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Boko Haram, General Politics, Latest Politics, National Politics, Nigerian Police, Top Stories
Sunday, December 11th, 2011
-Sun Former Inspector General of Police [IGP], Mr. Sunday Ehindero, said at the weekend that the Nigerian Police, as presently constituted, lacks the operational capability to combat the rising crime wave and insecurity, especially the insurgence of the Islamist sect, Boko Haram. He gave this stunning verdict in an exclusive interview with Daily Sun […]
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Boko Haram, Delta, National Politics, State News, Top Stories
Saturday, December 10th, 2011
By Emma Amaize, South Regional Editor, Godwin Oghre & SusanEdeh *One injured *It’s not bomb – Police *Blast targeted at worshippers – Chief Imam *Gunmen attack Bauchi police station The people of Sapele, the center of the Nigerian timber industry, in Sapele Local Government Area of Delta State, were jolted from sleep at about 5.30 […]
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Biafra, National Politics, Top Stories
Wednesday, December 7th, 2011
The death of the hero of Igbo cosmopolitan society and pilot of the modern Igbo project appears a raining storm that threatens an end laden in intricate controversies. Early indicators gleaned from the immediate family members and associated political personalities following the public announcement of the death of Chief Chukwuemeka Odimegwu Ojukwu Ezeigbo Gburugburu in […]
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Education, National Politics, Top Stories
Sunday, December 4th, 2011
BY JIMITOTA ONOYUME PORT HARCOURT: UNIVERSITY lecturers across the country begin an indefinite strike from today. National President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Professor Ukachukwu Awuzie who made this known Sunday in Port Harcourt said this time the strike would be” total and comprehensive”. According to him, there would be no grading […]
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Latest Politics, National Politics, Raw Politics, Women Politics
Sunday, December 4th, 2011
By Emma Ujah, Abuja A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has dismissed a suit filed against the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Allison-Madueke, challenging her appointment by President Goodluck Jonathan over alleged fake National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) certificate. Justice Gabriel Kolawole, on Friday, dismissed the suit in its entirety, and awarded N150,000 […]
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Africa & World Politics, National Politics, Top Stories
Saturday, December 3rd, 2011
A diplomatic storm is brewing after police allegedly tried to storm the Consulate General of Nigeria in Johannesburg this week. The drama played out on Tuesday when 68 members of Twelve Apostles Church in Christ who were to travel to Nigeria on Wednesday demanded their passports back after being denied visas over claims they “refused […]
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General Politics, National Politics, Top Stories
Friday, December 2nd, 2011
President Goodluck Jonathan has forwarded names of 27 new ambassadorial nominees including former foreign affairs minister, Ojo Uma Maduekwe, Mrs. Bianca Ojukwu, widow of the late Ikemba Nnewi, Dim Emeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu and immediate past deputy governor of Oyo State, Taofeek Arapaja to the Senate for confirmation. Mrs. Ojukwu is still Presidential Adviser on Diaspora Matters. […]
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National Politics, Top Stories
Wednesday, November 30th, 2011
By IKECHUKWU NNOCHIRI ABUJA—THE Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, sitting in Abuja, yesterday, quashed the entire 3-count criminal charge that was preferred against the erstwhile governor of Lagos state and leader of the opposition Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu by the federal government. The former governor was charged to court on […]
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National Politics, Top Stories
Tuesday, November 29th, 2011
STATESMEN are usually given state burial but former Biafran Leader, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, will get more than that. His body will be flown to three African countries and one American country before the final burial in his Nnewi country home, according to his will. Anambra State Governor, Mr. Peter Obi, who gave the indication, yesterday, […]
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Latest Politics, National Politics, Raw Politics
Tuesday, November 29th, 2011
President of the Civil Rights Congress, Mallam Shehu Sani, on Monday in Kaduna said President Goodluck Jonathan should have removed the heads of the nation’s security agencies rather than removing the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mrs. Farida Waziri, from office. Sani also described the arrest and detention of Senator Mohammed Ali […]
