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Boko Haram, National Politics, Top Stories
Monday, June 25th, 2012
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday declared that the aim of the Islamic religious sect, Boko Haram’s insurgency in the country is to destabilise government and make it unable to function, vowing that his administration would do all that is necessary to halt their terrorist activities. Speaking during a live radio and television presidential media chat […]
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General Politics, Niger Delta, Top Stories
Saturday, June 23rd, 2012
BY SIMON EBEGBULEM, Benin City Alhaji Asari Dokubo, a former President of the Ijaw Youth Council and leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force (NDPVF). In this interview with Saturday Vanguard in Benin City, he bared his mind about current political situation in the country, saying that the people of the South South are […]
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Raw Politics, Top Stories, Women Politics
Friday, June 22nd, 2012
Law enforcement agents and travellers were last week astonished when 66 wraps of narcotics, which tested positive to methamphetamine, were discovered in the private part of Mande Bala, 48, at the screening section of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos on June 15, 2012. The lady was promptly arrested by officials of the National […]
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Boko Haram, National Politics, Top Stories
Friday, June 22nd, 2012
President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday sacked the Defence Minister, Dr. Haliru Bello; and the National Security Adviser, Gen. Owoye Azazi. The decision to sack the two former government officials over the growing level of insecurity in the country was taken less than two hours after the President returned from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where he […]
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Boko Haram, General Politics, Top Stories
Thursday, June 21st, 2012
Bomber dies as explosives go off in transit Jonathan carpets critics Pope decries attacks on Christians in the North Britain issues travel alert to citizens NIGERIA’S image at the best of times has always been far from the ideal. But with the orgy of violence unleashed on some parts of the country in the past […]
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General Politics, Kaduna, State News, Top Stories
Wednesday, June 20th, 2012
KADUNA State Police Commissioner, Mohammed Jinjiri Abubakar yesterday alleged that foreign nationals especially from three African countries were involved in the acts of terrorism currently ravaging parts of the north. The Commissioner told reporters in his office that citizens of Niger Republic, Chad and Cameroon were among those involved in the terror activities and warned […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), National Politics, Presidency, Top Stories
Wednesday, June 20th, 2012
THE news that President Goodluck Jonathan jetted out of the country amidst violence in Kaduna and Yobe states provoked public outrage on Tuesday. Jonathan on Monday travelled to Brazil to take part in a United Nations’ Earth Summit, leaving behind killings in Kaduna and Yobe. Opposition parties and other eminent citizens who spoke to The […]
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House, Legislature, National Politics, Top Stories
Monday, June 18th, 2012
The embattled former Chairman, House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee on Fuel Subsidy Payments, Farouk Lawan, yesterday returned to Force Headquarters, Abuja without the $490,000 he was supposed to turn in to the police Special Task Force (STF). He was detained last Thursday when he reported to the STF after collecting $500,000 of a $3 million […]
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General Politics, Top Stories
Friday, June 15th, 2012
By Steve Dada, Chiemelie Ezeobi in Lagos and Dele Ogbodo in Abuja Six years after the Sosoliso plane crash in Port Harcourt, killing over 100 passengers, most of them children, facts emerged yesterday that power failure at the Port Harcourt Airport was responsible for the accident. Although the Federal Government is yet to make public […]
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CBN (Central Bank of Nigeria), Top Stories
Thursday, June 14th, 2012
The Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria, Mallam Lamido Sanusi, on Wednesday caused a stir at the bank’s headquarters in Abuja when he appeared in his traditional chieftaincy attire. Sanusi, was last Saturday installed as the Dan Majen of Kano by the Emir of Kano Ado Bayero. The installation came barely a week after the bank […]
