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Latest Politics, Nigerian Police
Sunday, January 29th, 2012
Mr. Hafiz Ringim’s retirement and his replacement by Mr. Mohammed Abubakar as the acting Inspector-General of Police has opened doors to an imminent shake-up in the police. Ringim and his management team of six Deputy Inspectors-General of Police were sent packing last week, ostensibly due to the inability of the police to curtail […]
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Latest Politics, Raw Politics
Sunday, January 29th, 2012

By Abdulwahab Abdulah & Bartholomew Madukwe Major Hamza al-Mustapha, former chief security officer to the late General Sani Abacha, and a co-accused to know fate over the killing of the late Kudirat Abiola. Twelve years ago when they were arraigned before a Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja over alleged complicity in the murder […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Friday, January 27th, 2012
The Islamic sect, Boko Haram, has threatened to adopt a change of tactics in a message posted on YouTube yesterday. The sect also restated that it was behind last week’s attacks in Kano saying bombings and shootings were to avenge the torture of its members. “We were responsible,” a voice identified as that of suspected […]
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General Politics, Latest Politics, Nigerian Police
Thursday, January 26th, 2012

As he prepares to assume office as the acting Inspector General of Police, 54 year old Mr. Mohammed Dahiru Abubakar’s role during the 2001 Jos, Plateau State, sectarian strife in which several lives were lost has remains a dark spot in his career in the Nigeria Police Force which spanned 33 years. As the Plateau […]
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Latest Politics, Nigerian Police
Wednesday, January 25th, 2012
By Hugo Odiogor & Evelyn Usman On November 4, 2010, Mr Hafiz Ringim came on board as the 15th helmsmen of the Nigeria Police Force, having served in acting capacity for two months. Like his predecessors, Ringim highlighted the curbing of violent crime as one major aspect of his five-point agenda. But barely 14 months into […]
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Armed Forces, Latest Politics
Wednesday, January 25th, 2012
Human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana, has sued President Goodluck Jonathan and the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Mohammed Adoke, for N500m over an alleged violation of his rights by soldiers deployed in Lagos. The soldiers were depolyed in the state to quell protests against the removal of subsidy […]
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Latest Politics, Nigerian Police
Wednesday, January 25th, 2012
Mixed reactions on Wednesday greeted the appointment of Mr. Mohammed Abubakar, as the acting Inspector-General of Police. Abubakar replaced Mr. Hafiz Ringim, who retired from service on Wednesday. While the President of the Campaign for Democracy, Dr. Joe Okei-Odumakin, condemned the appointment, the Deputy Minority Leader, House of Representatives, Kawu Sumaila, hailed President […]
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Africa & World Politics, Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Wednesday, January 25th, 2012
Members of the Islamist group Boko Haram have received explosives training at al Qaeda camps in North Africa, Niger’s foreign minister has alleged. Boko Haram, which has claimed responsibility for the series of bombings in the North, may have also received training from Somalia’s al Shabaab insurgents, according to the Nigerian Foreign Minister, Mohamed […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Wednesday, January 25th, 2012
A security expert, Chief Anabs Sara-Igbe, says until security agencies infiltrate Boko Haram and understand its ideology, command structure and mode of operation, the violent group will continue to succeed in its dastardly activities. Sara-Idigbe, a former Security Adviser to the Rivers State Government, also in Abuja on Tuesday advised the security agencies to pay […]
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CBN (Central Bank of Nigeria), Latest Politics, Oil Politics
Wednesday, January 25th, 2012
The Central Bank of Nigeria on Tuesday put the “actual” total subsidy payments on fuel imports in 2011 at N1.7tn, an excess of N300bn above the N1.4tn figure given by the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, last week. The apex bank told the House of Representatives Ad Hoc Committee on Subsidy Regime that that […]