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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye
Sunday, January 29th, 2012
By Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye, Lagos, Nigeria – Jan. 29, 2012– When President Goodluck Jonathan appointed Dr. (Mrs.) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Finance Minister and also named her the “Coordinating Minister of the Economy (CME),” I was greatly surprised that several Nigerians appeared to share the president’s rather lofty expectations that she was coming with fresh, workable ideas to […]
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Articles, Columnists, Ikechukwu Enyiagu, NNP Columnists
Sunday, January 29th, 2012
By Ikechukwu Enyiagu,NNP, Jan. 29, 2012- I come to you, Nigeria and Nigerians, in the name of Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen. I stand here today as a slave, made from nothing, and then created by God through His Word, Jesus the Christ. I’ve gone through my own faults, Oh Lord, as your servant in […]
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Anthony A. Kila, Articles, Columnists, Kano, NNP Columnists, State News
Sunday, January 29th, 2012
By Anthony A. Kila, London, UK – Jan. 29, 2012- Scientist and atheists may not agree but most people believe that after death there is a soul that lives on. Many are convinced or at least hope that the dead continue to, in one way or another, show some interest in the lives and vicissitudes […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Sunday, January 29th, 2012
(CNN) — Nigerian security forces killed 11 suspected Islamic militants Saturday in the northeastern city of Maiduguri. The militants belonging to Boko Haram died in a search operation, police said, a day after the group attacked a Mandawari police station in Kano province. Military forces have since cordoned off the area around the provincial capital […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Sunday, January 29th, 2012
A screengrab from YouTube reportedly shows the Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, who threatens in an audio message to bomb schools in Nigeria. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images The Islamist group Boko Haram, which has killed almost 1,000 people in Nigeria, will continue its campaign of violence until the country is ruled by sharia law, a senior […]
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Latest Politics
Sunday, January 29th, 2012
Islamist sect Boko Haram, whose attacks have killed hundreds in Nigeria, will continue its campaign until the country is ruled by sharia law, a senior member was quoted as saying by a British newspaper on Saturday. “We will consider negotiation only when we have brought the government to their knees,” Boko Haram spokesman Abu Qaqa […]
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Latest Politics, Nigerian Police
Sunday, January 29th, 2012
Mr. Hafiz Ringim’s retirement and his replacement by Mr. Mohammed Abubakar as the acting Inspector-General of Police has opened doors to an imminent shake-up in the police. Ringim and his management team of six Deputy Inspectors-General of Police were sent packing last week, ostensibly due to the inability of the police to curtail […]
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Africa & World Politics, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Sunday, January 29th, 2012
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday assured African leaders and the international community that the wave of terror in Nigeria would soon be over. Jonathan spoke at the 18th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. “Your counsel, more especially offers of support and cooperation, to deal with […]
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Latest Politics, Raw Politics
Sunday, January 29th, 2012
By Abdulwahab Abdulah & Bartholomew Madukwe Major Hamza al-Mustapha, former chief security officer to the late General Sani Abacha, and a co-accused to know fate over the killing of the late Kudirat Abiola. Twelve years ago when they were arraigned before a Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja over alleged complicity in the murder […]
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Biafra, Presidency, Yakubu Gowon (1966-75)
Sunday, January 29th, 2012
BY DAPO AKINREFON CHIEF Tola Adeniyi, is a foremost journalist and former Managing Director of Daily Times. In this interview with Vanguard, stressed the need for restructuring of the polity into a confederal system as agreed at the Aburi, Ghana meeting of 1966 to address the myriad of problems facing the country. While he canvassed […]
