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Anambra, Articles, Columnists, Emeka Chiakwelu, NNP Columnists, State News
Friday, January 6th, 2012
By Emeka Chiakwelu, NNP- Jan. 6, 2012 – Governor Obi of Anambra State and his administration deserves unequivocal applaud on transferring 1,040 schools back to the original owners. It is important to highlight such an important and affirmative move by Obi’s administration to show that we are all committed to the truth and a better […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Odenigbo Chidi Anyaeche, South-East
Friday, January 6th, 2012
By Odenigbo Chidi Anyaeche, London, UK – Jan. 6. 2012 – Killing of Igbo’s in Nigeria by their fellow Nigerians of Northern Nigerian Muslim extraction seems to be a yearly ritual. But the recent killings by a radical Islamic sect called Boko Haram (Western education is meaningless) that operates mostly from North East Nigeria that […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Prince Charles Dickson
Friday, January 6th, 2012
By Prince Charles Dickson, Jos, Nigeria – Jan. 6, 2012 – “If figures of what we spend are published to the Nigerian people, riots will erupt all over the country” Adams Oshiomole The Federal Government is to fund a quarter of its 2012 budget proposal with external and domestic loans. A total of $1.712 billion […]
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Akintokunbo A. Adejumo, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Oil Politics
Friday, January 6th, 2012
By Akintokunbo Adejumo, London, UK – Jan. 6, 2012 – I will be very frank with you; despite the raging debates over the past six months or so, I had not the slightest intention of writing on this contentious and controversial issue of fuel subsidy removal in Nigeria until the Federal Government actually did it […]
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Latest Politics, Oil Politics, Raw Politics
Friday, January 6th, 2012
The wife of late Chief Gani Fawehinmi, Ganiyat, on Friday in Osogbo, said that the spirit of her husband was behind Nigerians in the fight against the removal of fuel subsidy. The widow said that ineptitude and corruption on the part of the Federal Government was the reason behind removal of fuel subsidy. Ganiyat called […]
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Jigawa, Kano, Katsina, Latest Politics
Friday, January 6th, 2012
January 7, 2012 by Mustapha Salihu, Kano The spate of unrest that has enveloped the country since the removal of petroleum subsidy by President Goodluck Jonathan has added to the challenges facing security operatives nationwide. In Kano, Jigawa and Katsina states, not only has the fear of bomb blasts and other nocturnal activities of the […]
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Latest Politics, Oil Politics
Friday, January 6th, 2012
January 7, 2012 by Olusola Fabiyi, Abuja Indications have emerged in Abuja on why President Goodluck Jonathan hurriedly removed subsidy from petroleum products on January 1, 2012. An investigation by our correspondent showed that the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party and some politicians insisted that the subsidy must be removed early in his regime. […]
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Latest Politics, Oil Politics
Friday, January 6th, 2012
January 7, 2012 by Niyi Odebode, Fidelis Soriwei and Everest Amaefule, Abuja Organised labour and other interest groups have faulted the N141 per litre of petrol template being used by the Petroleum Products Regulatory Agency and the Federal Government in selling the product to Nigerians. This is even as a top official of the Nigeria […]
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Boko Haram, National Politics, Top Stories
Friday, January 6th, 2012
Gunmen believed to be members of the Boko Haram that has claimed responsibility for a wave of bloody attacks in the north, killed 28 people and wounded many others on Thursday and Friday in Gombe and Mubi, Adamawa State. Eyewitnesses said the gunmen had stormed the venue of a meeting in Mubi and fired directly […]
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Headlines, Nigerian Police
Friday, January 6th, 2012
January 7, 2012 by Eniola Akinkuotu Friends and neighbours of Niyi Ehindero, a businessman, who was allegedly killed by soldiers attached to the Operation MESA unit in Mushin during a clash between warring parties on Thursday, have urged the police and military authorities to bring the killers to book. Niyi was said to be a […]
