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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 […]
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Boko Haram, Kano, Latest Politics, Nigerian Police, State News
Monday, May 19th, 2014
Nigeria police said on Monday that they thwarted a fresh attempt to detonate a car bomb in Kano, a day after a bombing killed four people in an area of the city attacked repeatedly by Boko Haram. “The police in Kano today… (at) about 9:00am (0800 GMT) averted what could have been another devastating bomb […]
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Boko Haram, Borno, Latest Politics, State News
Monday, May 19th, 2014
Opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) on Sunday, said the presidency could salvage its battered integrity over the botched Chibok trip by arranging a surprise one, which would not leak before the trip. A statement by its spokesperson, Lai Mohammed, also knocked the presidency for manhandling what could be a belated but redeeming trip. It described […]
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Africa & World Politics, Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Monday, May 19th, 2014
THE 10 Chinese workers abducted by Boko Haram gunmen in Cameroon are most likely taken back across the border to the Nigerian Islamist group’s strongholds, a police official said on Sunday. “We are almost certain that the 10 Chinese have been kidnapped and transferred to Nigeria. We have no fresh news about them,” the official […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics, National Politics, Top Stories
Monday, May 19th, 2014
Seyi Gesinde with Agency Reports May 19, 2014 – BOKO Haram, the terrorist group that abducted over 200 schoolgirls in Chibok, Borno State, may have abandoned its prisoner swap for Chibok girls position, as it plans to begin the release of the girls from next week. According to Telegraph, a United Kingdom (UK) newspaper, it […]
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INEC Politics, Latest Politics
Sunday, May 18th, 2014
Former Head of state and presidential candidate in 2011 general elections Major General Muhammad Buhari has counselled the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) to organise a credibly free and fair elections come 2015. He made the plea in Boko, Zamfara State while commissioning a 78 km road project executed by the state government as part of […]
