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Gombe: 4 Killed as Gunmen Attack Mobile Police

Posted by admin Gombe, Headlines, State News Monday, October 17th, 2011

A police officer and three civilians were in the early hours of Sunday killed when unknown gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram members attacked 34 Squadron Mobile Police Base along Dukku Road on the outskirts of Gombe metropolis. Also in Jos, Plateau State, a soldier was lured to his death, while a reprisal by the […]

National Assembly is Encouraging Corruption, Says Auditor-General

Posted by admin House, Legislature, Senate Monday, October 17th, 2011

National Assembly By Onwuka Nzeshi The growing cases of sleaze and fiscal indiscipline in the country have been blamed on the nonchalance and failure of the National Assembly to act on the annual reports from the nation’s Auditor General. This was part of the report which the Auditor General released over the weekend on the […]

Press Release: There is only one Brotherhood

Posted by admin Headlines, Press Releases Sunday, October 16th, 2011

Press Release: There is only one Brotherhood Our attention has been drawn to a subjective and uninvestigated publication on page 6 of the Punch newspaper of Saturday, 8th October, 2011, captioned “Thugs invade BCS Bethels”; authored by one Etim Ekpima. The publication is not just a handiwork of mischief makers and enemies of ‘truth’, but […]

Jonathan and This Government Must Not Fail…- By Prince Charles Dickson

Posted by admin Articles, Columnists, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), NNP Columnists, Presidency, Prince Charles Dickson Sunday, October 16th, 2011

By Prince Charles Dickson, Jos, Nigeria – October 16, 2011 – The person with the cross-bow thinks that the monkey is not clever; the monkey is clever, but it is following its own strategy. (It matters nothing if one is derided, as long as one knows what one is doing and why.) Over the years […]

Nigeria Must Counter Terrorism initiatives

Posted by admin Latest Politics, NNP Spotlight Sunday, October 16th, 2011

By Cecil Ibegbu – (Guardian) – I AM very saddened on the turn of events in Nigeria as it relates to security and the bombing of the Nigeria Police Force Headquarters in Abuja. All well meaning Nigerians must condemn such act, speak up against it, and overall, Nigeria government must seize the moment and institute […]

Mixed results trail N29b teaching hospitals’ project

Posted by admin Headlines Sunday, October 16th, 2011

NINE years later. with over N29 billion expended, the Federal Government’s plan to refurbish 14 teaching hospitals in the country is far from satisfactory implementation. Nine years after the contract was signed between Vamed Engineering and the Federal Government, most respondents, doctors and hospital administrators say the project has not met its promise of providing […]

Around and About Nollywood

Posted by admin Arts/Culture & Entertainment, Nollywood (Film Industry), On The Lighter Side Sunday, October 16th, 2011

CONCERNED about domestic violence, especially as it affects children, notable actor and filmmaker, Elvis Chucks, has produced a movie to address this ill in the society. Titled Victims Of The Society, the movie addresses child abuse. According to Chucks, “you can see these happening mostly in Africa and other continents of the world, especially with […]

Violence rages in Borno, Gombe, Plateau

Posted by admin Borno, Gombe, Plateau, State News Sunday, October 16th, 2011

Inspector dies, vehicles burnt in police barracks blast Soldier, vigilance group leader killed Army chief claims mass arrest of Boko Haram members CARCASSES of burnt vehicles and roofing sheets littered the area. The charred remains of a victim, who was identified as a police officer welcomes visitors to the facility. The entire vicinity was in […]

Abia reluctant to recall sacked non-indigenes

Posted by admin Abia, Headlines, State News Sunday, October 16th, 2011

DESPITE the criticisms trailing the recent sack of non-indigenes in its workforce, the Abia State Government at the weekend said it would not rescind the decision. This was disclosed at the weekend by the Information/Strategy Commissioner, Okwubunka Don Ubani while speaking to journalists in Umuahia. He said, “the decision is irreversible despite the criticisms in […]

Why I took to terrorism, by Abdulmutallab

Posted by admin Headlines Sunday, October 16th, 2011

IT is a study in the psychology of a young, well-trained engineer from an affluent background turned terror mind. Psycoanalysts and allied professionals would do well to pour over it now, not for its author’s sake for he may well be beyond helping in the hands of an unmovable justice system and a people braying […]