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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 […]
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Saturday, October 6th, 2012
By Soni Daniel, Assistant Editor & Ikechukwu Nnochiri, Abuja The spontaneous excitement that trailed the announcement of the formation of a team by President Goodluck Jonathan to work towards the review of the International Court of Justice ruling on the Bakassi peninsula is being cut short following alleged frantic attempt by a top government functionary […]
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Thursday, October 4th, 2012
Minister of Information, Mr. Labaran Maku, insists the Federal Government alone cannot successfully address the security challenges facing the country. Speaking during a Citizens Forum in Ilorin on Thursday to mark the end of the National Good Governance Tour in Kwara State, the minister said to address the security challenges, there was the need for […]
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Latest Politics, Oil Politics
Thursday, October 4th, 2012
The bid by the House of Representatives to probe the controversial sale of an oil block, OPL 245, was stalled on Thursday by key Federal Government officials with information on the deal. The alleged “shady sale” involved the Federal Government, Shell/Agip Consortium and Malabu Oil and Gas Limited, with OPL 245 being sold to the […]
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Adamawa, Latest Politics, State News
Thursday, October 4th, 2012
ANGERED by the massacre at the Federal Polytechnic, Mubi, Adamawa State, National Chairman of the ruling Peoples, Democratic Party, Bamangar Tukur, on Thursday asked the Federal Government to put an immediate stop to indiscriminate killings in the land. Some gunmen on Monday night stormed an off-campus residence of the students and called them out for […]
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Armed Forces, Latest Politics
Thursday, October 4th, 2012
President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday named Vice Admiral Ola Ibrahim as the new Chief of Defence Staff. According to a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, Ibrahim, who is from Kwara State, replaces Air Chief Marshal Oluseyi Petinrin, who retires from service. Until his new appointment, […]