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Africa & World Politics, Boko Haram, Headlines
Monday, July 2nd, 2012
Written by Olawale Rasheed, Abuja Monday, 02 July 2012 AS part of a soft approach to the ongoing Islamist insurgency, the Federal Government has commenced discreet contacts with moderate Islamist salafists who, while sharing similar thoughts with the Jihadi salafists within the Boko Haram sect, are opposed to armed struggle. Previous efforts at reaching the […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Monday, July 2nd, 2012
(AFP)—Masked gunmen killed 17 people and wounded dozens in gun and grenade attacks on two churches Sunday in the Kenyan town of Garissa near the border with Somalia, officials said. As Kenya vowed not to be deterred, Washington extended its support to the east African powerhouse and the Vatican expressed concern that attacks on Christian […]
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Boko Haram, Headlines
Monday, July 2nd, 2012
Two soldiers, two policemen and three suspected members of the Boko Haram sect are believed to have died during a military raid at the weekend on Boko Haram hideout in Damaturu, the police said. Gunshots were heard at about 6pm on Saturday, the official curfew time in the Yobe State capital, as members of the […]
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Headlines
Monday, July 2nd, 2012
Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb has threatened to act “with firmness and determination” against anyone collaborating with a West African force that might intervene in north Mali. Mokhtar Belmokhtar, a leader of AQIM, which is one of the armed Islamist groups controlling the huge territory for the past three months, warned Saturday that no one […]
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Headlines, Kaduna, State News
Sunday, July 1st, 2012
Scene of a bomb blast | credits: File copy DAVID ATTAH gives a detailed account of what transpired penultimate Sunday, when Kaduna State became a theatre of war. The time was 6:00 a.m. on Sunday, June 17, 2012. Madam Victoria Akpojiyovwi, fondly called “Mama” by her grandchildren, would by now be giving praises to the […]
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American Politics, Headlines
Sunday, July 1st, 2012
The Director, Center for Global Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Development, in Indiana University, United States, Professor Bessie House-Soremekun, has given reasons for the inability of Nigerian and African businessmen to access the massive funds lying idle in the business sector in America. House-Soremekun said the dearth of partners that could be trusted by American businessmen had […]
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Headlines
Sunday, July 1st, 2012
THE Senate, on June 21, adopted the report of its joint committee on establishment and inter-governmental affairs and states and local governments and recommended, among other things, the prosecution of Chairman of Pension Task Force Team, (PTFT), Abdulrasheed Maina, and other members of the team (including Mr. John Yusuf and B. G. Kaigama) for a […]
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Enugu, Headlines, State News
Sunday, July 1st, 2012
N International Helicopter Training School, the first of its kind in the West African sub-region would commence operations next month in Enugu State, says Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Umar Dikko. Dikko spoke at the weekend during a graduation ceremony of students of Administration, Air Police, Music, Physical Education and Regiment at 325 Ground […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Sunday, July 1st, 2012
THE Federal Government may have indefinitely suspended the proposed repair work earlier scheduled to begin on the Third Mainland Bridge today, thus putting the controversy with the Lagos State officials over the matter to an abrupt but temporary end. Lagos Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), Charles Nseobong Akpabio, yesterday disclosed in […]
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Abia, Headlines, State News
Sunday, July 1st, 2012
THE Abia State House of Assembly has presented a N1m cheque to parents of 15 students of Abayi International Secondary School, Aba, who were kidnapped and rescued in 2010. The House also gave approval to relationship between the state government and Fidelity Bank of Nigeria Plc; approved dissolution of the state’s Board of Physical Planning […]
