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Sunday, October 9th, 2011

• David Attah • Photo: The Sun Publishing More Stories on This Section In this interview, elder statesman, Chief David Attah, examines Nigeria’s 51 years of existence and calls for attitudinal change by all Nigerians. Attah who served two former military Heads of State, Generals Sanni Abacha and Abdulsalami Abubakar as Chief Press Secretary, […]
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Latest Politics, Oil Politics
Sunday, October 9th, 2011
President Goodluck Jonathan’s government may enter the new year with great economic instability should he go ahead with the removal of the fuel subsidy as he has proposed, as the labour and civil society groups in the country have threatened to bring the nation to a halt and make the country ungovernable should he fail […]
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Africa & World Politics, Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Thursday, October 6th, 2011
Sept 30-In very strong terms the US government is speaking out against Nigeria’s government’s efforts at negotiating with Boko Haram, insisting that it might be impossible for the federal government to convince Boko Haram to end their violence, which the Americans consider as “absolutely unjustifiable,” because many of such terror groups are “absolutely unreconcilable,” according to […]
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EFCC Politics, Governors, Latest Politics
Thursday, October 6th, 2011
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is set to arrest six more ex-governors who vacated office on May 29, THE PUNCH has learnt. A reliable source in the EFCC dropped hints of the arrest on Thursday even as the anti-graft agency arrested and detained the immediate past governors of Ogun, Oyo and Nasarawa states, […]
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Armed Forces, Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Thursday, October 6th, 2011
Two suspected Boko Haram members were on Wednesday shot dead by soldier while attempting to gun down a tea seller in Zannari, Maiduguri. The Borno State Police Commissioner, Mr Simeon Midenda, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Maiduguri that the incident happened in the evening. Midenda said the suspects had gone to the […]
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Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics
Thursday, October 6th, 2011
Nigeria and Rwanda have formalized their relationship by signing a bilateral agreement that would strengthen the ties between the two countries. This was even as the Rwandan Government through it’s ministry of health had requested that the next batch of the Technical Aid Corp (TAC), be composed of specialists in general surgery, gynecology, pediatrics, orthopedics […]
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Latest Politics
Thursday, October 6th, 2011
In what appears to be a direct response to the criticism from the opposition parties and other Nigerians, over the low-keyed celebration at the State House, Abuja, instead of the traditional Eagle Square, President Goodluck Jonathan has announced that the situation will not be different until 2014. While the Federal Government considered the celebration of […]
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Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics
Thursday, October 6th, 2011
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan left Abuja, on Wednesday, for an official visit to three African nations including Rwanda, Ethiopia and Ghana. According to a state-ment issued in Abuja, bila-teral talks and signing of a communiqué to formalise all agreements reached between the Nigeria and Rwanda would be the high point of his visit to the country. The statement […]
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House, Latest Politics, Legislature, Niger Delta
Thursday, October 6th, 2011
Anglo-Dutch oil giants, Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) has been summoned by the House of Representatives to explain alleged involvement in the series of killings and clashes in the Niger Delta, especially in Rumuekpe village of Rivers State. The management would face the House Committee on Petroleum Resources (Upstream) to clear its linkage with militant […]
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Thursday, October 6th, 2011
After over seven years of illegally operating the Excess Crude Account (ECA), the Presidency has finally bowed to the National Assembly’s pressure to scrap the account. The ECA, which was created in 2004, during the administration of President Olusegun Obasanjo, with a whopping $9.4billion, was said to contravene section 80 of the 1999 constitution. The […]