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Latest Politics, National Politics, Top Stories, Wole Soyinka
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2014
Nigeria is suffering greater carnage at the hands of Islamist group Boko Haram than it did during a secessionist civil war, yet this has ironically made the country’s break-up less likely, Nigerian Nobel Literature Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has said. Speaking at his home surrounded by rainforest in Abeokuta, Soyinka said the horrors inflicted by […]
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Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Headlines, National Politics, Religion, Sultan of Sokoto
Sunday, June 22nd, 2014
By Sam Eyoboka THE Tuesday arrest and detention of 486 northern Muslims suspected to be Boko Haram sect members by the army in Aba, Abia State has continued to elicit reactions as the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), yesterday, lashed out at the Ja’amatu Nasril Islam (JNI), urging security agencies to disregard protests on the […]
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Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics, National Politics, Top Stories
Wednesday, June 11th, 2014
The newly appointed caretaker committee chairman of Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State, Chief Julius Takeme, has decried the incessant silent killings of Nigerians resident in South Africa. This was just as he warned that if something urgent wasnot done to address the trend, a diplomatic rift might surface between the two countries. Chief […]
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Aviation, Latest Politics, National Politics, Top Stories
Thursday, June 5th, 2014
Stella Oduah The House of Representatives Committee on Aviation has ordered that the two bulletproof cars worth N255m procured by the former Minister of Aviation, Ms. Stella Oduah, be returned to the suppliers. The Chairman of the committee, Nkieruka Onyejeocha, said this during an oversight inspection of the aviation sector on Wednesday. She said the […]
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Latest Politics, National Politics, Oil Politics, Top Stories
Monday, May 26th, 2014
Jacob Oyewale Amidst complaint of inadequate funds to fight Boko Haram by Nigerian Army, the President Goodluck Jonathan led administration is planning to spend $1 billion about N130billion to launder the foreign image of the government. Jonathan and Dieziani Spearheaded by the minister of petroleum resources, Deziani Allison Maduake, the government is shopping for an […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics, National Politics, Top Stories
Monday, May 19th, 2014
Seyi Gesinde with Agency Reports May 19, 2014 – BOKO Haram, the terrorist group that abducted over 200 schoolgirls in Chibok, Borno State, may have abandoned its prisoner swap for Chibok girls position, as it plans to begin the release of the girls from next week. According to Telegraph, a United Kingdom (UK) newspaper, it […]
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General Politics, Headlines, National Politics
Wednesday, May 14th, 2014
Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar The Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, is expected to proceed on terminal leave any moment from now, having spent the mandatory number of years in service. Abubakar, from Zamfara State, enlisted into the Nigeria Police Force on July 30, 1979 and is due for retirement on July 30, 2014, […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics, National Politics, Top Stories
Tuesday, May 13th, 2014
Some of the girls in the video The militant Islamic sect, Boko Haram, has said it will not free the over 200 girls it abducted from the Government Secondary School, Chibok in Borno State unless the Federal Government releases its detained members. The group’s leader, Sheikh Abubakar Shekau, in a 27-minute video made public […]
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American Politics, Latest Politics, National Politics, Top Stories
Friday, May 9th, 2014
| credits: File copy As Nigerians await international help in fighting the Boko Haram menace, it has been confirmed that some security operatives from the United States and Britain are already in the country. Saturday PUNCH gathered that seven deployed US military personnel with the 50 stationed in the US Embassy in Abuja, and a […]
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American Politics, Boko Haram, Latest Politics, National Politics, Top Stories
Tuesday, May 6th, 2014
The US says it considers the abduction of more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls by Islamist militants “an outrage” and is offering help to try to rescue them. White House spokesman Jay Carney said President Barack Obama was being briefed as his national security team was monitoring developments. Earlier, a video emerged of the leader of […]
