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Sunday, June 9th, 2013
From ABDULGAFAR ALABELEWE, Kaduna Pioneer Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and 2011 presidential candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, yesterday urged Nigerians to unite and recover their country from alleged tyrants. He decried the reign of corruption and insensitivity to the plight of the common man, […]
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American Politics, Latest Politics, National Politics
Wednesday, June 5th, 2013

Wanted Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, could be tried for terrorism in the United States or in courts of partner nations if caught, the U.S. Acting Assistant Director of Diplomatic Security Threat Investigations and Analysis Directorate, Kurt Rice, has said. Rice whose country on Monday placed $23m bounties on five leaders of terrorist groups in […]
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Latest Politics
Sunday, June 2nd, 2013
Security operatives have begun a massive search for Hezbollah armoury and terror cells in the North. Security operatives had on Thursday found an armoury and terror cell at No. 3, Gaya Road, Off Bompai Road, Kano. The building was said to be owned by a Lebanese who was out of the country when the discovery […]
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Governors, Latest Politics
Sunday, June 2nd, 2013
The fight for the control of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum between Rivers Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, and Plateau Governor, Jonah Jang, took a different turn on Friday as pro-Ameachi governors, represented by Lagos Governor, Babatunde Fashola, went to court to stop Jang from parading himself as the chairman of the NGF. Fashola, who filed the suit […]
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Latest Politics
Saturday, June 1st, 2013
The Federal Government has again stated that the on-going State of Emergency in Adamawa, Yobe and Borno is meant to protect the civilian population and the territory from the macabre and dastardly assault on the Nigerian rather than the country reports from some media houses. This was made known in a statement signed Saturday by […]
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Abuja (FCT), Jigawa, Latest Politics, Rivers, State News
Thursday, May 30th, 2013
PRESIDENTIAL campaign posters featuring Jigawa State governor, Alhaji Sule Lamido, and his Rivers State counterpart, Rotimi Amaechi, surfaced in the Federal Capital Territory on Wednesday thus signalling an interesting twist to the 2015 elections. The coloured posters, versions of which had been reportedly sighted earlier in Kaduna and Niger states, bear portraits of Lamido and […]
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American Politics, Latest Politics
Wednesday, May 29th, 2013
American civil rights leader, Baptist Minister and two-time Democratic Presidential nominee, Rev. Jesse Jackson, was in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, as a Guest Speaker at Isaac Boro Day lecture. He spoke on a wide range of issues in this interview with journalists. MIKE ODIEGWU was there. An excerpt: You are from one of the most advanced […]
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American Politics, Latest Politics
Tuesday, May 28th, 2013
A DIRECTIVE from the White House has cancelled outright the visit of United States’ (U.S.) President, Barack Obama, to Nigeria on his second trip to the continent, informed U.S. sources have confirmed. While some middle level State Department officials had already intimated some U.S.-based non-governmental organisations (NGOs) on plans to include Nigeria on the U.S. […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Tuesday, May 28th, 2013
By KINGSLEY OMONOBI ABUJA — The troops deployed to flush out terrorists from Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states following declaration of state of emergency said they have intercepted messages by the leadership of Boko Haram urging sect members to regroup and refuse to give up. Vanguard learnt that the interception made by the military communication […]
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Armed Forces, Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Monday, May 27th, 2013
By KINGSLEY OMONOBI ABUJA — The troops deployed to flush out terrorists from Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states following declaration of state of emergency said they have intercepted messages by the leadership of Boko Haram urging sect members to regroup and refuse to give up. Vanguard learnt that the interception made by the military communication […]