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Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Thursday, July 17th, 2014
BY Ben Agande, JOHNBOSCO AGBAKWURU & JOSEPH ERUNKE ABUJA — Former Defence Minister, Lt General Theophilus Danjuma (Rtd.), yesterday, lamented that insurgents appear to be having an upper hand in the country at the moment and tasked President Goodluck Jonathan to bring the insurgency to an end. President Jonathan, on his part, is seeking approval […]
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Adamawa, Boko Haram, Latest Politics, State News, Top Stories
Tuesday, July 15th, 2014

Some parents of the over 200 schoolgirls abducted from Chibok, Borno State over two months ago on Tuesday shunned President Goodluck Jonathan’s invitation. Jonathan had on Monday told a girl-child education campaigner, Malala Yousafzai, that he was ready to meet the parents. Yousafzai, who had earlier met with some parents and some girls who escaped […]
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Africa & World Politics, Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Tuesday, July 15th, 2014
The alleged mastermind of the April 14 blast in Nyanya, Abuja, Aminu Ogwuche, has been extradited by Sudan to Nigeria on Tuesday. Ogwuche, who was handed over to the Interpol Unit of the Nigeria Police Force by the Sudanese authorities was flown into the country in a special flight from Khartoum, Sudan, which touched down […]
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Africa & World Politics, Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Tuesday, July 15th, 2014
By VICTORIA OJEME & RAPHAEL IZOKPU ABUJA—The Pakistani girl child education campaigner, Malala Yousafzai, has called on Boko Haram to release the schoolgirls who were abducted on April 14, saying the girls have not committed any crime. Malala, who is in the country to commemorate Malala Day yesterday in Abuja, urged the sect to stop […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Tuesday, July 15th, 2014
Boko Haram’s Chief butcher who slaughtered 7 including children arrested on July 15, 2014 / in News 12:43 pm / Comments FROM: KINGSLEY OMONOBI-AB UJA. Following the massive onslaught by Security Forces on the activities of the insurgent group, Boko Haram, at the Balmo Forest Bauchi State, Police detectives attached to Bauchi State Police Command […]
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Africa & World Politics, General Politics, Latest Politics, Top Stories
Sunday, July 13th, 2014

• L–R: Director, Defence Information, Maj.-Gen. Chris Olukolade; girls education campaigner, Malala Yousafzai; spokesperson of the State Security Service, Marilyn Ogar; and Coordinator, National Information Centre, Mr. Mike Omeri, during Malala’s visit to the National Information Centre, in Abuja… on Sunday. | credits: NAN. Five of the schoolgirls who escaped from Boko Haram captivity […]
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All Peoples' Congress (APC), Latest Politics, Party Politics
Thursday, July 10th, 2014
BY DAPO AKINREFON THE All Progressives Congress, APC, has advised Christians in Osun State to disregard the false information being circulated by PDP agents in some churches that the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has instructed Christians in the state to vote for a Christian candidate in next month’s governorship election. In a statement by […]
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Boko Haram, Borno, Latest Politics, State News
Thursday, July 10th, 2014
By LAIDE AKINBOADE ABUJA— The #Bring Back Our Girls campaign group that has been leading protest for the release of the more than 200 schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram in Chibok, Borno State, yesterday, denied an allegation by the Department of State Services, DSS, that the group had turned into a franchise. In a statement […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics, United Nations
Thursday, July 10th, 2014
• ‘Nigeria records 60,858 violent deaths in eight years’ DETERMINED to tackle insurgency in Nigeria, the United Nations (UN) Thursday disclosed that it had adopted a new strategy that would assist the Federal Government in curbing the Boko Haram whose activities have claimed several lives. In a related development, a report by the […]
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CBN (Central Bank of Nigeria), Latest Politics, National Politics, Senate, Top Stories
Thursday, July 10th, 2014

• Rejects panel’s proposal to stop fuel subsidy • Wants speedy passage of PIB • Mark blames executive, legislature for graft IT is not true that $49.8 billion oil money is missing from the Federation Account as alleged by a former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Malam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, the Senate declared […]