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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Tuesday, September 6th, 2011
THE Libyan dictator, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, is rumoured to have fled Libya, as rebel forces finalised plan to peacefully take control of Bani Walid, where he is believed to be hiding. Bani Walid people had remained loyal to Gaddafi, after rebels took over control of government in Libya, while the rebel forces were to launch attack on […]
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Africa & World Politics
Tuesday, September 6th, 2011
FOR nations in Africa to banish poverty from their domain, their leaders must ensure and sustain an annual growth of the continent’s economy by 11 per cent. World Bank Vice-President for Africa Region, Obiageli Ezekwesili, made this observation on Monday in Lagos while addressing media chiefs on the role of the media in development. Ezekwesili, who addressed […]
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Headlines
Tuesday, September 6th, 2011
The foreign exchange reserves fell to $32.3 billion by September 2, the same level they were on June 24, and down from a six-month high in August, according to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The foreign reserves peaked at $35.9 billion on August 8, its highest in six months, but fell to $32.92 billion at […]
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Boko Haram, National Politics, Top Stories
Tuesday, September 6th, 2011

The State Security Service (SSS) has arrested five members of the dreaded Boko Haram sect in connection with the April 8 and July 10 bombing of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office and the All Christian Fellowship Church respectively in Suleja, Niger State. Briefing newsmen at the SSS Headquarters in Abuja, yesterday, the Assistant […]
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Headlines
Tuesday, September 6th, 2011
In view of the ongoing security threat across the country, the Federal Government, through the Ministry of Aviation, has commenced investigations into the use of foreign pilots to carry out aerial survey and mapping of state boundaries through the airspace by some state governments and organisations. This development has been attributed to what key players in […]
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Governors, Niger, State News
Tuesday, September 6th, 2011
NIGER State governor, Dr Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu, has explained that transparent, free, fair and credible elections are the only antidote for democracy and good governance. The governor, who was represented by his deputy, Ahmed Musa Ibeto, at the opening ceremony of a one-week training workshop for commissioners and electoral officers of the state Independent Electoral Commission […]
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Latest Politics
Tuesday, September 6th, 2011
FOUR years after leaving office, it has been revealed that the second term ambition of former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, in 2003, did not receive the blessings of some people in certain quarters, as the Nigerian Tribune gathered that former head of state, General Abdulsalami Abu-bakar, was not in support of the ambition. According to a […]
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Latest Politics
Tuesday, September 6th, 2011
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan has vowed that his administration will not shield any corrupt person from investigation or prosecution by the anti-graft agencies in the country. The president, who gave the assurance on Monday, at the opening ceremony of the 8th national seminar on economic crimes holding at the Training and Research Institute of the Economic […]
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Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), South-East
Tuesday, September 6th, 2011
A group of political leaders have begun moves to convince their counterparts in the ruling Peoples Democracy Party (PDP) to dump the party ahead of its national convention in January next year. The group, which consists mainly of young political turks across the various political parties is led by one Chief Mathew Ezema and is […]
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Headlines
Tuesday, September 6th, 2011
Nigeria’s Ambassador to China, Aminu Wali, recently intimated the nation with the fate of 400 Nigerians wallowing in Chinese jails, mostly for hard-drug related offences. The diplomat, in a chat with a group of journalists in Beijing, China, said one of the inmates was executed last month by lethal injection. He lamented that the Nigerian […]