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GUBER RE-RUN:FG floods Delta with Police

Posted by admin Delta, State News, Top Stories Monday, January 3rd, 2011

AHEAD of the Delta State governorship election re_run on Thursday, the Police High Command in Abuja has ordered the deployment of 22, 400 Police officers in the state even as President Goodluck Jonathan arrives the oil city of Warri, today, to address a rally which Delta State Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, Chief Paulinus Akpeki […]

FBI agents storm Abuja •To investigate bombing

Posted by admin Abuja (FCT), State News, Top Stories Sunday, January 2nd, 2011

UNITED States Homeland Security Secretary, Janet Napolitano, told Fox News that Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents have been despatched to help the Nigerian government investigate the deadly bombing that struck an army barracks in the country’s capital on New Year’s Eve. Napolitano spoke with Fox News, on Sunday, in Qatar, where she arrived for […]

BOMB BLAST: Al Jazeera Out to destabilse Nigeria – Presidency

Posted by admin Presidency, Top Stories Saturday, January 1st, 2011

The presidency reacted angrily to a foreign media report that President Goodluck Jonathan has blamed Friday’s bombing at the Mogadishu barracks on the Islamic Sect, Boko Haram saying he couldn’t have said so since security agencies have not pin pointed any group as investigations was still on going. It described the report as an outright […]

Happy New Year to all Our Readers & Sponsors – New Nigerian Politics

Posted by admin Top Stories Friday, December 31st, 2010

The Management & Staff of New Nigerian Politics wishes all its readers a very happy and prosperous new year – may 2011 bring joy, successes and happiness to you and your loved ones – Thank you for making us your #1 news source in 2010, together, we shall make 2011 an even better year. Cheers!wp_posts

Boko Haram killing spree spreads

Posted by admin Borno, Plateau, State News, Top Stories Thursday, December 30th, 2010

MEMBERS of an Islamic sect, Boko Haram, in utter contempt for the authorities defiantly continued their killing spree, yesterday, in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital killing seven persons. They attacked a police vehicle, the latest in a string of attacks by the group and wounded eight people. A military spokesman said the vehicle was “burnt […]

No going back on Igbo presidency in 2015 – Atiku

Posted by admin South-East, Top Stories Thursday, December 30th, 2010

Former vice-president and presidential aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has reiterated his commitment to Igbo presidency in 2015. Also, key political leaders in the South-East have said that their support for Abubakar for the 2011 presidency stemmed from the fact that the former vice-president was trusted and tested. The Northern […]

Eleweomo, Oyo NURTW factional boss killed

Posted by admin Oyo, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), State News, Top Stories Thursday, December 30th, 2010

The Oyo State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) congress elections ordered by the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) turned bloody yesterday, with the killing of the factional leader of the state chapter of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Alhaji Lateef Salako (a.k.a Eleweomo). Salako, said to be one of the party delegates from […]

Jos: Fresh attack plot uncovered

Posted by admin Plateau, State News, Top Stories Thursday, December 30th, 2010

The Special Task force (STF), Operation Save Haven, said the command has uncovered plans by groups in the state to carry out massive attack on worship places, homes and settlements within Jos, the Plateau State capital. Commander of the STF, Brigadier General Hassan Umoru revealed this to journalists in his office yesterday. According the commander, […]

Why We Struck The Halliburton Deal – Waziri

Posted by admin EFCC Politics, Top Stories Thursday, December 30th, 2010

While some people applauded the federal government over the plea bargain option in the celebrated Halliburton bribery scandal, others have strongly criticised it. In this interview, Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission ( EFCC), Farida Waziri explains why the federal government opted for the deal. She also opens up on other issues of […]

Gambari Reacts to Wikileaks

Posted by admin Top Stories Wednesday, December 29th, 2010

A former Nigerian Foreign Affairs Minister, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, has reacted to the Wikileaks exposure of US diplomatic cable of plans by the former United States Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, to remove him from the United Nations assignment in Myanmar. According to Empowered Newswire, Gambari said that though the cable was dated October 2008, […]