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Latest Politics
Friday, March 30th, 2012
THE Federal Government has declared Friday, 6th and Monday, 9th of April 2012 as public holidays to mark this year’s Easter celebrations. Minister of Interior, Comrade Abba Moro, who announced this on behalf of the government in a statement in Abuja on Thursday, said the public holidays were in line with the Christian calendar and […]
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American Politics, Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Friday, March 30th, 2012
TWO members of the suspected Islamist militant sect also called Boko Haram were on Wednesday night shot dead by police while three policemen sustained injuries, when the sect attacked and burnt down a police station in Damagum in Yobe State. Spokesman for the police in Yobe State, Mr Toyin Gbadegesin, who confirmed the incident in […]
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Latest Politics, Legislature, Senate
Thursday, March 29th, 2012
The Senate President, David Mark, on Wednesday, accused the aviation regulatory agencies in the country of conniving with foreign airlines to fix high air fares. Specifically, Mark described the arbitrary price charged by British Airways and Virgin Atlantic as exploitative and unreasonable. Senator Hope Uzodinma with 27 others in a motion entitled: “Violation of Aviation […]
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House, Latest Politics, Legislature
Wednesday, March 28th, 2012
The House of Representatives on Wednesday frowned on the alleged “indiscriminate withdrawals” from the Stabilisation Account by the Federal Government, ordering an investigation into the matter. A motion by a lawmaker from Kano State, Mr. Haruna Fatahi, indicated that in the last eight months, the government had withdrawn “about N114bn” from the account and spent […]
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Latest Politics
Wednesday, March 28th, 2012
By Daniel Eteghe LAGOS — Aviation unions under the aegis of the Air Transport Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, ATSSSAN, National Union of Air Transport Employees, NUATE, with its affiliate in the Trade Union Congress, TUC, yesterday, applauded the Federal Government for taking a bold step in terminating the concession agreement between FAAN and Maevis […]
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Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics
Wednesday, March 28th, 2012
By Rotimi Ajayi ABUJA — President Goodluck Jonathan has endorsed plan by the Ministry of Aviation to compel the British Airways, Virgin Atlantic and other international airlines operating in the country to correct the disparity in the fare charged Nigerians against that charged other West African passengers. A top source in the ministry told Vanguard […]
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Education, Latest Politics
Tuesday, March 27th, 2012

THE Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator Anyim Pius Anyim, has said the Federal Government spent N3 trillion in the education sector from 1999 till date. Senator Anyim, however, expressed displeasure that not much impact had been made to justify the expenditure. The SGF, who was represented by the Permanent Secretary, General Services […]
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Latest Politics
Monday, March 26th, 2012
A cabal within the Federal Civil Service may have started frustrating the reform being carried out in the pension scheme in Nigeria amid death threats being sent to the Pension Reform Task Team chairman, Mr Abdullahi Maina and other members. No fewer than 120 different individuals were said to have issued death treats to Maina […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Monday, March 26th, 2012
MORE facts have emerged on why the Al-Qaeda in the Sahel region established an operational base in Nigeria, even as an Al-Qaeda suspect in an Algerian prison has confessed that the sect is planning attacks in Nigeria and four other nations to commemorate the first year of Osama bin Laden’s death. Nigerian Tribune had reported […]
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Armed Forces, Latest Politics
Saturday, March 24th, 2012
SIX people have been arrested in Bauchi State in connection with the murder of the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Tafawa Balewa Council, Mr. Adeleke, who was killed in his hotel room in Tafawa Balewa town following an attack by gunmen in January. An army lance corporal and eight civilians were also killed in the […]