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FG okays release of Boko Haram detainees to Govs
AS part of a carrot-and-stick approach at ending the Boko Haram menace, President Goodluck Jonathan has directed the Defence Headquarters to start releasing a number of persons being held in connection with terrorist activities.The government is also seeking the support of neighbouring Niger Republic in rooting out the fundamentalists from...
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Eulogies as Achebe’s burial rites begin
Activities marking the final journey of the late literary icon, Professor Chinua Achebe, rolled off on a high note as his remains arrived in the country yesterday.After being accorded a grand reception at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja, the body was moved to Enugu, en route...
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Senate, Reps okay emergency rule
BY a voice vote, a record 100 out of the nation’s 109 Senators yesterday, endorsed the declaration of emergency rule in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states.The House of Representatives toed the same line, but made some amendments in the gazetted letter by President Goodluck Jonathan seeking the approval of the...
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Oil savings account dips to $5.87b
From $9 billion in December last year, Nigeria has used up 35 percent of its oil savings so far this year, leaving it with $5.87 billion.This was contained in data released yesterday by the office of the Accountant General of the Federation.It was also learnt that the Federal Government is...
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Emergency won’t end insurgency - Abubakar Tsav
Former Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Alhaji Abubakar Tsav, has said that the emergency rule declared by President Goodluck Jonathan in three northern states will not bring to an end the activities of insurgence in Nigeria. He described it as a mere formality. He told Nigerian Compass in this interview...
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How Boko Haram beheaded my husband
FOUR years on, the tears have refused to dry. First noticed was a tear, followed by streams of it. Intermittently, she dabbed her face with a white handkerchief, but the tears refused to stop.For Veronica Ojih, the unending trauma is not just about the death of her husband, but the...
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Troops arrest 120 insurgents at burial of leader
A HAUL of 120 suspected terrorists was yesterday made by security forces as the war on terror in some Northern parts of the country continued. They were arrested in Maiduguri, Borno State capital, at the burial of one of their commanders who had died in an encounter with Special Forces....
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