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Governors, Ministries, United Nations
Saturday, August 27th, 2011
THERE was spontaneous anger among senior citizens, including former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Friday, following the explosion, which rocked the United Nations building in Abuja. Obasanjo, Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Honourable Emeka Ihedioha, and the Governor of Abia state, Chief Theodore Orji, condemned the attack, saying the perpetrators should be fished out […]
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Boko Haram, National Politics, Top Stories, United Nations
Saturday, August 27th, 2011
No fewer than 18 people were feared dead and 48 injured when a suicide bomber attacked the United Nations office in Abuja on Friday. The attacker, reportedly drove through the exit and pulled down the first and second gates and entered the compound. According to a source, the attacker immediately alighted from a Honda Accord […]
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Abuja (FCT), Boko Haram, Latest Politics, State News, United Nations
Friday, August 26th, 2011
MEMBERS of the Boko Haram Islamic sect yesterday claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing at the United Nations (UN) office in Abuja. In an interview, a spokesperson sect, Sheik Azzawahiri on Hamada Radio International monitored in Kaduna, said that, “the bomb blast that involved more than 20 people was certainly our work.” “We take full […]
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Governors, United Nations
Friday, August 26th, 2011
GOVERNORS deplored yesterday’s bombing of the United Nations (UN) office in Abuja, describing the perpetrators of the heinous crime as enemies of Nigeria. The governors included Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State, Theodore Orji (Abia) and Gabriel Suswam (Benue). Ajimobi, in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication, Dr. Festus Adedayo, wondered what […]
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Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics, United Nations
Friday, August 26th, 2011
UNITED Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon is dispatching his deputy, the most senior UN official besides him, and other top officials of the UN to Abuja to find out details of yesterday’s attack on the UN building in Abuja. Speaking with reporters at the UN headquarters after the attack, Ban said: “I am asking the Deputy […]
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Latest Politics, United Nations
Friday, August 26th, 2011
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan on Friday “utterly” condemned the suicide attack on the United Nations’ Building in Abuja, describing it as “barbaric, senseless and cowardly.” The President said “the attack is a most despicable assault on the United Nations’ objectives of global peace and security, and the sanctity of human life to which Nigeria wholly subscribes.” […]
