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Nigerian soldiers open fire on youths; 2 killed

By admin on March 11, 2010

JOS, Nigeria (AP) — Soldiers opened fire on a crowd after curfew and killed two people, witnesses said Wednesday, just days after more than 200 people including dozens of children were slaughtered in several mostly Christian villages nearby.

Hundreds of people swarmed the streets of Jos on Wednesday morning, where one truck’s windshield was a spider web of bullet holes with the word “rejoice” scrawled on it.

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Nigerians demand end to “invisible presidency”

By admin on March 11, 2010

ABUJA – Thousands of Nigerians marched to the gates of the presidential villa on Wednesday to demand an end to the presidency of ailing leader Umaru Yar’Adua so Acting President Goodluck Jonathan can take over as head of state.

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The dilemma of Reps as Yar’Adua vanishes to become an “oracle”

The dilemma of Reps as Yar’Adua vanishes to become an “oracle”

By admin on March 6, 2010

Since President Umaru Yar’Adua was sneaked out from the country  for  medical treatment on the 23rd of November last year, and “smuggled” back penultimate Wednesday night,  his handlers have made him look like an oracle.

They, in turn,  have assumed the positions High Priests through which he passes his esoteric messages to his confounded people.

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What can Nigeria expect now?

What can Nigeria expect now?

By admin on March 5, 2010

The return of Nigerian President Umaru Yar’Adua three months after he left for a Saudi hospital might normally have beeen seen as a sign that a long spell of debilitating uncertainty was over.

But this was no ordinary return for a long absent president with an army band and a red carpet.

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Ignore Yar’Adua’s health status, Senate tells Nigerians

By admin on March 5, 2010

*As executive increases 2010 budget by N300bn

By Emmanuel Aziken & Inalegwu Shuaibu

ABUJA—The Senate has urged Nigerians to downplay the health condition or whereabouts of President Umaru Yar‘Adua and give their full cooperation to Acting President Goodluck Jonathan.

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Take decisive actions now, Danjuma tells Jonathan

Take decisive actions now, Danjuma tells Jonathan

By admin on March 5, 2010

The Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Council, Lt.-Gen. Theophilus Danjuma (rtd), on Thursday said Nigeria required change and therefore challenged Acting President, Goodluck Jonathan, to take ‘quick and aggressive’ actions in order to save the nation.

Danjuma spoke while responding to the Acting President‘s address at the inauguration of the newly constituted Presidential Advisory Council in the Council Chambers of the State House, Abuja.

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PDP condemns plot to bomb Edo Assembly complex

By admin on March 3, 2010

By Simon Ebegbulem
BENIN CITY—THE Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Edo State has condemn the failed attempt to bomb the State House of Assembly complex, just as it denied any involvement of its members in the plot.

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