The Federal Government has sent the Director-General of the National Orientation Agency, NOA, Mr. Mike Omeri, to religious leaders in Plateau and other Middle Belt states with the aim of dousing the religious crises occasioned by suicide bomb attacks on churches as well as the reprisal attacks by Christians.
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THE Senate, yesterday, ordered that the Chairman, Pension Task Team, Mr. Abdulrasheed Abdullahi Maina, John Yusuf, B.G. Kaigama and all the members of the team be sacked, and that the Inspector-General of Police Abubakar Mohammed must immediately arrest and prosecute them.
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Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Attahiru Jega, yesterday, expressed the willingness of the commission to de-register more moribund political parties.
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Plateau State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Emmanuel Ayeni, has said the threat of further bombings in the state by the Boko Haram sect was real, urging citizens to be vigilant and security-conscious.
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CHRISTIAN leaders from the Niger Delta geo-political zone of the country have expressed disgust over the inability of the Federal Government and its security agencies to guarantee safety of lives. They have therefore called on innocent Christians in the country to defend themselves whenever they come under attack.
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THE third mainland bridge in Lagos will be closed to traffic for repairs in four months starting from July 1, 2012. The first signals for the proposed closure came through several banners hung in strategic places that show that maintenance works would be carried out on the all-important bridge from July 1 to Nov 6, 2012.
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Justice Abdul Kafarati, a Judge of the Federal High Court, on Thursday in Abuja threatened to discharge the 24 suspected Boko Haram members standing trial before the court.
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DESPITE the fury over the alleged $620,000 bribe collected by the Chairman of the House of Representatives Ad Hoc committee that investigated fuel subsidy management, Farouk Lawan, Senate President David Mark, yesterday said that the upper chamber would not be distracted in the conduct of its constitutional role.
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A VIOLENT protest by hundreds of people has trailed the death of a Nigerian in police custody in China’s southern city of Guangzhou, state media and police said.
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THE Police yesterday aborted the efforts of thieves to cut the armoured cables that supply light to the National Stadium in Abuja, and arrested one of the vandals. The vandals had made several efforts to cut the armoured cables, restored in April when the previous ones were stolen in November 2011 to leave the stadium in total darkness for about six months. Until the cables were replaced, the mainbowl of the stadium was in bad state as there was no electricity to power its amenities.
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