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Latest Politics, Plateau, State News
Tuesday, September 13th, 2011
Stakeholders in Plateau State have expressed mixed feelings over the pronouncements by the Federal Government that security in Jos would be taken over by the military. According to reports some said it had been the old story which brought nothing concrete to improve the security situation in the state. Some saw it as a welcome […]
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CPC (Congress 4 Progressive Change), Elections 2011, Latest Politics, Party Politics
Tuesday, September 13th, 2011
The Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) has given a blow-by-blow account of how the April 16 presidential election was rigged in favour of President Goodluck Jonathan and his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). In his evidence in chief at the presidential election tribunal, Acting National Secretary of the party,. Buba Galadima, an engineer, revealed how excess […]
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Latest Politics, Plateau, State News
Tuesday, September 13th, 2011
President Goodluck Jonathan By Ahamefula Ogbu, Seriki Adinoyi and Charles Ajunwa Following the unending bloodletting in Jos, President Goodluck Jonathan has directed the Chief of Defence Staff, Air Vice Marshall Oluseyi Petinrin, to take over full charge of security matters in Plateau State. With this directive, the military will effectively take control of security in […]
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Latest Politics, Plateau, State News
Monday, September 12th, 2011
ABUJA— Following the incessant blood letting in Jos, Plateau State which has claimed several lives, President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday ordered the Chief of Defence Staff, Air Marshall Oluseyi Petinrin “to take full charge of the security situation in Plateau State”. This is just as no fewer than eight people, including six policemen were yesterday killed […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Monday, September 12th, 2011
IBADAN – DISSATISFIED with its unchallenged bombing activities in the North, Boko Haram has threatened to extend the reign of terror to southern parts of the country. Leaders of the sect said yesterday that their radar was now on University of Ibadan (UI), University of Benin (UNIBEN) and 18 other universities, which they said they […]
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Latest Politics
Monday, September 12th, 2011
A former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, has described the allegations contained in the posting by the whistleblower, WikiLeaks, as “fairy tales and lies.” Specifically, el-Rufai said he neither had a joint ownership of any oil block with Senator Andy Uba nor had seven upscale property in Abuja as alleged by […]
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Latest Politics, Wikileaks
Sunday, September 11th, 2011
Former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai yesterday described as false and fairy tales, reports by Wikileaks that he influenced the award of contracts worth $50m to the brother of Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. El-Rufai also denied seeking loans to import a taxi, adding that there was no […]
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Latest Politics, Ministries, Wikileaks
Sunday, September 11th, 2011
The Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr. Okonjo-Iweala, has denied reports that she steered contracts worth $50m to her brother in 2004. An online news portal had published a Wikileaks report that ‘Okonjo-Iweala ferried $50m jobs to brother.’ Okonjo-Iweala has however, described the story as a “tales by moonlight” account. […]
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Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics
Sunday, September 11th, 2011
Even before the suicide bombing of the United Nations office in Abuja on August 26 that left 23 people dead, the fundamentalist Boko Haram sect, the al-Qaeda and the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat had planned a similar attack on the United States Consulate in Lagos. The plan to attack the US consulate […]
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Latest Politics
Saturday, September 10th, 2011
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan has expressed worry over what he described as lack of discipline among federal civil servants. He hinted at the possibility of initiating surprise visits to ministries, as a way of whipping the workers back to line for the smooth operation of government business. The president spoke, on Friday, in Abuja, while swearing in two […]