreign Minister Tieman Coulibaly said that winning back the Islamist-occupied north was the top priority of a unity government which was formed on […]

Gunmen attack Yobe prison, injure policemen, civilians .

Posted by admin Headlines, State News, Yobe Thursday, August 23rd, 2012

ALTHOUGH the military Joint Task Force (JTF) is up and doing in the seven troubled wards of Damaturu metropolis in Yobe State, gunmen have struck again. They attacked the Satellite Prison in the area with Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) and petrol-bombs and wounded four policemen guarding the building, as well as two residents. Eyewitnesses said […]

Crisis among govs, meeting on state police, constitution stalls .

Posted by admin Constitution, Governors, Latest Politics Thursday, August 23rd, 2012

Amaechi, others mute on parley • Aliyu, IG list dangers of state police ONCE it was a cohesive house, but it is now clear that the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) is a divided body. Twice it has fixed a meeting in a week but without adequate representation from the 36 states of the federation to […]

CAN wants Jonathan to sanction minister over comment on religion

Posted by admin Latest Politics Thursday, August 23rd, 2012

From Niyi Bello, Akure Oritsejafor advertisement Cautions against retaliation THE Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) yesterday urged President Goodluck to sanction the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Mohammed Nurudeen, for allegedly stating that “Nigeria is one of the most Christian-populated Islamic nations in the world.” The National President of CAN, Pastor Ayo […]

Police parade suspected killers of General’s daughter in Lagos

Posted by admin Headlines Wednesday, August 22nd, 2012

POLICE in Lagos State have arrested two undergraduates, suspected to be responsible for the death of Cynthia Osokogu, daughter of a general in the Nigerian Army, whose remains were discovered in one of the mortuaries in the state. The state Commissioner of Police, Umar Manko, while parading the suspects before newsmen at the state police […]

FG asks airforce to patrol borders

Posted by admin Armed Forces, Headlines Wednesday, August 22nd, 2012

THE Federal Government has tasked the Nigerian Airforce with additional responsibility of patrolling and surveilling the country’s border. The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Mohammed Umar, who announced this on Wednesday while declaring open a two-day retreat for unit commanders and directors, said already, the operational bases were active with over 65 per cent […]

Boko Haram: Atiku dissociates self from Facebook statement

Posted by admin Latest Politics Wednesday, August 22nd, 2012

FORMER vice-president, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has distanced himself from a message circulated in his name on Facebook last week, condemning Presi-dent Goodluck Jonathan for linking him (Atiku) with the sponsors of the activities of the Islamic sect, Boko Haram. The statement, posted by a group which called itself “Atiku for Nigeria,” lampooned President Jonathan for […]