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Jonathan Fires Top Security Adviser Over Jos Mayhem

March 9, 2010
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THE Jos crisis which led to the death of about 400 people on Sunday, has led to the sacking of the National Security Adviser, Sarki Mukhtar, by the Acting President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan.
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The Fresh Offensive Against Polio

March 9, 2010
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Beginning from Saturday March 6, Nigeria joined 19 countries in West and Central Africa in a campaign to immunize over 85 million children under five years old against polio....
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Don’t Tag All Muslims As Terrorists – Sultan

March 9, 2010
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The Sultan of Sokoto and President, Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) Alhaji Saad Abubakar has said it is not right to generalise the entire Muslims as terrorists...
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Jonathan Sacks National Security Adviser

March 9, 2010
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Acting President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday sacked the National Security Adviser (NSA), Maj. Gen. Sarki Mukhtar (rtd). Lt. Gen. Aliyu Gusau rtd, was appointed the new NSA.
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Sport Bodies Clash over Pay for New Coach

March 9, 2010
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The understanding between the Nigeria Football Federation and The Presidential Task Force on Lagerback and his remuneration is yet to be smooth.
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Jos Crisis – Jonthan Sacks National Security Adviser

March 9, 2010
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THE Jos crisis which led to the death of about 400 people on Sunday, has led to the sacking of the National Security Adviser, Sarki Mukhtar, by the Acting...
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NNPC Running at over U.S.$1.3 Billion Loss – Federal Govt

March 9, 2010
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The Minister of Petroleum Resources, Dr. Rilwanu Lukman, has disclosed that the nation’s oil and gas behemoth, the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) was currently running at a loss...
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Country Woos Mining Investors, Offers 3-Yr Tax Holiday

March 9, 2010
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The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke weekend wooed global investors in the mining sector to the Nigeria, saying the country would grant a three-year tax...
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More Mass Graves Dug in Jos

March 9, 2010
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Hundreds of people in the city of Jos, 350km northeast of Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, have been buried in mass graves after machete-wielding intruders attacked residents at 3 a.m. (local...
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UN Chief Appeals for Restraint Amid More Inter-Religious Strife

March 9, 2010
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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today voiced his concern about the situation in the Nigerian city of Jos, where inter-religious violence has once again taken a deadly toll, and called for...
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Why Plot to Impeach Yar’Adua Flopped

March 9, 2010
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Decision to back off plan to impeach or declare President Umaru Yar’Adua incapacitated was dropped after his loyalists struck a deal allowing Acting President Goodluck Jonathan to run the...
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Niger-Delta – Community Lays Out Conditions for Peace

March 9, 2010
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MULTINATIONAL oil and gas companies operating in Egi community, Rivers state have been told to live up to their corporate social responsibility to the area or be ready for...
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Recent Troop Deployment And Sundry Matters

March 9, 2010
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It would seem that the intrigues and devious scheming attendant with President Yar’Adua’s illness simply refuse to blow away. Penultimate Wednesday, the beleaguered president purportedly returned to the country...
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Jonathan Meets National Assembly On PIB, Electoral Reform

March 9, 2010
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Acting President Goodluck Jonathan has pleaded with the Constitution Review Committees (CRCs) in the Senate and the House of Representatives to hasten the electoral reform initiated by President Umaru...
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When Niger Delta Stakeholders Stormed the Hague

March 9, 2010
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THE Hague, Netherlands has another baptismal name. It is an abode of international law, diplomacy and peace.
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Jos Boils Again

March 9, 2010
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OVER 200 people, mostly women and children, were, yesterday, killed in three villages near Shen in Du District of Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau State by suspected...
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Jonathan Sticks With Yar’Adua’s Men

March 9, 2010
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Acting President Goodluck Jonathan has decided to stick with all ministers and other top government officials in President Yar’Adua’s kitchen cabinet, at least for now, after weighing various political...
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HIV/Aids – Worries Over Rising Infection Rate

March 9, 2010
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PROLOGUE Since HIV/AIDS broke out in Nigeria over two decades ago, the pandemic appear not be in a hurry to nosedive. Every year, the number of people contracting the...
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Quest for More Goodluck

March 9, 2010
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PRESSURES are mounting on acting President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan to act decisively. The latest is from Gen Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma, Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Council.
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20 Govs Vie for VP Slot

March 9, 2010
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Daily Champion investigations revealed that at least, 20 of the 36 state governors have indicated interest to occupy the office in the event it becomes vacant.
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Former President Fears Somali-Style Collapse

March 8, 2010
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Nigeria is witnessing an awful institutional collapse similar to the conditions that preceded the failure of Somalia, yet with all the potentials of being worse than the Somali experience.
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Veteran to Launch New TV Channel With Chinese Firm

March 8, 2010
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The Nigerian broadcasting market is one of the toughest in Africa where there is plenty of competition for tough markets. The pioneer of private broadcasting in Nigeria is Galaxy...
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IMF Boss Dominique Strauss-Kahn to Visit Africa

March 8, 2010
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Mr. Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), will visit Africa March 7-11, to discuss opportunities and challenges facing African economies in the wake of the...
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Soyinka Presents 3-Point Plan to Jonathan

March 8, 2010
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Save Nigeria Group (SNG), made up of pro-democracy activists led by Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has hinged sustainable development and enduring democracy in Nigeria on the ability of...
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Govt to Check Climate Change

March 8, 2010
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Delta State has set the pace in the global actions on climate change by being the first in the country to formulate a “Climate Change Policy” aimed at mitigating...
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