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Africa & World Politics, Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Tuesday, November 8th, 2011
With a wave of the hand, National Security Adviser (NSA), Gen. Andrew Owoye Azazi, yesterday dismissed the warning by the United States of a plot by Boko Haram to bomb three Luxury hotels in Abuja. The US warned on Sunday that that Islamist sect’s next targets were luxury hotels frequented by diplomats, top politicians, and […]
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Abuja (FCT), Boko Haram, Latest Politics, State News
Tuesday, November 8th, 2011
This government should realise that Nigerians are totally tired of this off and on bloodbath in the name of Boko Haram menace. He warned that if the Boko Haram menace was not decisively dealt with it was capable of bringing the government down. Also, the President of Fellowship of Churches of Christ in Nigeria (TEKAN), […]
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Bayelsa, Latest Politics, State News
Monday, November 7th, 2011
BAYELSA State Governor Timipre Sylva may have finally decided to take the case of his second term ticket to God in the face of uncertainty surrounding his clearance by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Today in Yenagoa, the state capital, Sylva and his supporters will meet at the Peace Park to offer prayers to God. […]
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Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics
Sunday, November 6th, 2011
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — The death toll from attacks by a radical Muslim sect in northeastern Nigeria rose to more than 100 on Sunday, and the United States Embassy warned that the sect might be preparing to bomb three luxury hotels frequented by foreigners in Abuja, the capital. The unusually specific warning from American diplomats […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Thursday, November 3rd, 2011
The State Security Service said it had traced text messages about a purported plan by Boko Haram to attack the Presidential Villa and the National Assembly complex to two pupils of a secondary school in Kagara, Niger State. The suspects, aged 17 and 18, were said to have circulated text messages in which they claimed […]
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Latest Politics
Thursday, November 3rd, 2011
The Federal Executive Council on Wednesday approved the augmentation of three existing contracts to the tune of N49bn. The affected contracts were the dredging of River Niger, the Kubwa Satellite Town Infrastructure Development District III and IV as well as the Karshi Satellite Town Infrastructure Development District I and II. The Minister of Information, Mr. […]
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Latest Politics
Thursday, November 3rd, 2011
LEADER of the South-South geopolitical zone, Chief Edwin Clark, on Wednesday, raised the alarm over the growing incidence of corruption in Nigeria with the greatest impact on the judicial system, as he called for declaration of a state of emergency in the judiciary for the government to tackle the menace. Clark said the menace of […]
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House, Latest Politics, Legislature, Oil Politics
Thursday, November 3rd, 2011
The House of Representatives was informed yesterday that the actual amount owed the Federation Account was in tune of N842 billion by the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and not N450billion. Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) told the Joint committee on Finance, Petroleum Resources (Upstream and Downstream) and Gas Resources, probing the non -remittance […]
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Latest Politics, State News
Thursday, November 3rd, 2011
By Emma Ujah, Abuja Bureau Chief ABUJA—After over a week of negotiations, the federal government and state governments yesterday, reached an accord on the sharing of the September revenue as a total of N611. 453 billion was distributed among the three tiers of government. The Minister of State for Finance, Dr. Yerima Ngama, who briefed […]
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CPC (Congress 4 Progressive Change), Elections 2011, Latest Politics, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP)
Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011
The Presidential Election Tribunal sitting in Abuja yesterday validated the election of Dr. Goodluck Jonathan as president, throwing out the petition of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) seeking the nullification of his victory. But CPC insists the president and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) should not celebrate yet. It’s National Chairman Prince Tony Momoh has […]