The northern socio-political group, the Arewa Consultative Forum, and some ex- police chiefs on Tuesday rejected the Nigeria Governors’ Forum’s demand for state police. They described creation of state police as an invitation to chaos. But the Action Congress of Nigeria has backed the NGF, saying security in the country should be decentralised.
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Fifty-two political parties in the country have dragged the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, before a Federal High Court in Abuja. The parties and Inter-Party Advisory Council, IPAC, a name in which all the plaintiffs were jointly registered, are asking the court to determine, among other things:
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THE Federal Government, yesterday, gave reasons why it disagreed with the United States on the classification of Boko Haram as a terrorist group. The government said it opposed the classification because of the wider implication and exposure to stringent meaures that such actions will impose on ordinary Nigerians.
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alihu Goni, a family associate to assassinated Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Sale Abubakar Ningi, has owned up to masterminding the plot that led to Ningi’s murder in Kano three weeks ago.
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Inspector Benson Ajie, a police witness in the on-going trial of Mr. Akolade Arowolo, accused of killing his banker-wife, Titilayo Arowolo, yesterday, disclosed to an Ikeja High Court that he indeed, struggled with his wife while armed with a knife, which led to the injury he sustained.
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A legislation that would check indiscriminate procreation may be in the offing as President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, gave indication that government was considering the option of checking population explosion.
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The suspended Director General of The Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, Ms Arunmah Oteh, yesterday, denied opening several accounts for Project 50 in which she is being investigated.
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THE Dana Air crash threw up ample evidences of the internal problems of domestic airlines. Air Nigeria whose pilots and engineers were on strike for weeks, alleging poor pay and inadequate attention to industry imperatives was added to the suspension list. There may be more.
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THE gale of change unleashed by President Goodluck Jonathan last week to rev up his administration which saw the removal of his erstwhile National Security Adviser, Gen. Andrew Azazi, hit top gear, yesterday, sweeping theNigerian National Petroleum Corporation. In one fell swoop he retired the entire management team led by Mr Austen Oniwon.
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As a manufacturer and marketer of products targeted at children and a firm believer in children’s developmental initiatives, Chellarams Plc through its fast moving consumer goods and consumer durable departments, supported several ‘Children’s Day’ programmes organised in Lagos recently. The Children’s Day celebration events which took place at different locations within Lagos metropolis was supported through the donation of children’s bicycles and cartons of milk to winners featured by different organisers.
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