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Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Wednesday, May 16th, 2012
A human rights group has threatened to drag President Goodluck Jonathan and other key government officials before the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Hague, Netherlands for crimes against humanity should the killings continue. The group, Human Rights Writers’ Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) disclosed its intention in Abuja yesterday. It was disturbed by the unending […]
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Latest Politics
Wednesday, May 16th, 2012
The Federal Government has denied claims by the Nigerian Labour Congerss (NLC), on its purported move to split the labour union through the registration of a parallel labour movement. Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chief Emeka Wogu, who made this known yesterday in Abuja, equally described the allegation as “mere speculation” as there was no […]
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Latest Politics
Wednesday, May 16th, 2012
Harsh words rather than comfort, come from the Senate yesterday, to Nigerians stranded in Indonesian jails.” Chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, Matthew Nwagwu, had earlier sought the leave of the chamber for its intervention in the plight of Nigerians languishing in Indonesian jails, some, on trumped-up charges. Rising under Order 42 of […]
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Latest Politics, South-West
Wednesday, May 16th, 2012
Wednesday May 16 , 2012 Alaafin Photo: Sun News Publishing More Stories on This Section Don’t take South-west by all means, was the warning from Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi (III), to politicians yesterday ahead of the 2015 polls. Except Ondo, the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) controls Lagos, Ekiti, Ogun, Oyo and […]
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Latest Politics
Wednesday, May 16th, 2012
The Presidency yesterday described as sad and unfortunate Major-General Muhammadu Buhari’s comments that the Federal Government is the “biggest Boko Haram”. Buhari, former Military Head of State and presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) also allegedly predicted that there would be bloodshed if the government fails to organise free and fair elections […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Monday, May 14th, 2012
Former chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Delta State University chapter, Professor. Patrick Muoboghare at the weekend called on President Goodluck Jonathan to take the bull by the horn and unravel the sponsors of Boko Haram sect. Muoboghare, a Niger Delta activist, described the activities of the dreaded sect as “unwholesome,” insisting […]
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Constitution, Latest Politics
Friday, May 11th, 2012
nd David Attah, Kaduna 2 Comments Senate President, David Mark and Speaker, House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal | credits: File copy As the National Assembly prepares for the amendment to the 1999 Constitution, a clash is imminent between the North and the South over the nature of the country’s federalism. While the northern socio-political group, […]
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Judiciary, Latest Politics
Friday, May 11th, 2012
May 12, 2012 by Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja President Goodluck Jonathan may formally reinstate the suspended President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Ayo Salami, next week following the recommendation of the National Judicial Council. A Presidency source, however, said the step would only be taken after the President must have received an official correspondence […]
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Latest Politics
Friday, May 11th, 2012
The National Security Adviser (NSA), Gen. Andrew Owoye Azazi, said yesterday economic empowerment of the North remains a viable solution to Boko Haram insurgency. This, he said, could be done through dialogue. He said that without such empowerment, President Goodluck Jonathan’s Transformation Agenda would remain a dream. Boko Haram, the Islamist sect, had rendered the […]
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Latest Politics
Thursday, May 10th, 2012
Thursday, May 10, 2012 • Photo: Sun News Publishing More Stories on This Section The Federal Government is planning to extend the Almajiri education programme aimed at mopping 9.5 million children from the streets in the north to other parts of the country as a national programme. This is even as it signs a Memorandum […]
