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Thursday, October 11th, 2012
President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday said 50 to 70 per cent of many states in the country had been submerged by floods. He said since the compilation of data on the victims were still ongoing and there was a strong possibility that the figure might be more than that. Jonathan spoke at the Presidential Villa, […]
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Budget, Latest Politics
Thursday, October 11th, 2012
Economic and budgeting experts have expressed worries over the ability of the Federal Government to successfully implement the 2013 budget, which was presented to a joint session of the National Assembly on Wednesday, saying its performance on the current fiscal year leaves room for concern. According to the experts, the government must ensure that it […]
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Latest Politics, Oil Politics
Thursday, October 11th, 2012
The Federal Government is insisting on the benchmark price of $75 per barrel of crude oil in order to shore up the economy and make for macroeconomic stability, the Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has said. Okonjo-Iweala, who spoke to journalists shortly after the presentation of the 2013 budget proposals to the National Assembly […]
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Tuesday, October 9th, 2012
A surprising division emerged in the ranks of the people of Bakassi Peninsula, who are now making a different demand from the Federal Government. Led by former presidential aide, Senator Florence Ita-Giwa, the people, under the auspices of Bakassi People General Assembly, were now demanding that the Federal Government should forget about appealing the judgment […]
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Armed Forces, Latest Politics
Tuesday, October 9th, 2012
Written by Leon Usigbe Tuesday, 09 October 2012 PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan, on Monday, decorated the newly appointed service chiefs with their new ranks, He charged them to do more to end the persistent security challenges facing the country as well as the ongoing crude oil theft in the Niger Delta. Those sworn in and decorated […]
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Tuesday, October 9th, 2012
Written by Hassan Ibrahim Tuesday, 09 October 2012 Christian leaders from the North have said in Kaduna that they would no longer support the emergence of a Muslim president from the North since the region had had enough national Muslim leaders from the region since independence. The elders, under the aegis of Northern States’ Christian […]
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Tuesday, October 9th, 2012
THE Federal Government yesterday finally decided that it would not appeal the 2002 Bakassi judgment. In a statement it released at 11.30pm yesterday and signed by the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, the Federal Government stated that the firm of international legal practitioners it hired to advise on the merits and demerits of the […]
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Latest Politics, Oil Politics
Tuesday, October 9th, 2012
The Federal Government plans to spend N251.2bn on the repairs of three refineries. The Minister of Petroleum, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke made the disclosure on Monday when she appeared before the Senate Committee on Petroleum (Downstream). The minister was at the Senate with the Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Andrew Yakubu, and the Managing Director […]
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Monday, October 8th, 2012
By Soni Daniel & Ben Agande Abuja – BARELY 24 hours to the expiration of the window for Nigeria to seek a review of the 2002 International Court of Justice ruling on Bakassi Peninsula, Nigeria appears lost over what to do over the matter. President Goodluck Jonathan It was confusion galore throughout yesterday as top […]
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Monday, October 8th, 2012
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke, has said Nigeria will not apply for the review of the judgment of the International Court of Justice, ceding the Bakassi Peninsula to Cameroon. Adoke, in a statement on Monday, explained that the argument canvassed by the proponents of the review “is virtually bound […]