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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 […]
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Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Latest Politics, National Politics
Friday, March 29th, 2013
Lagos – Central Bank Governor Lamido Sanusi says culture of impunity, much more than corruption, has hampered Nigeria`s development and promoted poverty. Sanusi, who spoke at the 5th Bola Tinubu Colloquium in Lagos on Thursday, said the unpreparedness of the country to sanction corrupt persons had ensured the emasculation of the system.He noted that corruption […]
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Latest Politics, Legislature, Senate
Wednesday, March 27th, 2013
BY IKECHUKWU NNOCHIRI ABUJA- Justice Adamu Bello of the Federal High Court in Abuja, Wednesday issued an order of perpetual injunction restraining the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Mohammed Abubakar, from arresting the embattled Chairman of the disbanded Pension Reform Task Team, PRTT, Mr. Abdulrasheed Maina. The court made the order after it vacated the […]
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Lagos, Latest Politics, State News
Wednesday, March 27th, 2013
Less than a week after the arrest of some suspected terrorists, including a Chadian, in Ijora area of Lagos State, the State Security Service on Tuesday intercepted a truck conveying scores of illegal immigrants into the state and arrested them. The PUNCH learnt that the arrest took place at the Berger area, which is a […]
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Jigawa, Kaduna, Latest Politics, Rivers, State News
Tuesday, March 26th, 2013
Posters of Governor Sule Lamido of Jigawa State and his Rivers State counterpart, Mr. Rotimi Ameachi, announcing their intention to contest the 2015 presidential poll on the platform of the Peoples Democracy Party have flooded Kaduna. This came less than 48 hours after prominent politicians in the North central zone boycotted the party’s reconciliation meeting […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics, Wole Soyinka
Monday, March 25th, 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 […]
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Latest Politics
Saturday, March 23rd, 2013
The National Economic Council (NEC) yesterday approved the sharing of $2 billion from the Excess Crude Account (ECA) among the three tiers of government. Briefing State House correspondents at the end of the 49th NEC meeting at the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa, Akwa Ibom State Governor Godswill Akpabio said the Council received an […]
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Latest Politics, Uncategorized
Thursday, March 21st, 2013
THERE may be no end yet to the criticisms trailing the recent presidential pardon granted the former Bayelsa State Governor, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha as Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) and Niger Delta Civil Society Coalition (NDCSC) have faulted the pardon. But, former Abia State Governor, Orji Uzor Kalu and the Ijaw […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Thursday, March 21st, 2013
THE planned arraignment of the alleged mastermind of the 2011 Christmas Day bombing of St. Theresa’s Catholic Church in Madala, Niger State, Mr. Kabiru Umar (alias Kabiru Sokoto) before the Federal High Court, Abuja Division, got stalled Wednesday owing to the absence of legal representation. Sokoto, who claimed not to understand English Language, spoke through […]
