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Armed Forces, General Politics, Latest Politics, Top Stories
Thursday, May 22nd, 2014
Nigerian director of defence information Brigadier-General Chris Olukolade speaks We don’t have funds to fight insecurity, says Army Posted by: Tony Akowe, Kaduna in News 22 hours ago The Nigerian Army has said it lacks the financial capacity to tackle Boko Haram’s insurgency and other security challenges facing the country. The Chief of Accounts […]
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Boko Haram, General Politics, Latest Politics, Top Stories
Tuesday, May 20th, 2014
The BBC’s Will Ross: “For the last two years Jos has been fairly free of attacks” The bodies of at least 118 people have now been recovered from the sites of twin bombings in the central Nigerian city of Jos, the nation’s emergency management agency says. The first blast was in a busy market, the […]
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Adamawa, Borno, General Politics, House, Legislature, Top Stories, Yobe
Thursday, May 15th, 2014
Service Chiefs brief lawmakers on extension The House of Representatives has approved President Goodluck Jonathan ‘s request for an extension of the State of Emergency currently in place in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe States. The President had in a letter addressed to the Speaker of the House, Hon Aminu Waziri and read on the floor […]
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General Politics, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency
Wednesday, May 14th, 2014
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo The battle for the political soul of Ogun State reverberated on Tuesday at the National Conference in Abuja when a delegate representing the South-West, Senator Femi Okurounmu, told members of the Confab Committee on Political Restructuring and Forms of Government by that his kinsman and former President Olusegun Obasanjo did not […]
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General Politics, Headlines, National Politics
Wednesday, May 14th, 2014
Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar The Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, is expected to proceed on terminal leave any moment from now, having spent the mandatory number of years in service. Abubakar, from Zamfara State, enlisted into the Nigeria Police Force on July 30, 1979 and is due for retirement on July 30, 2014, […]
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Boko Haram, General Politics, Latest Politics
Sunday, May 4th, 2014
Can the N-Delta model stop the insurgents? In what is turning out to be a DOUBLE WAMMY for residents of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja, they would now have to contend with the episodic threats of bombings and bombings by members of the Jama’atu Ahliss-Sunnah Lidda’awati Wal Jihad, popularly known as Boko Haram, on […]
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Africa & World Politics, General Politics, Headlines
Saturday, April 26th, 2014
By Brian Silver The British Homeland Security has deported Mrs. Helen Ukpabio, the President and Founder of one of Nigeria’s largest Pentecostal churches believed to be leading the spread of witch-hunting in the country. A United Kingdom based human right activist and charity worker, Ms. Modupe Debbie Ariyo announced this in a one paragraph sentence […]
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Cross River, General Politics, State News, Top Stories
Saturday, April 26th, 2014
Abumi Three year old Mma Abumi Edet is currently the toast of her community. The people of Mbarakom community in Akampkpa Local Government Area of Cross River State believe this “mysterious’’ child has not only helped in resolving an age-long monarchical struggle in their community, but put an end to a catalogue of evils that […]
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General Politics, Latest Politics, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023)
Sunday, April 13th, 2014
A former Head of State, General Muhammadu Buhari, is not perturbed by reports that he and other prominent Nigerians have had their movements restricted by security agents. A close aide of the general, Mr. Rotimi Fashakin, said this in a telephone interview with our correspondent, in Abuja, on Thursday. He was reacting to a news […]
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Delta, General Politics, Latest Politics, Top Stories
Wednesday, April 9th, 2014
It has no precedent in law – Defence counsel The confiscation hearing against the former governor of Delta state, Chief James Onanefe Ibori reopened yesterday at a London Crown Court with the British Crown prosecution lead counsel, Sasha Wass, calling for a full retrial of the entire case. Wass informed the court that the crown prosecution […]
