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Latest Politics, Niger Delta
Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011
Militant Leader, Henry Okah, yesterday told a Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court that he would call 103 witnesses from Nigeria to testify in his defence. Okah is facing terrorism charges in relation to the Oct. 1, 2010 twin bomb blasts in Abuja. Okah is slammed with charges of delivery, placement and detonation of explosives which occurred during […]
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CBN (Central Bank of Nigeria), Latest Politics, National Politics, Top Stories
Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has defended the introduction of Islamic banking model in the country, saying that it is obliged, by law, to issue licences to appropriate entities for the establishment of non-interest banking (NIBs) provided they meet the regulatory requirements for licences. Deputy governor (financial system stability) Dr. Kingsley Moghalu, who made […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics, Nigerian Police
Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011
THERE are clear indications that the Inspector General of Police, Hafiz Ringim, may effect a mass transfer of officers from Force Headquarters to police zones and state commands. This follows last Thursday’s bomb blast, which killed about eight people and destroyed over 70 cars, at the Force Headquarters. The wreckage of the cars is now […]
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Latest Politics, Nigerian Police
Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011
Jonathan summons IG, officers shelve parley N’Assembly co-opts ballistic experts into security checks THERE was an uneasy calm yesterday at the Police Force Headquarters in Abuja as foreign and local security experts intensified the search for persons involved in last Thursday’s bomb blast at police prime office. Even police officers in the premises looked worried […]
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Latest Politics, National Politics, Top Stories, Women Politics
Tuesday, June 21st, 2011

AHEAD of next week’s expected submission of President Goodluck Jonathan’s list of ministerial nominees to the Senate, facts emerged, yesterday, that the former Minister of Education, Mrs. Oby Ezekwesili was said to have been contacted, but she was not too keen about leaving her World Bank job for Nigeria now. Her former colleague in the […]
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Latest Politics
Monday, June 20th, 2011
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, commenced a comprehensive re-jig of the Presidency with the prospects of an increase in the number of ministries. Vanguard gathered that the reappraisal of the instruments of government which has been delegated to some of the President’s trusted aides was aimed at formulating a new organogram in the executive branch of […]
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Judiciary, Latest Politics
Monday, June 20th, 2011
ABUJA— President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, approved the elevation of Justice Nwali S. Ngwuta and Justice Mary Peter Odili to the Supreme Court bench. The duo who were promoted to the apex court following recommendations by the National Judicial Council, NJC, were before yesterday Justices of the Appeal Court. They were shortlisted by the legal body […]
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Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics
Monday, June 20th, 2011
The UN Special Envoy to Darfur, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, has said it would be difficult for Nigeria to get a permanent seat in the United Nations Security Council unless issues of the country’s corporate existence were resolved. Gambari, who spoke in Abuja against the backdrop of the violence, inter-religious and inter-communal clashes in the country, […]
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Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics
Monday, June 20th, 2011
BEFORE, a cover note known in diplomatic parlance as note verbale from the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs for visa applications was given instant treatment by missions in Nigeria. But now, the situation has changed and concerns have heightened over the way some embassies and high commissions routinely breach this protocol by turning down requests […]
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Latest Politics, Presidency, Yakubu Gowon (1966-75)
Monday, June 20th, 2011
Former head of state, Gen. Yakubu Gowon (retd) and former vice president, Dr. Alex Ekwueme are leading a fresh war against religious intolerance, which has led to violent crisis that has claimed the lives of thousands of innocent Nigerians in some parts of the country. Other prominent Nigerians involved in this fresh attempt to stamp […]