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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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Governors, Latest Politics
Thursday, May 22nd, 2014
The Northern States Governors’ Forum on Thursday hit back at the Federal Government over allegation that governors from the region were not doing enough to fight terrorism, describing the statement as “uncharitable and unfortunate.” Reacting to the Minister of Information, Labaran Maku’s allegation that the 19 governors in the North are not doing enough at curbing […]
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American Politics, Latest Politics
Thursday, May 22nd, 2014
Katie Couric: Dr. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala is Nigeria’s Finance Minister named recently as one of Time’s most influential people. I know that Abuja as we are talking is hosting the World Economic Forum on Africa right now, are you concerned about how the image of Nigeria is being projected all around the world at a […]
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American Politics, Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Thursday, May 22nd, 2014
Osama bin Laden Over three years after the international terrorist, Osama Bin Laden, was killed by the United States Naval Special Warfare Development Group and Central Intelligence Agency, the US has still not declassified letters linking the terrorist to Nigeria’s Boko Haram, a US-based newspaper report has indicated. The newspaper, The Daily Beast, quoted some […]
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Latest Politics
Thursday, May 22nd, 2014
Chairman of the conference, Justice Idris Kutigi The Federal Government is to spend extra N1.454bn on the delegates attending the National Conference due to the four-week extension it granted the confab on Thursday. There are 492 delegates at the conference and six principal officials. The Chairman of the conference, Justice Idris Kutigi, announced the extension […]
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Latest Politics, Oil Politics
Thursday, May 22nd, 2014
Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke | credits: File copy The Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Deziani Alison-Madueke and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation have filed a fresh suit before a Federal High Court in Abuja seeking to restrain the National Assembly from probing her over the alleged N10bn chartered jet scandal. Through the […]
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American Politics, Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Thursday, May 22nd, 2014
United States Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy and Human Rights, Sarah Sewall The United States Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy and Human Rights, Sarah Sewall, has said that corruption is hindering Nigeria’s efforts at ending insurgency in the North-East. Sewall, who appeared before a hearing of the House Foreign […]
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Armed Forces, Latest Politics
Thursday, May 22nd, 2014
The Federal Government may have taken a decision to henceforth stop soldiers and other personnel of the Armed Forces from being used as escorts to political office holders in the country. A security source in the Presidency said that the Federal Government would no longer allow soldiers to be in the entourage of governors, members […]
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Armed Forces, Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Wednesday, May 21st, 2014
[print] Chief of Army Staff, General Kenneth Minimah Chief of Army Staff, General Kenneth Minimah In a clear term, the Nigerian Army on Wednesday declared that its soldiers could not march force with force with the dreaded Boko Haram insurgents. The Chief of Accounts and Budget (army), Maj.-Gen. Abdullahi Muraina, said this at Jaji, near […]
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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 […]
