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Latest Politics, Niger Delta
Monday, June 25th, 2012
A Niger Delta-based civil society organisation, People and Environmental Rights Assembly (PERA) has commended President Goodluck Jonathan for dispelling the insinuation that he is a sectional leader, by choosing the new National Security Adviser (NSA), Colonel Mohammed Sambo Dasuki (retd) from the core North. The group, in a statement signed by its national coordinator, Mr […]
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Women Politics
Monday, June 25th, 2012
THE wife of the Primate, Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), Mrs Nkasiobi Okoh, has charged women to cry unto God and trust Him for divine solution over Nigeria’s security situation. Okoh gave the charge at the maiden Archdeaconry women’s conference of the Cathedral Church of the Advent, Life Camp, Abuja, which ended on Sunday. The […]
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Boko Haram, Headlines
Monday, June 25th, 2012
SECURITY was on red alert on Sunday in Kaduna as the state government relaxed the curfew between 9.00 a.m. and 1.00 p.m. to enable Christians to attend church services across the state. Soldiers and armed policemen were stationed near churches to scare away trouble makers while helicopters on surveillance hovered in the sky as the […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Monday, June 25th, 2012
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan has urged all Nigerians to see the process of the transformation of the country as a project for all rather than just for himself and Vice-President Namadi Sambo. He made the plea on Saturday night during the 2012 Civil Service Dinner and Award Night at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Monday, June 25th, 2012
FOLLOWING the swiftness with which President Goodluck Jonathan relieved both General Andrew Owoye Azazi and Dr Haliru Mohammed Bello as National Security Adviser and Defence Minister respectively, palpable fear has gripped ministers and presidential aides, just as it emerged that Jonathan’s action is not to appease “an otherwise aggrieved North.” Unlike before, when he confided […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics, Raw Politics
Saturday, June 23rd, 2012
By: TIMOTHY OLA, Maiduguri Date: Thu, 06/21/2012 – 23:57 The Federal Government’s war on terrorism got a boost in Damaturu, Yobe State yesterday when soldiers captured one of the believed masterminds of last Christmas Day bombing of St. Theresa’s Catholic Church, Madalla, Niger State. In the net of the Joint Task Force (JTF) after a […]
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House, Legislature, Senate
Saturday, June 23rd, 2012
By: ADETUTU FOLASADE-KOYI, Abuja Date: Thu, 06/21/2012 – 23:52 The National Assembly Joint Committee on Aviation investigating crash of the Dana and Allied Airlines Aircraft yesterday said N300 billion Aviation Intervention Fund has been diverted by industry operators. The committee, chaired by Senator Hope Uzodinma, also revealed how Air Nigeria allegedly accessed N39.3 billion out […]
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Borno, Headlines, State News
Saturday, June 23rd, 2012
By: TIMOTHY OLA, Maiduguri Date: Fri, 06/22/2012 – Seven suspected Boko Haram men alleged to have masterminded the attack on Ekklizivar Yan’uwa A Nigeria (EYN) Church in Biu, Borno State recently said they were paid N7, 000 each to carry out the attack which left no fewer than three worshipers dead. One of the seven […]
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Soccer, Sports
Saturday, June 23rd, 2012
LONDON (AFP) – Three-time world footballer of the year Lionel Messi told The Times on Saturday that he will retire from football the day he feels he is no longer having fun. The 24-year-old Argentinian – who scored 73 goals in 60 games for Barcelona last season, breaking the European club record of 67 goals […]
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General Politics, Niger Delta, Top Stories
Saturday, June 23rd, 2012
BY SIMON EBEGBULEM, Benin City Alhaji Asari Dokubo, a former President of the Ijaw Youth Council and leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force (NDPVF). In this interview with Saturday Vanguard in Benin City, he bared his mind about current political situation in the country, saying that the people of the South South are […]
