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Latest Politics, Nigerian Police
Thursday, January 12th, 2012
Amnesty International on Wednesday reiterated its call on the Nigeria Police to stop shooting at protesters. The organisation urged the Nigerian authorities to reform Nigeria’s police regulations in line with international standards, to prevent additional loss of life and ensure that the police use only firearms when it is strictly necessary to protect life. Amnesty […]
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Latest Politics, Oil Politics
Thursday, January 12th, 2012
CIVIL society groups, on Wednesday, said it saluted the courage of Nigerians and appreciated the fact that the main rallies against the fuel subsidy removal by the Federal Government had so far registered over three million protesters with many more yet-to-be enumerated clusters springing up. This came as the groups urged Nigerians at home and […]
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Latest Politics
Thursday, January 12th, 2012
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has blamed failed politicians for the violent dimension the ongoing protest against fuel subsidy removal has assumed across the country. The party recalled that it had previously cautioned labour and civil society organisations that if they proceeded on street protest, it might spiral out of control as it could be […]
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Boko Haram, Headlines
Thursday, January 12th, 2012
THERE was a heightening of the tension in Ibadan Tuesday night, following the discovery of 61 Hausa men concealedin a van. The fear of Boko Haram made those who discovered them raised the alarm which attracted attention. The suspects were arrested at Olusanya, Ring Road by some protesters during the ongoing nationwide strike. Nigerian Tribune […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Thursday, January 12th, 2012
GHANAIAN security agents seized a truckload of arms and ammunition believed to be on its way to Nigeria and arrested five people, a senior police officer in Accra said on Wednesday. The Tuesday seizure comes with Nigeria hit by mass protests and a national strike over soaring fuel prices, as well as spiralling violence blamed […]
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Abuja (FCT), Headlines, Kogi, Lagos, Niger, Oyo, State News
Thursday, January 12th, 2012
AS the nationwide strike against the fuel subsidy removal by the Federal Government entered the third day on Wednesday, the protest took a dangerous dimension in Minna, the Niger State capital, as an Inspector of Police attached to the state office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on David Mark road, within the metropolis, […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Wednesday, January 11th, 2012
The Nigerian High Commissioner in India, Mr. Oyebola Kuku, has expressed concern over the increasing number of Nigerians in jails in India. Kuku told visiting members of the House of Representatives Committee on Diaspora, led by Mrs. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, in New Delhi on Tuesday that more than 500 known Nigerians were in various jails across […]
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Headlines, House, Legislature, Senate
Wednesday, January 11th, 2012
The Convener of the Save Nigeria Group, Pastor Tunde Bakare, on Wednesday asked the National Assembly to immediately commence impeachment proceedings against President Goodluck Jonathan. Bakare, who spoke at the SNG rally at Ojota, Lagos, organised to demand the restoration of the N65 pump price of petrol, said Jonathan had committed and impeachable offence by […]
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Latest Politics, Oil Politics
Wednesday, January 11th, 2012
The Federal Government on Wednesday vowed to press ahead with its controversial deregulation policy, saying it would not revert the pump price of fuel from N141 to N65. Addressing State House reporters at the end of the Federal Executive Council meeting at the Council Chambers of the State House, Abuja, the Minister of Information, Mr. […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Oil Politics, Olu Ojedokun, PhD
Wednesday, January 11th, 2012
By Olu Ojedokun, London, UK – Jan. 11, 2012 – Over six months ago with painstaking analysis and a heavy heart we issued a paper titled ‘An Affordable Government’ to alert the government and the Nigerian people to the dangers of the profligacy contained in the budget. Today we face a crisis of monumental proportions […]
