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FG okays special tribunal for election violence

Posted by admin Latest Politics Thursday, May 24th, 2012

May 24, 2012 by Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja 11 Comments Minister of Information, Labaran Maku | credits: File copy The Federal Executive Council on Wednesday approved a White Paper on the report of the Dr. Sheikh Lemu-led Federal Government Investigation Panel into the 2011 Election Violence and Civil Disturbances. One of the highlights of the White […]

Police arrest S/South indigene Boko Haram suspect in Kano

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Kano, Latest Politics, South-South, State News Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012

ANOTHER breakthrough was recorded by the Kano State police command, on Monday, when a member of the Boko Haram sect, Augustine Effiong (a.k.a Abubakar Garba), 25, an indigene of Akwa Ibom State, was arrested in connection with the recent attack in Bayero University, Kano (BUK), where no fewer than 30 Christians were killed during a […]

Nigeria, S’Africa tidy trade ties, free entry for nationals

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012

THE Federal Government is leading the campaign for free entry into South Africa and Nigeria for diplomats and holders of the two countries’ official passports. The proposal was presented to South Africa yesterday at the on-going Eighth Nigeria-South Africa Bi-National Commission (BNC) confab in Cape Town. The Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Working Group of the […]

Insecurity: We don’t need Ministry of Northern Affairs – Aliyu

Posted by admin 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 […]

Don’t designate Boko Haram a Foreign Terrorist

Posted by admin 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 […]

North seeks three more geopolitical zones (What have you done w/ the 3 you have now?)

Posted by admin 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, […]

Jega, INEC boss, escapes mob attack in Jigawa

Posted by admin 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 […]

FG to Boko Haram: Grab offer of dialogue now

Posted by admin 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, […]

Agoro Threatens to Sue Buhari, FG over Buhari’s treasonable statements

Posted by admin 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) […]

US, Nigeria set for talks on Boko Haram

Posted by admin 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. […]