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American Politics, Boko Haram, Latest Politics, National Politics, Top Stories
Tuesday, May 6th, 2014
The US says it considers the abduction of more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls by Islamist militants “an outrage” and is offering help to try to rescue them. White House spokesman Jay Carney said President Barack Obama was being briefed as his national security team was monitoring developments. Earlier, a video emerged of the leader of […]
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American Politics
Saturday, May 3rd, 2014
US President Barack Obama plans to ask Attorney General Eric Holder to investigate problems surrounding the application of the death penalty. The US leader’s announcement comes just days after a botched execution in Oklahoma drew widespread attention. Obama called inmate Clayton Lockett’s prolonged death earlier this week from an improperly delivered lethal injection “deeply […]
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American Politics, Headlines
Friday, May 2nd, 2014
Some American celebrities took to their social media accounts on Thursday to lend a voice for the release of over 200 schoolgirls kidnapped in Chibok, Borno State, about two weeks ago. They expressed sadness over the issue and asked their followers on the various social media to join the campaign in ensuring that the girls […]
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American Politics, Headlines
Saturday, April 26th, 2014
When President Barack Obama becomes the first American leader to visit Malaysia in decades, he’ll arrive in a country grappling with the mystery of a vanished jetliner. Obama lands in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday, seven weeks to the day Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappeared with 239 people aboard. He’s remained largely quiet over the issue […]
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American Politics, Boko Haram, Headlines
Sunday, April 20th, 2014
President Goodluck Jonathan A coalition of over 13 United States-based organisations under the aegis of Working Group on Nigeria, has written to President Goodluck Jonathan seeking a drastic action against the activities of Boko Haram Islamic sect. It described the sect as “the second most deadly terrorist group for the year 2012 ranking only behind […]
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American Politics, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Philip Ikomi
Tuesday, March 25th, 2014
By Dr. Philip Ikomi | NNP | March 25, 2014 – It is quite nauseating to read on the pages of Nigerian newspapers stories such as the subject of this article. Who cares? One would like to know the basis of the US report. Why does the US give reports about various countries around the […]
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American Politics, Latest Politics, National Politics, Top Stories
Wednesday, March 19th, 2014
President Goodluck Jonathan | credits: File copy THE United States government’s recent report on the role of the government in the proliferation of corruption in Nigeria offers a fresh and undeniable insight into why graft is so deeply entrenched in the Nigerian system. If the government that should stamp out corruption is now actively protecting […]
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American Politics, Headlines
Wednesday, March 12th, 2014
A Louisiana man who spent nearly three decades on death row has walked free, after prosecutors asked a judge to set aside his first-degree murder conviction and death sentence, citing new evidence in the case that exonerated him. Glenn Ford, 64, was convicted by an all-white jury for the 1983 robbery and murder of […]
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Africa & World Politics, American Politics, Latest Politics
Saturday, March 8th, 2014
Few hours after resumption of work by the new Minister of Defence, General Aliyu Gusau (rtd), there are strong signals that discreet moves are on to conscript what a top security source called “dark forces within Western intelligence agencies” to tame insurgency in Northeastern Nigeria. Citing top intelligence briefings, the source hinted that the Boko […]
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Africa & World Politics, American Politics, Headlines
Saturday, March 8th, 2014
Several hours after a Malaysia Airlines’ Boeing 777 disappeared somewhere over the waters between Malaysia and Vietnam early Saturday morning, the United States’ Navy has dispatched the USS Pinckney and a P-3C Orion aircraft to assist in the search. The Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, carrying 239 passengers and crew members, was on its way to […]
