Nigeria's trade unions say they are suspending protests for two days to allow more talks with the government. The announcement comes on the fifth day of a general strike over the removal of a fuel
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Sinister Agents Hiding Under Boko Haram to Destroy the Country
January 11, 2012 Comment Off 62 ViewsTwenty-four organisations in Kaduna State, under the umbrella of Kaduna Roundtable, yesterday rose from an emergency meeting expressing fears that sinister agents of destabilization were hiding
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Year of Some Kind of Good Luck – two issues dominated the year 2011
January 5, 2012 Comment Off 56 ViewsFor me, aside from my personal survival, two issues dominated the year 2011 - President Goodluck Jonathan, and Boko Haram. Today as I put finishing touches to my column, all I can whisper to
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Police Break up Fuel Protest in Northern Nigeria
January 5, 2012 Comment Off 85 ViewsPolice fired tear gas to break up a sleep-in protest at a traffic roundabout in northern Nigeria early Thursday, as tensions mounted over spiraling gasoline prices in this oil-rich
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Nigeria’s Labour threatens mass protests
January 3, 2012 Comment Off 77 ViewsThe Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) have declared a showdown with the Federal Government through mass protests and strikes until the price of petrol is reversed
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Nigeria will live with the consequences
December 29, 2011 Comment Off 76 ViewsThe presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) in the April polls, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd), has faulted Wednesday's validation of the victory of President
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Zuma goes to Nigeria
December 13, 2011 Comment Off 70 ViewsPresident Jacob Zuma of South Africa arrived in Nigeria on Saturday morning for a working visit to that country, the Presidency said. His arrival in the country's capital city, Abuja, was
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Church members told they may never travel to Nigeria
December 13, 2011 Comment Off 94 ViewsThe 65 church members at the centre of the diplomatic row that saw police attempting to storm the Nigerian consulate general in Joburg last week have been banned from ever visiting
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The truth about Nigerian politics
December 5, 2011 Comment Off 96 Views“The escalation of the activities of the Boko Haram in Borno State was to stop all Nigeria Peoples Party from winning elections.” We are getting round to now understand the Boko Haram, the
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Nigeria loses re-election bid as IMO elects 40 members
November 28, 2011 Comment Off 479 ViewsNigeria on Friday lost its re-election bid into Category `C’ of the Governing body of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO). Nigeria has been a member of the council since
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