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American Politics, Boko Haram, General Politics, Latest Politics, Top Stories
Thursday, August 9th, 2012
ABUJA (AFP) – US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Nigeria on Thursday to meet President Goodluck Jonathan and was expected to offer assistance in helping the country stop a worsening Islamist insurgency. Her visit to Nigeria comes with Jonathan under growing pressure to stop the violence in the northern and central regions of […]
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CBN (Central Bank of Nigeria), Latest Politics
Thursday, August 9th, 2012
Justice Hussein Baba-Yusuf of the FCT High Court on Thursday gave CBN Governor Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, a last chance to obey court order or face “the consequences of disobedience’’. Baba-Yusuf gave the warning following complaints by Chief Tochukwu Onwugbufor (SAN), counsel to Chief Chudi Chukwuani, that the CBN had flouted a court order that mandated […]
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Latest Politics
Wednesday, August 8th, 2012
FORMER Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, was on Wednesday quizzed at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport by State Security Service (SSS) personnel attached to the airport. El-Rufai was billed to travel to Dubai for an undisclosed reason in an Emirates Airline when he was picked up for questioning. According to information […]
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American Politics, Latest Politics
Wednesday, August 8th, 2012
AN international human rights group, the Human Rights Watch, on Wednesday, called on the United States Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, to encourage President Goodluck Jonathan to address the increasingly deadly violence in Northern and Central parts of the country during her proposed visit to Nigeria. The group sent the message to Clinton in a […]
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Latest Politics
Wednesday, August 8th, 2012
August 9, 2012 by Ademola Oni and Olalekan Adetayo Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe, on Wednesday lambasted a former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, and the Convener of Save Nigeria Group, Pastor Tunde Bakare, for their alleged consistent criticism of the administration of President […]
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Latest Politics
Wednesday, August 8th, 2012
BY HENRY UMORU ABUJA—ELDER statesman and prominent Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin Kiagbodo Clark, yesterday, stoked his campaign against Northern leaders over the activities of Boko Haram by asking security agencies to go after former Minister of Finance, Mallam Adamu Ciroma and former Governor of Kaduna State, Alhaji Lawal Kaita. The former Federal Information commissioner, who […]
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Latest Politics
Tuesday, August 7th, 2012
HERE was a public outcry on Tuesday against the spate of terrorist attacks in the country, particularly the Monday killings at the Deeper Life Bible Church in Kogi State. Many people who spoke to our correspondents on Tuesday said the country was on the brink of anarchy. Groups and individuals, including the Church of Nigeria […]
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Latest Politics, North-Central, North-East, North-West
Tuesday, August 7th, 2012
The Minister of Information, Mr. Labaran Maku, has said the insecurity problems in the northern part of the country may not help Nigeria to move forward. He also said it was regrettable that the northern part of the country, which he said was once leading in peace and tranquillity, had become the theatre of war. […]
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Education, Latest Politics
Tuesday, August 7th, 2012
Federal Government through the Tertiary Education Trust Fund has earmarked N95bn for intervention in universities, polytechnics and colleges of education. Out of this figure, N70bn is the TETFund’s annual allocation to institutions, while the remaining N25bn is for the Special High Impact project in tertiary institutions across Nigeria. Minister of Education, Prof. Ruqayyatu Rufa’i, said […]
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Armed Forces, Latest Politics, State News
Monday, August 6th, 2012
AT least, 33 out of the 36 states of the federation have men of the Nigerian Army complementing the police, in order to protect the citizens. The statistics was given on Monday by the General Officer Commanding the Second Mechanised Division, Ibadan, Major-General Muhammad Abubakar, in Osun State. Abubakar made the declaration during the launch […]
