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Latest Politics
Monday, April 8th, 2013
Importation of rice and raw cane sugar into the country gulped a whopping sum of N88.15bn in the last quarter of 2012, the National Bureau of Statistics stated in its fourth quarter 2012 trade statistics. The report, signed by the Statistician-General of the Federation, Dr. Yemi Kale, put the fourth quarter importation of semi-milled or […]
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Latest Politics
Monday, April 8th, 2013
PLOT to replace Vice President Namadi Sambo by some northerners may not augur well for the continued development of the North and the country in general, a chieftain of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), Ambassador Ladan Shuni has said. Shuni, who is the vice chairman, Board of Trustees (BoT) of the ACF, said in an […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Monday, April 8th, 2013
Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Legislative Compliance, Mr. Maruf Akinderu-Fatai, on Sunday said it was necessary to seek the views of relatives of victims of Boko Haram attacks before the Federal Government grants amnesty to members of the sect. Akinderu-Fatia, who spoke with one of our correspondents, said it would be wrong for the […]
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Latest Politics, Rivers, State News
Sunday, April 7th, 2013
Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi has ruled out the possibility of having a violent revolution in the country. Amaechi spoke in Ekiti State on Saturday at the second Nigeria Symposium for Young and Emerging Leaders. Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi, Prof. Pat Utomi, Chief Executive Officer of Sahara Group, Mr. Tonye Cole, and representative of […]
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Latest Politics, Niger Delta, Nigerian Police
Sunday, April 7th, 2013
Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta on Sunday claimed that its fighters killed the 12 policemen whose boat was ambushed in Azuzama, Southern Ijaw, Bayelsa State, on Saturday and that the deaths were to teach the security forces a lesson for scorning its warning. The militant group had last week announced that it […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Thursday, April 4th, 2013
Northern leaders on Thursday said they were not supporting the violence being perpetrated by Islamist sect, Boko Haram. The leaders, who spoke under the auspices of pan northern socio-political organisation, Arewa Consultative Forum, said their call for amnesty to and dialogue for the sect members did not mean that they were sympathetic to their actions. […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Thursday, April 4th, 2013
Sequel to a meeting with the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) Wednesday night, in which he intimated them that he will convene a crucial security meeting the following day, President Goodluck Jonathan Thursday consulted the National Security Council (NSC) on the proliferation of terrorism arising from the belligerence of the dreaded Islamic sect- Jama’atul Ahlus Sunnah […]
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Boko Haram, Lagos, Latest Politics, State News
Sunday, March 31st, 2013
Operatives of the Joint Task Force on Sunday averted another major attack by terrorists in Kano by raiding their hideouts at Unguwa Uku area of the ancient city. The operatives, acting on a tip off, were said to have raced to the area around 4am and intercepted a Volkswagen Golf, primed with explosives, which some […]
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Kwara, Latest Politics, Nigerian Police, State News
Sunday, March 31st, 2013
BY ANAYO OKOLI THE new Assistant Inspector General of Police [AIG], Zone 9, Umuahia, Abia State, Mr. Tambari Yabo Muhammad, has called on the governors in the zone to set up security trust fund to assist in providing logistics for security agencies in the zone. Muhammad, who spoke to journalists shortly after meeting with police […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics, Wole Soyinka
Friday, March 29th, 2013
BY JIMITOTA ONOYUME PORT HARCOURT – NOBEL laureate Professor Wole Soyinka has lashed at members of Boko Haram, saying they have limited knowledge of Islamic religion. Speaking Monday in Port Harcourt at the opening of this year’s Rivers state education summit, organised by the state government Professor Soyinka said poor knowledge of the Koran was […]