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Armed Forces, Latest Politics, National Politics, Top Stories
Saturday, September 20th, 2014
Some retired senior military officers have backed the death sentence passed on 12 soldiers of the Nigerian Army for committing mutiny. The officers told SUNDAY PUNCH that it was necessary for the military to maintain its age-long rules on discipline. The soldiers were court-martialled for a variety of offences, including firing shots at the General Officer Commanding, […]
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Latest Politics
Saturday, September 20th, 2014
By Olasunkanmi Akoni & Monsur Olowoopejo Barely, one week after the Synagogue incident, President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, sent experts to the scene of the collapsed six storey building at the Synagogue Church Of All Nations, SCOAN, to commiserate with the church leaders. The team was also sent to conduct immediate investigation into the immediate and […]
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Africa & World Politics, General Politics, Latest Politics, Raw Politics, Top Stories
Friday, September 19th, 2014
There are strong indications that efforts of the Federal Government to ensure amicable settlement of issues surrounding the $9.3m seized by South Africa have failed. South Africa’s National Prosecuting Authority, in an email to our correspondent in Abuja on Thursday, said that the matter was still under criminal investigations. There were reports on Wednesday that […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics, North-East
Friday, September 19th, 2014
Abuja – The Minister of Information, Mr Labaran Maku, has urged northern elders and youths to strive to ensure that peace reigned in the region for development to thrive. Maku made the call on Friday in Abuja at the Ministerial Press conference where the Minister of Works, Mr Mike Onolememen, appeared to present the score […]
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Boko Haram, CBN (Central Bank of Nigeria), Latest Politics
Friday, September 19th, 2014
WHEN the Australian negotiator, Dr Stephen Davis, alleged that an unnamed top official of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) was among the sponsors of the Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria many people took his words with a pinch of salt as he had also named a former Chief of Army Staff, retired Lt Gen […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Friday, September 19th, 2014
By Kingsley Omonobi & Henry Umoru ABUJA—President Goodluck Jonathan promised yesterday that by next month, the security challenge posed by members of the Boko Haram sect who have engaged in massive killing and wanton destruction of property would change drastically. This is just as the troops have killed 60 of the insurgents. Speaking yesterday at […]
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Latest Politics, National Politics
Friday, September 19th, 2014
Atiku Abubakar on Friday blasts Goodluck Jonathan’s record on security, vowing that Boko Haram could be crushed easily if politicians chose to do so. In an interview, he accused Jonathan and his ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of lacking the political will to end the insurgency, which has killed thousands since 2009. “This insurgency shouldn’t […]
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Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics
Tuesday, September 16th, 2014
National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki The Federal Government was aware of the move by two Nigerians and an Israeli to purchase arms in South-Africa, The PUNCH’s investigations have revealed. A security source told one of our correspondents that the $9.3m seized from the two Nigerians and an Israeli in Johannesburg Airport on Monday, were […]
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Armed Forces, General Politics, Latest Politics
Tuesday, September 16th, 2014
Director of Defence Information, Maj.-Gen Chris Olukolade. | credits: www.nigeriancurrent.com Military authorities have retired the former General Officer Commanding the 7 Division of the Nigerian Army, Maiduguri, Maj. Gen. Abubakar Mohammed. Investigations by The PUNCH revealed this on Tuesday just as the Nigeria Labour Congress, the Trade Union Congress and human rights lawyers pleaded for the pardon of […]
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Arewa House, Latest Politics
Monday, September 15th, 2014
THE Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has labelled the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan a failure. The pan-Northern organisation, in an open letter to the president, issued to journalists in Kaduna, on Sunday, said the state of insecurity in the region had deteriorated under the watch of the Presidency. ACF said it reached that conclusion at […]
