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Latest Politics, North-Central, North-East, North-West
Sunday, February 5th, 2012
Shake Up Entire Security System, Not Just IGP — ACF • Only Govt Can Initiate Dialogue With Boko Haram — Mohammed • Time To consider State Police Option — Shinkafi • To Preserve Unity, Sect Must Be Stopped Decisively — Umar WHILE the cloud is still not clear on where and how the Federal Government […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Sunday, February 5th, 2012
British security agencies are investigating Nigerians living in the United Kingdom for possible links with fundamentalist Islamic sect, Boko Haram. SUNDAY PUNCH learnt last week that the investigators were seeking to determine if the sect had sleeper cells or members that could launch attacks on the UK, particularly, during the forthcoming Olympic Games […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Sunday, February 5th, 2012
The former military governor of Kaduna State and Chairman of the Movement for Unity and Progress, Colonel Abubakar Umar (retd) on Saturday faulted the calls by southern leaders on their kinsmen resident in the North to leave the region due to the incessant attacks on them by the militant Islamic sect, the Boko […]
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Biafra, Latest Politics, South-East
Friday, February 3rd, 2012
Friday February 03, 2012 •Uwazurike The burial of the 12 Adazi-Nnukwu citizens killed in Mubi Adamawa State yesterday threw up another round of calls for Ndigbo to stand up and take their destiny in their hands. Leader of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), Chief Ra;ph Uwazuruike who was […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Friday, February 3rd, 2012
Boko Haram is furious that the Federal Government tricked the Islamist sect for talks in Kaduna and in the process, arrested a kingpin, Abu Dardaa, who had been flown to Abuja for questioning. The papers had reported that Abu Qaqa was arrested. But clarifying the identity of the suspect Thursday, the group said Dardaa and […]
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Latest Politics
Friday, February 3rd, 2012
IN a single year, the Federal Government lost N37.2 billion to indiscriminate granting of waivers to importers of raw materials, the Nigeria Customs Service (NSC) disclosed yesterday. The NSC said this yesterday while reviewing its performance last year and presenting a budget of N1.24 billion as allocation for the purchase of generator fuel and refreshment […]
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Armed Forces, Borno, Gombe, Latest Politics, State News
Thursday, February 2nd, 2012
The threat posed by Boko Haram to lives and property in the North has forced the General Officer Commanding the 3 Armourd Division of the Nigerian Army, Maj-Gen. Adamu Marwa, to relocate to Gombe, Gombe State. The division has jurisdiction over Adamawa, Bauchi, Benue, Gombe, Borno, Plateau and Taraba states. Our correspondent learnt […]
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Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics
Thursday, February 2nd, 2012
HE United States of America’s Ambassador to Nigeria, Terrence McCulley, has denied that the US predicted that Nigeria might break up in 2015. McCulley said this in Ibadan on Thursday while speaking with journalists during his visit to Oyo State. He said, “No US government official predicted that Nigeria will break up by 2015. That […]
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Latest Politics
Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
Lagos — Embattled former Chief Security Officer to late Sani Abacha, Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, has appealed the verdict of the Lagos High court which sentenced him to death by hanging. Al-Mustapha, in the notice of appeal filed on Tuesday, said the death sentence hanged on him by the lower court was unwarranted,unreasonable and a manifest […]
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Latest Politics
Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
Academic Staff Union of Universities is set to call off its strike action after its consultation with individual striking universities on the offer made by the Federal Government. ASUU had been on strike for over two months now demanding increased funding for universities as well as increased wages and retirement age for members from 65 […]