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Latest Politics
Monday, May 21st, 2012
By GBENGA OLARINOYE OSOGBO – Chairman of Northern States Governors’ Forum and Niger State Governor, Dr. Muazu Babangida Aliyu, yesterday, declared that the North did not require any special ministry to take care of insecurity in the North. Fielding questions after delivering the fifth Alhaji Abdullateef Olufemi Okunnu annual lecture, entitled, “Breaking the Myth of […]
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American Politics, Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Monday, May 21st, 2012
Twenty American scholars with a special interest in Nigeria and broad expertise on African politics have warned the United States government not brand Nigeria’s violent Islamic sect Boko Haram a Foreign Terrorist Organisation, (FTO). The scholars who are drawn from various universities across United States, in a letter to Hillary Clinton, US Secretary of state […]
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Latest Politics
Monday, May 21st, 2012
Font size: David Mark The North is demanding three more geopolitical zones – if zoning will be in the latest amendment to the 1999 Constitution. Also, some members of the National Assembly are pushing for new states from old provinces. Some of the provinces are: Zaria , Kabba, Oyo, Ijebu, Bida, Old Annang, Warri, […]
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INEC Politics, Jigawa, Latest Politics, Raw Politics, State News
Sunday, May 20th, 2012

By Aliyu Dangida Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Mohammed Jega, reportedly escaped death, yesterday, when some youths attacked him at the palace of the Emir of Kazaure, Alhaji Najib Hussaini Adamu, in Jigawa State. Jega was said to be in the town to attend the wedding of the daughter of […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Sunday, May 20th, 2012
* All options are open – VP Sambo By Kingsley Omonobi “Drop your arms and embrace dialogue”. With these words, the Federal Government restated its willingness to engage in talks with the Islamist group, Boko Haram, to end the spate of bombings, gun attacks and killings in some parts of the North. The vice president, […]
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Latest Politics
Saturday, May 19th, 2012
Chairman of the National Action Council, Dr Olapade Agoro, has vowed to sue Major General Muhammed Buhari (rtd) and the Federal Government unless the retired general is arrested and prosecuted over a statement credited to him that the Federal Government was worse than Boko Haram. Buhari, the candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) […]
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American Politics, Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Saturday, May 19th, 2012
Nigeria and the United States of America (USA) are set for high-level talks in Washington next month with the issue of Boko Haram likely to top the agenda. The US Justice Department is already pressing the State Department to designate the Islamist sect as a “foreign terrorist organisation,” according to a document obtained by Reuters. […]
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Governors, Latest Politics, North-Central, North-East, North-West
Friday, May 18th, 2012
May 18, 2012 by David Attah and Uzoma Ubabukoh 252 Comments The 19 northern governors on Thursday rose in defence of the Presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari. Buhari’s party on Wednesday had described the Jonathan administration as the “most corrupt ever,” in response to the Presidency and the Peoples […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Friday, May 18th, 2012
THE Federal Government has struck military deal with no fewer than 17 countries, in its bid to contain the menace of terrorism occasioned by the activities of the Boko Haram sect This was disclosed in Abuja, on Thursday, by the Minister of Defence, Dr Bello Haliru Mohammed, while speaking at the ongoing ministerial platform organised […]
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Ebonyi, Latest Politics, State News
Friday, May 18th, 2012
Abuja – President Goodluck Jonathan now eats locally produced rice and bread made from cassava as part of efforts to encourage indigenous production and stop capital flight, says Minister of Information Labaran Maku. Maku disclosed this in Abuja on Thursday at the Ministerial Platform where the Ministries of Science and Technology, Defense, Niger Delta Affairs […]