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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 […]
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Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics
Wednesday, January 25th, 2012
The United States on Tuesday urged Nigerians to “stand united” after a wave of attacks that killed about 186 people in Kano and Bauchi states. US State Department spokeswoman, Victoria Nuland, in a statement, also urged the Nigerian authorities to fully investigate the attacks, including those against Christians, and hold accountable those who perpetrated them. […]
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Latest Politics, Raw Politics
Tuesday, January 24th, 2012
FORMER Deputy National Chairman (South) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Bode George, has said he will not consider asking for presidential pardon over his conviction until he has exhausted all judicial processes to clear his name. He insisted, during a visit to the State House on Tuesday, that he never committed the crime […]
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Latest Politics, Niger Delta
Tuesday, January 24th, 2012
An explosion ripped through the house of the Minister of Niger Delta, Elder Godsday Orubebe, located at Ogbobagbene in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State in the early hours of Tuesday destroying properties worth millions of naira. Nigerian Tribune gathered that the explosion was masterminded by gunmen who attempted to forcefully enter the home […]
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Armed Forces, Latest Politics
Tuesday, January 24th, 2012
THE Federal Government, on Tuesday, ordered the withdrawal of soldiers from the streets of Lagos. The soldiers were deployed last week to prevent further protests against the removal of fuel subsidy, a move which generated strong criticisms from the state government and some residents. Lagos State governor, Babatunde Fashola, denied claim that the soldiers were […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Tuesday, January 24th, 2012
By Kingsley Omonobi ABUJA— Following the tension generated by the forthcoming governorship elections in Adamawa and Bayelsa states scheduled for 4 and 11 of next month, respectively, authorities of the Military Intelligence and Defence Intelligence Agency have secured top secret reports showing that plans are afoot to bomb the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, headquarters; […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Tuesday, January 24th, 2012
LAGOS (AFP) – Attacks by Islamist group Boko Haram have killed at least 935 people since the sect launched a violent campaign in 2009, including 250 this year alone, Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday. “More than 935 people have been killed in some 164 suspected attacks” since Boko Haram launched its campaign of shooting […]
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Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics, Oil Politics
Tuesday, January 24th, 2012
The suspension of a nationwide strike which paralysed Nigeria with enervating toll on neighbouring nations was greeted with relief, amid speculation that the last has not been heard about the hike in petroleum products’ pricing in the country. In Cotonou, the economic capital of Benin Republic, many roads are crowded once more. Aside the countless […]
