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Armed Forces, Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Sunday, January 13th, 2013
By NDAHI MARAMA MAIDUGURI—BARELY 24 hours when a top suspected Boko Haram terrorist was arrested in Abuja at a former National Assembly Lawmaker, the Joint Task Force, JTF, “Operation Restore Order,” said, Sunday, it has also arrested one Mohammed Zangina, a high profile Boko Haram Commander and Shura Committee member who reportedly co-ordinated the bombings […]
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Latest Politics, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP)
Sunday, January 13th, 2013
Oni, Babatope, Filani in line to replace Oyinlola • Ex-Osun gov files court brief, seeks stay-of execution The sacked National Secretary of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, has launched a fight back to save his political career. He has filed an appeal against the judgment of a Federal High Court in Abuja, […]
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Boko Haram, House, Latest Politics, Legislature, Raw Politics
Sunday, January 13th, 2013
The State Security Service (SSS) has arrested a Boko Haram member, Hassan Pagi Bukar, at the residence of a former member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Tijani Umara Kumalia. Bukar is suspected of visiting Abuja to wreak some havoc. The ex-lawmaker was interrogated by the SSS on Friday. He denied having any link with […]
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Latest Politics
Saturday, January 12th, 2013
BY GODFREY BIVBERE & LAIDE AKINBOADE with agency report ABUJA — The Federal Government, yesterday, vowed to place heavy sanctions on the e-waste ship that was arrested on Wednesday. It also ordered that the toxic wastes laden containers on board the ship, MV Marivia Monrovia, be shipped back to the port of origin in the […]
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Latest Politics
Saturday, January 12th, 2013
BY GABRIEL ENOGHOLASE …Says Jonathan’s political agenda is cloudy Professor Omo Omoruyi, a political scientist, former Director – General of the defunct Centre for Democratic Studies (CDS) and former Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the University of Benin in this interview with Vanguard Politics in Benin, spoke on a host of national issues including why fears that […]
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CBN (Central Bank of Nigeria), Latest Politics
Saturday, January 12th, 2013
Passport seized From FRED ITUA, Abuja Former Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Professor Charles Chukwuma Soludo, has regained freedom after spending more than 14 hours in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The former apex bank chief was on Thursday morning arrested by EFCC operatives and quizzed for several […]
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Latest Politics, Oil Politics
Wednesday, January 9th, 2013
The Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has refuted media reports which allege that the Federal Ministry of Finance is blocking verified payments to marketers. According to the Minister, the Finance Ministry made the N161.6 billion supplementary budget for subsidy payments which had been approved by the National Assembly […]
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Latest Politics
Wednesday, January 9th, 2013
A whopping sum of N6.16tn was withdrawn from the Federation Account and shared among the three tiers of government in the 2012 financial year, investigations have revealed The figure is the total amount allocated under various distribution sub-heads, as approved by the legal framework upon which the account is being managed. They are statutory allocation, […]
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Latest Politics
Wednesday, January 9th, 2013
Former National Security Adviser Mohammed Gambo-Jimeta fears the country could be heading for a sudden collapse due to bad governance. Gambo-Jimeta, who was also Inspector-General ofPolice during the Ibrahim Babangida administration, is concerned about growing insecurity and poverty in the country, lamenting that successive governments had failed to lay a solid foundation for national development. […]
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Latest Politics, National Politics
Wednesday, January 9th, 2013
The Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on Tuesday confirmed The PUNCH’s story that the Federal Government’s subsidy account with the Central Bank of Nigeria was empty, blaming the situation on technical hitches in the documentation with the CBN. Okonjo-Iweala, while briefing journalists in Abuja, said the transfer of funds meant for fuel subsidy payments […]
