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Governors, Latest Politics, Sultan of Sokoto
Thursday, April 12th, 2012
Apparently disturbed by by challenges facing the country and the Muslim community in particular, a must –attend conference has been scheduled to hold in Abuja middle of this month by a coalition of Muslim organizations in Nigeria to discuss the state of the nation. Those expected to attend the two-day confab include the Sultan of […]
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Action Congress of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Latest Politics, Party Politics, Presidency
Thursday, April 12th, 2012
April 12, 2012 by Niyi Odebode, Fidelis Soriwei and Femi Makinde The Action Congress of Nigeria on Wednesday said it had uncovered a plot by the Peoples Democratic Party to destabilise the South-West geo-political zone as part of President Goodluck Jonathan’s plan to contest the 2015 presidential poll. The ACN, in a statement in Lagos […]
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American Politics, Latest Politics
Thursday, April 12th, 2012
April 12, 2012 by Oluwole Josiah and Friday Olokor Investigations into the administration of pensions in the country have assumed a new twist as the Joint Committee of the Senate on the Pensions Probe has alleged an attempt by the Pensions Reforms Task Team to bribe its members. Chairman of the committee, Senator Aloysius Etok, […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Tuesday, April 10th, 2012
The Federal Government is investigating how Presidency officials leaked to the media details of the activities of the Dr. Datti Ahmed panel set up to negotiate with Boko Haram. The probe comes amidst a disclosure by a high ranking official of the State Security Service (SSS) (names withheld) that the agency is set to arraign […]
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Abuja (FCT), Latest Politics, State News
Monday, April 9th, 2012
By Charles Kumolu and Gbenga Oke In the concluding part of this interview with a Russian trained medical doctor and political radical, Dr. Junaid Mohammed, he reiterated the North’s e readiness for National Conference. He also responds to the issues of Nigeria’s federalism that have recently dogged the polity. Excerpts: Appointment with Enahoro To show […]
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Latest Politics
Monday, April 9th, 2012
BY ABDALLAH EL-KUREBE Sokoto – The Federal Government has spent N5 billion on 35 model Almajiri primary schools being built across the nation, Executive Secretary of Tertiary Education Trust Fund, TETF, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, has said. Yakubu, spoke at a briefing in Sokoto, yesterday, ahead of the inauguration of the Almajiri Boarding Primary School scheduled […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Friday, April 6th, 2012
Wife of the alleged mastermind of the Christmas Day bombing of St. Theresa’s Catholic Church, Madalla, Niger State, Kabiru Abubakar Dikko, alias Kabiru Sokoto, has delivered a baby boy in a police cell where she is being detained. The wife of the Boko Haram henchman was arrested by the police after her husband escaped from […]
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Latest Politics
Thursday, April 5th, 2012
LAWYERS joined yesterday the row over a construction company’s church gift to the President’s home town, saying his defence of the alleged bribe is untenable. The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), which called on the National Assembly to impeach Dr Goodluck Jonathan for alleged violation of the Constitution, restated its stand yesterday. It rejected the […]
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Latest Politics
Thursday, April 5th, 2012
The Anglican Church of Nigeria yesterday berated the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) over its recent call for the National Assembly to begin impeachment procedure to remove President Goodluck Jonathan over a church renovated in his native town of Otuoke, Bayelsa State by a construction company, Ghitti. The ACN, through its Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai […]
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Armed Forces, Boko Haram, Kano, Latest Politics, State News
Thursday, April 5th, 2012
April 5, 2012 by Mustapha Salihu, Kano Nigerian Army on Wednesday issued a warning of a possible terrorist attack in Kano during the Easter. The warning by the General Officer Commanding 1 Mechanized Division, Kaduna, Maj.-Gen. Garba Wahab, came after the Joint Military Taskforce killed three suspected members of Boko Haram in a gunfight in […]