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Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Monday, November 21st, 2011
THE self-acclaimed chief spokesman of the dreaded Boko Haram sect, Ali Sanda Umar Konduga, popularly known in media circles as Usman Al-Zawahiri, has been nabbed by the Department of State Security Service (SSS), just as he opened up on those backing the sect. Fielding questions from newsmen at the SSS headquarters in Abuja, on Monday, […]
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Judiciary, Latest Politics
Monday, November 21st, 2011
The Supreme Court will this morning hear the appeal filed by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) challenging the decision of the Court of Appeal which upheld the decision of a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja which had earlier elongated the tenure of five governors. The apex court had invited the trio of Chief Richard Akinjide, […]
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Latest Politics
Monday, November 21st, 2011
From JULIANA TAIWO-OBALONYE, Abuja Monday, November 21, 2011 • Photo: Sun News Publishing More Stories on This Section The Presidency is worried over the silence of Northern leaders and elders on Boko Haram crisis. The government is not comfortable that they are not condemning the Islamist sect enough on the spate of attacks and the […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics, Raw Politics, Women Politics
Monday, November 21st, 2011

Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on Ethics and Values, Mrs Sarah Jubril, has become a recurring decimal in national politics. In this interview with REMI ADEFULU, the presidential aide laments the insecurity in the country, especially the activities of the Boko Haram sect which is peopled by northern youths. She opined that most worrisome […]
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Boko Haram, INEC Politics, Latest Politics
Monday, November 21st, 2011
THE Federal High Court, Abuja Division was yesterday told how six persons suspected to be members of the Islamic sect Boko Haram allegedly procured 200 detonators and 55 yards of blasting cables with which they executed acts of terrorism against innocent persons between March 3 and July 20, 2011. Giving evidence in the trial of […]
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Governors, Latest Politics
Sunday, November 20th, 2011
By Jimoh Babatunde INTERVIEW IN BRIEF Governor Sule Lamido of Jigawa State speaks on his love for the downtrodden, the introduction of social welfare package for the disabled, plans to open up Jigawa to investors, agriculture and civil responsibilities of citizens to the Nigerian State. Lamido also speaks on the proposed Sovereign Wealth Fund, SWF, […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Thursday, November 17th, 2011
Anti-terrorism experts met yesterday under aegis of the Global Counterterrorism Forum to discuss ways of preventing the financing of armed militant groups, focussing on north Africa’s Sahel desert region. Intrestingly, Boko Haram, which has claimed responsibility for series of bombings in Nigeria was one of the groups discussed by the experts. Manuel Lopez Blanco, coordinator […]
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House, Latest Politics, Legislature, Senate
Thursday, November 17th, 2011
ATTEMPT by President Goodluck Jonathan to woo the 109 senators and 360 House of Representatives members to support his government’s planned fuel subsidy removal has reportedly failed, as the meeting called by the presidency to discuss the issue of subsidy removal among other pressing national issues ended in a deadlock on Wednesday. The Senate, through […]
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Anambra, Latest Politics, Legislature, Senate, State News
Thursday, November 17th, 2011
THE Court of Appeal sitting in Enugu has ordered the retrial of the election petition filled by the candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) for Anambra Central senatorial district in the last general election, Professor Dora Akunyili, against the candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Senator Chris Ngige. It also allowed […]
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Africa & World Politics, Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Thursday, November 17th, 2011
ALGIERS (AFP) – Anti-terrorism experts met at an international security conference Thursday to discuss the financing of armed militant groups and to focus on north Africa’s Sahel desert region, officials said. Some 150 experts from about 30 countries were participating in the forum, which was being co-sponsored by Turkey and the United States. The closed […]